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Brain Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), 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 0006-8993Verify ISSN ↗1872-6240Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$3,360 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology (clinical) | 161 / 403 | 60th | Q2 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 60 / 112 | 46th | Q3 |
| Developmental Biology | 45 / 78 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Molecular Biology | 255 / 414 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1966–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
Brain Research is Q2 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 161 of 403), Q3 in Neuroscience (all) (rank 60 of 112) and Q3 in Developmental Biology (rank 45 of 78), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Brain Research 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.894, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 268.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,360 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 Research is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0006-8993 and its online ISSN is 1872-6240.
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 Research has an h-index of 401 and a 2-year mean of 3.47 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #63 of 403 Scopus journals in Neurology (clinical).
Brain Research published 513 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (42.3%), United States (13.4%) and Japan (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 56 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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