Basic Medicine 2026
321 journals in P3.01 Basic Medicine (Medical and Health Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/321 | Annual Review of Neuroscience Annual Reviews, ISSN 0147-006X | 4.79 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/321 | Nature Neuroscience Nature Portfolio, ISSN 1097-6256 | 4.56 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/321 | Neuron Cell Press, ISSN 0896-6273 | 4.16 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/321 | Nature reviews. Neuroscience Nature Portfolio, ISSN 1471-003X | 3.86 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/321 | Journal of Neuroinflammation BioMed Central, ISSN 1742-2094 | 3.13 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/321 | Trends in Cognitive Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 1364-6613 | 2.95 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/321 | Sleep Medicine Reviews Elsevier BV, ISSN 1087-0792 | 2.77 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/321 | Trends in Neurosciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 0166-2236 | 2.77 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/321 | Molecular Psychiatry Springer Nature, ISSN 1359-4184 | 2.53 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/321 | Brain Informatics Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2198-4018 | 2.46 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/321 | Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Elsevier BV, ISSN 0149-7634 | 2.46 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/321 | Brain Oxford University Press, ISSN 0006-8950 | 2.39 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/321 | Drug Delivery Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1071-7544 | 2.28 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/321 | npj Biological Timing and Sleep Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2948-281X | 2.17 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/321 | Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0091-3022 | 2.02 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/321 | Annual Review of Vision Science Annual Reviews, ISSN 2374-4642 | 1.99 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/321 | Bioelectronic Medicine BioMed Central, ISSN 2332-8886 | 1.98 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 18/321 | Translational Psychiatry Springer Nature, ISSN 2158-3188 | 1.94 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 19/321 | Learning and Motivation Elsevier BV, ISSN 0023-9690 | 1.88 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 20/321 | Pharmaceutics Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 1999-4923 | 1.86 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 21/321 | Current Opinion in Neurobiology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0959-4388 | 1.77 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 22/321 | IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, ISSN 1534-4320 | 1.73 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 23/321 | Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1742-5247 | 1.66 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 24/321 | Neurobiology of Disease Elsevier BV, ISSN 0969-9961 | 1.65 | 92.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 25/321 | International Journal of Pharmaceutics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0378-5173 | 1.63 | 92.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 26/321 | Molecular Autism BioMed Central, ISSN 2040-2392 | 1.62 | 92.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 27/321 | Drug Delivery and Translational Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2190-393X | 1.62 | 91.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 28/321 | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 1818-0876 | 1.62 | 91.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 29/321 | NeuroImage Elsevier BV, ISSN 1053-8119 | 1.61 | 91.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 30/321 | Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0272-4340 | 1.57 | 90.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 31/321 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Elsevier BV, ISSN 1878-9293 | 1.56 | 90.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 32/321 | Progress in Neurobiology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0301-0082 | 1.56 | 90.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 33/321 | Neuronal Signaling Portland Press, ISSN 2059-6553 | 1.55 | 89.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 34/321 | Journal of Pineal Research Wiley, ISSN 0742-3098 | 1.54 | 89.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 35/321 | Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Elsevier BV, ISSN 0889-1591 | 1.51 | 89.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 36/321 | Neuropsychopharmacology Springer Nature, ISSN 0893-133X | 1.44 | 88.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 37/321 | Life Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 0024-3205 | 1.44 | 88.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 38/321 | Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2093-5552 | 1.40 | 88.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 39/321 | Experimental Neurology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0014-4886 | 1.36 | 88.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 40/321 | Neuropharmacology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0028-3908 | 1.36 | 87.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 41/321 | European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 0928-0987 | 1.35 | 87.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 42/321 | Brain Plasticity IOS Press, ISSN 2213-6304 | 1.35 | 87.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 43/321 | Glia Wiley, ISSN 0894-1491 | 1.32 | 86.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 44/321 | European Journal of Pharmacology Elsevier BV, ISSN 0014-2999 | 1.32 | 86.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 45/321 | AAPS PharmSciTech Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1530-9932 | 1.32 | 86.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 46/321 | Molecular Neurobiology Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0893-7648 | 1.30 | 85.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 47/321 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry Elsevier BV, ISSN 0278-5846 | 1.27 | 85.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 48/321 | European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0939-6411 | 1.27 | 85.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 49/321 | Acta Psychologica Elsevier BV, ISSN 0001-6918 | 1.27 | 84.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 50/321 | Neurochemistry International Elsevier BV, ISSN 0197-0186 | 1.26 | 84.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 51/321 | Autism Research Wiley, ISSN 1939-3792 | 1.24 | 84.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 52/321 | Psychoradiology Oxford University Press, ISSN 2634-4416 | 1.24 | 84.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 53/321 | Neuroscience of Consciousness University of Oxford, ISSN 2057-2107 | 1.21 | 83.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 54/321 | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5102 | 1.19 | 83.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 55/321 | Journal of Neural Engineering IOP Publishing, ISSN 1741-2552 | 1.19 | 83.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 56/321 | Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1663-3563 | 1.17 | 82.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 57/321 | Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley, ISSN 0022-3042 | 1.16 | 82.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 58/321 | Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience, ISSN 0270-6474 | 1.16 | 82.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 59/321 | Brain Research Bulletin Elsevier BV, ISSN 0361-9230 | 1.16 | 81.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 60/321 | Brain Topography Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0896-0267 | 1.15 | 81.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 61/321 | Neurobiology of Stress Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-2895 | 1.14 | 81.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 62/321 | Imaging Neuroscience The MIT Press, ISSN 2837-6056 | 1.14 | 80.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 63/321 | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5099 | 1.13 | 80.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 64/321 | Neuroscience Informatics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-5286 | 1.13 | 80.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 65/321 | Human Brain Mapping Wiley, ISSN 1065-9471 | 1.13 | 79.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 66/321 | Visual Neuroscience Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0952-5238 | 1.12 | 79.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 67/321 | ASN NEURO SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1759-0914 | 1.11 | 79.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 68/321 | Pharmaceutical Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0724-8741 | 1.11 | 79.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 69/321 | International Journal of Tryptophan Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1178-6469 | 1.10 | 78.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 70/321 | Network Neuroscience The MIT Press, ISSN 2472-1751 | 1.09 | 78.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 71/321 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 2352-1546 | 1.09 | 78.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 72/321 | Cognitive Neurodynamics Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1871-4080 | 1.08 | 77.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 73/321 | Reviews in the Neurosciences De Gruyter, ISSN 0334-1763 | 1.07 | 77.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 74/321 | Neuroscience Bulletin Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1995-8218 | 1.07 | 77.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 75/321 | NeuroMolecular Medicine Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1535-1084 | 1.06 | 76.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 76/321 | Behavioral and Brain Functions BioMed Central, ISSN 1744-9081 | 1.05 | 76.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 77/321 | Neurochemical Research Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 0364-3190 | 1.05 | 76.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 78/321 | Frontiers in Neuroinformatics Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5196 | 1.05 | 75.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 79/321 | Molecular Brain BioMed Central, ISSN 1756-6606 | 1.05 | 75.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 80/321 | Frontiers in Neuroergonomics Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2673-6195 | 1.04 | 75.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 81/321 | Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal Elsevier BV, ISSN 1319-0164 | 1.03 | 74.9 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 82/321 | Brain‐X Wiley, ISSN 2835-3153 | 1.03 | 74.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 83/321 | Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers Media, ISSN 1662-453X | 1.02 | 74.3 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 84/321 | Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology Elsevier BV, ISSN 1773-2247 | 1.02 | 74.0 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 85/321 | AIMS neuroscience AIMS Press, ISSN 2373-7972 | 1.00 | 73.7 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 86/321 | Current Drug Delivery Bentham Science Publishers, ISSN 1567-2018 | 1.00 | 73.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 87/321 | Oxford Open Neuroscience Oxford University Press, ISSN 2753-149X | 1.00 | 73.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 88/321 | Neural Plasticity Hindawi Publishing Corporation, ISSN 1687-5443 | 1.00 | 72.7 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 89/321 | Neuroprotection/Neuroprotection (Chichester, England. Print) ISSN 2770-7296 | 1.00 | 72.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 90/321 | Brain Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, ISSN 2076-3425 | 0.99 | 72.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 91/321 | Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5137 | 0.99 | 71.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 92/321 | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience The MIT Press, ISSN 0898-929X | 0.99 | 71.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 93/321 | Neuroinformatics Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1539-2791 | 0.99 | 71.2 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 94/321 | Brain Structure and Function Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1863-2653 | 0.97 | 70.9 | Provisional C-Q2 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 95/321 | The Journal of Physiology Wiley, ISSN 0022-3751 | 0.96 | 70.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 96/321 | Neuroscience Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0168-0102 | 0.96 | 70.2 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 97/321 | Brain Research Elsevier BV, ISSN 0006-8993 | 0.95 | 69.9 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 98/321 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Elsevier BV, ISSN 1044-7431 | 0.95 | 69.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 99/321 | Frontiers in Neural Circuits Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5110 | 0.94 | 69.3 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 100/321 | Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 1662-5188 | 0.93 | 69.0 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 483 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.