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Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1997

ISSN1662-5110eISSN1662-5110

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.381

H-Indexi

116

SNIPi

1.03

Total Worksi

1,734

Total Citationsi

65,250

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience (miscellaneous); Sensory Systems; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,734

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1662-5110 / 1662-5110

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2.7k

2019

2.7k

2020

163

4.5k

2021

145

2.3k

2022

1.1k

2023

314

2024

170

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.

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ1

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q1

Sensory SystemsQ1

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive NeuroscienceSensory Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringMemory and Neural MechanismsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchZebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsRetinal Development and DisordersOlfactory and Sensory Function StudiesAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Is Frontiers in Neural Circuits a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Neural Circuits: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Frontiers in Neural Circuits?

Frontiers in Neural Circuits 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 2.49.

Is Frontiers in Neural Circuits indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Neural Circuits is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Neural Circuits?