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Best Behavioral Neuroscience journals

93 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Behavioral Neuroscience. The top 93 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 23 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Human Behaviour 23.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
2 International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 16.3 98th Q1 No
3 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 15.7 97th Q1 SCIE No
4 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 12.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 Human Factors 12.7 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
6 Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 10.7 94th Q1 SSCI No
7 Sleep 9.8 93th Q1 SCIE No
8 Journal of Sleep Research 8.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
9 Chronic Stress 8.2 90th Q1 Yes
10 Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 7.5 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
11 Affective Science 7.3 88th Q1 ESCI No
12 npj Mental Health Research 7.2 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
13 Journal of Eating Disorders 7.1 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
14 Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 7 85th Q1 No
15 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 6.9 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Current Research in Neurobiology 6.7 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Sexual Medicine Reviews 6.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
18 Sleep Health 6.3 81th Q1 SCIE No
19 Advances in the Study of Behavior 6.3 80th Q1 No
20 Trends in Neuroscience and Education 6.1 79th Q1 ESCI No
21 Brain-Computer Interfaces 6.1 77th Q1 No
22 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5.9 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Brain Imaging and Behavior 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
24 Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience 5.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
25 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 73th Q2 SSCI No
26 Genes, Brain and Behavior 5.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
27 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 71th Q2 SSCI No
28 Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 5.4 70th Q2 SCIE No
29 Learning Disability Quarterly 5.3 69th Q2 SSCI No
30 Nature and Science of Sleep 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
31 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE No
32 Behavioural Brain Research 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE No
33 Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 5 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
34 Translational Behavioral Medicine 5 63th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
35 Sleep Science 4.9 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
36 Physiology and Behavior 4.8 61th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
37 Stress 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE Yes
38 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE No
39 Paladyn 4.6 58th Q2 Yes
40 Behavioral and Brain Functions 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
41 Hormones and Behavior 4.6 56th Q2 SCIE No
42 Current Research in Behavioral Sciences 4.5 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
43 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 4.4 54th Q2 ESCI Yes
44 Advances in Child Development and Behavior 4.4 53th Q2 No
45 Neuropsychologia 4.3 52th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
46 Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 4.2 51th Q2 Yes
47 Behavioral Sciences 4.1 50th Q2 SSCI Yes
48 Brain, Behavior and Evolution 4 48th Q3 SCIE No
49 Journal of Sexual Medicine 4 47th Q3 SCIE No
50 Journal of Neuropsychology 4 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
51 Epilepsy and Behavior 4 45th Q3 SCIE No
52 Ibrain 4 44th Q3 Yes
53 Brain and Behavior 3.9 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
54 Alcohol 3.9 42th Q3 SCIE No
55 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 3.8 41th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
56 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 3.8 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
57 Adaptive Behavior 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
58 Personality Neuroscience 3.6 38th Q3 Yes
59 Behavioral Neuroscience 3.6 37th Q3 SCIE No
60 Developmental Psychobiology 3.6 36th Q3 SCIE No
61 Sexual Medicine 3.6 34th Q3 SCIE Yes
62 Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 3.3 33th Q3 ESCI No
63 SLEEP Advances 3.2 32th Q3 ESCI Yes
64 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3.2 31th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
65 Behavioural Processes 3.2 30th Q3 SCIE, SSCI No
66 Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior 3.1 29th Q3 ESCI No
67 Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 3 28th Q3 SSCI No
68 Chemical Senses 3 27th Q3 SCIE No
69 Social Neuroscience 2.9 26th Q3 SCIE No
70 Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2.6 25th Q3 ESCI Yes
71 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2.5 24th Q4 SCIE, SSCI No
72 Brain Impairment 2.5 23th Q4 SCIE No
73 Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2.4 22th Q4 No
74 Learning and Behavior 2.4 20th Q4 SCIE, SSCI No
75 Evolutionary Psychology 2.2 19th Q4 SSCI Yes
76 Behavioral Science and Policy 2.2 18th Q4 No
77 Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 1.9 17th Q4 ESCI No
78 Discover Psychology 1.8 16th Q4 ESCI Yes
79 Behaviour 1.6 15th Q4 SCIE No
80 Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1.2 14th Q4 ESCI No
81 Psychology Hub 1.2 13th Q4 No
82 NeuroRegulation 1 12th Q4 Yes
83 Chronobiology in Medicine 1 11th Q4 No
84 Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior 1 10th Q4 ESCI Yes
85 Pragmatics and Cognition 0.9 9th Q4 AHCI, SSCI No
86 Music and Medicine 0.8 8th Q4 No
87 Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia 0.8 6th Q4 ESCI No
88 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento 0.8 5th Q4 ESCI Yes
89 Journal of Behavioural Sciences 0.7 4th Q4 No
90 Reti Saperi Linguaggi 0.4 3th Q4 ESCI No
91 Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience 0.4 2th Q4 No
92 New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 0.2 1th Q4 No
93 Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience 0 0th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Behavioral Neuroscience Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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