Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Nature Neuroscience	39
2	Molecular Neurodegeneration	36
-	Acta Neuropathologica	36
4	Annual Review of Neuroscience	34
5	Neuron	33
6	Journal of Headache and Pain	31
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	31
8	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	24
9	Journal of Neuroinflammation	23
-	Nature Human Behaviour	23
-	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
13	Sleep Medicine Reviews	22
14	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	21
15	Brain	20
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	20
17	Brain Structure & Function	19
-	Molecular Psychiatry	19
19	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	18
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	18
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	18
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	18
23	Neuromolecular Medicine	17
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	17
25	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	16
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Neuropsychology Review	16
28	Neuroimage	15
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	15
-	npj Parkinsons Disease	15
31	Neurobiology of Disease	14
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	14
33	Neural Networks	13
-	Progress in Neurobiology	13
-	Molecular Autism	13
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	13
37	Journal of Pineal Research	12
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	12
-	Neural Regeneration Research	12
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	12
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	12
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	12
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	12
-	Neuroinformatics	12
-	Glia	12
-	Annals of Neurology	12
47	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	11
-	Journal of Neuroscience	11
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	11
-	Human Brain Mapping	11

-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	11
-	Neurobiology of Aging	11
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	11
55	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	10
-	Current Neuropharmacology	10
-	Neurobiology of Stress	10
-	Experimental Neurology	10
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	10
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	10
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	10
-	Cephalalgia	10
-	Molecular Neurobiology	10
-	Neurochemistry International	10
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	10
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	10
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	10
-	Neuropharmacology	10
69	Cerebral Cortex	9
-	Cognitive Computation	9
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	9
-	Neurochemical Research	9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	9
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	9
-	Pain	9
-	Neurotoxicity Research	9
-	npj Science of Learning	9
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	9
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	9
-	European Journal of Neurology	9
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	9
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	9
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	9
85	Journal of Neurochemistry	8
-	Brain Sciences	8
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	8
-	Journal of Sleep Research	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	8
-	Molecular Brain	8
-	Network Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	8
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	8
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	8
-	BMC Neuroscience	8
-	Brain Research Bulletin	8
-	Cortex	8
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	8
-	ASN Neuro	8
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	8
-	Psychopharmacology	8
-	Translational Stroke Research	8
-	Neurotoxicology	8
107	Brain Connectivity	7
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	7
-	Brain Research	7
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	7
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	7
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	7
-	Epilepsia Open	7
-	Frontiers in Neurology	7
-	Hearing Research	7
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	7
-	Behavioural Brain Research	7
-	Psychophysiology	7
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	7
-	Neuropeptides	7
-	Brain Pathology	7
-	Brain Topography	7
-	Journal of Physiology-London	7
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	7
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	7
-	Cognitive Systems Research	7
-	eNeuro	7
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	7
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	7
132	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	6
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	6
-	Neuroendocrinology	6
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	6
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	6
-	Neurophotonics	6
-	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Neuroscience	6
-	Neuroscience Research	6
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	6
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	6
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	6
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	Molecular Pain	6
-	Neural Plasticity	6
-	European Journal of Pain	6
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	6
-	Neurologic Clinics	6
-	Hippocampus	6
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	6
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	6
-	Neuropsychobiology	6
-	Neuroscience Letters	6
-	Neuroscientist	6
159	Chemical Senses	5
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	5
-	Experimental Brain Research	5
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	5
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	5
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	5
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	5
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	5
-	Vision Research	5
-	Brain and Behavior	5
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	5
-	Motor Control	5
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	5
-	Experimental Neurobiology	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	5

-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Purinergic Signalling	5
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	5
179	Brain and Cognition	4
-	Brain Injury	4
-	Journal of Neurovirology	4
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	4
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	4
-	Current Alzheimer Research	4
-	European Neurology	4
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	4
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	4
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	4
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	4
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	4
-	Neuropsychology	4
-	Brain and Language	4
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	4
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	4
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	4
-	Muscle & Nerve	4
-	Developmental Neuroscience	4
-	Neural Computation	4
-	Neurological Sciences	4
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	4
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	4
-	Social Neuroscience	4
-	Synapse	4
-	Visual Neuroscience	4
-	Neuroreport	4
206	Brain Behavior and Evolution	3
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	3
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	3
-	Developmental Neurobiology	3
-	Folia Neuropathologica	3
-	Neurological Research	3
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	3
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	3
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	3
-	Bipolar Disorders	3
-	Psychiatric Genetics	3
-	Neuropathology	3
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	3
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	3
-	Brain Impairment	3
-	Current Neurovascular Research	3
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	3
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	3
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	3
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	3
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	3
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	3
228	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	2
-	Journal of Pain	2
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	2
-	Gait & Posture	2
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	2
234	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	1
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	1
-	Neurology India	1
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	1
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	1
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1
-	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	1
-	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	1
-	Brain Stimulation	1
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	1
-	Neurochemical Journal	1
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	1
246	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	0
-	Neurocirugia	0
-	Biological Psychiatry	0
-	Neurophysiology	0
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	0
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	0
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	0
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	0
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	0
-	Sleep	0