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Neural Networks

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0893-6080eISSN1879-2782

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.545

H-Indexi

247

SNIPi

2.016

Total Worksi

9,849

Total Citationsi

470,307

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Neurosciences; Artificial Intelligence; Cognitive Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive

Total Publications9,849

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0893-6080 / 1879-2782

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

316

24k

2019

372

18k

2020

429

13k

2021

428

11k

2022

665

15k

2023

926

12k

2024

1.3k

5.4k

2025

952

320

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Cognitive NeuroscienceArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural Networks and ApplicationsNeural dynamics and brain functionAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingNeural Networks Stability and SynchronizationDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Frequently asked questions about Neural Networks

Is Neural Networks a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Neural Networks: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Neural Networks?

Neural Networks is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.63.

Is Neural Networks indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Neural Networks is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Neural Networks?