Journal Information
Psychology journals are colored blue . Neuroscience journals are colored green . Joint neuroscience/psychology journals are colored yellow . Click the column headers to sort by that column. Please note that I do not particularly believe in the value of impact factors or ranking journals -- this page is simply a reflection of the fact that these things matter in the current academic environment.
Empirical Journals
| Abbreviated Journal Title | ISSN | 2006 Total Cites |
Impact Factor ▾ |
Eigenfactor | Article Influence | Immediacy Index |
Number Articles |
Cited Half-life |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENCE | 0036-8075 | 361389 | 30.028 | 2.0522 | 17.869 | 5.555 | 885 | 7.7 |
| NATURE | 0028-0836 | 390690 | 26.681 | 2.138 | 17.1 | 6.789 | 962 | 7.8 |
| NATURE NEUROSCIENCE | 1097-6256 | 22657 | 14.805 | 0.2199 | 8.8744 | 3.262 | 206 | 4.5 |
| NEURON | 0896-6273 | 48224 | 13.894 | 0.36266 | 8.105 | 2.922 | 294 | 5.8 |
| CURRENT BIOLOGY | 0960-9822 | 28406 | 10.988 | 0.2981 | 6.777 | 2.465 | 340 | 4.7 |
| PROC NATIONAL ACADEMY SCI | 0027-8424 | 371057 | 9.643 | 1.9717 | 5.0359 | 1.758 | 3306 | 7.1 |
| BRAIN | 0006-8950 | 26132 | 7.617 | 0.10376 | 3.4432 | 1.605 | 276 | 7.2 |
| JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE | 0270-6474 | 103022 | 7.453 | 0.56165 | 3.4493 | 1.319 | 1415 | 6.1 |
| CEREBRAL CORTEX | 1047-3211 | 9614 | 6.368 | 0.056335 | 2.9676 | 1.124 | 209 | 5.7 |
| J EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: GENERAL | 0096-3445 | 4424 | 6.177 | 0.0171 | 3.777 | 1.059 | 34 | >10.0 |
| BRAIN RESEARCH | 0165-0173 | 6188 | 5.595 | 0.0236 | 2.421 | 0.308 | 39 | 6.5 |
| NEUROIMAGE | 1053-8119 | 20723 | 5.559 | 0.1462 | 2.4456 | 0.673 | 761 | 4.1 |
| J COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | 0898-929X | 7778 | 5.197 | 0.0439 | 2.775 | 0.542 | 168 | 5.9 |
| HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING | 1065-9471 | 4943 | 4.888 | 0.0234 | 2.404 | 0.753 | 89 | 6.4 |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 0956-7976 | 6576 | 4.571 | 0.0481 | 2.975 | 0.531 | 175 | 5.9 |
| HIPPOCAMPUS | 1050-9631 | 4259 | 4.232 | 0.0203 | 1.7449 | 1.081 | 99 | 6.1 |
| COGNITION | 0010-0277 | 5717 | 4.229 | 0.0233 | 2.539 | 0.613 | 75 | 9.5 |
| NEURO-PSYCHOLOGIA | 0028-3932 | 11856 | 3.924 | 0.0419 | 1.7142 | 0.625 | 283 | 7.9 |
| CHILD DEVELOPMENT | 0009-3920 | 13831 | 3.893 | 0.0341 | 2.251 | 0.491 | 114 | >10.0 |
| JOURNAL OF VISION | 1534-7362 | 1311 | 3.753 | 0.01094 | 2.4409 | 0.450 | 100 | 3.0 |
| CORTEX | 0010-9452 | 2992 | 3.724 | 0.00756 | 1.256 | 1.170 | 106 | >10.0 |
| COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | 0010-0285 | 3879 | 3.659 | 0.00733 | 2.660 | 1.000 | 19 | >10.0 |
| DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 0012-1649 | 8591 | 3.556 | 0.02197 | 2.071 | 0.280 | 107 | >10.0 |
| DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE | 1363-755X | 1086 | 2.915 | 0.00790 | 1.1703 | 1.281 | 64 | 3.6 |
| BRAIN & COGNITION | 0278-2626 | 3388 | 2.858 | 0.01406 | .7854 | 0.267 | 86 | 6.2 |
| J MEMORY AND LANGUAGE | 0749-596X | 4186 | 2.827 | 0.0174 | 1.936 | 0.574 | 68 | 8.9 |
| J EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION | 0278-7393 | 7281 | 2.601 | 0.0232 | 1.7285 | 0.194 | 108 | >10.0 |
| Q J EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 0272-4995 | 723 | 2.511 | 0.0085 | 0.9909 | 0 | 9.2 | |
| J EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE | 0096-1523 | 8200 | 2.261 | 0.0194 | 1.6077 | 0.311 | 103 | >10.0 |
| PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW | 1069-9384 | 3256 | 2.229 | 0.02198 | 1.485 | 0.231 | 134 | 6.0 |
| VISION RESEARCH | 0042-6989 | 14406 | 2.167 | 0.03055 | 0.7895 | 0.464 | 433 | 9.8 |
| ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA | 0001-6918 | 2343 | 2.094 | 0.00587 | 0.89506 | 0.772 | 57 | >10.0 |
| COGNITIVE SCIENCE | 0364-0213 | 1829 | 2.089 | 0.00778 | 1.726 | 0.275 | 40 | >10.0 |
| VISUAL COGNITION | 1350-6285 | 1089 | 1.733 | 0.004659 | 0.75347 | 0.725 | 102 | 6.1 |
| MEMORY | 0965-8211 | 1034 | 1.669 | 0.00592 | 0.9132 | 0.240 | 75 | 6.1 |
| PERCEPTION | 0301-0066 | 3570 | 1.585 | 0.01031 | 0.7525 | 0.270 | 111 | 9.9 |
| MEMORY & COGNITION | 0090-502X | 4957 | 1.512 | 0.0165 | 1.0164 | 0.092 | 131 | >10.0 |
| PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS | 0031-5117 | 6714 | 1.482 | 0.01488 | 1.019 | 0.186 | 86 | >10.0 |
| COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT | 0885-2014 | 847 | 1.109 | 0.00251 | 0.6642 | 0.094 | 32 | 9.7 |
| SPATIAL VISION | 0169-1015 | 939 | 0.940 | 0.00168 | 0.57092 | 0.111 | 27 | 9.5 |
Review Journals
| Abbreviated Journal Title | ISSN | 2006 Total Cites |
Impact Factor ▾ |
Eigenfactor | Article Influence | Immediacy Index |
2006 Articles |
Cited Half-life |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE | 0147-006X | 9139 | 28.533 | 0.06073 | 17.571 | 3.050 | 20 | 6.8 |
| NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE | 1471-0048 | 10878 | 23.054 | 0.1354 | 13.966 | 3.610 | 77 | 3.9 |
| BEHAVIORAL & BRAIN SCIENCES | 0140-525X | 4425 | 14.964 | 0.01659 | 8.5324 | 1.100 | 10 | 8.2 |
| TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES | 0166-2236 | 15117 | 13.494 | 0.0744 | 6.5799 | 1.810 | 84 | 7.2 |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN | 0033-2909 | 18429 | 12.725 | 0.03917 | 7.757 | 1.919 | 37 | >10.0 |
| ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY | 0066-4308 | 4804 | 11.706 | 0.29023 | 8.8099 | 4.091 | 22 | 6.8 |
| TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES | 1364-6613 | 5965 | 9.374 | 0.0479 | 5.425 | 1.566 | 83 | 4.6 |
| CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY | 0959-4388 | 8648 | 9.286 | 0.06477 | 4.9458 | 1.255 | 94 | 5.6 |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW | 0033-295X | 14712 | 8.825 | 0.0363 | 7.547 | 1.258 | 31 | >10.0 |
| CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 0963-7214 | 1595 | 2.326 | 0.01159 | 1.4957 | 0.090 | 67 | 5.7 |
Other Journal Resources
JANE - Enter the title and/or abstract of the paper in a text box, and JANE will find relevant journals, papers, and authors for you.
Effectiveness of Journal Ranking Schemes as a Tool for Locating Information. - A PLoS ONE paper examining the effectiveness of journal ranking schemes like those displayed above. Well worth a read.
Eigenfactor - An explanation of the Eigenfactor ranking displayed above.
Journal Citation Reports - The source of the impact factor; includes a description of it as well as the raw data.
This website copyright (C) Timothy Brady, 2008. Journal data from Journal Citation Reports, 2006.