Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Field ranking · 2023
Neuroscience journal rankings 2023
356 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Neuroscience has 356 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 1.26. The top three are Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Neuroscience, and Current Directions in Psychological Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Nature Human BehaviourNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 8.41Q1 | 19.04 8.58 down from 2022 | 621 | 52% | $12,690 | ||
2Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United States | 6.36Q1 | 18.25 4.04 down from 2022 | 595 | 60% | $12,690 | ||
3Current Directions in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.52Q1 | 9.90 0.23 up from 2022 | 213 | 62% | $3,900 | ||
4Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.71Q1 | 5.95 3.13 down from 2022 | 464 | 71% | $3,900 | ||
5NeuronCell Press · United States | 3.45Q1 | 10.40 0.74 down from 2022 | 1,207 | 100% | $10,400 | ||
6Psychological ReviewAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.33Q1 | 7.88 1.15 up from 2022 | 192 | 60% | — | ||
7Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 10.63 0.29 down from 2022 | 1,211 | 77% | $5,490 | ||
8Brain Behavior and ImmunityElsevier BV · United States | 3.08Q1 | 8.06 8.48 down from 2022 | 1,050 | 45% | $5,680 | ||
9Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 3.05Q1 | 23.98 0.87 down from 2022 | 82 | 96% | — | ||
10Journal of NeuroinflammationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 10.29 0.10 up from 2022 | 979 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
11Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain SciencesSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.03Q1 | 4.54 0.95 down from 2022 | 77 | 52% | $3,400 | ||
12Autism in AdulthoodMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.77Q1 | 8.08 0.23 up from 2022 | 126 | 100% | — | ||
13Journal of Pineal ResearchWiley · Denmark | 2.72Q1 | 8.73 1.48 down from 2022 | 185 | 58% | $5,000 | ||
14Nature reviews. NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 13.56 0.21 up from 2022 | 392 | 29% | — | ||
15Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 2.60Q1 | 5.03 0.61 down from 2022 | 97 | 66% | $4,150 | ||
16Nature Reviews PsychologyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.59Q1 | 9.16no 2022 value | 141 | 37% | — | — | |
17Behavior Research MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.21 0.21 up from 2022 | 688 | 99% | $3,990 | ||
18Health Information Science and SystemsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 6.58 1.79 down from 2022 | 103 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
19npj Science of LearningOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 5.29 0.15 down from 2022 | 86 | 100% | $2,690 | ||
20Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 6.69 0.03 up from 2022 | 300 | 66% | $5,190 | ||
21Mind & LanguageWiley · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 3.06 0.31 down from 2022 | 167 | 66% | $4,150 | ||
222021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA)Publisher not listed | 2.27Q1 | 1.58 1.02 up from 2022 | 107 | — | — | ||
23Trends in Cognitive SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 10.15 1.38 down from 2022 | 464 | 58% | $7,030 | ||
24Fluids and Barriers of the CNSOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 6.58 1.53 down from 2022 | 229 | 100% | $3,390 | ||
25Translational PsychiatryOASpringer Nature · United States | 2.21Q1 | 6.87 1.22 down from 2022 | 1,540 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
26Frontiers in NeuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.17Q1 | 6.87 0.48 down from 2022 | 131 | 70% | $4,800 | ||
27Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralAmerican Psychological Association | 2.16Q1 | 4.41 0.37 down from 2022 | 482 | 50% | — | ||
28Neuroscience of ConsciousnessOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 7.71 2.33 up from 2022 | 90 | 100% | $2,544 | ||
29Neuroscience InformaticsOAElsevier BV · France | 2.13Q1 | 6.82 0.35 up from 2022 | 87 | 100% | $1,590 | ||
30Molecular AutismOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 7.37 0.05 down from 2022 | 217 | 100% | $3,990 | ||
31NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature · United States | 2.10Q1 | 6.66 0.07 down from 2022 | 857 | 86% | $5,290 | ||
32Cognitive Research Principles and ImplicationsOASpringer Nature · Switzerland | 2.10Q1 | 4.49 0.77 down from 2022 | 243 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
33Behavioral and Brain FunctionsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 5.22 1.11 down from 2022 | 37 | 100% | $3,190 | ||
34Biomedical Signal Processing and ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 6.68 0.43 up from 2022 | 2,330 | 18% | $2,590 | ||
35Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV · United States | 2.03Q1 | 9.08 0.37 up from 2022 | 1,284 | 69% | $4,860 | ||
36Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesWiley · United States | 2.00Q1 | 4.96 0.75 down from 2022 | 560 | 76% | $5,080 | ||
37Trends in Neuroscience and EducationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.00Q1 | 5.32 0.12 up from 2022 | 62 | 40% | $3,880 | ||
38Brain InformaticsOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.97Q1 | 3.95 4.12 down from 2022 | 77 | 100% | $1,090 | ||
39Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 5.83 0.28 up from 2022 | 372 | 100% | $3,650 | ||
40AutismSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 6.38 0.39 up from 2022 | 591 | 71% | $3,900 | ||
41Autism ResearchWiley · United States | 1.94Q1 | 6.49 1.50 up from 2022 | 588 | 78% | $4,740 | ||
42Current BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 5.43 0.47 down from 2022 | 2,975 | 100% | $7,030 | ||
43Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 1.93Q1 | 5.04 0.25 down from 2022 | 995 | 22% | $5,489 | ||
44Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.90Q1 | 15.51 0.79 up from 2022 | 76 | 95% | — | ||
45Philosophy and the Mind SciencesOAGermany | 1.88Q1 | 3.14 0.58 down from 2022 | 47 | 100% | — | ||
46NeuroImageOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.84Q1 | 5.44 0.56 down from 2022 | 2,771 | 100% | $3,540 | ||
47IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation EngineeringOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.76Q1 | 6.04no change | 925 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
48Psychonomic Bulletin & ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.74Q1 | 4.52 0.32 down from 2022 | 543 | 99% | $3,790 | ||
49ACM Transactions on Accessible ComputingAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 1.74Q1 | 4.01 0.01 down from 2022 | 87 | 82% | — | ||
50CognitionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.72Q1 | 4.15 0.53 down from 2022 | 901 | 61% | $3,910 |
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
68 additional Neuroscience journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 356
- Window papers (baseline)
- 215,142 +11.3% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.90 -10.5% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 30Comparison-group list (30)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.