This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Neuroscience journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annual Review of Neuroscience | Annual Reviews Inc. | 0147006X, 15454126 | 8.389 |
| 2 | Neuron | Cell Press | 10974199, 08966273 | 7.736 |
| 3 | Nature Reviews Neuroscience | Nature Publishing Group | 14710048, 1471003X | 6.97 |
| 4 | Nature Reviews Neurology | Nature Publishing Group | 17594766, 17594758 | 6.536 |
| 5 | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Publishing Group | 23973374 | 5.639 |
| 6 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | 1879307X, 13646613 | 5.615 |
| 7 | EMBO Journal | Wiley-Blackwell | 02614189, 14602075 | 5.484 |
| 8 | Molecular Neurodegeneration | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17501326 | 5.158 |
| 9 | Acta Neuropathologica | Springer Verlag | 00016322, 14320533 | 4.897 |
| 10 | Trends in Neurosciences | Elsevier Ltd. | 03785912, 01662236, 1878108X | 4.784 |
| 11 | Nature Aging | Springer | 26628465 | 4.336 |
| 12 | eLife | eLife Sciences Publications | 2050084X | 4.251 |
| 13 | PLoS Biology | Public Library of Science | 15449173, 15457885 | 4.005 |
| 14 | Molecular Psychiatry | Nature Publishing Group | 14765578, 13594184 | 3.541 |
| 15 | Alzheimer's and Dementia | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 15525279, 15525260 | 3.288 |
| 16 | Autism in Adulthood | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 25739581, 2573959X | 3.057 |
| 17 | Brain, Behavior, and Immunity | Academic Press Inc. | 10902139, 08891591 | 3.033 |
| 18 | Current Opinion in Neurobiology | Elsevier Ltd. | 09594388, 18736882 | 3.026 |
| 19 | Current Biology | Cell Press | 18790445, 09609822 | 2.806 |
| 20 | Stroke | American Heart Association | 15244628, 00392499 | 2.746 |
| 21 | Progress in Neurobiology | Elsevier Ltd. | 18735118, 03010082 | 2.664 |
| 22 | Alzheimer's Research and Therapy | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17589193 | 2.65 |
| 23 | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Elsevier Ltd. | 18737528, 01497634 | 2.599 |
| 24 | Translational Neurodegeneration | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20479158 | 2.571 |
| 25 | NeuroImage | Academic Press Inc. | 10959572, 10538119 | 2.512 |
| 26 | Journal of Neuroinflammation | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17422094 | 2.439 |
| 27 | Acta neuropathologica communications | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20515960 | 2.395 |
| 28 | GLIA | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 08941491, 10981136 | 2.376 |
| 29 | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | 1420682X, 14209071 | 2.371 |
| 30 | Journal of Neuroscience | Society for Neuroscience | 02706474, 15292401 | 2.35 |
| 31 | Neural Networks | Elsevier Ltd. | 08936080, 18792782 | 2.221 |
| 32 | Cell Death and Disease | Nature Publishing Group | 20414889 | 2.188 |
| 33 | Brain Stimulation | Elsevier Inc. | 1935861X, 18764754 | 2.184 |
| 34 | Translational Psychiatry | Nature Publishing Group | 21583188 | 2.148 |
| 35 | Open Biology | The Royal Society | 20462441 | 2.143 |
| 36 | npj Parkinson's Disease | Springer Nature | 23738057 | 2.138 |
| 37 | Neuroscientist | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10738584, 10894098 | 2.109 |
| 38 | Brain Pathology | Wiley-Blackwell | 10156305, 17503639 | 2.058 |
| 39 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General | American Psychological Association | 00963445, 19392222 | 2.023 |
| 40 | Nature Neuroscience | Nature Publishing Group | 10976256, 15461726 | 12.124 |
| 41 | Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging | Elsevier Inc. | 24519022 | 1.997 |
| 42 | Developmental Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14677687, 1363755X | 1.962 |
| 43 | Open Mind | MIT Press Journals | 24702986 | 1.95 |
| 44 | Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 23289503 | 1.885 |
| 45 | PLoS Computational Biology | Public Library of Science | 15537358, 1553734X | 1.872 |
| 46 | Network Neuroscience | MIT Press Journals | 24721751 | 1.853 |
| 47 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | 23521546 | 1.799 |
| 48 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | Elsevier BV | 18789293, 18789307 | 1.792 |
| 49 | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford University Press | 10473211, 14602199 | 1.738 |
| 50 | British Journal of Ophthalmology | BMJ Publishing Group | 14682079, 00071161 | 1.733 |
| 51 | Cognition | Elsevier | 18737838, 00100277 | 1.691 |
| 52 | Fluids and Barriers of the CNS | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20458118 | 1.657 |
| 53 | Molecular Autism | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20402392 | 1.647 |
| 54 | Neurobiology of Stress | Elsevier BV | 23522895 | 1.637 |
| 55 | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | Wiley-Blackwell | 17496632, 00778923 | 1.626 |
| 56 | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | Oxford University Press | 17495024, 17495016 | 1.602 |
| 57 | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16625102 | 1.591 |
| 58 | Brain Communications | Oxford University Press | 26321297 | 1.57 |
| 59 | Cell Death Discovery | Nature Publishing Group | 20587716 | 1.545 |
| 60 | Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences | Springer Verlag | 18663389, 18663370 | 1.545 |
| 61 | Neural Computation | MIT Press Journals | 08997667, 1530888X | 1.544 |
| 62 | Translational Stroke Research | Springer US | 18684483, 0868601X | 1.53 |
| 63 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19395086, 19395078 | 1.523 |
| 64 | Neurobiology of Aging | Elsevier Inc. | 01974580, 15581497 | 1.521 |
| 65 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 1.518 |
| 66 | Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports | Current Medicine Group | 15284042, 15346293 | 1.506 |
| 67 | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16625099 | 1.495 |
| 68 | DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms | Company of Biologists Ltd | 17548403, 17548411 | 1.489 |
| 69 | Neurocomputing | Elsevier | 9252312 | 1.481 |
| 70 | Journal of Neurochemistry | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14714159, 00223042 | 1.475 |
| 71 | npj Science of Learning | Nature Publishing Group | 20567936 | 1.468 |
| 72 | Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science | Elsevier BV | 22121447 | 1.465 |
| 73 | NeuroImage: Clinical | Elsevier BV | 22131582 | 1.395 |
| 74 | Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14401819, 13231316 | 1.389 |
| 75 | Experimental Neurology | Academic Press Inc. | 00144886, 10902430 | 1.38 |
| 76 | Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | BioMed Central Ltd. | 18661947, 18661955 | 1.38 |
| 77 | Psychophysiology | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 15405958, 00485772, 14698986 | 1.345 |
| 78 | Neural Development | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17498104 | 1.344 |
| 79 | Journal of Parkinson's Disease | IOS Press BV | 1877718X, 18777171 | 1.325 |
| 80 | Molecular Neurobiology | Humana Press | 08937648, 15591182 | 1.325 |
| 81 | Autism Research | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19393792, 19393806 | 1.323 |
| 82 | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | MIT Press Journals | 0898929X, 15308898 | 1.311 |
| 83 | eNeuro | Society for Neuroscience | 23732822 | 1.309 |
| 84 | Frontiers in Neural Circuits | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16625110 | 1.308 |
| 85 | Journal of NeuroImmune Pharmacology | Springer New York | 15571890, 15571904 | 1.308 |
| 86 | Neuropharmacology | Elsevier Ltd. | 00283908, 18737064 | 1.307 |
| 87 | Cortex | Masson SpA | 19738102, 00109452 | 1.303 |
| 88 | Journal of Sleep Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13652869, 09621105 | 1.302 |
| 89 | Journal of Fluency Disorders | Elsevier Inc. | 0094730X, 1873801X | 1.296 |
| 90 | Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences | Academic Press Inc. | 10959327, 10447431 | 1.295 |
| 91 | Molecular Brain | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17566606 | 1.273 |
| 92 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.268 |
| 93 | IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | 15344320, 15580210 | 1.26 |
| 94 | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Inc. | 01460404, 15525783 | 1.259 |
| 95 | Hippocampus | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 10981063, 10509631 | 1.246 |
| 96 | Journal of Comparative Neurology | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 10969861, 00219967 | 1.245 |
| 97 | Current Protocols | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 26911299 | 1.244 |
| 98 | Topics in Cognitive Science | Wiley-Blackwell | 17568765, 17568757 | 1.242 |
| 99 | Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16633563 | 1.238 |
| 100 | Current Protocols in Neuroscience | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 19348584, 19348576 | 1.232 |
| 101 | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16634365 | 1.211 |
| 102 | Journal of Neuroscience Research | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 10974547, 03604012 | 1.181 |
| 103 | Brain Structure and Function | Springer Verlag | 18632653, 18632661 | 1.168 |
| 104 | Frontiers in Neuroscience | Frontiers Media S.A. | 1662453X, 16624548 | 1.161 |
| 105 | Sleep Health | Elsevier Inc. | 23527218 | 1.16 |
| 106 | Translational Behavioral Medicine | Springer Publishing Company | 16139860, 18696716 | 1.16 |
| 107 | Chronic Stress | SAGE Publications Inc. | 24705470 | 1.148 |
| 108 | Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | Wiley-Blackwell | 14698749, 00121622 | 1.146 |
| 109 | Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | IOS Press BV | 13872877, 18758908 | 1.146 |
| 110 | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy | Frontiers Media S.A. | 16625129 | 1.143 |