Neuroscience journals by time to acceptance (2025)
197 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Sciences | 35 (27–45) | 1,319 | 3 | ≈$2,689 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.4 |
| Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine | 36 (20–68) | 213 | 250 | — | — | 0.69 |
| Vision | 44 (35–66) | 99 | 4 | ≈$1,956 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Audiology Research | 55 (39–71) | 178 | 4 | ≈$1,711 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| NeuroSci | 58 (43–77) | 134 | 5 | ≈$1,222 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience | 60 (38–93) | 68 | 28 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| NeuroMolecular Medicine | 64 (46–81) | 74 | 17 | ≈$4,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Peptides | 65 (47–88) | 60 | 1 | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | 67 (48–91) | 238 | 20 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.9 |
| Journal of Molecular Neuroscience | 68 (47–102) | 159 | 17 | ≈$4,990 | — | 1.5 |
| Journal of Eye Movement Research | 69 (47–101) | 81 | 6 | ≈$1,222 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology | 70 (43–114) | 1,122 | 19 | ≈$4,790 | — | 17.86 |
| Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience | 70 (47–109) | 155 | 22 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.02 |
| Clocks & Sleep | 71 (55–91) | 68 | 5 | ≈$1,956 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neural Transmission | 72 (46–121) | 205 | 19 | ≈$4,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Neurorobotics | 73 (43–113) | 64 | 22 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pharmacological Research | 75 (55–103) | 424 | 2 | $4,510 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience | 77 (53–118) | 97 | 24 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.16 |
| Frontiers in Neuroscience | 78 (53–110) | 1,022 | 21 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.23 |
| Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience | 78 (51–120) | 149 | 22 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology | 79 (55–119) | 363 | 1 | ≈$3,490 | — | 0.66 |
| European Neuropsychopharmacology | 79 (31–117) | 82 | 22 | ≈$3,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology | 79 (61–96) | 80 | 2 | ≈$3,450 | Hybrid | 2.02 |
| Frontiers in Neural Circuits | 79 (63–141) | 57 | 19 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Pharmacological Sciences | 80 (57–117) | 112 | 1 | $2,760 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.05 |
| Molecular Brain | 80 (55–118) | 95 | 16 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Alcohol | 82 (63–112) | 55 | 3 | ≈$3,720 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System | 84 (50–117) | 84 | — | ≈$4,550 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurochemical Research | 85 (62–129) | 314 | 16 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.73 |
| Brain and Cognition | 85 (64–123) | 66 | 7 | ≈$3,180 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurobiology of Disease | 86 (54–126) | 420 | 2 | $4,060 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 87 (63–124) | 507 | 21 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.31 |
| Journal of Integrative Neuroscience | 87 (64–108) | 159 | — | $2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neurochemistry International | 87 (64–120) | 134 | 1 | ≈$4,170 | — | 0.0 |
| CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets | 87 (68–107) | 129 | 176 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Translational Stroke Research | 88 (67–123) | 79 | 15 | ≈$5,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Network Physiology | 88 (61–132) | 52 | 21 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Life Sciences | 89 (67–117) | 585 | 3 | ≈$3,810 | Hybrid | 6.52 |
| Neuroscience Letters | 89 (58–120) | 219 | 1 | ≈$3,430 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience | 89 (67–116) | 50 | 21 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Sleep Medicine | 90 (62–129) | 497 | 1 | ≈$4,350 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurotherapeutics | 90 (59–126) | 209 | 14 | $3,900 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.25 |
| Neuroscience Research | 90 (59–125) | 95 | 2 | $3,250 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior | 92 (61–160) | 105 | 3 | ≈$3,650 | — | 0.0 |
| Trends in Neurosciences | 92 (16–117) | 99 | 24 | ≈$7,030 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroinflammation | 93 (68–134) | 348 | 18 | $4,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pharmacological Reports | 93 (66–129) | 121 | 11 | ≈$3,290 | — | 1.72 |
| Journal of Comparative Physiology A | 93 (76–135) | 52 | 17 | ≈$3,990 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neuropharmacology | 94 (69–132) | 363 | 2 | ≈$4,300 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Epilepsy Research | 94 (71–139) | 129 | 2 | ≈$2,880 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neurogenetics | 94 (64–147) | 75 | 15 | ≈$4,590 | — | 4.48 |
| Journal of Pineal Research | 94 (51–150) | 65 | — | ≈$5,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Cell Calcium | 94 (67–150) | 51 | 1 | ≈$3,950 | — | 0.0 |
| Hearing Research | 95 (71–146) | 221 | 2 | ≈$4,130 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroscience Methods | 95 (69–133) | 217 | 2 | ≈$3,900 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Acta Neuropathologica | 95 (71–123) | 105 | 14 | ≈$4,990 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging | 96 (50–141) | 163 | 10 | ≈$4,050 | — | 0.0 |
| Acta Neuropathologica Communications | 97 (62–136) | 280 | 24 | $3,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science | 97 (49–146) | 192 | 12 | $3,700 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Drug Development Research | 97 (65–150) | 167 | — | ≈$3,980 | — | 1.53 |
| Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | 98 (64–136) | 704 | 19 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.55 |
| Noise and Health | 99 (75–148) | 130 | 58 | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The Cerebellum | 99 (65–131) | 55 | 14 | ≈$4,790 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| SLEEP | 100 (7–144) | 252 | — | ≈$4,388 | Hybrid | 0.79 |
| Experimental Neurology | 101 (77–133) | 362 | 2 | ≈$4,110 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Physiology & Behavior | 101 (72–154) | 297 | 1 | ≈$3,500 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Biomedical Engineering Letters | 101 (76–135) | 90 | 24 | ≈$3,890 | — | 0.0 |
| Current Neurovascular Research | 101 (80–118) | 59 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | 103 (67–147) | 53 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Nature and Science of Sleep | 104 (72–135) | 229 | 21 | $4,320 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Brain Research Bulletin | 105 (76–149) | 467 | 2 | $3,610 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.58 |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 105 (80–152) | 50 | 10 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Experimental Brain Research | 106 (76–150) | 224 | 20 | ≈$2,590 | — | 0.84 |
| Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | 107 (75–153) | 223 | 7 | ≈$3,750 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Schizophrenia | 108 (80–146) | 162 | 24 | $4,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Fluids and Barriers of the CNS | 108 (79–144) | 131 | 20 | $3,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychopharmacology | 109 (81–143) | 247 | 16 | ≈$5,290 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Sleep Research | 110 (82–162) | 280 | 16 | ≈$4,340 | — | 0.0 |
| IBRO Neuroscience Reports | 111 (77–152) | 200 | 2 | $2,470 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neuroscience Bulletin | 111 (64–144) | 186 | 85 | ≈$4,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | 111 (79–163) | 127 | 22 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Brain Structure and Function | 112 (70–180) | 156 | 19 | ≈$4,790 | Hybrid | 1.24 |
| Cell and Tissue Research | 112 (80–160) | 82 | 18 | ≈$5,290 | — | 1.55 |
| The Journal of Physiology | 113 (50–170) | 613 | 24 | ≈$5,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment | 113 (87–145) | 209 | 14 | $3,940 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Brain Research | 115 (79–164) | 465 | 2 | ≈$3,360 | — | 2.19 |
| Brain stimulation | 115 (86–160) | 146 | 3 | $4,730 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Autonomic Neuroscience | 115 (82–176) | 89 | 6 | ≈$3,500 | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience | 116 (79–188) | 84 | — | ≈$3,400 | — | 0.0 |
| Behavioural Brain Research | 117 (86–156) | 431 | 2 | ≈$3,590 | — | 1.42 |
| Neuropsychopharmacology Reports | 117 (82–161) | 85 | — | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.33 |
| Neuroscience | 118 (83–164) | 671 | 2 | ≈$3,500 | Hybrid | 0.43 |
| NeuroImage Clinical | 118 (84–160) | 204 | 2 | $3,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Psychophysiology | 119 (85–149) | 111 | 3 | ≈$3,540 | — | 0.0 |
| Neurophotonics | 119 (98–151) | 103 | 26 | $1,675 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology | 119 (94–168) | 75 | — | ≈$2,622 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Pharmacology | 122 (90–162) | 1,009 | 1 | ≈$3,230 | — | 0.0 |
| Neural Regeneration Research | 122 (95–166) | 518 | 45 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.77 |
| Neurobiology of Stress | 122 (79–156) | 58 | 1 | $4,230 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | 124 (89–169) | 415 | 2 | ≈$4,860 | Hybrid | 0.48 |
| Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences | 124 (86–161) | 95 | 22 | ≈$3,240 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Neurophysiology Practice | 124 (72–153) | 62 | 6 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 127 (76–183) | 141 | 27 | ≈$7,030 | — | 0.0 |
| Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 127 (92–173) | 135 | 27 | ≈$4,320 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health | 128 (81–172) | 199 | 1 | $2,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cerebral Cortex | 129 (89–174) | 327 | — | ≈$5,038 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| eNeuro | 131 (82–200) | 263 | 38 | $3,690 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Annals of Neurology | 131 (84–197) | 243 | 25 | ≈$4,700 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Metabolic Brain Disease | 132 (90–205) | 249 | 18 | ≈$4,590 | — | 4.66 |
| CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics | 133 (95–191) | 485 | — | $4,550 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.11 |
| Journal of Neurochemistry | 133 (82–183) | 307 | — | ≈$5,330 | — | 0.0 |
| Schizophrenia Research | 133 (106–172) | 275 | 8 | ≈$3,910 | — | 0.0 |
| Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 134 (103–184) | 129 | 52 | ≈$5,080 | — | 1.1 |
| Brain and Behavior | 135 (93–194) | 787 | — | $3,810 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.41 |
| Otology & Neurotology | 135 (93–198) | 282 | 64 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Pathology | 135 (82–172) | 58 | 20 | $4,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroendocrinology | 139 (94–192) | 134 | 15 | ≈$4,550 | — | 0.0 |
| Addiction Biology | 139 (72–196) | 100 | — | $3,460 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Psychopharmacology | 140 (84–198) | 247 | 19 | ≈$4,390 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neurobiology of Learning and Memory | 140 (115–176) | 61 | 2 | ≈$4,000 | — | 2.53 |
| Biological Psychiatry | 142 (5–194) | 272 | 9 | ≈$5,489 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Behavior and Immunity | 143 (112–183) | 382 | 2 | ≈$5,680 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Psychoneuroendocrinology | 143 (106–183) | 241 | 2 | ≈$3,830 | Hybrid | 0.86 |
| Brain | 145 (103–193) | 397 | — | ≈$5,570 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Acta Psychologica | 146 (111–201) | 1,436 | 7 | $2,650 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.4 |
| NeuroImage | 147 (100–210) | 660 | 1 | $3,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Current Biology | 147 (94–208) | 536 | 27 | ≈$7,030 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Consciousness and Cognition | 147 (105–195) | 102 | 8 | ≈$3,210 | — | 0.0 |
| Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 149 (114–190) | 314 | 2 | ≈$4,380 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neuroendocrinology | 150 (91–202) | 53 | 14 | — | — | 0.0 |
| CoDAS | 152 (103–217) | 130 | 242 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Cortex | 153 (112–224) | 172 | 12 | ≈$3,830 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Biological Psychology | 153 (109–213) | 139 | 2 | ≈$3,440 | — | 0.0 |
| PsyCh Journal | 154 (113–226) | 71 | 26 | ≈$1,750 | — | 0.0 |
| Molecular Neurobiology | 156 (100–234) | 936 | 15 | ≈$4,590 | Hybrid | 0.31 |
| Molecular Neurodegeneration | 156 (107–201) | 121 | 19 | $3,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 4.51 |
| Neurobiology of Aging | 158 (124–220) | 116 | 2 | ≈$3,430 | — | 1.15 |
| Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience | 159 (127–213) | 60 | 36 | ≈$3,190 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neural Engineering | 160 (123–215) | 337 | 15 | ≈$3,325 | Hybrid | 1.2 |
| Progress in Neurobiology | 160 (123–209) | 85 | 2 | ≈$5,190 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Neuroscience | 162 (118–230) | 368 | — | ≈$3,560 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Autism Research | 162 (119–217) | 191 | 16 | ≈$4,740 | — | 1.1 |
| Neuroimage Reports | 162 (118–225) | 73 | 8 | $2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Brain Topography | 162 (111–217) | 72 | 15 | ≈$4,390 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Sleep Medicine Reviews | 163 (109–245) | 104 | 9 | ≈$5,950 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| British Journal of Pharmacology | 165 (116–229) | 304 | 40 | ≈$4,780 | Hybrid | 0.73 |
| Molecular Autism | 165 (118–210) | 61 | 24 | $3,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.62 |
| Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology | 167 (119–244) | 140 | 70 | $2,070 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 168 (109–242) | 187 | 23 | ≈$3,190 | — | 5.37 |
| Translational Neurodegeneration | 168 (132–217) | 59 | 35 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology | 169 (104–227) | 54 | 22 | ≈$4,690 | — | 0.0 |
| Human Brain Mapping | 173 (128–227) | 309 | — | $3,520 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.57 |
| Glia | 173 (124–230) | 130 | 15 | ≈$5,450 | — | 0.0 |
| Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 174 (126–254) | 136 | 3 | $3,910 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Human Movement Science | 174 (134–264) | 76 | 7 | ≈$3,620 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroscience | 175 (125–251) | 654 | 59 | — | Hybrid | 0.61 |
| i-Perception | 177 (127–266) | 59 | 42 | ≈$1,348 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology | 178 (118–239) | 106 | 21 | ≈$4,790 | — | 0.0 |
| The Journal of Comparative Neurology | 178 (121–226) | 91 | — | ≈$5,450 | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Neuroscience | 179 (131–258) | 63 | 14 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| The Journal of General Physiology | 179 (103–293) | 53 | 27 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Psychological Research | 180 (123–255) | 156 | 21 | ≈$3,190 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cognitive Research Principles and Implications | 181 (141–266) | 92 | 24 | $1,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Psychiatric Research | 182 (123–256) | 653 | 1 | ≈$3,320 | Hybrid | 0.33 |
| Journal of Neuroscience Research | 182 (132–263) | 84 | — | ≈$4,840 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | 182 (124–267) | 80 | 38 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Network Neuroscience | 186 (155–246) | 59 | 128 | $2,250 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| British Journal of Psychology | 187 (147–216) | 80 | 15 | ≈$3,800 | — | 0.0 |
| npj Science of Learning | 189 (116–270) | 101 | 22 | $2,790 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Hippocampus | 189 (97–259) | 58 | — | ≈$4,780 | — | 0.0 |
| PLoS Biology | 194 (128–261) | 431 | 28 | $5,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.01 |
| Neural Computation | 195 (138–287) | 63 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychologia | 196 (136–255) | 183 | 1 | ≈$3,300 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Vision Research | 197 (125–279) | 112 | 10 | ≈$2,940 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Communications Psychology | 200 (148–265) | 196 | 23 | $2,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| PLoS Computational Biology | 201 (148–267) | 798 | 23 | $3,165 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | 201 (147–294) | 119 | — | $2,265 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Neurophysiology | 202 (127–291) | 259 | 6 | ≈$3,790 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research | 202 (151–247) | 121 | 74 | $1,800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 3.38 |
| Psychophysiology | 205 (161–302) | 231 | — | ≈$4,020 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain Communications | 207 (157–275) | 493 | 2 | ≈$3,918 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.04 |
| Neuron | 211 (84–298) | 350 | 29 | ≈$10,400 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Brain and Language | 221 (149–317) | 87 | 10 | ≈$3,170 | — | 0.0 |
| Behavior Research Methods | 227 (169–351) | 132 | 39 | ≈$3,990 | Hybrid | 0.76 |
| Neuroscience of Consciousness | 227 (167–320) | 67 | 35 | ≈$2,474 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Developmental Psychobiology | 230 (172–305) | 72 | — | ≈$3,760 | — | 0.0 |
| Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | 232 (165–292) | 109 | 17 | ≈$4,160 | Hybrid | 2.16 |
| eLife | 235 (133–409) | 87 | 15 | $3,750 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cognitive Processing | 241 (157–341) | 72 | 24 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Cognition | 246 (179–335) | 275 | 10 | ≈$3,910 | Hybrid | 0.73 |
| Attention Perception & Psychophysics | 248 (153–442) | 73 | 40 | ≈$3,090 | Hybrid | 2.1 |
| Translational Psychiatry | 261 (188–343) | 569 | 19 | $5,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Memory & Cognition | 281 (186–402) | 67 | 33 | ≈$3,190 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Molecular Psychiatry | 287 (214–391) | 518 | 12 | ≈$5,490 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | 287 (187–407) | 95 | 52 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Nature Human Behaviour | 339 (248–465) | 173 | 50 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.93 |
| Nature Neuroscience | 451 (350–614) | 208 | 53 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Neuroscience (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
18 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics of Life Reviews | 3 (1–6) | 58 | 2 | ≈$4,720 | — | 0.0 |
| Neuropeptides | 63 (49–97) | 54 | 2 | ≈$3,530 | — | 3.97 |
| Annals of Neurosciences | 64 (27–145) | 53 | 74 | $900 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Neuroanatomy | 66 (53–81) | 67 | 19 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Reviews in the Neurosciences | 73 (55–104) | 50 | 24 | ≈$2,712 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Current Neuropharmacology | 91 (63–121) | 122 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Cognition | 91 (57–129) | 54 | 22 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Frontiers in Sleep | 99 (69–132) | 54 | 24 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Frontiers in Neuroinformatics | 102 (73–139) | 68 | 23 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.42 |
| Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry | 110 (87–129) | 50 | — | — | — | — |
| The Journal of Physiological Sciences | 116 (81–152) | 53 | 17 | $2,900 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Audiology and Neurotology | 118 (75–156) | 53 | 20 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Learning & Memory | 125 (90–167) | 53 | 56 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Neuroscience Applied | 127 (94–202) | 51 | 3 | $2,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Cognitive Neurodynamics | 149 (100–221) | 136 | 29 | ≈$4,490 | — | 1.34 |
| Imaging Neuroscience | 182 (142–250) | 354 | 37 | $1,600 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cognition | 194 (129–258) | 69 | 21 | ≈$1,327 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology | 209 (132–357) | 73 | 194 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
8 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuro-endocrinology letters | 81 (41–122) | 64 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy | 85 (53–104) | 100 | 2 | ≈$3,230 | — | 35.03 |
| Translational Neuroscience | 87 (72–123) | 55 | 34 | ≈$1,846 | Open access (DOAJ) | 9.05 |
| Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience | 91 (69–132) | 56 | 22 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience | 96 (72–132) | 64 | 5 | ≈$3,450 | — | 0.0 |
| Sleep and Biological Rhythms | 141 (106–190) | 53 | 20 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology | 189 (128–262) | 54 | — | ≈$4,480 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuropsychology | 199 (143–257) | 50 | 16 | ≈$3,750 | — | — |
Latest available year: 2022
7 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience | 58 (37–79) | 66 | 27 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Frontiers in Neuroimaging | 68 (56–93) | 54 | 30 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Neurotoxicity Research | 88 (57–121) | 156 | 14 | ≈$4,590 | — | 0.0 |
| Ibrain | 94 (65–170) | 61 | 18 | $2,800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Behavioural Neurology | 123 (88–182) | 60 | 22 | $1,970 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Neural Plasticity | 128 (79–186) | 72 | 25 | $3,110 | Open access (DOAJ) | 11.9 |
| Motor Control | 139 (82–244) | 59 | 53 | — | — | — |
Latest available year: 2021
11 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebral Cortex Communications | 73 (36–112) | 65 | 9 | ≈$2,563 | — | — |
| Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology | 76 (38–121) | 62 | 5 | $1,750 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Medical Hypotheses | 97 (68–133) | 135 | 5 | ≈$2,820 | Hybrid | — |
| Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology | 99 (75–129) | 177 | 79 | ≈$2,712 | — | 0.0 |
| NeuroImmunoModulation | 100 (62–143) | 54 | 74 | $2,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Genes Brain & Behavior | 111 (77–197) | 55 | 24 | ≈$3,540 | — | — |
| Schizophrenia | 135 (108–175) | 50 | 37 | $4,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| ORL | 143 (90–207) | 70 | 79 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Neurotoxicology and Teratology | 149 (118–229) | 67 | 6 | ≈$3,850 | — | 0.0 |
| Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal | 197 (129–465) | 100 | 435 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychology Review | 322 (227–420) | 56 | 52 | ≈$3,890 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2020
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology | 81 (44–114) | 53 | 38 | $1,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Neurophysiologie Clinique | 87 (45–107) | 51 | 28 | ≈$2,760 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology | 89 (65–132) | 50 | — | ≈$5,036 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Developmental Neurobiology | 140 (84–188) | 59 | 25 | ≈$4,550 | — | — |
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