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Best Behavioral Neuroscience journals

93 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Behavioral Neuroscience. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 23 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Human Behaviour 23.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 16.3 98th Q1 – – No
3 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 15.7 97th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 12.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Human Factors 12.7 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
6 Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 10.7 94th Q1 SSCI – No
7 Sleep 9.8 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
8 Journal of Sleep Research 8.7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
9 Chronic Stress 8.2 90th Q1 – – Yes
10 Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 7.5 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 Affective Science 7.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
12 npj Mental Health Research 7.2 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Journal of Eating Disorders 7.1 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
14 Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences 7 85th Q1 – – No
15 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 6.9 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Current Research in Neurobiology 6.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Sexual Medicine Reviews 6.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Sleep Health 6.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
19 Advances in the Study of Behavior 6.3 80th Q1 – – No
20 Trends in Neuroscience and Education 6.1 79th Q1 ESCI – No
21 Brain-Computer Interfaces 6.1 77th Q1 – – No
22 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5.9 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Brain Imaging and Behavior 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience 5.7 74th Q2 SCIE – No
25 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
26 Genes, Brain and Behavior 5.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
27 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 71st Q2 SSCI – No
28 Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 5.4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
29 Learning Disability Quarterly 5.3 69th Q2 SSCI – No
30 Nature and Science of Sleep 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
31 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Behavioural Brain Research 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 5 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
34 Translational Behavioral Medicine 5 63rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
35 Sleep Science 4.9 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
36 Physiology and Behavior 4.8 61st Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
37 Stress 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
38 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Paladyn 4.6 58th Q2 – – Yes
40 Behavioral and Brain Functions 4.6 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
41 Hormones and Behavior 4.6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
42 Current Research in Behavioral Sciences 4.5 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
43 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 4.4 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
44 Advances in Child Development and Behavior 4.4 53rd Q2 – – No
45 Neuropsychologia 4.3 52nd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
46 Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 4.2 51st Q2 – – Yes
47 Behavioral Sciences 4.1 50th Q2 SSCI – Yes
48 Brain, Behavior and Evolution 4 48th Q3 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Sexual Medicine 4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Neuropsychology 4 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
51 Epilepsy and Behavior 4 45th Q3 SCIE – No
52 Ibrain 4 44th Q3 – – Yes
53 Brain and Behavior 3.9 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
54 Alcohol 3.9 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 3.8 41st Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
56 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 3.8 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
57 Adaptive Behavior 3.7 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
58 Personality Neuroscience 3.6 38th Q3 – – Yes
59 Behavioral Neuroscience 3.6 37th Q3 SCIE – No
60 Developmental Psychobiology 3.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
61 Sexual Medicine 3.6 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
62 Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 3.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
63 SLEEP Advances 3.2 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
64 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3.2 31st Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
65 Behavioural Processes 3.2 30th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
66 Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior 3.1 29th Q3 ESCI – No
67 Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics 3 28th Q3 SSCI – No
68 Chemical Senses 3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
69 Social Neuroscience 2.9 26th Q3 SCIE – No
70 Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2.6 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
71 Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2.5 24th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
72 Brain Impairment 2.5 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
73 Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2.4 22nd Q4 – – No
74 Learning and Behavior 2.4 20th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
75 Evolutionary Psychology 2.2 19th Q4 SSCI – Yes
76 Behavioral Science and Policy 2.2 18th Q4 – – No
77 Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 1.9 17th Q4 ESCI – No
78 Discover Psychology 1.8 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
79 Behaviour 1.6 15th Q4 SCIE – No
80 Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1.2 14th Q4 ESCI – No
81 Psychology Hub 1.2 13th Q4 – – No
82 NeuroRegulation 1 12th Q4 – – Yes
83 Chronobiology in Medicine 1 11th Q4 – – No
84 Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior 1 10th Q4 ESCI – Yes
85 Pragmatics and Cognition 0.9 9th Q4 AHCI, SSCI – No
86 Music and Medicine 0.8 8th Q4 – – No
87 Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia 0.8 6th Q4 ESCI – No
88 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento 0.8 5th Q4 ESCI – Yes
89 Journal of Behavioural Sciences 0.7 4th Q4 – – No
90 Reti Saperi Linguaggi 0.4 3rd Q4 ESCI – No
91 Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience 0.4 2nd Q4 – – No
92 New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
93 Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Behavioral Neuroscience Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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