Brain Research

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 00068993, 18726240
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
2.7
SJR
0.832
CiteScore
5.9
Categories
Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology
Neurology (clinical)
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience
Years of issue
1966-2025
journal names
Brain Research
BRAIN RES
Publications
63 549
Citations
2 426 688
h-index
338
Publications
1 923
Citations
282 699
Top-3 citing journals
Brain Research
Brain Research (203179 citations)
Neuroscience
Neuroscience (84528 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (805 publications)
Capital Medical University
Capital Medical University (32 publications)
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an Jiaotong University (23 publications)
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing Medical University (17 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (27234 publications)
Japan (6881 publications)
Canada (3654 publications)
China (493 publications)
USA (320 publications)
Japan (95 publications)

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203179 citations, 8.37%
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84528 citations, 3.48%
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25383 citations, 1.05%
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24361 citations, 1%
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15495 citations, 0.64%
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14476 citations, 0.6%
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9771 citations, 0.4%
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3555 citations, 0.15%
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3543 citations, 0.15%
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3524 citations, 0.15%
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3129 citations, 0.13%
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2948 citations, 0.12%
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2933 citations, 0.12%
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2924 citations, 0.12%
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1031422 citations, 42.5%
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353258 citations, 14.56%
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45207 citations, 1.86%
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43939 citations, 1.81%
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37519 citations, 1.55%
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36515 citations, 1.5%
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33182 citations, 1.37%
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24371 citations, 1%
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19184 citations, 0.79%
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18466 citations, 0.76%
Mary Ann Liebert
12496 citations, 0.51%
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10763 citations, 0.44%
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9132 citations, 0.38%
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8167 citations, 0.34%
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7873 citations, 0.32%
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7585 citations, 0.31%
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7459 citations, 0.31%
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6812 citations, 0.28%
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5915 citations, 0.24%
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4660 citations, 0.19%
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4546 citations, 0.19%
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