Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Neurology journal rankings 2004
68 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Neurology has 68 ranked journals in 2004. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2003; Q1 starts at OJR 1.08. The top three are Brain, Annals of Neurology, and Neurology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
68 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2004. | Compare |
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1BrainOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.98Q1 | 8.59 0.06 up from 2003 | 758 | 29% | $5,570 | ||
2Annals of NeurologyWiley · United States | 3.13Q1 | 7.61 0.76 up from 2003 | 924 | 12% | $4,700 | ||
3NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.30Q1 | 4.80 0.46 down from 2003 | 3,241 | 12% | — | ||
4Archives of NeurologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.24Q1 | 4.92 0.39 up from 2003 | 840 | 12% | — | ||
5Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & MetabolismSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 5.27 0.39 down from 2003 | 558 | 55% | $4,200 | ||
6Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental NeurologyOxford University Press · United States | 2.04Q1 | 5.56 0.62 up from 2003 | 341 | 27% | $5,036 | ||
7Current Opinion in NeurologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.92Q1 | 4.00 0.10 down from 2003 | 351 | 2% | — | ||
8Neurobiology of DiseaseOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.90Q1 | 4.95 0.66 down from 2003 | 325 | 96% | $4,180 | ||
9CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug TargetsBentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates | 1.75Q1 | 3.95 2.09 up from 2003 | 91 | 0% | — | ||
10The Lancet NeurologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.66Q1 | 3.55 2.67 up from 2003 | 348 | 6% | $7,280 | ||
11Movement DisordersWiley · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.33 0.17 up from 2003 | 886 | 4% | $4,480 | ||
12Journal of neurosurgeryAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons · United States | 1.31Q1 | 2.86 0.23 up from 2003 | 1,235 | 1% | — | ||
13Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.28Q1 | 2.52 0.21 down from 2003 | 1,425 | 96% | — | ||
14NeuroepidemiologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.20Q1 | 2.09 0.28 up from 2003 | 146 | 13% | — | ||
15Journal of NeurologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.18Q1 | 2.45 0.25 up from 2003 | 731 | 3% | $4,790 | ||
16Muscle & NerveWiley · United States | 1.18Q1 | 2.57 0.08 up from 2003 | 734 | 6% | $4,610 | ||
17Journal of the Neurological SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.08Q1 | 2.41 0.15 down from 2003 | 710 | 7% | $3,640 | ||
18Journal of NeuroimmunologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.08Q2 | 2.92 0.40 down from 2003 | 837 | 7% | $3,360 | ||
19Journal of Neural TransmissionSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 1.05Q2 | 2.86 0.12 up from 2003 | 360 | 5% | $4,690 | ||
20European Journal of NeurologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 1.88 0.19 down from 2003 | 470 | 10% | $3,600 | ||
21Acta Neurologica ScandinavicaWiley · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 1.91 0.33 up from 2003 | 500 | 53% | $2,490 | ||
22NeuroradiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.91Q2 | 1.72 0.24 up from 2003 | 266 | 8% | $4,790 | ||
23Neurosurgery Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 0.88Q2 | 1.59 0.49 up from 2003 | 139 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
24The NeurologistLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.87Q2 | 1.90 1.43 up from 2003 | 83 | 2% | — | ||
25Parkinsonism & Related DisordersElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 1.65 0.43 down from 2003 | 206 | 6% | $3,460 | ||
26NeurosurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.83Q2 | 1.99 0.51 up from 2003 | 2,076 | 1% | — | ||
27Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron DisordersTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.52 0.43 up from 2003 | 144 | 1% | — | ||
28European NeurologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.77Q2 | 1.61 0.25 up from 2003 | 366 | 13% | — | ||
29Current Neurology and Neuroscience ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.76Q2 | 1.74 0.03 down from 2003 | 209 | 2% | $5,590 | ||
30Neurological SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Italy | 0.76Q2 | 1.36 0.18 up from 2003 | 286 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
31Seminars in NeurologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 0.71Q2 | 1.07 0.27 down from 2003 | 151 | 0% | — | ||
32Journal of Neurosurgical AnesthesiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.71Q2 | 1.53 0.27 up from 2003 | 182 | 1% | — | ||
33Stereotactic and Functional NeurosurgeryKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.70Q2 | 1.42 0.71 up from 2003 | 156 | 33% | — | ||
34Medical and Pediatric OncologyAlan R. Liss, Inc. · United States | 0.66Q2 | 1.26 0.38 down from 2003 | 633 | — | — | ||
35Neuroimaging Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 0.64Q3 | 1.41 0.45 up from 2003 | 149 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
36Journal of the Peripheral Nervous SystemWiley · United States | 0.64Q3 | 1.63 0.19 up from 2003 | 141 | 3% | $4,550 | ||
37Neurosurgical ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.63Q3 | 1.39 0.23 up from 2003 | 113 | 3% | $4,590 | ||
38Neurological ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 1.50 0.23 up from 2003 | 411 | 5% | — | ||
39Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences NeurologiquesCambridge University Press · Canada | 0.62Q3 | 1.25 0.24 up from 2003 | 255 | 99% | $3,550 | ||
40Surgical NeurologyElsevier BV · United States | 0.61Q3 | 0.89 0.02 up from 2003 | 502 | 0% | — | ||
41Journal of Neuro-OphthalmologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.61Q3 | 0.91 0.30 down from 2003 | 161 | 0% | — | ||
42Clinical Neurology and NeurosurgeryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.60Q3 | 1.23 0.33 up from 2003 | 212 | 1% | $3,740 | ||
43British Journal of NeurosurgeryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.58Q3 | 1.00 0.09 up from 2003 | 308 | 0% | — | ||
44Acta NeurochirurgicaOASpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.52Q3 | 1.03 0.03 down from 2003 | 358 | 5% | $3,990 | ||
45Current Treatment Options in NeurologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.52Q3 | 1.22 0.26 up from 2003 | 147 | 2% | $4,190 | ||
46NeuropathologyWiley · Australia | 0.47Q3 | 1.23 0.54 up from 2003 | 175 | 10% | $3,400 | ||
47Journal of Clinical NeuroscienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.44Q3 | 0.87 0.08 up from 2003 | 581 | 5% | $3,830 | ||
48Fortschritte der Neurologie · PsychiatrieThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.43Q3 | 0.43 0.03 down from 2003 | 260 | 1% | — | ||
49Central European Neurosurgery - Zentralblatt für NeurochirurgieJohann Ambrosius Barth Verlag · Germany | 0.41Q3 | 0.76 0.36 up from 2003 | 75 | 0% | — | ||
50International Journal of NeuroscienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.35Q3 | 0.73no change | 341 | 3% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Neurology highlighted.
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
28 additional Neurology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 68
- Window papers (baseline)
- 25,423 +14.5% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.6495 +34.9% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 16
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 62 | 63 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 95 | 109 | 120 | 132 | 138 | 151 | 151 | 157 | 161 | 164 | 170 | 172 | 176 | 174 | 175 | 168 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 20,103 | 22,212 | 23,092 | 24,511 | 25,423 | 27,798 | 30,119 | 32,966 | 35,574 | 39,471 | 42,315 | 45,185 | 46,659 | 48,518 | 51,657 | 53,867 | 56,147 | 56,821 | 58,529 | 60,560 | 63,295 | 71,057 | 80,971 | 88,942 | 90,225 | 89,484 | |
| Median OJR | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.602 | 0.6495 | 0.731 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.732 | 0.662 | 0.68 | 0.657 | 0.6492 | 0.639 | 0.67 | 0.644 | 0.661 | 0.57 | 0.598 | 0.601 | 0.59 | 0.62 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.