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Brain and Development is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0387-7604Verify ISSN ↗1872-7131Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$2,810 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 139 / 351 | 60th | Q2 |
| Neurology (clinical) | 248 / 403 | 38th | Q3 |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 30 / 38 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
Brain and Development is Q2 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 139 of 351), Q3 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 248 of 403) and Q4 in Developmental Neuroscience (rank 30 of 38), by CiteScore 2025.
Brain and Development 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 2.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.521, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 102.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,810 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.
Brain and Development is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0387-7604 and its online ISSN is 1872-7131.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Brain and Development has an h-index of 122 and a 2-year mean of 1.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #126 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Brain and Development published 166 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 215. 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 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (43.8%), Türkiye (17.7%) and China (13.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 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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