Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Browse 24 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.
Data last refreshed: Aug 01, 2026
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Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Q1 — Top 25%
6 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
Neuron
Cell Press
|
11.68 |
|
Trends in Neurosciences
Elsevier BV
|
6.46 |
|
Communications Biology
Nature Portfolio
|
5.25 |
|
Neural Networks
Elsevier BV
|
4.73 |
|
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Elsevier BV
|
4.32 |
|
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Frontiers Media
|
4.29 |
Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile
6 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
Human Brain Mapping
Wiley
|
4.04 |
|
iScience
Cell Press
|
3.93 |
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Neurocomputing
Elsevier BV
|
3.76 |
|
BMC Neuroscience
BioMed Central
|
3.54 |
|
Cerebral Cortex
Oxford University Press
|
3.49 |
|
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Frontiers Media
|
2.91 |
Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile
6 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
|
Psychophysiology
Wiley
|
2.87 |
|
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Elsevier BV
|
2.45 |
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European Journal of Neuroscience
Wiley
|
2.25 |
|
The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Springer Science+Business Media
|
2.15 |
|
Hearing Research
Elsevier BV
|
2.13 |
|
Biosystems
Elsevier BV
|
2.10 |
Q4 — Bottom 25%
6 journals| Journal | IF |
|---|---|
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Biological Psychology
Elsevier BV
|
2.07 |
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Neuroscience Research
Elsevier BV
|
1.96 |
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Experimental Brain Research
Springer Science+Business Media
|
1.93 |
|
Vision Research
Elsevier BV
|
1.62 |
|
International Journal of Psychophysiology
Elsevier BV
|
0.81 |
|
Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology
Springer Science+Business Media
|
0.52 |
Understanding Journal Quartile Rankings
Quartile rankings (Q1-Q4) are a standard way to categorize academic journals within a subject. They're calculated by ordering all journals in a category by their citation rate (or SJR score) and dividing them into four equal groups.
- Q1 — Top 25%, highest impact in the field
- Q2 — 50th to 75th percentile
- Q3 — 25th to 50th percentile
- Q4 — Bottom 25%
Note: When official Scopus/JCR quartile data is available we use it. Otherwise quartiles are approximated by ranking journals within the selected subject by their latest citation rate.