Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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	H4-Index
1	Nature Neuroscience	94
2	Neuron	88
3	Molecular Psychiatry	74
4	Nature Human Behaviour	72
5	Brain	69
-	Neural Networks	69
7	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	65
8	Journal of Neuroinflammation	64
9	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	61
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	61
11	Trends in Neurosciences	59
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	59
-	Neuroimage	59
14	Molecular Neurodegeneration	57
15	Brain Sciences	55
16	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	54
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	54
-	Biological Psychiatry	54
19	npj Parkinsons Disease	51
-	Frontiers in Neurology	51
21	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	49
22	Neural Regeneration Research	48
-	Neurobiology of Disease	48
24	Sleep Medicine Reviews	47
-	Annals of Neurology	47
-	Acta Neuropathologica	47
-	Journal of Neuroscience	47
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	47
29	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	46
-	Molecular Neurobiology	46
31	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	45
32	Translational Neurodegeneration	44
33	Brain Stimulation	43
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	43
35	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	42
36	Neuropharmacology	40
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	40
-	European Journal of Neurology	40
39	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	39
40	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	38
-	Journal of Physiology-London	38
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	38
43	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	37
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	37
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	37
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	37
47	Experimental Neurology	36
-	Current Neuropharmacology	36
49	Brain Research Bulletin	35
-	Pain	35

-	Journal of Neurochemistry	35
-	Cerebral Cortex	35
-	Journal of Sleep Research	35
54	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	34
56	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	33
-	Sleep	33
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	33
-	Progress in Neurobiology	33
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	33
-	Human Brain Mapping	33
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	33
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	33
-	Cognitive Computation	33
65	Glia	32
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	32
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	32
-	Neuroscience	32
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	32
70	Neurochemistry International	31
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	31
-	Journal of Pain	31
-	Cephalalgia	31
-	Neurochemical Research	31
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
-	Brain Research	31
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
78	Clinical Neurophysiology	30
-	Cortex	30
-	Journal of Pineal Research	30
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	30
82	Neurological Sciences	29
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	29
-	Behavioural Brain Research	29
85	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	28
-	Brain and Behavior	28
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	28
-	Neurobiology of Aging	28
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	28
91	Journal of Neural Transmission	27
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	27
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	27
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	27
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	27
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	27
97	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Neuropsychology Review	26
-	Gait & Posture	26
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	26
-	Muscle & Nerve	26
-	European Journal of Pain	26
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	26
-	Hearing Research	26
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	26
106	eNeuro	25
-	Psychophysiology	25
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	25
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	25
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	25
-	Epilepsia Open	25
112	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	24
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	24
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	24
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	24
116	Neuroscience Letters	23
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	23
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	23
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	23
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	23
-	Brain Topography	23
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	23
-	npj Science of Learning	23
-	Neuropsychologia	23
-	Neurobiology of Stress	23
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	23
127	Reviews in the Neurosciences	22
-	Translational Stroke Research	22
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	22
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	22
-	Molecular Autism	22
-	Neuroscience Research	22
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	22
134	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	21
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	21
-	Brain Pathology	21
-	Cognitive Systems Research	21
-	Neurotoxicity Research	21
-	Neurophotonics	21
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	21
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	21
-	Molecular Brain	21
143	Nutritional Neuroscience	20
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	20
-	Neurologic Clinics	20
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	20
-	Hippocampus	20
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	20
-	BMC Neuroscience	20
-	Neuropsychology	20
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	20
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	20
153	Acta Neurologica Belgica	19
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	19
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	19
-	Bipolar Disorders	19
-	Network Neuroscience	19
158	Neuroscientist	18
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	18
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	18
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	18
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	18
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	18
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	18
-	Experimental Brain Research	18
168	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	17
-	Human Movement Science	17
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	17
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	17
-	Brain and Language	17
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	17
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	17
-	Neural Computation	17

-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	17
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	17
178	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	16
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	16
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	16
-	Vision Research	16
-	Neuropeptides	16
-	Neuroendocrinology	16
-	Brain Structure & Function	16
-	Current Alzheimer Research	16
186	Neuroreport	15
-	Molecular Pain	15
-	Neural Plasticity	15
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	15
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	15
-	Brain Connectivity	15
192	Purinergic Signalling	14
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	14
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	14
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	14
-	Neurological Research	14
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	14
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	14
199	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	13
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	13
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	13
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	13
-	Brain and Cognition	13
-	Brain Injury	13
-	Journal of Neurovirology	13
-	Chemical Senses	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	13
209	Neuropsychobiology	12
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	12
-	Neuroinformatics	12
-	ASN Neuro	12
-	Motor Control	12
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	12
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	12
216	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	11
-	Experimental Neurobiology	11
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	11
-	Current Neurovascular Research	11
-	Developmental Neuroscience	11
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	11
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	11
-	Developmental Neurobiology	11
224	Social Neuroscience	10
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	10
-	Neuropathology	10
-	Neurology India	10
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	10
-	European Neurology	10
230	Synapse	9
-	Visual Neuroscience	9
-	Neurochemical Journal	9
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	9
-	Brain Impairment	9
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	9
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	9
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	9
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	9
241	Folia Neuropathologica	8
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	8
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	8
244	Psychiatric Genetics	7
245	Journal of Neurogenetics	6
-	Neurocirugia	6
247	Neurodegenerative Diseases	5
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	5
-	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	5
250	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	4
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	4
252	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3
-	Neurophysiology	3
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	3
255	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	2