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Behavioural Brain Research

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1893

ISSN1872-7549

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.862

H-Indexi

251

SNIPi

0.766

Total Worksi

16,742

Total Citationsi

668,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Behavioral Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1893

Annual Volume~ 447 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,742

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-7549

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

655

14k

2019

523

9.6k

2020

521

8.2k

2021

414

4.6k

2022

432

3.6k

2023

443

2.5k

2024

467

969

2025

331

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.

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchMemory and Neural MechanismsStress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingTryptophan and brain disordersNeural dynamics and brain functionNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Behavioural Brain Research

Is Behavioural Brain Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Behavioural Brain Research: 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 Behavioural Brain Research?

Behavioural Brain Research 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 2.41.

Is Behavioural Brain Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Behavioural Brain Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Behavioural Brain Research?