Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Field ranking · 2008
Neuroscience journal rankings 2008
242 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Neuroscience has 242 ranked journals in 2008. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.02 against 1.00, up 0.02 on 2007. A journal needs OJR 1.55 to reach Q1. The top three are Psychological Review, Nature Neuroscience, and Progress in Neurobiology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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 in Neuroscience (8)
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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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1Psychological ReviewAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.45Q1 | 10.98 4.25 up from 2007 | 168 | 34% | — | ||
2Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United States | 4.92Q1 | 12.41 0.64 down from 2007 | 900 | 49% | $12,690 | ||
3Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.38Q1 | 8.93 2.39 down from 2007 | 186 | 32% | $5,190 | ||
4NeuronCell Press · United States | 4.37Q1 | 12.70 0.31 up from 2007 | 1,219 | 99% | $10,400 | ||
5Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV · United States | 4.11Q1 | 8.35 0.71 down from 2007 | 273 | 25% | $4,860 | ||
6Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 4.09Q1 | 4.45 0.15 up from 2007 | 138 | 66% | $4,000 | ||
7Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralAmerican Psychological Association | 4.04Q1 | 6.64 0.36 up from 2007 | 124 | 33% | — | ||
8Cognitive PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.95Q1 | 4.24 0.81 up from 2007 | 78 | 27% | $3,570 | ||
9Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 3.86Q1 | 9.68 0.54 up from 2007 | 1,180 | 45% | $5,489 | ||
10Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.78Q1 | 6.52 1.14 up from 2007 | 608 | 24% | $3,900 | ||
11Current Directions in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.75Q1 | 5.69 0.94 up from 2007 | 206 | 28% | $3,900 | ||
12Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 3.50Q1 | 10.14 1.84 up from 2007 | 412 | 47% | $5,490 | ||
13Frontiers in NeuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.15Q1 | 6.31 0.69 up from 2007 | 76 | 44% | $4,800 | ||
14Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience · United States | 3.13Q1 | 8.90 0.19 down from 2007 | 4,236 | 99% | — | ||
15NeuroImageOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.76Q1 | 6.53 0.39 down from 2007 | 2,179 | 35% | $3,540 | ||
16Brain Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.74Q1 | 6.91 0.11 down from 2007 | 334 | 33% | — | ||
17CognitionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.73Q1 | 3.78 0.02 up from 2007 | 373 | 35% | $3,910 | ||
18Cerebral CortexOxford University Press · United States | 2.71Q1 | 6.65 0.11 up from 2007 | 750 | 75% | $5,038 | ||
19Physics of Life ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.68Q1 | 3.57 1.62 down from 2007 | 36 | 33% | $4,720 | ||
20Current BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 5.83 0.25 down from 2007 | 2,289 | 100% | $7,030 | ||
21Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research ReviewsWiley · United States | 2.55Q1 | 4.30 1.00 up from 2007 | 122 | — | — | ||
22Human Brain MappingOAWiley · United States | 2.55Q1 | 4.87 1.80 down from 2007 | 438 | 92% | $3,520 | ||
23Journal of Cognitive NeuroscienceThe MIT Press · United States | 2.53Q1 | 6.05 0.46 down from 2007 | 615 | 43% | — | ||
24NeuroRxSpringer Nature · United States | 2.53Q1 | 4.81 0.70 down from 2007 | 101 | — | — | ||
25NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature · United States | 2.52Q1 | 6.69 0.64 up from 2007 | 948 | 55% | $5,290 | ||
26Neuropsychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.40Q1 | 5.55 1.34 up from 2007 | 58 | 37% | $3,890 | ||
27Adaptive BehaviorSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.19Q1 | 2.74 0.28 down from 2007 | 66 | 24% | $4,150 | ||
28The NeuroscientistSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.17Q1 | 4.98 1.02 down from 2007 | 237 | 28% | $4,400 | ||
29Social CognitionGuilford Press · United States | 2.14Q1 | 2.44 0.86 up from 2007 | 101 | 15% | — | ||
30GliaWiley · United States | 2.11Q1 | 6.25 0.15 up from 2007 | 464 | 37% | $5,450 | ||
31Psychiatry Research NeuroimagingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 4.42 0.17 up from 2007 | 255 | 29% | $3,110 | ||
32Cognitive Affective & Behavioral NeuroscienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.07Q1 | 4.84 0.82 up from 2007 | 105 | 98% | $3,190 | ||
33Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.06Q1 | 17.43 3.91 up from 2007 | 76 | 37% | — | ||
34CNS Drug ReviewsWiley · United States | 2.06Q1 | 5.94 1.85 up from 2007 | 69 | — | — | ||
35Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.02Q1 | 33.88 0.22 down from 2007 | 61 | 29% | — | ||
36Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and CognitionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.99Q1 | 3.91 0.83 up from 2007 | 304 | 25% | — | ||
37Journal of Memory and LanguageElsevier BV · United States | 1.99Q1 | 3.57 0.57 up from 2007 | 243 | 32% | $4,670 | ||
38Cognitive Brain ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.98Q1 | —no 2007 value | 210 | — | — | ||
39Social Cognitive and Affective NeuroscienceOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 4.61 2.66 up from 2007 | 80 | 100% | $2,379 | ||
40Behavior Research MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.96Q1 | 2.98 1.56 up from 2007 | 287 | 98% | $3,990 | ||
41NeuropsychologiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.95Q1 | 4.75 0.58 up from 2007 | 876 | 32% | $3,300 | ||
42Neurobiology of AgingElsevier BV · United States | 1.92Q1 | 4.73 0.06 up from 2007 | 759 | 36% | $3,430 | ||
43HippocampusWiley · United States | 1.90Q1 | 5.78 1.20 down from 2007 | 327 | 35% | $4,780 | ||
44Mind & LanguageWiley · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 2.46 0.11 up from 2007 | 87 | 18% | $4,150 | ||
45IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation EngineeringOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.86Q1 | 3.60 0.89 down from 2007 | 229 | 24% | $2,075 | ||
46Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & PerformanceAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.84Q1 | 4.24 1.02 up from 2007 | 316 | 23% | — | ||
47Journal of NeuroinflammationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 4.03 0.71 down from 2007 | 93 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
48Social NeuroscienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 3.32 2.09 up from 2007 | 70 | 29% | — | ||
49Brain Behavior and ImmunityElsevier BV · United States | 1.81Q1 | 5.00 0.79 up from 2007 | 322 | 28% | $5,680 | ||
50PsychoneuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 4.26 1.06 down from 2007 | 375 | 29% | $3,830 |
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
71 additional Neuroscience journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 242
- Window papers (baseline)
- 131,531 +14.4% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 1.024 +2.6% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 30Comparison-group list (30)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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 | 196 | 201 | 210 | 220 | 223 | 230 | 231 | 238 | 242 | 248 | 266 | 276 | 290 | 292 | 295 | 306 | 314 | 319 | 321 | 328 | 332 | 344 | 352 | 356 | 360 | 355 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 92,779 | 97,762 | 100,667 | 104,810 | 108,324 | 115,003 | 120,244 | 126,308 | 131,531 | 143,118 | 150,842 | 164,012 | 167,583 | 173,307 | 175,900 | 181,549 | 185,572 | 184,543 | 184,806 | 187,130 | 193,371 | 201,253 | 210,793 | 215,142 | 216,969 | 218,119 | |
| Median OJR | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.889 | 0.91 | 0.924 | 0.998 | 1.04 | 0.9996 | 1.024 | 1.094 | 1.146 | 1.136 | 1.16 | 1.150 | 1.141 | 1.086 | 1.083 | 1.076 | 1.022 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.918 | 0.90 | 0.890 | 0.86 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.2% | 293 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.951 per 1,000 | 257 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -9.4% | 327 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 68.0% | 355 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,555 | 226 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 27.0% | 344 journals |
| Review share | Median: 1.4% | 355 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.86 | 349 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 27.2% | 355 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.1% | 355 journals |
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.