Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	ca. 17.2
2	Nature Human Behaviour	ca. 15.9
3	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	ca. 13.7
4	Brain	ca. 11.7
5	Molecular Psychiatry	ca. 10.1
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	ca. 10.1
7	Sleep Medicine Reviews	ca. 9.7
8	Acta Neuropathologica	ca. 9.3
9	Biological Psychiatry	ca. 9
10	Brain Stimulation	ca. 8.4
11	Journal of Headache and Pain	ca. 7.9
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	ca. 7.9
13	Annals of Neurology	ca. 7.7
14	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	ca. 7.6
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	ca. 7.6
16	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	ca. 7.5
17	Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 7.1
18	Neurotherapeutics	ca. 6.9
19	Neural Regeneration Research	ca. 6.7
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 6.7
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	ca. 6.7
22	Neural Networks	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Pineal Research	ca. 6.3
24	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 6.2
-	Brain Pathology	ca. 6.2
26	Annual Review of Vision Science	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	ca. 5.5
-	Pain	ca. 5.5
-	Molecular Autism	ca. 5.5
30	Current Neuropharmacology	ca. 5.3
31	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	ca. 5.2
33	Neuropsychology Review	ca. 5
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	ca. 5
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	ca. 5
36	Sleep	ca. 4.9
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 4.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	ca. 4.9
39	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	ca. 4.8
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	ca. 4.8
41	Neuropharmacology	ca. 4.6
-	Cephalalgia	ca. 4.6
43	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	ca. 4.5
-	Bipolar Disorders	ca. 4.5
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	ca. 4.5
-	Neuroimage	ca. 4.5
47	Journal of Physiology-London	ca. 4.4
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	ca. 4.4
49	Cognitive Computation	ca. 4.3
-	Translational Stroke Research	ca. 4.3

51	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	ca. 4.1
52	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	ca. 4
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	ca. 4
-	Journal of Pain	ca. 4
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	ca. 4
-	Neurochemistry International	ca. 4
57	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	ca. 3.9
-	European Journal of Neurology	ca. 3.9
-	Neuroscientist	ca. 3.9
-	Neurotoxicology	ca. 3.9
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Sleep Research	ca. 3.9
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	ca. 3.9
64	Neurochemical Research	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	ca. 3.8
-	Neurophotonics	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	ca. 3.8
68	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 3.7
69	Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 3.6
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	ca. 3.6
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	ca. 3.6
72	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	ca. 3.5
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	ca. 3.5
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	ca. 3.5
-	Neurobiology of Aging	ca. 3.5
76	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	ca. 3.4
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	ca. 3.4
-	European Journal of Pain	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	ca. 3.4
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	ca. 3.4
81	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	ca. 3.3
-	Cortex	ca. 3.3
-	Human Brain Mapping	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	ca. 3.3
-	Psychopharmacology	ca. 3.3
86	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	ca. 3.2
88	Neuropsychobiology	ca. 3.1
-	Muscle & Nerve	ca. 3.1
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	ca. 3.1
-	Neuroinformatics	ca. 3.1
92	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	ca. 3
-	Neuropsychology	ca. 3
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	ca. 3
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 3
-	npj Science of Learning	ca. 3
97	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	ca. 2.9
-	Epilepsia Open	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 2.9
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	ca. 2.9
-	Brain Topography	ca. 2.9
-	Neurologic Clinics	ca. 2.9
-	Brain Structure & Function	ca. 2.9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.9
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	ca. 2.9
106	Frontiers in Neurology	ca. 2.8
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	ca. 2.8
-	Neuroendocrinology	ca. 2.8
-	Psychophysiology	ca. 2.8
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	ca. 2.8
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	ca. 2.8
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	ca. 2.8
113	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Neuropeptides	ca. 2.7
-	Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.7
119	International Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 2.6
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	ca. 2.6
122	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	ca. 2.5
-	Hearing Research	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	ca. 2.5
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	ca. 2.5
126	Gait & Posture	ca. 2.4
-	Neurological Sciences	ca. 2.4
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	ca. 2.4
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 2.4
-	European Neurology	ca. 2.4
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	ca. 2.4
132	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	ca. 2.3
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.3
-	Developmental Neurobiology	ca. 2.3
-	Behavioural Brain Research	ca. 2.3
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.3
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	ca. 2.3
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	ca. 2.3
-	Visual Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
142	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	ca. 2.2
143	Journal of Neurophysiology	ca. 2.1
-	Neural Computation	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	ca. 2.1
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	ca. 2.1
148	Journal of Neurogenetics	ca. 2
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	ca. 2
-	Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 2
-	Neuropsychologia	ca. 2
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	ca. 2
153	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Neurovirology	ca. 1.9
-	Current Alzheimer Research	ca. 1.9
-	Chemical Senses	ca. 1.9
-	Human Movement Science	ca. 1.9
158	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	ca. 1.8
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	ca. 1.8
-	Brain Injury	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 1.8
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	ca. 1.8
163	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 1.7
-	Current Neurovascular Research	ca. 1.7
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	ca. 1.7
166	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 1.6
-	Folia Neuropathologica	ca. 1.6
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	ca. 1.6
-	Biological Cybernetics	ca. 1.6
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	ca. 1.6
171	Social Neuroscience	ca. 1.5
-	Neurological Research	ca. 1.5
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 1.5
174	Brain and Cognition	ca. 1.4
-	Motor Control	ca. 1.4

-	Vision Research	ca. 1.4
-	Brain Impairment	ca. 1.4
-	Psychiatric Genetics	ca. 1.4
179	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	ca. 1.3
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	ca. 1.3
181	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	ca. 1.2
-	Neuropathology	ca. 1.2
184	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	ca. 1
185	Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 0.9
186	Neurocirugia	ca. 0.8
187	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 0.6
-	Neurophysiology	ca. 0.6
189	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	ca. 0.5
190	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	ca. 0.4
191	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	ca. 0.2