Nature Neuroscience

Aims & Scope

Nature Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas of neuroscience.

The editors welcome contributions in molecular, cellular, systems and cognitive neuroscience, as well as psychophysics, computational modeling and diseases of the nervous system.

No area is excluded from consideration, although priority is given to studies that provide fundamental insights into the functioning of the nervous system.

Nature Neuroscience provides readers and authors high visibility, emphasis on interdisciplinary communication, accessibility to a broad readership, high standards of copy editing and production, rigorous peer review, rapid publication, and independence from academic societies and other vested interests.

In addition to primary research, Nature Neuroscience publishes news and views, reviews, editorials, commentaries, perspectives, book reviews and correspondence.

In this way, the journal aims to be the voice of the worldwide neuroscience community.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	20
2024	21.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	11.197

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	496

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	70

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	9950

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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.

• A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain

  Citation: 6409

  Authors: Linda, Theresa A, Susan M, Seung Wook, Hatim A, Hong, Lydia L, Richard D, Michael J, Allan R, Ed S, Hongkui

• Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior

  Citation: 4836

  Authors: Ian C G, Nadia, Frances A, Ana C, Shakti, Jonathan R, Sergiy, Moshe, Michael J

• DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning

  Citation: 4323

  Authors: Alexander, Pranav, Kevin M., Taiga, Venkatesh N., Mackenzie Weygandt, Matthias

• Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study

  Citation: 4212

  Authors: Jay N., Jonathan, Neal O., F. X., Hong, Alex, Tomáš, Alan C., Judith L.

• Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity

  Citation: 4110

  Authors: Edward S, Feng, Ernst, Georg, Karl

• Predictive coding in the visual cortex: a functional interpretation of some extra-classical receptive-field effects

  Citation: 4109

  Authors: Rajesh P. N., Dana H.

• ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo

  Citation: 3230

  Authors: Dimitrios, Jaime, Guang, Jiyun V, Yi, Steffen, Dan R, Michael L, Wen-Biao

• Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus

  Citation: 3023

  Authors: Henriette, Gerd, Fred H.

• Microglia: active sensor and versatile effector cells in the normal and pathologic brain

  Citation: 3002

  Authors: Uwe-Karsten, Helmut

• Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion

  Citation: 2986

  Authors: Barry J, Trevor W

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