Top Peer Reviewed Journals Neuroscience & Behavior Presented to Iowa State University Presented by Thomson Reuters
Neuroscience & Behavior The subject discipline for Neuroscience & Behavior is made of 5 narrow subject categories from the Web of Science. The 5 categories that make up Neuroscience & Behavior are: 1. Behavioral Sciences 4. Neurosciences 2. Clinical Neurology 5. Psychology, Biological 3. Neuroimaging The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1 st quartile for Neuroscience & Behavior based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their quartile ranking. Journal 2009 IF 2010 IF 2011 IF Average IF NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 26.48 29.51 30.44 28.81 ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE 24.82 26.75 25.73 25.77 BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 19.04 21.95 25.05 22.01 MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY 15.04 15.47 13.66 14.72 NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 14.34 14.19 15.53 14.69 NEURON 13.26 14.02 14.73 14.00 TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 12.79 13.32 14.23 13.45 FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 12.04 12.75 11.42 12.07 ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY 9.31 10.74 11.08 10.38 BRAIN 9.49 9.23 9.45 9.39 PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY 9.14 9.96 8.87 9.32 BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 7.39 8.84 10.34 8.86 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 8.92 8.67 8.28 8.62 NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS 7.79 9.01 8.65 8.48 NEUROLOGY 8.17 8.01 8.31 8.16 ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA 6.39 7.69 9.32 7.80 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 6.99 6.68 7.99 7.22 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 7.17 7.27 7.11 7.18 CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 7.21 6.89 7.44 7.18 ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 6.31 7.1 7.58 7.00 CEREBRAL CORTEX 6.97 6.84 6.54 6.78 NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 5.93 6.63 6.18 6.25 NEUROIMAGE 5.73 5.93 5.89 5.85
Neurotherapeutics 5.38 6.08 6 5.82 CORTEX 4.05 7.25 6.08 5.79 HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 6.25 5.1 5.88 5.74 Advances in the Study of Behavior 5.16 5.87 5.52 MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY 4.73 6.06 5.73 5.51 PAIN 5.37 5.35 5.77 5.50 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 5.23 4.23 6.61 5.36 SLEEP 5.4 5.48 5.05 5.31 JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 5.38 5.35 5.17 5.30 Journal of Neuroinflammation 4.67 5.78 5.23 Frontiers in Neural Circuits 5.09 5.09 NEUROSCIENTIST 6.07 4.57 4.56 5.07 PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 4.19 5.16 5.8 5.05 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 4.51 5.12 5.4 5.01 JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM 5.45 4.52 5 4.99 GLIA 4.93 5.18 4.82 4.98 Brain Stimulation 4.96 4.96 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 4.2 4.48 6.13 4.94 Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.09 5.36 4.27 4.91 BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY 5.06 4.72 4.89 HIPPOCAMPUS 4.6 5.17 4.89 BRAIN PATHOLOGY 5.9 4.74 3.99 4.88 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY 4.86 4.79 4.76 4.80 NEUROPHARMACOLOGY 4.67 4.81 4.74 JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 4.65 4.65 CNS DRUGS 4.49 4.79 4.64 ADDICTION BIOLOGY 4.72 4.15 4.83 4.57 EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.43 4.69 4.56 JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.56 4.19 4.25 4.33 LEARNING & MEMORY 4.07 4.6 4.21 4.29 CEPHALALGIA 4.26 4.26 International Journal of Neural Systems 4.23 4.28 4.26 JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 4.25 4.25 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 4.17 4.17 JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY 3.99 4.33 4.06 4.13 EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.2 4.04 4.12
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.1 4.07 4.09 International Review of Neurobiology 4.01 4.01 EPILEPSIA 4.05 3.96 4.01 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN 3.93 3.93 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 3.86 3.86 Year 2009 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 26.48 1/205 ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE 24.82 2/205 BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 19.04 3/205 MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY 15.04 4/205 NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 14.34 5/205 NEURON 13.26 6/205 TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 12.79 7/205 FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 12.04 8/205 BRAIN 9.49 9/205 ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY 9.31 10/205 PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY 9.14 11/205 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 8.92 12/205 NEUROLOGY 8.17 13/205 NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS 7.79 14/205 BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 7.39 15/205 CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 7.21 16/205 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 7.17 17/205 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 6.99 18/205 CEREBRAL CORTEX 6.97 19/205 ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA 6.39 20/205 ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 6.31 21/205 HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 6.25 22/205 NEUROSCIENTIST 6.07 23/205 NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 5.93 24/205 BRAIN PATHOLOGY 5.9 25/205 NEUROIMAGE 5.73 26/205 JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM 5.45 27/205 SLEEP 5.4 28/205 JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 5.38 29/205 Neurotherapeutics 5.38 29/205 PAIN 5.37 31/205 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 5.23 32/205 Advances in the Study of Behavior 5.16 33/205 Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.09 34/205
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY 5.06 35/205 GLIA 4.93 36/205 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY 4.86 37/205 MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY 4.73 38/205 ADDICTION BIOLOGY 4.72 39/205 Journal of Neuroinflammation 4.67 40/205 JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.56 41/205 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 4.51 42/205 JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 4.25 43/205 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 4.2 44/205 PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 4.19 45/205 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.1 46/205 LEARNING & MEMORY 4.07 47/205 EPILEPSIA 4.05 48/205 CORTEX 4.05 48/205 International Review of Neurobiology 4.01 50/205 JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY 3.99 51/205 Year 2010 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 29.51 1/224 Annual Review of Neuroscience 26.75 2/224 BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 21.95 3/224 MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY 15.47 4/224 NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 14.19 5/224 NEURON 14.02 6/224 TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 13.32 7/224 FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 12.75 8/224 ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY 10.74 9/224 PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY 9.96 10/224 BRAIN 9.23 11/224 NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS 9.01 12/224 BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 8.84 13/224 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 8.67 14/224 NEUROLOGY 8.01 15/224 ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA 7.69 16/224 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 7.27 17/224 CORTEX 7.25 18/224 ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 7.1 19/224 CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 6.89 20/224 CEREBRAL CORTEX 6.84 21/224 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 6.68 22/224 NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 6.63 23/224
Neurotherapeutics 6.08 24/224 MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY 6.06 25/224 NEUROIMAGE 5.93 26/224 Advances in the Study of Behavior 5.87 27/224 Journal of Neuroinflammation 5.78 28/224 SLEEP 5.48 29/224 Molecular Neurodegeneration 5.36 30/224 JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 5.35 31/224 PAIN 5.35 31/224 GLIA 5.18 33/224 PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 5.16 34/224 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 5.12 35/224 HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 5.1 36/224 Brain Stimulation 4.96 37/224 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY 4.79 38/224 BRAIN PATHOLOGY 4.74 39/224 NEUROPHARMACOLOGY 4.67 40/224 JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 4.65 41/224 HIPPOCAMPUS 4.6 42/224 LEARNING & MEMORY 4.6 42/224 NEUROSCIENTIST 4.57 44/224 JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM 4.52 45/224 CNS DRUGS 4.49 46/224 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 4.48 47/224 EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.43 48/224 JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY 4.33 49/224 CEPHALALGIA 4.26 50/224 International Journal of Neural Systems 4.23 51/224 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 4.23 51/224 EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.2 53/224 JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.19 54/224 ADDICTION BIOLOGY 4.15 55/224 Year 2011 Journal Impact Factor Ranking NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE 30.44 1/232 Annual Review of Neuroscience 25.73 2/232 BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 25.05 3/232
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE 15.53 4/232 NEURON 14.73 5/232 TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 14.23 6/232 MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY 13.66 7/232 FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 11.42 8/232 ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY 11.08 9/232 BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 10.34 10/232 BRAIN 9.45 11/232 ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA 9.32 12/232 PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY 8.87 13/232 NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS 8.65 14/232 NEUROLOGY 8.31 15/232 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY 8.28 16/232 NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 7.99 17/232 ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY 7.58 18/232 CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY 7.44 19/232 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 7.11 20/232 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 6.61 21/232 CEREBRAL CORTEX 6.54 22/232 NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 6.18 23/232 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 6.13 24/232 CORTEX 6.08 25/232 Neurotherapeutics 6 26/232 NEUROIMAGE 5.89 27/232 HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING 5.88 28/232 PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 5.8 29/232 PAIN 5.77 30/232 MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY 5.73 31/232 NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE 5.4 32/232 HIPPOCAMPUS 5.17 33/232 JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 5.17 33/232 Frontiers in Neural Circuits 5.09 35/232 SLEEP 5.05 36/232 JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM 5 37/232 ADDICTION BIOLOGY 4.83 38/232 GLIA 4.82 39/232 NEUROPHARMACOLOGY 4.81 40/232 CNS DRUGS 4.79 41/232 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY 4.76 42/232 BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY 4.72 43/232 EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.69 44/232 NEUROSCIENTIST 4.56 45/232 International Journal of Neural Systems 4.28 46/232 Molecular Neurodegeneration 4.27 47/232
JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4.25 48/232 LEARNING & MEMORY 4.21 49/232 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 4.17 50/232 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.07 51/232 JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY 4.06 52/232 EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 4.04 53/232 BRAIN PATHOLOGY 3.99 54/232 EPILEPSIA 3.96 55/232 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN 3.93 56/232 HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR 3.86 57/232