Neuroscience Research

Aims & Scope

The international journal publishing original full-length research articles, short communications, technical notes, and reviews on all aspects of neuroscience Neuroscience Research is an international journal for high quality articles in all branches of neuroscience, from the molecular to the behavioral levels.

The journal is published in collaboration with the Japan Neuroscience Society and is open to all contributors in the world.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.856

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	113

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6149

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	920

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Phantom auditory perception (tinnitus): mechanisms of generation and perception

  Citation: 1133

  Authors: Pawel J.

• Functional significance of the cortico–subthalamo–pallidal ‘hyperdirect’ pathway

  Citation: 1098

  Authors: Atsushi, Hironobu, Masahiko

• Neuroinflammation: The role and consequences

  Citation: 601

  Authors: Monty, Dafydd G., Xunming, Marcela P., Daqing

• The supplementary motor area in the cerebral cortex

  Citation: 455

  Authors: Jun

• Peripheral nerve regeneration

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Chizuka

• Distribution of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity and mRNA in the rat brain: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study

  Citation: 402

  Authors: Masafumi, Noriyuki, Hitoshi, Keiko, Mitsuhiro

• Transcription factors in glutamatergic neurogenesis: Conserved programs in neocortex, cerebellum, and adult hippocampus

  Citation: 385

  Authors: Robert F., Rebecca D., Ray A.M., Chris

• Executive and prefrontal dysfunction in unipolar depression: a review of neuropsychological and imaging evidence

  Citation: 371

  Authors: Mark A, Kiyoto, Matsuo, Rinmei, Akira, Kazuyuki, Masato, Nobumasa

• An electrochemical microprobe for detecting nitric oxide release in brain tissue

  Citation: 359

  Authors: Katsuei

• Neuronal mechanisms of executive control by the prefrontal cortex

  Citation: 351

  Authors: Shintaro

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