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Brain Stimulation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 12.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 1876-4754Verify ISSN ↗1935-861XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurology (clinical) | 22 / 403 | 94th | Q1 |
| Biophysics | 9 / 155 | 94th | Q1 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 9 / 112 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 12.8.
Brain Stimulation is Q1 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 22 of 403), Q1 in Biophysics (rank 9 of 155) and Q1 in Neuroscience (all) (rank 9 of 112), by CiteScore 2025.
Brain Stimulation 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 12.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.609, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 126.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,430 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 Stimulation is published by Elsevier Inc. Its print ISSN is 1876-4754 and its online ISSN is 1935-861X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Brain Stimulation has an h-index of 152 and a 2-year mean of 2.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 12.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #150 of 403 Scopus journals in Neurology (clinical).
Brain Stimulation published 1,561 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (29.4%), China (18.6%) and United Kingdom (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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