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Annual Review of Neuroscience

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1545-4126

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

7.549

H-Indexi

374

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

3.238

Total Worksi

1,376

Total Citationsi

506,627

2yr Mean Citednessi

11.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Neuroscience covers the significant developments across the entire field of neuroscience, including molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurogenetics, development, plasticity and repair, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, behavior, and neurobiology of disease, with occasional reviews in history of neuroscience and ethics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,376

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseSubscribe to Open (S2O)

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1545-4126

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

4.2k

2019

3.8k

2020

2.7k

2021

2.1k

2022

1.1k

2023

563

2024

271

2025

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.

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchMemory and Neural MechanismsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchVisual perception and processing mechanismsPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesAxon Guidance and Neuronal SignalingRetinal Development and Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Neuroscience

Is Annual Review of Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Neuroscience: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Neuroscience?

Annual Review of Neuroscience 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 11.03.

Is Annual Review of Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.