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Brain and Spine is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2772-5294Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience (miscellaneous) | 43 / 74 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Neurology | 130 / 201 | 35th | Q3 |
| Biological Psychiatry | 40 / 54 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.9.
Brain and Spine is Q3 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (rank 43 of 74), Q3 in Neurology (rank 130 of 201) and Q3 in Biological Psychiatry (rank 40 of 54), by CiteScore 2025.
Brain and Spine is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.709, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,950 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 Spine is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2772-5294.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Brain and Spine has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #63 of 73 Scopus journals in Neuroscience (miscellaneous).
Brain and Spine published 1,663 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 93 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Germany (18.4%), Switzerland (8.4%) and United States (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.3 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.
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