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Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1987

ISSN1663-3563eISSN1663-3563

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.052

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.955

Total Worksi

561

Total Citationsi

19,001

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications561

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2009

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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

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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?

1663-3563 / 1663-3563

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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

2019

1.9k

2020

1.6k

2021

1.2k

2022

924

2023

2024

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.

Cell BiologyQ1

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeural dynamics and brain functionPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchCellular transport and secretionNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringMemory and Neural MechanismsAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Is Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience: 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 Synaptic Neuroscience?

Frontiers in Synaptic 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 1.78.

Is Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience?