| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
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| Neuroscience (all) | 1 / 112 | 99th | Q1 |
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Nature Reviews Neuroscience is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 39.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 1471-003XVerify ISSN ↗1471-0048Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Nature Reviews Neuroscience indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 39.1.
What quartile is Nature Reviews Neuroscience in Scopus?
Nature Reviews Neuroscience is Q1 in Neuroscience (all) (rank 1 of 112), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Nature Reviews Neuroscience?
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 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 39.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 10.282, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 510.
Who publishes Nature Reviews Neuroscience and what is its ISSN?
Nature Reviews Neuroscience is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 1471-003X and its online ISSN is 1471-0048.
Is Nature Reviews Neuroscience covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Nature Reviews Neuroscience in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Nature Reviews Neuroscience open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Nature Reviews Neuroscience? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Nature Reviews Neuroscience has an h-index of 578 and a 2-year mean of 15.8 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 39.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 112 Scopus journals in Neuroscience (all).
Nature Reviews Neuroscience published 115 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 174. 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.
Who publishes in Nature Reviews Neuroscience? — latest 73 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 73 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (35.9%), United Kingdom (9.9%) and Germany (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Nature Reviews Neuroscience? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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