160 Neuroscience journals in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Neuroscience by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eLife | 2050-084X | 5,415 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,61,232 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Brain stimulation | 1876-4754 | 1,561 | 2 | ≈ ₹4,55,634 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Brain and Behavior | 2157-9032 | 935 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,67,012 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Tissue and Cell | 0040-8166 | 548 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 0162-3257 | 494 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Journal of Neuroscience | 0953-816X | 461 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| World Journal of Psychiatry | 2220-3206 | 424 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Psychoneuroendocrinology | 0306-4530 | 368 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Neurophysiology | 0022-3077 | 334 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Experimental Psychology General | 0096-3445 | 305 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Traitement du signal | 0765-0019 | 304 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Neuroscience Letters | 0304-3940 | 250 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Ireland |
| Hearing Research | 0378-5955 | 245 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Experimental Brain Research | 0014-4819 | 232 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging | 2451-9022 | 230 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Cortex | 0010-9452 | 228 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Italy |
| Journal of Neuroscience Methods | 0165-0270 | 227 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Biology Open | 2046-6390 | 226 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,40,821 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Neuropsychologia | 0028-3932 | 204 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Attention Perception & Psychophysics | 1943-3921 | 201 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Research in Autism | 1878-0237 | 197 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Chronobiology International | 0742-0528 | 185 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Current Neuropharmacology | 1570-159X | 184 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Audiology Research | 2039-4330 | 181 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,61,455 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology | 0363-6119 | 173 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Cerebellum | 1473-4222 | 173 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Brain Structure and Function | 1863-2653 | 172 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics | 1933-0707 | 168 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Molecular Neuroscience | 0895-8696 | 165 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | 0033-555X | 164 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| JASA Express Letters | 2691-1191 | 163 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Philosophical Psychology | 0951-5089 | 161 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Audiology | 1499-2027 | 159 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acta Psychologica Sinica | 0439-755X | 154 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| Psychological Research | 0033-3026 | 153 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Biological Psychology | 0301-0511 | 149 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Memory & Cognition | 0090-502X | 149 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Perceptual and Motor Skills | 0031-5125 | 149 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Applied Cognitive Psychology | 0888-4080 | 148 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Auris Nasus Larynx | 0385-8146 | 144 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Bilingualism Language and Cognition | 1366-7289 | 141 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Vision Research | 0042-6989 | 129 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Journal of Comparative Neurology | 0021-9967 | 127 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Addiction Biology | 1355-6215 | 125 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,33,297 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging | 0925-4927 | 125 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Neuroreport | 0959-4965 | 118 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Aphasiology | 0268-7038 | 117 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior | 0091-3057 | 117 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Neuroscience Research | 0360-4012 | 115 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology | 0739-4462 | 114 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Neuroscience Research | 0168-0102 | 114 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,13,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Consciousness and Cognition | 1053-8100 | 112 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System | 1085-9489 | 112 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Insect Physiology | 0022-1910 | 110 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Integrated Science and Technology | 2321-4635 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Memory | 0965-8211 | 105 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Neurology Genetics | 2376-7839 | 104 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,17,884 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Brain Imaging and Behavior | 1931-7557 | 102 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Vision | 2411-5150 | 102 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Psychosomatic Medicine | 0033-3174 | 101 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Brain and Language | 0093-934X | 100 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| IEEE Transactions on Haptics | 1939-1412 | 97 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| British Journal of Psychology | 0007-1269 | 96 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology | 0736-0258 | 93 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| American Journal of Audiology | 1059-0889 | 91 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology | 1569-9048 | 91 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Clinical Neurology | 1738-6586 | 88 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| AJOB Neuroscience | 2150-7740 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Human Movement Science | 0167-9457 | 86 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Psychology of Music | 0305-7356 | 82 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Brain and Cognition | 0278-2626 | 79 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Language Cognition and Neuroscience | 2327-3798 | 79 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences | 1568-7759 | 79 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Sleep Medicine Clinics | 1556-407X | 79 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering | 1609-0985 | 78 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Clinical Neurophysiology Practice | 2467-981X | 76 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,88,022 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Neurogenetics | 1364-6745 | 76 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Developmental Neurobiology | 1932-8451 | 73 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Neuroendocrinology | 0028-3835 | 72 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Switzerland |
| Hippocampus | 1050-9631 | 71 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Neurobiology of Learning and Memory | 1074-7427 | 71 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 0289-0003 | 69 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Neurophysiologie Clinique | 0987-7053 | 67 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Chemical Senses | 0379-864X | 66 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Biological Rhythms | 0748-7304 | 66 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Trends in Hearing | 2331-2165 | 65 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Comparative Physiology A | 0340-7594 | 62 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | 0090-6905 | 62 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Neural Computation | 0899-7667 | 62 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Clinical EEG and Neuroscience | 1550-0594 | 61 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 0378-5866 | 60 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Switzerland |
| Behavioural Pharmacology | 0955-8810 | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Cognitive Psychology | 2044-5911 | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Neuroinformatics | 1539-2791 | 58 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Clinical and Translational Neuroscience | 2514-183X | 57 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | 1944-7558 | 55 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology | 1226-4512 | 55 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | South Korea |
| Music & Science | 2059-2043 | 54 | 2 | ≈ ₹82,265 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Biological Research For Nursing | 1099-8004 | 53 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Translational Neuroscience | 2081-3856 | 53 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,74,131 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
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