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Behavioral and Brain Functions is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1744-9081Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 51 / 129 | 60th | Q2 |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 40 / 93 | 57th | Q2 |
| Biological Psychiatry | 28 / 54 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.6.
Behavioral and Brain Functions is Q2 in Cognitive Neuroscience (rank 51 of 129), Q2 in Behavioral Neuroscience (rank 40 of 93) and Q3 in Biological Psychiatry (rank 28 of 54), by CiteScore 2025.
Behavioral and Brain Functions is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.983, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 79.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Behavioral and Brain Functions is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1744-9081.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Behavioral and Brain Functions has an h-index of 96 and a 2-year mean of 3.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 128 Scopus journals in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Behavioral and Brain Functions published 49 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (48.2%), Iran (9.5%) and Italy (4.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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