Annals of Neurology

Aims & Scope

The Annals of Neurology publishes articles of broad interest in neurology, particularly those with high impact in understanding the mechanisms and treatment of diseases of the human nervous system.

Although Annals publishes papers using a wide variety of clinical and basic neuroscience methods, we are most interested in those manuscripts that will be of general interest to academic neurologists, including clinical trials and other large-scale studies that inform the practice of medicine.

Purely basic studies, without strong clinical or translational potential, are unlikely to have sufficient priority for publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.7
2024	8.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.736

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	487

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10190

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Neuroscience, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria

  Citation: 7484

  Authors: Chris H., Stephen C., Brenda, Michel, Jeffrey A., Massimo, Kazuo, Eva, Michael, Ludwig, Fred D., Xavier, Paul, Magnhild, Alan J., Emmanuelle, Brian, Jerry S.

• New diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines for research protocols

  Citation: 5594

  Authors: Charles M., Donald W., Labe, W. Ian, Floyd A., George C., Kenneth P., William A., Donald H., Wallace W.

• Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: Guidelines from the international panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

  Citation: 5370

  Authors: W. Ian, Alistair, Gilles, Donald, Hans‐Peter, Fred D., Henry F., Donald W., Chris H., Stephen C., Magnhild, William, Alan, Stanley, Brian Y., Jerry S.

• Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the “McDonald Criteria”

  Citation: 4051

  Authors: Chris H., Stephen C., Gilles, Massimo, Hans‐Peter, Ludwig, Fred D., Luanne M., Henry F., Paul W., Magnhild, Alan J., Brian G., Jerry S.

• Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound‐B

  Citation: 3578

  Authors: William E., Henry, Agneta, Yanming, Gunnar, Daniel P., Mats, Irina, Guo‐Feng, Sergio, Birgitta, Manik L., Julien, Julie C., Johan, Brian J., Anders, Pernilla, Gunnar, Chester A., Bengt

• Physical basis of cognitive alterations in alzheimer's disease: Synapse loss is the major correlate of cognitive impairment

  Citation: 3448

  Authors: Robert D., Eliezer, David P., Nelson, Richard, Robert, Lawrence A., Robert

• Three-dimensional tracking of axonal projections in the brain by magnetic resonance imaging

  Citation: 2779

  Authors: Susumu, Barbara J., V. P., Peter C. M.

• Heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis lesions: Implications for the pathogenesis of demyelination

  Citation: 2498

  Authors: Claudia, Wolfgang, Joseph, Bernd, Moses, Hans

• The new mutation, E46K, of α‐synuclein causes parkinson and Lewy body dementia

  Citation: 2343

  Authors: Juan J., Javier, Juan C., Elena, Raquel, Israel, Lídice, Janet, Olga, Begoña, Verónica, Estrella Gomez, Teodoro, David G., Justo G.

• Temporal profile of neuronal damage in a model of transient forebrain ischemia

  Citation: 2242

  Authors: William A., James B., Fred

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