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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Neuroscience	43
2	Nature Neuroscience	36
3	Neuron	35
4	Translational Neurodegeneration	34
5	Molecular Neurodegeneration	32
6	Acta Neuropathologica	29
7	Journal of Headache and Pain	27
8	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	24
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	24
10	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	23
-	Trends in Neurosciences	23
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	23
14	Brain	22
15	Nature Human Behaviour	21
16	Molecular Psychiatry	19
17	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	18
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
20	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	16
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	16
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Neuroimage	16
24	Progress in Neurobiology	15
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	15
-	npj Parkinsons Disease	15
-	Brain Structure & Function	15
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	15
29	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	14
-	Neuropsychology Review	14
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	14
32	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	13
-	Annals of Neurology	13
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	13
-	Molecular Autism	13
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	13
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	13
-	Neurobiology of Disease	13
39	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	12
-	Glia	12
-	Neural Plasticity	12
-	Current Neuropharmacology	12
-	Neural Networks	12
44	Neuropsychopharmacology	11
-	Neurotoxicity Research	11
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	11
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	11
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	11
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	11

-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	11
-	Neurobiology of Aging	11
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	11
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	11
-	Journal of Neuroscience	11
-	Journal of Pineal Research	11
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	11
-	Neural Regeneration Research	11
59	Neurochemistry International	10
-	Neuroinformatics	10
-	ASN Neuro	10
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	10
-	Cephalalgia	10
-	Neuropharmacology	10
-	Neurotoxicology	10
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	10
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	10
-	Neurobiology of Stress	10
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	10
-	Human Brain Mapping	10
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	10
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	10
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	10
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	10
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	10
-	Experimental Neurology	10
77	Journal of Neurotrauma	9
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	9
-	Molecular Neurobiology	9
-	Translational Stroke Research	9
-	Neurochemical Research	9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	9
-	Cerebral Cortex	9
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	9
-	Cognitive Computation	9
-	Network Neuroscience	9
89	Neuroscience Bulletin	8
-	Pain	8
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	8
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	8
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	8
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	8
-	Brain Research Bulletin	8
-	Cortex	8
-	European Journal of Neurology	8
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	8
-	Brain Sciences	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	8
-	Molecular Brain	8
103	Neurophotonics	7
-	npj Science of Learning	7
-	Psychophysiology	7
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	7
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	7
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	7
-	BMC Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	7
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	7
-	Brain Pathology	7
-	Brain Topography	7
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	7
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	7
-	Molecular Pain	7
-	eNeuro	7
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	7
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	7
-	Psychopharmacology	7
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	7
-	Frontiers in Neurology	7
-	Hearing Research	7
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Behavioural Brain Research	7
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	7
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	7
-	Journal of Sleep Research	7
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	7
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	7
131	Neuropeptides	6
-	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Neuroscience Research	6
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	6
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	6
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	6
-	Neurologic Clinics	6
-	Brain and Language	6
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	6
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	6
-	Journal of Physiology-London	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	European Journal of Pain	6
-	Experimental Neurobiology	6
-	Neuropsychobiology	6
-	Neuroscience Letters	6
-	Neuroscientist	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Purinergic Signalling	6
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	6
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	6
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	6
-	Brain Connectivity	6
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	6
-	Brain Research	6
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	6
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	6
158	Neuroscience	5
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	5
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	5
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	5
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	5
-	Hippocampus	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	5
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	5
-	Brain and Behavior	5
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	5
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	5
-	Cognitive Systems Research	5
-	Current Neurovascular Research	5
-	Neural Computation	5
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	5
-	Neuroendocrinology	5

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