New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Neurosciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Papers
1 Frontiers in Neurology10302
2 Sleep6613
3 Frontiers in Neuroscience6389
4 Brain Sciences5910
5 Journal of the Neurological Sciences5305
6 Biological Psychiatry5111
7 Neural Networks3546
8 Journal of Alzheimers Disease3413
9 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience3383
10 Clinical Neurophysiology3234
11 Brain Stimulation3189
12 Molecular Neurobiology3101
13 Neuromuscular Disorders3072
14 Neurological Sciences2949
15 Journal of Neuroscience2931
16 Journal of Pain2823
17 European Neuropsychopharmacology2654
18 Neuroimage2628
19 Gait & Posture2583
20 Brain and Behavior2579
21 Journal of Physiology-London2544
22 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience2507
23 Neuroscience2447
24 Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience2321
25 CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics2101
26 Brain Behavior and Immunity2090
27 Molecular Psychiatry2074
28 Neural Regeneration Research2063
29 Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases1867
30 European Journal of Neurology1854
31 Brain1822
32 Behavioural Brain Research1820
33 Journal of Clinical Neuroscience1813
34 Cerebral Cortex1763
35 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews1727
36 Brain Research1696
37 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience1678
38 European Journal of Neuroscience1675
39 ACS Chemical Neuroscience1647
40 Neurology India1591
41 Neurobiology of Disease1582
42 Neuron1539
43 Psychoneuroendocrinology1527
44 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience1495
45 Human Brain Mapping1486
46 Journal of Neuroinflammation1417
47 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society1397
48 Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1393
49 Brain Research Bulletin1385
50 Pain1370
51 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology1363
52 Experimental Neurology1355
53 Journal of Neural Engineering1309
54 Muscle & Nerve1291
55 Neuroscience Letters1279
56 Journal of Neurochemistry1277
57 International Journal of Psychophysiology1271
- Annals of Neurology1271
59 Neuropharmacology1265
60 eNeuro1254
61 Nature Neuroscience1246
62 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology1245
63 Journal of Sleep Research1233
64 Journal of Neurophysiology1224
65 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry1150
66 Neurochemical Research1147
67 npj Parkinsons Disease1127
68 Behavioral and Brain Sciences1123
69 Neuropsychopharmacology1120
70 Alzheimers Research & Therapy1097
71 Acta Neurologica Belgica1096
- Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy1096
73 Nature Human Behaviour1093
74 Neurocirugia1063
75 Neurogastroenterology and Motility1053
76 Psychophysiology1050
77 Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation1035
78 Cortex1006
79 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience972
80 Acta Neuropathologica Communications969
81 Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging963
82 Multiple Sclerosis Journal946
83 Experimental Brain Research939
84 Psychopharmacology938
85 Current Neuropharmacology860
86 Epilepsia Open859
87 Journal of Neurotrauma852
88 Neuropsychologia834
89 Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism814
90 Hearing Research807
91 European Journal of Pain799
92 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems797
93 Journal of Neuroscience Methods773
94 Neuroscience Bulletin752
95 Journal of Neuroimmunology748
96 Journal of Integrative Neuroscience736
97 Glia708
98 Trends in Cognitive Sciences705
99 Neurobiology of Aging702
100 Journal of Neural Transmission700
101 Nature and Science of Sleep691
102 Neurological Research681
103 Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences673
104 Cognitive Neurodynamics659
105 Journal of Parkinsons Disease646
106 Journal of Neuroendocrinology630
107 Cephalalgia629
108 Frontiers in Neurorobotics627
109 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience618
110 Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique612
111 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience598
112 Neurochemistry International587
113 Cognitive Computation577
114 Neurotoxicology564
115 Journal of Psychopharmacology561
116 Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience560
117 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology556
118 Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation554
119 Journal of Comparative Neurology549
120 Brain Injury534
121 CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets525
122 Trends in Neurosciences523
123 Sleep Medicine Reviews511
124 Current Opinion in Neurobiology503
125 Journal of Neuroscience Research502
126 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior490
127 Fluids and Barriers of the Cns489
128 Vision Research485
129 Bipolar Disorders477
130 Neuroreport471
131 International Journal of Neuroscience458
132 Neuropsychology452
133 Neuroscience Research450
134 Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience449
135 Nature Reviews Neuroscience447
136 Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases445
137 Molecular Neurodegeneration427
138 Translational Stroke Research412
139 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience404
140 Hippocampus400
- Current Opinion in Neurology400
142 Nutritional Neuroscience390
143 Journal of Pineal Research389
144 Brain Pathology384
145 Progress in Neurobiology382
146 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience381
147 Molecular Brain379
148 Human Movement Science374
149 Neurophotonics370
150 Neurochemical Journal366
151 Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System359
- Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences359
153 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience356
154 Neuroimaging Clinics of North America352
155 Brain and Language351
156 Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology347
157 Clinical Autonomic Research343
158 Cognitive Systems Research339
159 Brain Topography332
160 Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology331
- Brain and Cognition331
162 Neurotoxicology and Teratology328
163 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy327
- Neurobiology of Stress327
165 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory324
- Neuroendocrinology324
167 Neurologic Clinics320
168 Current Alzheimer Research317
169 Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology313
170 npj Science of Learning310
171 Frontiers in Neuroinformatics309
- Frontiers in Neural Circuits309
173 Neuropathology297
174 BMC Neuroscience296
175 Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical289
- Purinergic Signalling289
177 Neural Computation286
178 Acta Neuropathologica277
179 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation270
180 Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology269
181 Network Neuroscience265
182 Neurotoxicity Research264
183 Sleep and Biological Rhythms263
184 Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience256
185 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology255
- Translational Neurodegeneration255
187 Current Neurovascular Research254
188 Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences252
189 Metabolic Brain Disease250
- Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology250
191 Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery246
192 Molecular Pain245
193 Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports244
194 Neuropeptides243
195 Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy241
- Journal of Neurovirology241
197 Acta Neuropsychiatrica239
198 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience227
199 Journal of Motor Behavior222
- Molecular Autism222
201 Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie220
202 Reviews in the Neurosciences218
203 Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience217
204 Brain Connectivity215
205 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience214
206 Audiology and Neuro-Otology205
207 Behavioural Pharmacology204
208 Neuroscientist199
209 Developmental Neurobiology198
210 Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience194
211 Chemical Senses192
212 Behavioral Neuroscience190
213 Journal of Neurolinguistics180
214 Genes Brain and Behavior176
215 Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation175
216 Developmental Neuroscience173
217 Brain Impairment172
218 Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience170
219 Folia Neuropathologica162
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology162
221 Neuropsychology Review156
222 European Neurology155
223 Neural Plasticity143
224 Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis142
225 Synapse141
226 Motor Control139
227 Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova135
228 Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology130
229 Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress127
230 Experimental Neurobiology123
231 Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience121
- Social Neuroscience121
233 Neuropsychobiology119
- Journal of Molecular Neuroscience119
- Journal of the History of the Neurosciences119
236 Journal of Computational Neuroscience117
237 Annual Review of Vision Science110
238 Neuroimmunomodulation109
239 Psychiatric Genetics101
240 Brain Behavior and Evolution99
241 Cognitive Neuroscience97
242 Annual Review of Neuroscience94
243 ASN Neuro85
244 Neurodegenerative Diseases84
245 Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience75
246 Journal of Neurogenetics74
- Visual Neuroscience74
- Neurophysiology74
- Somatosensory and Motor Research74
250 Journal of Headache and Pain71
251 Journal of Psychophysiology61
252 Brain Structure & Function49
253 Neuroinformatics48
254 Neuromolecular Medicine45
255 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology43
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