Behavioral Neuroscience

Aims & Scope

The primary mission of Behavioral Neuroscience® is to publish original research articles as well as reviews in the broad field of the neural bases of behavior.

We seek empirical papers reporting novel results that provide insight into the mechanisms by which nervous systems produce and are affected by behavior.

Experimental subjects may include human and non-human animals and may address any phase of the lifespan, from early development to senescence.

Studies employing brain-imaging techniques in normal and pathological human populations are encouraged, as are studies using non-traditional species (including invertebrates) and employing comparative analyses.

Studies using computational approaches to understand behavior and cognition are particularly encouraged.

In addition to behavior, it is expected that some aspect of nervous system function will be manipulated or observed, ranging across molecular, cellular, neuroanatomical, neuroendocrinological, neuropharmacological, and neurophysiological levels of analysis.

Behavioral studies are welcome so long as their implications for our understanding of the nervous system are clearly described in the paper.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.867

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6037

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	293

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Differential contribution of amygdala and hippocampus to cued and contextual fear conditioning.

  Citation: 2520

  Authors: R. G., J. E.

• A triple dissociation of memory systems: Hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal striatum.

  Citation: 834

  Authors: Robert J., Norman M.

• Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze.

  Citation: 656

  Authors: Michela, Rebecca, Margaret R.

• The hippocampal memory indexing theory.

  Citation: 654

  Authors: Timothy J., Pascal

• Hippocampectomy disrupts trace eye-blink conditioning in rabbits.

  Citation: 588

  Authors: James R., Richard A., John F.

• Does the cerebellum contribute to mental skills?

  Citation: 582

  Authors: Henrietta C., Alan L., Robert S.

• Differential contribution of dorsal and ventral medial prefrontal cortex to the acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear in rats.

  Citation: 567

  Authors: Maria A., Joseph E.

• Chronic stress impairs rat spatial memory on the Y maze, and this effect is blocked by tianeptine pretreatment.

  Citation: 557

  Authors: Cheryl D., Liisa A. M., Yasukazu, Bruce S.

• Hippocampus and trace conditioning of the rabbit's classically conditioned nictitating membrane response.

  Citation: 524

  Authors: Paul R, Ellen R., Richard F., Donald J.

• Repeated restraint stress facilitates fear conditioning independently of causing hippocampal CA3 dendritic atrophy.

  Citation: 516

  Authors: Cheryl D., Ana María, Joseph E., Bruce S.

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