Brain Research

Aims & Scope

An international multidisciplinary journal devoted to fundamental research in the brain sciences.

Brain Research publishes papers reporting interdisciplinary investigations of nervous system structure and function that are of general interest to the international community of neuroscientists.

As is evident from the journals name, its scope is broad, ranging from cellular and molecular studies through systems neuroscience, cognition and disease.

Invited reviews are also published; suggestions for and inquiries about potential reviews are welcomed.

With the appearance of the final issue of the 2011 subscription, Vol. 67/1-2 (24 June 2011), Brain Research Reviews has ceased publication as a distinct journal separate from Brain Research.

Review articles accepted for Brain Research are now published in that journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6205

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2568

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.851

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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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 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 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.

• The hippocampus as a spatial map. Preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat

  Citation: 4660

  Authors: J., J.

• Delayed neuronal death in the gerbil hippocampus following ischemia

  Citation: 2415

  Authors: Takaaki

• Synaptic density in human frontal cortex — Developmental changes and effects of aging

  Citation: 2045

  Authors: Huttenlocher

• The structural organization of layer IV in the somatosensory region (S I) of mouse cerebral cortex

  Citation: 1817

  Authors: Thomas A., Hendrik

• Quantitative recording of rotational behavior in rats after 6-hydroxy-dopamine lesions of the nigrostriatal dopamine system

  Citation: 1681

  Authors: Urban, Gordon W.

• Loss of a circadian adrenal corticosterone rhythm following suprachiasmatic lesions in the rat

  Citation: 1665

  Authors: Robert Y., Victor B.

• Which elements are excited in electrical stimulation of mammalian central nervous system: A review

  Citation: 1637

  Authors: James B.

• Changes in the visual system of monocularly sutured or enucleated cats demonstrable with cytochrome oxidase histochemistry

  Citation: 1502

  Authors: Margaret

• Amphetamine and apomorphine responses in the rat following 6-OHDA lesions of the nucleus accumbens septi and corpus striatum

  Citation: 1494

  Authors: Peter H., Paul W., Susan D.

• Two methods for selective silver impregnation of degenerating axons and their synaptic endings in the central nervous system

  Citation: 1484

  Authors: Robert P., Lennart

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