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Best open-access journals for Neurology

The top 40 of 52 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 17,782-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).

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  1. 1
    Journal of Neuroinflammation
    9.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    npj Parkinson s Disease
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Neurotherapeutics
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Journal of Parkinson s Disease
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · IOS Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Acta Neuropathologica Communications
    4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    European Journal of Neurology
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Brain Pathology
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Neurosurgical FOCUS
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Brain stimulation
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Neurologia medico-chirurgica
    1.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Japan Neurological Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Frontiers in Neurology
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Journal of Clinical Neurology
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    BMC Neurology
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Acta Neurochirurgica
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Parkinson s Disease
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Neurosurgical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Neurología
    0.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Neurosciences
    1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Riyadh Military Hospital
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Neurology neuropsychiatry Psychosomatics
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · IMA-PRESS LLC
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  25. 25
    Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Medknow
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Medknow
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Future Neurology
    0.6 cites/paper · Q4 · Future Medicine
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
    0.3 cites/paper · Q4 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Equilibrium Research
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · Japan Society for Equilibrium Research
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  32. 32
    Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery
    0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
    Open AccessScopus
  33. 33
    Neurología (English Edition)
    1.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJPubMed
  34. 34
    Journal of Neuroendovascular Therapy
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia Brazilian Neurosurgery
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  37. 37
    Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Korean Neurological Association
    Open Access
  38. 38
    Nosotchu
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Japan Stroke Society
    Open AccessDOAJ
  39. 39
    Romanian Neurosurgery
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · London Academic Publishing
    Open Access
  40. 40
    Surgery for Cerebral Stroke
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Japanese Society on Surgery for Cerebral Stroke
    Open Access

“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 17,782-venue index. The top 40 of 52 ranked venues are listed on this page; 14 are Scimago Q1, 7 Q2, 7 Q3, 4 Q4 and 8 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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