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Best Neurology (clinical) journals

403 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Neurology (clinical). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 101 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 The Lancet Neurology 75 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Nature Reviews Neurology 33.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 JAMA Neurology 29.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Translational Neurodegeneration 25.9 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Molecular Neurodegeneration 25.1 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Brain 21.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Neuro-Oncology 21.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Sleep Medicine Reviews 21.1 98th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Acta Neuropathologica 16.9 97th Q1 SCIE – No
10 International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 16.3 97th Q1 – – No
11 International Journal of Stroke 16.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Aging and Disease 15.5 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 15.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Alzheimer's and Dementia 13.9 96th Q1 SCIE – No
15 CNS Drugs 13.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Journal of Stroke 13.6 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Annals of Neurology 13.5 95th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation 13.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 European Neuropsychopharmacology 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Stroke 13.1 95th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Alzheimer's Research and Therapy 12.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Brain Stimulation 12.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Neurotherapeutics 12.6 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 General Psychiatry 12.4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Movement Disorders 12.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Headache and Pain 11.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Current Neuropharmacology 11.4 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
28 Autism in Adulthood 11.2 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
29 Epilepsia 11.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
30 npj Parkinson's Disease 11.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
31 Brain Pathology 10.9 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
32 Pain 10.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 10.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
34 Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease 10.4 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Neuroscientist 10.3 91st Q1 SCIE – No
36 Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions 10.2 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Annual Review of Vision Science 10 90th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Sleep 9.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Stroke and Vascular Neurology 9.8 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Cephalalgia 9.6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Neurology 9.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Acta Neuropathologica Communications 9.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
44 Autism Research 9.2 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
45 Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 9.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Neurology 9.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 9.1 88th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Parkinson's Disease 8.9 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
50 Translational Stroke Research 8.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Multiple Sclerosis Journal 8.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
52 Sleep Medicine Clinics 8.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
53 Neurospine 8.4 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
54 Neural Plasticity 8.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
55 NeuroImage: Clinical 8.2 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
56 Spine Journal 8.2 86th Q1 SCIE – No
57 ASN Neuro 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
58 Human Brain Mapping 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
59 Current Opinion in Neurology 8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
60 Neurology and Therapy 7.9 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
61 Journal of Neurotrauma 7.8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
62 European Journal of Neurology 7.7 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
63 Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 7.7 84th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Neural Transmission 7.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
66 European Stroke Journal 7.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
67 Neuromodulation 7.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
68 Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 7.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
69 Neurobiology of Aging 7.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
70 Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 7.1 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
71 Global Spine Journal 7.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
72 Neurocritical Care 7.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
73 Current Pain and Headache Reports 7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
74 Brain Topography 6.9 81st Q1 SCIE – No
75 Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 6.9 81st Q1 SCIE – No
76 Metabolic Brain Disease 6.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
77 Journal of Pain 6.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
78 Current Research in Neurobiology 6.7 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
79 Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
80 Journal of Neurosurgery 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
82 Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
83 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
84 Neuroepidemiology 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
85 Pain Medicine (United States) 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
86 Pain and Therapy 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
87 Headache 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
88 Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 6.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
89 Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 6.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
90 Clinical Neurophysiology 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
91 Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
92 Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
93 Psychoradiology 6.3 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
94 CNS Spectrums 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
95 Journal of Neuroradiology 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
96 Behavioural Neurology 6.1 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
97 Spine 6.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
98 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
99 Neurologic Clinics 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – No
100 Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 6.1 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
101 Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
103 Neurobiology of Pain 5.9 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
104 Neuro-Oncology Advances 5.9 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 5.9 74th Q2 SCIE – No
106 Brain Imaging and Behavior 5.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
107 Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 5.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
108 Neurologia 5.9 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
109 Journal of the Neurological Sciences 5.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
110 Clinical Journal of Pain 5.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
111 Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 5.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
112 Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases 5.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
113 Neurosurgery 5.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
114 Journal of Neuro-Oncology 5.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
115 Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 5.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
116 Frontiers in Neurology 5.4 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
117 Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 5.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
118 Clinical Neuroradiology 5.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
119 CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology 5.3 70th Q2 – – No
120 Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korea) 5.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
121 Muscle and Nerve 5.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
122 Acupuncture in Medicine 5.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
123 Cerebellum 5.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
124 Neurological Sciences 5.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
125 Clinical EEG and Neuroscience 5.1 69th Q2 SCIE – No
126 Epilepsia Open 5.1 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
127 European Neurology 5.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
128 Handbook of Clinical Neurology 5.1 68th Q2 – – No
129 Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 5.1 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
130 American Journal of Neuroradiology 5 67th Q2 SCIE – No
131 Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
132 CNS Oncology 5 67th Q2 – – Yes
133 Neuroscience of Consciousness 5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
134 Clinical Autonomic Research 5 66th Q2 SCIE – No
135 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 5 66th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 5 66th Q2 SCIE – No
137 Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska 4.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
138 Aphasiology 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
139 Journal of Movement Disorders 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
140 Journal of Neuroimaging 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE – No
141 Journal of Central Nervous System Disease 4.8 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Journal of Neuroimmunology 4.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
143 Neurodegenerative Disease Management 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – No
144 Neurological Research and Practice 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
145 Neurosurgical Focus 4.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
146 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 4.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
147 Parkinson's Disease 4.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
148 Spinal Cord 4.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
149 Behavioral Sleep Medicine 4.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
150 European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 4.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
151 Neurology Research International 4.6 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
152 Neuromuscular Disorders 4.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
153 Seizure 4.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
154 Brain Tumor Pathology 4.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
155 Human Psychopharmacology 4.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
156 Neurology: Genetics 4.5 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
157 Neurophysiologie Clinique 4.5 61st Q2 SCIE – No
158 Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 4.5 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
159 Brain Research 4.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
160 Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 4.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
161 Sleep and Breathing 4.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
162 Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 4.4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
163 Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 4.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
164 Clinical Neurophysiology Practice 4.3 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
165 Revue Neurologique 4.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
166 Neurology International 4.3 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
167 PM&R 4.3 58th Q2 SCIE – No
168 Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 4.2 58th Q2 – – Yes
169 Neurosurgical Review 4.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
170 International Review of Neurobiology 4.2 57th Q2 – – No
171 Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica 4.2 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
172 Neurology: Clinical Practice 4.2 57th Q2 ESCI – No
173 Neuroradiology 4.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
174 Head and Face Medicine 4.1 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
175 Interventional Neuroradiology 4.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
176 Journal of Huntington's Disease 4.1 56th Q2 ESCI – No
177 Seminars in Neurology 4.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
178 Epilepsy Research 4.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
179 European Journal of Translational Myology 4.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
180 North American Spine Society Journal 4.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
181 Seminars in Pediatric Neurology 4.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
182 BMC Neurology 4 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
183 Cerebrovascular Diseases 4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
184 Epilepsy and Behavior 4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
185 Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 4 54th Q2 SCIE – No
186 Acta Neurologica Belgica 4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
187 NeuroImage: Reports 4 53rd Q2 – – Yes
188 Neurourology and Urodynamics 4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
189 Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 3.9 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
190 Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical 3.9 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
191 Epileptic Disorders 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
192 International Neurourology Journal 3.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
193 Scandinavian Journal of Pain 3.9 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
194 Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry 3.9 51st Q2 – – Yes
195 Experimental Neurobiology 3.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
196 Journal of NeuroVirology 3.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
197 Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 3.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
198 Current Sleep Medicine Reports 3.8 50th Q2 ESCI – No
199 Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
200 Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
201 Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
202 World Neurosurgery 3.8 50th Q2 SCIE – No
203 Brain Tumor Research and Treatment 3.8 49th Q3 – – No
204 Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra 3.7 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
205 Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
206 Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 3.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
207 Free Neuropathology 3.6 48th Q3 – – Yes
208 Neurodegenerative Diseases 3.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
209 Personality Neuroscience 3.6 48th Q3 – – Yes
210 Pediatric Neurology 3.5 48th Q3 SCIE – No
211 Acta Neurochirurgica 3.5 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
212 Current Alzheimer Research 3.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
213 Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 3.4 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
214 Journal of Child Neurology 3.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
215 Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience 3.3 46th Q3 – – No
216 Motor Control 3.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
217 Neuroimaging Clinics of North America 3.3 46th Q3 SCIE – No
218 Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 3.3 46th Q3 ESCI – No
219 Current Treatment Options in Neurology 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE – No
220 Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 3.2 45th Q3 SSCI – No
221 NeuroRehabilitation 3.2 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
222 SLEEP Advances 3.2 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
223 Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 3.2 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
224 Chinese Neurosurgical Journal 3.2 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
225 Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 3.2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
226 Neurological Research 3.2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
227 Practical Neurology 3.2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
228 Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 3.1 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
229 Otology and Neurotology 3.1 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
230 Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 3.1 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
231 Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 3.1 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
232 Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement 3 42nd Q3 – – No
233 BMJ Neurology Open 3 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
234 Clinical Spine Surgery 3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
235 Translational Medicine of Aging 3 41st Q3 – – Yes
236 Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements 3 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
237 Current Neurovascular Research 2.9 41st Q3 SCIE – No
238 Neurochirurgie 2.9 41st Q3 SCIE – No
239 American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2.9 40th Q3 SSCI – No
240 Stroke Research and Treatment 2.9 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
241 World Neurosurgery: X 2.9 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
242 Brain Injury 2.8 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
243 British Journal of Neurosurgery 2.8 39th Q3 SCIE – No
244 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2.8 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
245 Folia Neuropathologica 2.7 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
246 Neuroradiology Journal 2.7 39th Q3 ESCI – No
247 Brain and Development 2.7 38th Q3 SCIE – No
248 Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2.7 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
249 Dementia e Neuropsychologia 2.7 38th Q3 – – Yes
250 Neuropathology 2.7 38th Q3 SCIE – No
251 Clinical Neuropharmacology 2.7 37th Q3 SCIE – No
252 JMIR Neurotechnology 2.7 37th Q3 – – Yes
253 Heart and Mind 2.6 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
254 Neurosciences 2.6 37th Q3 SCIE – No
255 Epilepsy and Behavior Reports 2.6 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
256 Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base 2.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
257 Neuropediatrics 2.6 36th Q3 SCIE – No
258 ATS Scholar 2.5 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
259 Brain Hemorrhages 2.5 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
260 Brain Impairment 2.5 35th Q3 SCIE – No
261 International Journal of MS Care 2.5 35th Q3 – – No
262 Spine Surgery and Related Research 2.5 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
263 Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports 2.4 34th Q3 ESCI – No
264 Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2.4 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
265 Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache 2.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
266 Pediatric Neurosurgery 2.4 34th Q3 SCIE – No
267 Acta Epileptologica 2.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
268 Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology 2.4 33rd Q3 – – No
269 Child's Nervous System 2.3 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
270 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2.3 33rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
271 Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2.2 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
272 Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery 2.2 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
273 Neurointervention 2.2 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
274 Operative Neurosurgery 2.2 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
275 Epilepsy Currents 2.2 31st Q3 SCIE – No
276 Nevrologiya, Neiropsikhiatriya, Psikhosomatika 2.2 31st Q3 – – Yes
277 Neurologist 2.1 31st Q3 SCIE – No
278 Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2.1 31st Q3 ESCI – No
279 Mental Health Clinician 2.1 30th Q3 – – Yes
280 Advances in Autism 2 30th Q3 ESCI – No
281 Der Nervenarzt 2 30th Q3 SCIE – No
282 Postepy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
283 Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 1.8 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
284 Imaging Neuroscience 1.8 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
285 Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery 1.8 29th Q3 – – No
286 Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 1.8 29th Q3 SCIE – No
287 Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine 1.8 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
288 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 1.8 28th Q3 ESCI – No
289 OBM Neurobiology 1.8 28th Q3 – – No
290 Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry 1.8 28th Q3 ESCI – No
291 Epilepsy and Paroxysmal Conditions 1.7 27th Q3 – – Yes
292 Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease 1.7 27th Q3 – – No
293 Neurohospitalist 1.7 27th Q3 ESCI – No
294 Neuro-Ophthalmology 1.7 27th Q3 ESCI – No
295 Spinal Cord Series and Cases 1.7 26th Q3 ESCI – No
296 Turkish Neurosurgery 1.7 26th Q3 SCIE – No
297 Current Journal of Neurology 1.6 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
298 Surgical Neurology International 1.6 26th Q3 – – No
299 Case Reports in Neurology 1.6 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
300 Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - CNS and Neurological Disorders 1.6 25th Q3 – – No

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