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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Neuroscience	91
2	Neuron	87
3	Brain Behavior and Immunity	82
4	Brain	75
5	Nature Human Behaviour	70
6	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	69
-	Neuroimage	69
8	Molecular Psychiatry	64
9	Journal of Neuroinflammation	63
10	Frontiers in Neuroscience	62
11	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	61
12	Neural Networks	58
13	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
-	Trends in Neurosciences	56
-	Frontiers in Neurology	56
16	Annals of Neurology	55
17	Biological Psychiatry	54
18	Brain Sciences	49
-	Journal of Neuroscience	49
20	European Journal of Neurology	47
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	47
-	Acta Neuropathologica	47
23	Molecular Neurobiology	46
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	46
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	46
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	46
-	Neurobiology of Disease	46
28	Neuropsychopharmacology	45
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	45
30	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	44
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	44
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	44
-	Human Brain Mapping	44
34	Pain	43
35	Brain Stimulation	41
-	Neuropharmacology	41
37	Neurological Sciences	40
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	40
-	Experimental Neurology	40
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	40
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	40
42	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	39
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	39
44	Journal of Headache and Pain	38
-	Journal of Physiology-London	38
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	38
47	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	37
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	37
49	Annual Review of Neuroscience	36
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	36

-	Sleep	36
52	Neuroscience	35
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	35
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	35
-	Cerebral Cortex	35
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	35
57	Progress in Neurobiology	34
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	34
59	Journal of Neural Engineering	33
-	Brain and Behavior	33
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	33
-	Cortex	33
-	Neurobiology of Aging	33
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	33
-	Glia	33
-	npj Parkinsons Disease	33
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	33
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	33
-	Journal of Pineal Research	33
70	Translational Neurodegeneration	32
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	32
-	Neural Regeneration Research	32
73	Psychoneuroendocrinology	31
-	Brain Research Bulletin	31
-	Cephalalgia	31
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	31
-	Cognitive Computation	31
78	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	30
-	Neurochemistry International	30
-	Neuroscience Letters	30
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	30
-	Journal of Sleep Research	30
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	30
84	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	29
-	Behavioural Brain Research	29
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	29
-	Muscle & Nerve	29
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	29
-	Psychopharmacology	29
-	Current Neuropharmacology	29
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	29
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	29
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	29
-	Neurochemical Research	29
95	Psychophysiology	28
-	Brain Pathology	28
-	Molecular Autism	28
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	28
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	28
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	28
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	28
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	28
103	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	27
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	27
-	Neurobiology of Stress	27
106	Neuroscience Bulletin	26
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	26
-	eNeuro	26
-	European Journal of Pain	26
-	Translational Stroke Research	26
-	Brain Research	26
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	26
-	Molecular Brain	26
114	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	25
-	Neurotoxicology	25
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	25
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	25
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	25
119	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	24
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	24
-	Journal of Pain	24
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	24
-	Bipolar Disorders	24
-	Brain Structure & Function	24
-	Journal of Neurovirology	24
-	Hearing Research	24
127	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	23
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	23
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	23
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	23
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	23
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	23
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	23
134	Neuropsychologia	22
-	Neuroscience Research	22
-	Neural Plasticity	22
-	Gait & Posture	22
-	Neuropsychology Review	22
-	Neuroscientist	22
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	22
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	22
142	Neurotoxicity Research	21
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	21
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	21
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	21
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	21
147	Neuromuscular Disorders	20
-	Chemical Senses	20
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	20
-	Hippocampus	20
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	20
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	20
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	20
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	20
-	Cerebellum	20
-	Experimental Brain Research	20
157	Cognitive Systems Research	19
-	Neural Computation	19
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	19
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	19
161	Neurophotonics	18
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	18
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	18
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	18
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	18
-	Human Movement Science	18
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	18
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	18
-	Epilepsia Open	18
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	18
171	Neurologic Clinics	17
-	Neuropsychology	17
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	17
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	17
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	17

-	Neuroinformatics	17
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	17
-	Brain Connectivity	17
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	17
-	Developmental Neurobiology	17
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	17
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	17
183	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	16
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	16
-	Brain Topography	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	16
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	16
-	Purinergic Signalling	16
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	16
-	Brain Injury	16
-	Current Alzheimer Research	16
-	Network Neuroscience	16
-	Neuroendocrinology	16
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	16
196	Neuropeptides	15
-	npj Science of Learning	15
-	Vision Research	15
-	Brain and Language	15
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	15
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	15
-	Neuroreport	15
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	15
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	15
-	Brain and Cognition	15
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	15
207	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	14
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	14
-	BMC Neuroscience	14
-	Current Neurovascular Research	14
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	14
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	14
-	Neurological Research	14
215	Journal of Neurogenetics	13
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	13
-	Experimental Neurobiology	13
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	13
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
221	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	12
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	12
-	ASN Neuro	12
224	Neuropathology	11
-	Molecular Pain	11
-	Neurology India	11
-	Neuropsychobiology	11
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	11
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	11
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	11
231	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	10
-	Developmental Neuroscience	10
-	European Neurology	10
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	10
235	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	9
-	Biological Cybernetics	9
-	Social Neuroscience	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
239	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	8
-	Motor Control	8
-	Synapse	8
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	8
243	Psychiatric Genetics	7
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	7
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	7
-	Folia Neuropathologica	7
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	7
248	Brain Impairment	6
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	6
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	6
251	Neurochemical Journal	5
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	5
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	5
-	Chemosensory Perception	5
-	Neurocirugia	5
256	Neurophysiology	4
-	Visual Neuroscience	4
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	4
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	4
260	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	2