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Behavioral and Brain Functions

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1744-9081eISSN1744-9081

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.983

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.023

Total Worksi

806

Total Citationsi

36,361

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Medicine (miscellaneous); Behavioral Neuroscience; Biological Psychiatry; Cognitive Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications806

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-9081 / 1744-9081

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

380

2019

540

2020

470

2021

323

2022

271

2023

206

2024

184

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ2

Biological PsychiatryQ2

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Biological PsychiatryCognitive NeuroscienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderStress Responses and CortisolFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesMemory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience and Music PerceptionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchTryptophan and brain disordersAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

Frequently asked questions about Behavioral and Brain Functions

Is Behavioral and Brain Functions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Behavioral and Brain Functions: 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 Behavioral and Brain Functions?

Behavioral and Brain Functions 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 2.55.

Is Behavioral and Brain Functions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Behavioral and Brain Functions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Behavioral and Brain Functions?