Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

ISSN 1662-5137 · Frontiers Media · Switzerland · active 2007–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
1.5
SJR
1.287
h-index
134

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 5 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience is Q1 in 3 of its 4 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Developmental NeuroscienceQ1#10 of 40
Cognitive NeuroscienceQ1#24 of 126
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q1#43 of 184
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ2#34 of 102
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.79
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
45

OpenAlex counts about 1.5 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 2.79 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~14 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): 3,150 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

neuraldynamicsbrainfunctioncognitiveneuroscienceneuropharmacologycellularmolecularfunctionalconnectivityeeg

Frequently asked

Is Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience?

Papers in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience are cited about 1.5 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 134. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience is Q1 in 3 of its 4 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Developmental Neuroscience: Q1, #10 of 40; Cognitive Neuroscience: Q1, #24 of 126; Neuroscience (miscellaneous): Q1, #43 of 184; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: Q2, #34 of 102. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience is cited about 1.5 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 134.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Developmental Neuroscience and 2 other categories, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience?

Article processing charge (APC): 3,150 CHF per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience takes about ~14 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.

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