Journal rankings · indicator year 2010
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Field ranking · 2010
Neuroscience journal rankings 2010
266 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Neuroscience has 266 ranked journals in 2010. The median OJR rose 0.05 on 2009 to 1.15, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.70. The top three are Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, Psychological Review, and Nature Neuroscience.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2010. 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 2007–2009, the window the 2010 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 2009. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2007–2009, the window the 2010 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2007–2009 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 2001 to 2010. | Compare |
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1Frontiers in NeuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United States | 6.31Q1 | 12.95 1.99 down from 2009 | 93 | 58% | $4,800 | ||
2Psychological ReviewAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 5.22Q1 | 8.77 0.25 up from 2009 | 171 | 32% | — | ||
3Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United States | 5.01Q1 | 12.71 0.22 up from 2009 | 836 | 68% | $12,690 | ||
4Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.59Q1 | 6.63 0.32 down from 2009 | 710 | 32% | $3,900 | ||
5Current Directions in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.56Q1 | 6.05 0.25 down from 2009 | 221 | 29% | $3,900 | ||
6NeuronCell Press · United States | 4.53Q1 | 12.65 1.05 up from 2009 | 1,217 | 99% | $10,400 | ||
7Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.36Q1 | 11.13 0.05 up from 2009 | 207 | 24% | $5,190 | ||
8Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research ReviewsWiley · United States | 4.23Q1 | —no 2009 value | 43 | — | — | ||
9Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralAmerican Psychological Association | 3.86Q1 | 6.62 0.05 up from 2009 | 112 | 37% | — | ||
10Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 3.70Q1 | 10.87 0.17 up from 2009 | 445 | 63% | $5,490 | ||
11Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV · United States | 3.61Q1 | 9.06 1.39 up from 2009 | 350 | 34% | $4,860 | ||
12Cognitive PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.53Q1 | 5.96 1.71 up from 2009 | 61 | 43% | $3,570 | ||
13Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 3.41Q1 | 3.80 1.02 down from 2009 | 179 | 55% | $4,000 | ||
14Brain Research ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.38Q1 | 9.26 0.56 up from 2009 | 286 | 34% | — | ||
15Behavior Research MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.33Q1 | 3.82 0.67 down from 2009 | 392 | 88% | $3,990 | ||
16Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 3.31Q1 | 7.21 1.27 down from 2009 | 1,189 | 43% | $5,489 | ||
17Neuropsychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.20Q1 | 6.03 0.77 down from 2009 | 103 | 68% | $3,890 | ||
18Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience · United States | 3.14Q1 | 8.78 0.22 up from 2009 | 4,614 | 100% | — | ||
19Cerebral CortexOxford University Press · United States | 2.98Q1 | 6.98 0.35 down from 2009 | 824 | 71% | $5,038 | ||
20CognitionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.89Q1 | 4.38 0.50 down from 2009 | 461 | 32% | $3,910 | ||
21Social Cognitive and Affective NeuroscienceOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 2.88Q1 | 5.82 0.09 down from 2009 | 145 | 99% | $2,379 | ||
22NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature · United States | 2.87Q1 | 6.70 0.33 down from 2009 | 785 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
23Human Brain MappingOAWiley · United States | 2.83Q1 | 6.62 1.21 up from 2009 | 594 | 95% | $3,520 | ||
24Journal of NeuroinflammationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.82Q1 | 7.20 0.64 up from 2009 | 126 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
25Physics of Life ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.74Q1 | 7.54 3.24 up from 2009 | 33 | 13% | $4,720 | ||
26Social CognitionGuilford Press · United States | 2.69Q1 | 2.88 0.16 up from 2009 | 143 | 18% | — | ||
27Topics in Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 2.68Q1 | 2.85no 2009 value | 68 | 51% | $3,470 | — | |
28NeuroImageOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.65Q1 | 6.14 0.53 down from 2009 | 2,624 | 40% | $3,540 | ||
29Current BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 5.41 0.29 down from 2009 | 2,364 | 100% | $7,030 | ||
30Journal of Memory and LanguageElsevier BV · United States | 2.59Q1 | 5.67 0.90 up from 2009 | 191 | 38% | $4,670 | ||
31Frontiers in Integrative NeuroscienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.50Q1 | 5.94 3.52 up from 2009 | 44 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
32Brain Structure and FunctionSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.45Q1 | 5.89 0.57 up from 2009 | 95 | 54% | $4,790 | ||
33Cognitive Affective & Behavioral NeuroscienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.44Q1 | 4.38 1.30 down from 2009 | 120 | 98% | $3,190 | ||
34IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental DevelopmentInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.35Q1 | 2.67no 2009 value | 30 | 7% | — | — | |
35Journal of Cognitive NeuroscienceThe MIT Press · United States | 2.33Q1 | 5.14 0.22 down from 2009 | 809 | 58% | — | ||
36Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.22Q1 | 36.24 3.58 up from 2009 | 63 | 38% | — | ||
37Social NeuroscienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 3.87 0.15 up from 2009 | 132 | 34% | — | ||
38Frontiers in Neural CircuitsOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.19Q1 | 5.39 0.67 up from 2009 | 32 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
39Brain stimulationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.15Q1 | 3.93 0.74 up from 2009 | 94 | 90% | $4,430 | ||
40Mind & LanguageWiley · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 3.06 0.02 down from 2009 | 89 | 16% | $4,150 | ||
41PsychoneuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 5.61 0.37 up from 2009 | 578 | 30% | $3,830 | ||
42Psychiatry Research NeuroimagingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 4.45 0.03 down from 2009 | 324 | 31% | $3,110 | ||
43American Journal of Speech-Language PathologyAmerican Speech–Language–Hearing Association · United States | 2.11Q1 | 3.17 1.00 up from 2009 | 113 | 21% | — | ||
44Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.06Q1 | 16.84 0.69 down from 2009 | 80 | 36% | — | ||
45The NeuroscientistSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.04Q1 | 4.26 1.31 down from 2009 | 206 | 17% | $4,400 | ||
46NeurosignalsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 2.02Q1 | 4.26 1.46 down from 2009 | 62 | 32% | $1,617 | ||
47Neurobiology of AgingElsevier BV · United States | 2.00Q1 | 4.89 0.55 up from 2009 | 719 | 45% | $3,430 | ||
48GliaWiley · United States | 2.00Q1 | 5.25 0.19 up from 2009 | 507 | 36% | $5,450 | ||
49NeuropsychologiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 4.66 0.20 up from 2009 | 1,045 | 37% | $3,300 | ||
50Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and CognitionAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.91Q1 | 3.73 0.35 down from 2009 | 328 | 28% | — |
Citations made in 2010. Corpus-wide, 73.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
66 additional Neuroscience journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2007–2009, 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: 2010. Publication window: 2007–2009. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 266
- Window papers (baseline)
- 150,842 +19.4% from indicator year 2007
- Median OJR
- 1.146 +14.7% from indicator year 2007
- Rising journals (2025)
- 30Comparison-group list (30)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2007–2009 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 |
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| 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.