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Best open-access journals for Neurology

The top 40 of 60 Neurology journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Neurology 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
    Journal of Neuroinflammation
    10.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    npj Parkinson s Disease
    8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
    7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Neurotherapeutics
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Journal of Parkinson s Disease
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · IOS Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    European Journal of Neurology
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Neurology and Therapy
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer Healthcare
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Brain Pathology
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Neurosurgical FOCUS
    2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Brain stimulation
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Neurologia medico-chirurgica
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Neurological Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Neurology International
    3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · PAGEPress (Italy)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Frontiers in Neurology
    3.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Journal of Clinical Neurology
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Parkinson s Disease
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Acta Neurochirurgica
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    BMC Neurology
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Neurosurgical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Neurología
    0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
    1.9 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Science Malaysia
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Neurosciences
    1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Riyadh Military Hospital
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
    1.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
    0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Medknow
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Case Reports in Neurology
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Karger Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal
    0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Ukranian Association of Neurosurgeons
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  32. 32
    Equilibrium Research
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Japan Society for Equilibrium Research
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  33. 33
    Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
    Open AccessScopus
  34. 34
    Neurology Perspectives
    0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  35. 35
    Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    INTERNATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL JOURNAL
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Publishing House Zaslavsky
    Open AccessScopus
  37. 37
    Neurología (English Edition)
    1.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJPubMed
  38. 38
    Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia Brazilian Neurosurgery
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science

“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

Journal of Neuroinflammation, npj Parkinson s Disease, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, Neurotherapeutics, Journal of Parkinson s Disease lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 60 ranked venues are listed on this page; 14 are Scimago Q1, 8 Q2, 7 Q3, 6 Q4 and 5 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Neurology 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 Neurology is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Neurology come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Neurology 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 Neurology — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Neurology — 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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