Brain

Aims & Scope

Brain has published landmark papers in clinical neurology and translational neuroscience since 1878.

The Editorial Board reflects the journal's broad coverage and international readership.

Accepted articles are posted online within a few weeks of acceptance.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	11.7
2024	10.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.720

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	319

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12431

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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
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

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

• Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia

  Citation: 4260

  Authors: Katya, John R., David, Mario F., Joel H., John, John C., Harro, Elise G. P., Chiadi U., Argye E., Keith A., Bradley F., Andrew, William W., Katherine P., Julene K., Maria-Luisa, Howard, Caroline E., Albert, Christopher M., Patricia, Olivier, Jonathan D., Martin N., Jason D., Nick C., Douglas, David P., Sandra E., Marsel, Sandra, Brad C., Janine, Florence, Vincent, Florence, Yolande, Tiffany W., Facundo, Jordan, Stefano F., Morris, Murray, Bruce L.

• The precuneus: a review of its functional anatomy and behavioural correlates

  Citation: 4252

  Authors: Andrea E., Michael R.

• Action recognition in the premotor cortex

  Citation: 3253

  Authors: Vittorio, Luciano, Leonardo, Giacomo

• SOMATIC MOTOR AND SENSORY REPRESENTATION IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF MAN AS STUDIED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION

  Citation: 3247

  Authors: WILDER, EDWIN

• AGEING AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE: SUBSTANTIA NIGRA REGIONAL SELECTIVITY

  Citation: 2796

  Authors: JULIAN M., ANDREW J.

• Contributions of anterior cingulate cortex to behaviour

  Citation: 2645

  Authors: Orrin, Martha J., Brent A.

• DISCONNEXION SYNDROMES IN ANIMALS AND MAN

  Citation: 2376

  Authors: NORMAN

• The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and disease

  Citation: 1896

  Authors: Robert, David J.

• TIME OF CONSCIOUS INTENTION TO ACT IN RELATION TO ONSET OF CEREBRAL ACTIVITY (READINESS-POTENTIAL)

  Citation: 1744

  Authors: BENJAMIN, CURTIS A., ELWOOD W., DENNIS K.

• The spectrum of disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

  Citation: 1641

  Authors: Ann C., Thor D., Christopher J., Robert A., Daniel H., Victor E., Hyo-Soon, Garth, Sydney M., Christine M., David O., Caroline A., Kerry A., Matthew A., Brett R., Carmela R., Tsuneya, Robert Ross, Benjamin L., Andrew E., Lee E., Neil W., Robert C.

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