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Neuroscience Letters

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland · Est. 1832

ISSN1872-7972

SJR Q3✓ 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.713

H-Indexi

267

SNIPi

0.673

Total Worksi

40,519

Total Citationsi

1,279,385

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Neuroscience (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1832

Annual Volume~ 325 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications40,519

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 Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-7972

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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

650

13k

2019

690

9.9k

2020

646

9.5k

2021

421

3.9k

2022

411

2.7k

2023

314

1.1k

2024

250

243

2025

136

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)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsIon channel regulation and functionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNerve injury and regenerationNeural dynamics and brain function

Frequently asked questions about Neuroscience Letters

Is Neuroscience Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Neuroscience Letters: 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 Neuroscience Letters?

Neuroscience Letters 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 1.70.

Is Neuroscience Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Neuroscience Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Neuroscience Letters?