Scopus subject area

Best Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals

102 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 26 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 Reviews Neurology 33.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Translational Neurodegeneration 25.9 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Molecular Neurodegeneration 25.1 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Molecular Psychiatry 21.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Journal of Neuroinflammation 18.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Cell Death and Disease 17.6 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Acta Neuropathologica 16.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
8 International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 16.3 92nd Q1 – – No
9 Alzheimer's and Dementia 13.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
10 Neuronal Signaling 13.9 90th Q1 – – Yes
11 Cell Death Discovery 13.2 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 12.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 GLIA 11.5 86th Q1 SCIE – No
15 npj Parkinson's Disease 11.1 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 11.1 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 British Journal of Ophthalmology 10.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Translational Psychiatry 10.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 9.9 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Acta Neuropathologica Communications 9.3 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 9.3 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Journal of Neuroendocrinology 9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Parkinson's Disease 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 8.9 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 8.6 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Molecular Neurobiology 8.3 75th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Neuropharmacology 8.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Neurochemical Research 7.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
29 Neurochemistry International 7.8 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
30 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7.8 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
31 Neurobiology of Stress 7.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
32 Biomolecular Concepts 7 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
33 Journal of Neuroscience Research 7 68th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Neural Engineering 6.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
35 Metabolic Brain Disease 6.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
36 Peptides 6.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
37 Frontiers in Neural Circuits 6.7 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
38 Brain Communications 6.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
39 Cerebral Cortex 6.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
40 Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 6.3 61st Q2 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Neurochemistry 6.2 60th Q2 SCIE – No
42 PLOS Computational Biology 6.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
43 Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 6.1 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
44 Neuroendocrinology 6.1 57th Q2 SCIE – No
45 NeuroMolecular Medicine 6 56th Q2 SCIE – No
46 Cell Adhesion and Migration 5.9 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 Brain Imaging and Behavior 5.9 54th Q2 SCIE – No
48 Brain Mechanisms 5.8 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
49 Molecular Brain 5.7 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
50 Neurotoxicology and Teratology 5.6 51st Q2 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 5.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 5.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
53 Experimental Eye Research 5.3 48th Q3 SCIE – No
54 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 5.3 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
55 Muscle and Nerve 5.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
56 Purinergic Signalling 5.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
57 Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 5.2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
58 BMC Neuroscience 5.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
59 Molecular Pain 5.1 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
60 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 5.1 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
61 Neuropeptides 5 40th Q3 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 5 39th Q3 SCIE – No
63 Ophthalmic Research 5 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
64 Journal of Central Nervous System Disease 4.8 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
65 Eye and Brain 4.6 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
66 Current Eye Research 4.2 35th Q3 SCIE – No
67 International Review of Neurobiology 4.2 34th Q3 – – No
68 Journal of Huntington's Disease 4.1 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
69 Developmental Neurobiology 4 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
70 Ibrain 4 31st Q3 – – Yes
71 Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical 3.9 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
72 Prion 3.9 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
73 Experimental Neurobiology 3.9 28th Q3 SCIE – No
74 Journal of NeuroVirology 3.9 27th Q3 SCIE – No
75 Brain Tumor Research and Treatment 3.8 26th Q3 – – No
76 Learning and Memory 3.7 25th Q3 SCIE – No
77 Free Neuropathology 3.6 25th Q3 – – Yes
78 Synapse 3.3 24th Q4 SCIE – No
79 Journal of Computational Neuroscience 3 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
80 Current Neurovascular Research 2.9 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Neurogenetics 2.9 21st Q4 SCIE – No
82 Neurotrauma Reports 2.8 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
83 NeuroSignals 2.8 19th Q4 – – Yes
84 Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2.7 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
85 American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2.6 17th Q4 SCIE – No
86 Neurogenetics 2.4 16th Q4 SCIE – No
87 Dystonia 2.3 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
88 Advances in Neurobiology 2.2 14th Q4 – – No
89 Anatomy and Cell Biology 2.1 13th Q4 ESCI – No
90 Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 1.8 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
91 OBM Neurobiology 1.8 11th Q4 – – No
92 Aging Pathobiology and Therapeutics 1.6 10th Q4 – – No
93 Journal of Cellular Neuroscience and Oxidative Stress 1.4 9th Q4 – – No
94 Advanced Neurology 1.2 8th Q4 – – No
95 Neuroscience Research Notes 1.2 7th Q4 – – No
96 Neuropsychological Trends 1.1 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
97 Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology 1 5th Q4 – – No
98 Annals of Clinical and Experimental Neurology 1 4th Q4 – – Yes
99 Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience 0.7 3rd Q4 ESCI – No
100 Sibirskii Vestnik Psikhiatrii i Narkologii 0.6 2nd Q4 – – No
101 Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal 0.3 1st Q4 – – Yes
102 Sinapse 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Cellular and Molecular 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.

Nearby subject areas