Brain Structure and Function

Aims & Scope

Brain Structure & Function publishes research that provides insight into brain structure−function relationships.

Studies published here integrate data spanning from molecular, cellular, developmental, and systems architecture to the neuroanatomy of behavior and cognitive functions.

Manuscripts with focus on the spinal cord or the peripheral nervous system are not accepted for publication.

Manuscripts with focus on diseases, animal models of diseases, or disease-related mechanisms are only considered for publication, if the findings provide novel insight into the organization and mechanisms of normal brain structure and function.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3332

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1757

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.245

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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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 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.

• Saliency, switching, attention and control: a network model of insula function

  Citation: 4555

  Authors: Vinod, Lucina Q.

• Brain structural and functional abnormalities in mood disorders: implications for neurocircuitry models of depression

  Citation: 1721

  Authors: Wayne C., Joseph L., Maura L.

• Anatomical analysis of afferent projections to the medial prefrontal cortex in the rat

  Citation: 1149

  Authors: Walter B., Robert P.

• A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis

  Citation: 1071

  Authors: Florian, Karl, Peter T., Angela R., Simon B.

• Greater than the sum of its parts: a review of studies combining structural connectivity and resting-state functional connectivity

  Citation: 759

  Authors: Jessica S., Michael D.

• Interoception in anxiety and depression

  Citation: 730

  Authors: Martin P., Murray B.

• The cingulate cortex and limbic systems for emotion, action, and memory

  Citation: 652

  Authors: Edmund T.

• Predictions not commands: active inference in the motor system

  Citation: 593

  Authors: Rick A., Stewart, Karl J.

• Parsing the neural correlates of moral cognition: ALE meta-analysis on morality, theory of mind, and empathy

  Citation: 494

  Authors: Danilo, Leonhard, Kai, Karla, Angela R., Robert, Simon B.

• Conjoint activity of anterior insular and anterior cingulate cortex: awareness and response

  Citation: 491

  Authors: Nick, Hugo D.

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