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Best Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals

102 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 26 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 Reviews Neurology 33.1 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Translational Neurodegeneration 25.9 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Molecular Neurodegeneration 25.1 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Molecular Psychiatry 21.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
5 Journal of Neuroinflammation 18.3 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Cell Death and Disease 17.6 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
7 Acta Neuropathologica 16.9 93th Q1 SCIE No
8 International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 16.3 92th Q1 No
9 Alzheimer's and Dementia 13.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
10 Neuronal Signaling 13.9 90th Q1 Yes
11 Cell Death Discovery 13.2 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
12 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 12.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
13 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 GLIA 11.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
15 npj Parkinson's Disease 11.1 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 11.1 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 British Journal of Ophthalmology 10.9 83th Q1 SCIE No
18 Translational Psychiatry 10.7 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 9.9 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Acta Neuropathologica Communications 9.3 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 9.3 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
22 Journal of Neuroendocrinology 9 78th Q1 SCIE No
23 Journal of Parkinson's Disease 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 8.9 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
25 Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Molecular Neurobiology 8.3 75th Q1 SCIE No
27 Neuropharmacology 8.1 74th Q2 SCIE No
28 Neurochemical Research 7.9 73th Q2 SCIE No
29 Neurochemistry International 7.8 72th Q2 SCIE No
30 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7.8 71th Q2 SCIE Yes
31 Neurobiology of Stress 7.3 70th Q2 SCIE Yes
32 Biomolecular Concepts 7 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
33 Journal of Neuroscience Research 7 68th Q2 SCIE No
34 Journal of Neural Engineering 6.9 67th Q2 SCIE No
35 Metabolic Brain Disease 6.8 66th Q2 SCIE No
36 Peptides 6.8 65th Q2 SCIE No
37 Frontiers in Neural Circuits 6.7 64th Q2 SCIE Yes
38 Brain Communications 6.7 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
39 Cerebral Cortex 6.4 62th Q2 SCIE No
40 Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 6.3 61th Q2 SCIE No
41 Journal of Neurochemistry 6.2 60th Q2 SCIE No
42 PLOS Computational Biology 6.2 59th Q2 SCIE Yes
43 Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 6.1 58th Q2 SCIE Yes
44 Neuroendocrinology 6.1 57th Q2 SCIE No
45 NeuroMolecular Medicine 6 56th Q2 SCIE No
46 Cell Adhesion and Migration 5.9 55th Q2 SCIE Yes
47 Brain Imaging and Behavior 5.9 54th Q2 SCIE No
48 Brain Mechanisms 5.8 53th Q2 SCIE No
49 Molecular Brain 5.7 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
50 Neurotoxicology and Teratology 5.6 51th Q2 SCIE No
51 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 5.5 50th Q2 SCIE No
52 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 5.5 49th Q3 SCIE No
53 Experimental Eye Research 5.3 48th Q3 SCIE No
54 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 5.3 47th Q3 SCIE Yes
55 Muscle and Nerve 5.3 46th Q3 SCIE No
56 Purinergic Signalling 5.2 45th Q3 SCIE No
57 Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE No
58 BMC Neuroscience 5.2 43th Q3 SCIE Yes
59 Molecular Pain 5.1 42th Q3 SCIE Yes
60 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 5.1 41th Q3 SCIE Yes
61 Neuropeptides 5 40th Q3 SCIE No
62 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 5 39th Q3 SCIE No
63 Ophthalmic Research 5 38th Q3 SCIE Yes
64 Journal of Central Nervous System Disease 4.8 37th Q3 ESCI Yes
65 Eye and Brain 4.6 36th Q3 ESCI Yes
66 Current Eye Research 4.2 35th Q3 SCIE No
67 International Review of Neurobiology 4.2 34th Q3 No
68 Journal of Huntington's Disease 4.1 33th Q3 ESCI No
69 Developmental Neurobiology 4 32th Q3 SCIE No
70 Ibrain 4 31th Q3 Yes
71 Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical 3.9 30th Q3 ESCI Yes
72 Prion 3.9 29th Q3 SCIE Yes
73 Experimental Neurobiology 3.9 28th Q3 SCIE No
74 Journal of NeuroVirology 3.9 27th Q3 SCIE No
75 Brain Tumor Research and Treatment 3.8 26th Q3 No
76 Learning and Memory 3.7 25th Q3 SCIE No
77 Free Neuropathology 3.6 25th Q3 Yes
78 Synapse 3.3 24th Q4 SCIE No
79 Journal of Computational Neuroscience 3 23th Q4 SCIE No
80 Current Neurovascular Research 2.9 22th Q4 SCIE No
81 Journal of Neurogenetics 2.9 21th Q4 SCIE No
82 Neurotrauma Reports 2.8 20th Q4 ESCI Yes
83 NeuroSignals 2.8 19th Q4 Yes
84 Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2.7 18th Q4 ESCI Yes
85 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2.6 17th Q4 SCIE No
86 Neurogenetics 2.4 16th Q4 SCIE No
87 Dystonia 2.3 15th Q4 ESCI Yes
88 Advances in Neurobiology 2.2 14th Q4 No
89 Anatomy and Cell Biology 2.1 13th Q4 ESCI No
90 Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 1.8 12th Q4 ESCI Yes
91 OBM Neurobiology 1.8 11th Q4 No
92 Aging Pathobiology and Therapeutics 1.6 10th Q4 No
93 Journal of Cellular Neuroscience and Oxidative Stress 1.4 9th Q4 No
94 Advanced Neurology 1.2 8th Q4 No
95 Neuroscience Research Notes 1.2 7th Q4 No
96 Neuropsychological Trends 1.1 6th Q4 ESCI Yes
97 Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology 1 5th Q4 No
98 Annals of Clinical and Experimental Neurology 1 4th Q4 Yes
99 Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience 0.7 3th Q4 ESCI No
100 Sibirskii Vestnik Psikhiatrii i Narkologii 0.6 2th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Cellular and Molecular 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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