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Practical Neurology

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1474-7758eISSN1474-7766

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 3.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.65

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.3

SNIPi

1.045

Total Worksi

2,725

Total Citationsi

27,757

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Practical Neurology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up to date, and safe, in managing them. This is a journal for jobbing neurologists who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 160 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,725

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-7758 / 1474-7766

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

127

1.9k

2019

137

1.8k

2020

151

1.7k

2021

130

892

2022

139

602

2023

164

379

2024

178

114

2025

110

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Neurology (clinical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurology and Historical StudiesPeripheral Neuropathies and DisordersEpilepsy research and treatmentGenetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesAutoimmune Neurological Disorders and TreatmentsCerebral Venous Sinus ThrombosisNeurological and metabolic disordersNeurological disorders and treatmentsAcute Ischemic Stroke ManagementHereditary Neurological Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Practical Neurology

Is Practical Neurology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Practical Neurology: 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 Practical Neurology?

Practical Neurology 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3.

Is Practical Neurology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Practical Neurology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.