European Journal of Neuroscience

Aims & Scope

EJN is the journal of FENS and supports the international neuroscientific community by publishing original high quality research articles and reviews in all fields of neuroscience.

In addition, to engage with issues that are of interest to the science community, we also publish Editorials, Meetings Reports and Neuro-Opinions on topics that are of current interest in the fields of neuroscience research and training in science.

We have recently established a series of ‘Profiles of Women in Neuroscience’.

Our goal is to provide a vehicle for publications that further the understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system in both health and disease and to provide a vehicle to engage the neuroscience community.

As the official journal of FENS, profits from the journal are re-invested in the neuroscientific community through the activities of FENS.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3815

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3858

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.153

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	232

---

---

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

---

Subjects & Keywords

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

---

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.

• Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study

  Citation: 1568

  Authors: G., F., G. R., L., L., V., R. J., K., G., H.‐J.

• Hippocampal BDNF mediates the efficacy of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition

  Citation: 1154

  Authors: Shoshanna, Zhe, Fernando

• Frontal theta activity in humans increases with memory load in a working memory task

  Citation: 1108

  Authors: Ole, Claudia D.

• Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study

  Citation: 1010

  Authors: Simon, Howard A., Sally, Edward T., Mick J., Andrew, Steve C. R.

• Lesions of dorsolateral striatum preserve outcome expectancy but disrupt habit formation in instrumental learning

  Citation: 988

  Authors: Henry H., Barbara J., Bernard W.

• The role of the dorsomedial striatum in instrumental conditioning

  Citation: 887

  Authors: Henry H., Sean B., Barbara J., Bernard W.

• Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: comparative cytoarchitectonic analysis in the human and the macaque brain and corticocortical connection patterns

  Citation: 847

  Authors: M., D. N.

• Neuroinflammation and depression: A review

  Citation: 834

  Authors: Romain, Pascal, Samuel, Thomas, Arnaud, Boriana, Bruno, Wissam, Alexandre, Catherine, Vincent

• Doublecortin expression levels in adult brain reflect neurogenesis

  Citation: 829

  Authors: Sebastien, Beate, Susanne, Robert, Maurice, Norbert, Ulrich, Jürgen, Hans‐Georg, Ludwig

• Reduction in subthalamic 8–35 Hz oscillatory activity correlates with clinical improvement in Parkinson's disease

  Citation: 772

  Authors: Andrea A., Andreas, Gerd‐Helge, Peter

---