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Brain Informatics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2198-4018Verify ISSN ↗2198-4026Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 6 / 129 | 95th | Q1 |
| Neurology | 10 / 201 | 95th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 88 / 1022 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.7.
Brain Informatics is Q1 in Cognitive Neuroscience (rank 6 of 129), Q1 in Neurology (rank 10 of 201) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 88 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Brain Informatics 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 12.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.413, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 42.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,090 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 Informatics is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2198-4018 and its online ISSN is 2198-4026.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Brain Informatics has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 10.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 128 Scopus journals in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Brain Informatics published 40 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 (27.7%), United States (10%) and India (6.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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