Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Field ranking · 2015
Neuroscience journal rankings 2015
306 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Neuroscience has 306 ranked journals in 2015. The median OJR fell 0.05 on 2014 to 1.09, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.60. The top three are Neurosignals, Nature Neuroscience, and Current Directions in Psychological Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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.
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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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1NeurosignalsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 8.42Q1 | 1.78 9.27 down from 2014 | 43 | 100% | $1,617 | ||
2Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United States | 5.97Q1 | 16.03 0.76 down from 2014 | 853 | 72% | $12,690 | ||
3Current Directions in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.87Q1 | 8.94 0.25 down from 2014 | 217 | 42% | $3,900 | ||
4Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.63Q1 | 16.77 4.01 up from 2014 | 179 | 48% | $5,190 | ||
5Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 5.01Q1 | 8.22 0.88 up from 2014 | 822 | 46% | $3,900 | ||
6NeuronCell Press · United States | 5.00Q1 | 13.26 1.32 down from 2014 | 1,502 | 100% | $10,400 | ||
7Psychological ReviewAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.84Q1 | 9.53 0.48 up from 2014 | 106 | 49% | — | ||
8Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 4.08Q1 | 10.94 0.52 up from 2014 | 534 | 76% | $5,490 | ||
9Frontiers in NeuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United States | 4.00Q1 | 9.23 1.08 up from 2014 | 112 | 64% | $4,800 | ||
10Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV · United States | 3.51Q1 | 10.57 0.42 down from 2014 | 558 | 39% | $4,860 | ||
11Neuropsychology ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.35Q1 | 9.00 1.78 up from 2014 | 79 | 61% | $3,890 | ||
12Cognitive PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.29Q1 | 6.06 1.41 down from 2014 | 76 | 36% | $3,570 | ||
13Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 3.27Q1 | 19.55 1.45 up from 2014 | 73 | 71% | — | ||
14Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 3.11Q1 | 7.01 0.04 up from 2014 | 1,293 | 53% | $5,489 | ||
15Trends in Neuroscience and EducationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.08Q1 | 4.41 0.55 down from 2014 | 41 | 13% | $3,880 | ||
16Mind & LanguageWiley · United Kingdom | 3.06Q1 | 3.43 0.36 up from 2014 | 90 | 41% | $4,150 | ||
17Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralAmerican Psychological Association | 3.03Q1 | 5.07 0.21 down from 2014 | 315 | 42% | — | ||
18Journal of Memory and LanguageElsevier BV · United States | 3.02Q1 | 6.55 1.50 up from 2014 | 235 | 46% | $4,670 | ||
19NeuroImageOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.74Q1 | 7.20 0.22 up from 2014 | 2,798 | 61% | $3,540 | ||
20Social Cognitive and Affective NeuroscienceOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 2.70Q1 | 5.13 0.12 down from 2014 | 507 | 100% | $2,379 | ||
21Current BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.68Q1 | 6.05 0.10 down from 2014 | 2,348 | 100% | $7,030 | ||
22Translational PsychiatryOASpringer Nature · United States | 2.65Q1 | 7.54 0.59 down from 2014 | 404 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
23Topics in Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 2.61Q1 | 2.92 0.65 down from 2014 | 174 | 64% | $3,470 | ||
24Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience · United States | 2.60Q1 | 7.08 0.65 down from 2014 | 5,147 | 99% | — | ||
25Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain SciencesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.58Q1 | 1.42no 2014 value | 33 | 15% | $3,400 | — | |
26CognitionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.57Q1 | 4.18 0.29 down from 2014 | 566 | 50% | $3,910 | ||
27Journal of NeuroinflammationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 6.14 0.38 down from 2014 | 652 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
28Cerebral CortexOxford University Press · United States | 2.52Q1 | 5.48 0.38 down from 2014 | 1,100 | 66% | $5,038 | ||
29Human Brain MappingOAWiley · United States | 2.50Q1 | 5.58 0.31 up from 2014 | 772 | 97% | $3,520 | ||
30Molecular AutismOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 7.01 0.56 down from 2014 | 125 | 100% | $3,990 | ||
31Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesWiley · United States | 2.48Q1 | 5.71 0.33 up from 2014 | 1,001 | 42% | $5,080 | ||
32NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature · United States | 2.46Q1 | 6.40 0.01 up from 2014 | 944 | 99% | $5,290 | ||
33NeuroImage ClinicalOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.44Q1 | 5.73 1.37 up from 2014 | 412 | 100% | $3,490 | ||
34GliaWiley · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.19 0.45 down from 2014 | 499 | 44% | $5,450 | ||
35The NeuroscientistSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.42Q1 | 5.47 0.37 down from 2014 | 184 | 35% | $4,400 | ||
36Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 4.77 0.29 up from 2014 | 152 | 100% | $3,650 | ||
37The World Journal of Biological PsychiatryTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 4.71 0.21 down from 2014 | 121 | 39% | — | ||
38Neurobiology of AgingElsevier BV · United States | 2.24Q1 | 5.55 0.10 up from 2014 | 1,099 | 46% | $3,430 | ||
39Fluids and Barriers of the CNSOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 6.48 0.94 up from 2014 | 87 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
40Brain Behavior and ImmunityElsevier BV · United States | 2.18Q1 | 5.62 0.29 down from 2014 | 634 | 30% | $5,680 | ||
41Journal of Pineal ResearchWiley · Denmark | 2.17Q1 | 9.30 0.49 up from 2014 | 240 | 22% | $5,000 | ||
42Brain Imaging and BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.13Q1 | 3.68 1.48 down from 2014 | 193 | 46% | $3,790 | ||
43PsychoneuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 5.68 0.26 down from 2014 | 787 | 26% | $3,830 | ||
44Nature reviews. NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 9.85 0.11 down from 2014 | 719 | 19% | — | ||
45Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.05Q1 | 18.04 7.72 down from 2014 | 76 | 77% | — | ||
46Trends in Cognitive SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 12.52 0.96 down from 2014 | 357 | 48% | $7,030 | ||
47Behavior Research MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.02Q1 | 3.61 0.63 up from 2014 | 352 | 99% | $3,990 | ||
48Brain ConnectivityMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.00Q1 | 3.72 2.39 down from 2014 | 183 | 66% | — | ||
49Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 1.96Q1 | 2.22 0.73 down from 2014 | 331 | 30% | $4,000 | ||
50NeuropharmacologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 5.52 0.06 up from 2014 | 1,182 | 45% | $4,300 |
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
95 additional Neuroscience journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 306
- Window papers (baseline)
- 181,549 +8.3% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 1.086 -6.1% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 30Comparison-group list (30)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.