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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · 29 journals ranked · all listed

Best open-access journals for Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

All 29 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
    6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Brain Research Bulletin
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Neuroscience Research
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Pharmacological Research
    11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Neural Regeneration Research
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Neurobiology of Disease
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Addiction Biology
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
    0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
    5.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
    5.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Molecular Brain
    4.5 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    IBRO Neuroscience Reports
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Neurology Genetics
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Annals of Neurosciences
    1.9 cites/paper · Q3 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Frontiers in Neural Circuits
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
    1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    eNeuro
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Society for Neuroscience
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Neural Plasticity
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    eLife
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    BMC Neuroscience
    4.1 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Learning & Memory
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
    3.0 cites/paper · Q3 · The Korean Society of Pharmacology
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Biomedical Research
    1.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Allied Academies
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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Frequently asked

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, Brain Research Bulletin, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience Research, Pharmacological Research lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. All 29 ranked venues are listed on this page; 16 are Scimago Q1, 9 Q2 and 4 Q3. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 2 journals OpenAlex files under Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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