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
1	Nature Human Behaviour	ca. 21.4
2	Nature Neuroscience	ca. 21.2
3	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	ca. 16.7
4	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	ca. 16.6
5	Molecular Neurodegeneration	ca. 14.9
6	Neuron	ca. 14.7
7	Trends in Neurosciences	ca. 14.6
8	Annual Review of Neuroscience	ca. 12.1
9	Sleep Medicine Reviews	ca. 11.2
10	Translational Neurodegeneration	ca. 10.8
11	Brain	ca. 10.6
12	Biological Psychiatry	ca. 9.6
-	Molecular Psychiatry	ca. 9.6
14	Journal of Neuroinflammation	ca. 9.3
-	Acta Neuropathologica	ca. 9.3
16	Brain Behavior and Immunity	ca. 8.8
17	Journal of Pineal Research	ca. 8.3
18	Annals of Neurology	ca. 8.1
19	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	ca. 7.9
20	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	ca. 7.8
21	Brain Stimulation	ca. 7.6
22	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	ca. 7.5
23	Journal of Headache and Pain	ca. 7.3
24	npj Parkinsons Disease	ca. 6.7
-	Progress in Neurobiology	ca. 6.7
26	Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 6.6
27	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	ca. 6.5
28	Molecular Autism	ca. 6.3
29	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	ca. 6.2
30	European Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 6.1
31	Neural Networks	ca. 6
32	Pain	ca. 5.9
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	ca. 5.9
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	ca. 5.9
-	Neural Regeneration Research	ca. 5.9
36	Brain Pathology	ca. 5.8
37	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	ca. 5.7
38	Neurotherapeutics	ca. 5.6
39	Glia	ca. 5.4
-	Neuropsychology Review	ca. 5.4
41	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	ca. 5.3
-	Sleep	ca. 5.3
43	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	ca. 5.2
45	Neurobiology of Disease	ca. 5.1
46	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	ca. 5
-	Bipolar Disorders	ca. 5
-	Cephalalgia	ca. 5
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 5
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	ca. 5

51	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	ca. 4.9
53	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	ca. 4.8
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	ca. 4.8
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	ca. 4.8
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	ca. 4.8
-	Neurophotonics	ca. 4.8
-	Current Neuropharmacology	ca. 4.8
59	Journal of Physiology-London	ca. 4.7
-	Neuroimage	ca. 4.7
61	Molecular Neurobiology	ca. 4.6
-	Experimental Neurology	ca. 4.6
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 4.6
-	Neuropharmacology	ca. 4.6
65	Journal of Psychopharmacology	ca. 4.5
-	European Journal of Neurology	ca. 4.5
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 4.5
68	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	ca. 4.4
-	Neurochemistry International	ca. 4.4
-	Journal of Neuroscience	ca. 4.4
71	Cognitive Computation	ca. 4.3
-	Neurobiology of Stress	ca. 4.3
73	Journal of Neurochemistry	ca. 4.2
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	ca. 4.2
75	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	ca. 4.1
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	ca. 4.1
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	ca. 4.1
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	ca. 4.1
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	ca. 4.1
80	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	ca. 4
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	ca. 4
-	Journal of Pain	ca. 4
83	Journal of Neurotrauma	ca. 3.9
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	ca. 3.9
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	ca. 3.9
-	ASN Neuro	ca. 3.9
88	Translational Stroke Research	ca. 3.8
89	Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 3.7
-	Neurochemical Research	ca. 3.7
-	Neurobiology of Aging	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	ca. 3.7
93	Network Neuroscience	ca. 3.6
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	ca. 3.6
-	npj Science of Learning	ca. 3.6
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	ca. 3.6
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	ca. 3.6
98	Human Brain Mapping	ca. 3.5
-	Neuroscientist	ca. 3.5
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	ca. 3.5
-	European Journal of Pain	ca. 3.5
-	Brain Research Bulletin	ca. 3.5
-	Psychopharmacology	ca. 3.5
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	ca. 3.5
105	Journal of Sleep Research	ca. 3.4
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	ca. 3.4
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	ca. 3.4
-	Neurotoxicology	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	ca. 3.4
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	ca. 3.4
111	Molecular Brain	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	ca. 3.3
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	ca. 3.3
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	ca. 3.3
115	Cortex	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	ca. 3.2
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	ca. 3.2
-	Neuroendocrinology	ca. 3.2
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	ca. 3.2
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	ca. 3.2
123	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 3.1
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	ca. 3.1
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	ca. 3.1
126	Neural Plasticity	ca. 3
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	ca. 3
-	Purinergic Signalling	ca. 3
129	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	ca. 2.9
-	Cerebral Cortex	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	ca. 2.9
-	Psychophysiology	ca. 2.9
-	Neurotoxicity Research	ca. 2.9
-	Neuroscience	ca. 2.9
136	Muscle & Nerve	ca. 2.8
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	ca. 2.8
-	Chemical Senses	ca. 2.8
-	Epilepsia Open	ca. 2.8
-	Molecular Pain	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	ca. 2.8
142	Brain Structure & Function	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	ca. 2.7
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	ca. 2.7
-	Frontiers in Neurology	ca. 2.7
-	Brain Sciences	ca. 2.7
-	eNeuro	ca. 2.7
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	ca. 2.7
-	Developmental Neurobiology	ca. 2.7
-	Neural Computation	ca. 2.7
-	Neurological Sciences	ca. 2.7
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 2.7
-	Brain Research	ca. 2.7
-	Neuroinformatics	ca. 2.7
-	Cerebellum	ca. 2.7
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.7
159	Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.6
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	ca. 2.6
-	Neuropsychology	ca. 2.6
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	ca. 2.6
-	Behavioural Brain Research	ca. 2.6
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.6
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	ca. 2.6
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	ca. 2.6
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	ca. 2.6
169	Hearing Research	ca. 2.5
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 2.5
-	Neuropeptides	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	ca. 2.5
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.5
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	ca. 2.5
-	Neuroscience Letters	ca. 2.5

176	Genes Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.4
-	Brain Connectivity	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 2.4
-	BMC Neuroscience	ca. 2.4
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	ca. 2.4
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	ca. 2.4
-	Hippocampus	ca. 2.4
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	ca. 2.4
-	Neurologic Clinics	ca. 2.4
-	Neuroscience Research	ca. 2.4
186	Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
-	Brain Topography	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Neurovirology	ca. 2.3
-	Neuropsychobiology	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	ca. 2.3
192	Brain and Cognition	ca. 2.2
-	Gait & Posture	ca. 2.2
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	ca. 2.2
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	ca. 2.2
196	Journal of Neurophysiology	ca. 2.1
-	European Neurology	ca. 2.1
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.1
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	ca. 2.1
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.1
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	ca. 2.1
202	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	ca. 2
-	Current Neurovascular Research	ca. 2
-	Neuropsychologia	ca. 2
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	ca. 2
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	ca. 2
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 2
208	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	ca. 1.9
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	ca. 1.9
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	ca. 1.9
213	Experimental Neurobiology	ca. 1.8
-	Current Alzheimer Research	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	ca. 1.8
216	Neurological Research	ca. 1.7
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	ca. 1.7
-	Social Neuroscience	ca. 1.7
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	ca. 1.7
-	Experimental Brain Research	ca. 1.7
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 1.7
-	Biological Cybernetics	ca. 1.7
223	Human Movement Science	ca. 1.6
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	ca. 1.6
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	ca. 1.6
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	ca. 1.6
-	Synapse	ca. 1.6
-	Neuroreport	ca. 1.6
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 1.6
230	Brain Injury	ca. 1.5
-	Folia Neuropathologica	ca. 1.5
-	Psychiatric Genetics	ca. 1.5
-	Vision Research	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	ca. 1.5
235	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	ca. 1.4
236	Neuropathology	ca. 1.3
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	ca. 1.3
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	ca. 1.3
239	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.2
241	Brain Impairment	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	ca. 1.1
-	Visual Neuroscience	ca. 1.1
244	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	ca. 1
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	ca. 1
246	Motor Control	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 0.9
-	Neurology India	ca. 0.9
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 0.9
250	Neurocirugia	ca. 0.7
251	Neurophysiology	ca. 0.6
252	Neurochemical Journal	ca. 0.5
253	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	ca. 0.4
254	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	ca. 0.3
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	ca. 0.3
256	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	ca. 0.2