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Visual Neuroscience

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.3
SJR
0.515
CiteScore
3.2
Categories
Physiology
Sensory Systems
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Years of issue
1988-2025
journal names
Visual Neuroscience
VISUAL NEUROSCI
Publications
2 492
Citations
76 146
h-index
110
Publications
70
Citations
14 836
Top-3 citing journals
Vision Research
Vision Research (4483 citations)
Visual Neuroscience
Visual Neuroscience (3545 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Washington
University of Washington (71 publications)
Boston University
Boston University (57 publications)
New York University
New York University (57 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1364 publications)
Germany (216 publications)
United Kingdom (179 publications)
USA (11 publications)
China (6 publications)
Germany (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Vision Research
4483 citations, 5.89%
Journal of Comparative Neurology
4297 citations, 5.64%
Visual Neuroscience
3545 citations, 4.66%
Journal of Neuroscience
3114 citations, 4.09%
Journal of Neurophysiology
2894 citations, 3.8%
Neuron
1319 citations, 1.73%
PLoS ONE
1288 citations, 1.69%
European Journal of Neuroscience
1233 citations, 1.62%
Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
1134 citations, 1.49%
Experimental Eye Research
1126 citations, 1.48%
Brain Research
1051 citations, 1.38%
Neuroscience
963 citations, 1.26%
Journal of Physiology
846 citations, 1.11%
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
798 citations, 1.05%
Scientific Reports
778 citations, 1.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
710 citations, 0.93%
Cerebral Cortex
670 citations, 0.88%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
647 citations, 0.85%
Progress in Brain Research
593 citations, 0.78%
Current Biology
524 citations, 0.69%
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
520 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Experimental Biology
489 citations, 0.64%
Documenta Ophthalmologica
420 citations, 0.55%
Nature Neuroscience
408 citations, 0.54%
eLife
402 citations, 0.53%
NeuroImage
368 citations, 0.48%
Journal of Vision
346 citations, 0.45%
Neuroscience Letters
342 citations, 0.45%
Perception
323 citations, 0.42%
Experimental Brain Research
320 citations, 0.42%
Nature Communications
292 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
288 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
276 citations, 0.36%
PLoS Computational Biology
270 citations, 0.35%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
267 citations, 0.35%
Progress in Neurobiology
266 citations, 0.35%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
252 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
251 citations, 0.33%
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
241 citations, 0.32%
Neural Computation
227 citations, 0.3%
Frontiers in Neuroscience
220 citations, 0.29%
Brain Structure and Function
220 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Neurochemistry
212 citations, 0.28%
Nature
208 citations, 0.27%
Current Eye Research
204 citations, 0.27%
Annual Review of Vision Science
203 citations, 0.27%
Neuropsychologia
198 citations, 0.26%
Optometry and Vision Science
193 citations, 0.25%
Journal of General Physiology
191 citations, 0.25%
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
187 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
186 citations, 0.24%
Neuroscience Research
184 citations, 0.24%
bioRxiv
181 citations, 0.24%
Behavioural Brain Research
180 citations, 0.24%
NeuroReport
179 citations, 0.24%
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
177 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
172 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
171 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
170 citations, 0.22%
Trends in Neurosciences
162 citations, 0.21%
Brain Research Bulletin
161 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
161 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
158 citations, 0.21%
Microscopy Research and Technique
157 citations, 0.21%
Developmental Brain Research
155 citations, 0.2%
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
154 citations, 0.2%
Cell and Tissue Research
154 citations, 0.2%
Cell Reports
150 citations, 0.2%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
148 citations, 0.19%
Clinical and Experimental Optometry
145 citations, 0.19%
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
144 citations, 0.19%
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
144 citations, 0.19%
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
143 citations, 0.19%
Neural Networks
141 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Neuroscience Research
141 citations, 0.19%
Annual Review of Neuroscience
140 citations, 0.18%
Network: Computation in Neural Systems
136 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Psychology
135 citations, 0.18%
eNeuro
135 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Computational Neuroscience
127 citations, 0.17%
Neurocomputing
126 citations, 0.17%
Cells
120 citations, 0.16%
Brain Research Reviews
119 citations, 0.16%
Eye
118 citations, 0.15%
Translational Vision Science and Technology
115 citations, 0.15%
PLoS Biology
111 citations, 0.15%
Developmental Biology
108 citations, 0.14%
Biological Cybernetics
105 citations, 0.14%
Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology
102 citations, 0.13%
Anatomical Record
102 citations, 0.13%
GLIA
101 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Physiology-Paris
100 citations, 0.13%
Developmental Neurobiology
98 citations, 0.13%
Physiological Reviews
98 citations, 0.13%
Neurochemistry International
98 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Neurobiology
97 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
95 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience
93 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Biological Rhythms
93 citations, 0.12%
Development (Cambridge)
91 citations, 0.12%
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Elsevier
22063 citations, 28.97%
Wiley
10286 citations, 13.51%
Springer Nature
7956 citations, 10.45%
Maximum Academic Press
3579 citations, 4.7%
Society for Neuroscience
3341 citations, 4.39%
American Physiological Society
3152 citations, 4.14%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2637 citations, 3.46%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1956 citations, 2.57%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1805 citations, 2.37%
Taylor & Francis
1305 citations, 1.71%
Oxford University Press
1243 citations, 1.63%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
1033 citations, 1.36%
MDPI
1009 citations, 1.33%
Cambridge University Press
992 citations, 1.3%
Optica Publishing Group
951 citations, 1.25%
SAGE
931 citations, 1.22%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
778 citations, 1.02%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
724 citations, 0.95%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
695 citations, 0.91%
The Company of Biologists
650 citations, 0.85%
The Royal Society
645 citations, 0.85%
Annual Reviews
582 citations, 0.76%
eLife Sciences Publications
442 citations, 0.58%
MIT Press
415 citations, 0.55%
American Psychological Association (APA)
283 citations, 0.37%
S. Karger AG
280 citations, 0.37%
Hindawi Limited
261 citations, 0.34%
Rockefeller University Press
232 citations, 0.3%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
208 citations, 0.27%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
190 citations, 0.25%
IMR Press
162 citations, 0.21%
Mary Ann Liebert
145 citations, 0.19%
IOP Publishing
142 citations, 0.19%
BMJ
141 citations, 0.19%
Pleiades Publishing
87 citations, 0.11%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
83 citations, 0.11%
Walter de Gruyter
79 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
65 citations, 0.09%
American Medical Association (AMA)
64 citations, 0.08%
University of Chicago Press
63 citations, 0.08%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
57 citations, 0.07%
American Physical Society (APS)
54 citations, 0.07%
48 citations, 0.06%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
44 citations, 0.06%
World Scientific
41 citations, 0.05%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
39 citations, 0.05%
Portico
38 citations, 0.05%
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
33 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
33 citations, 0.04%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
32 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
31 citations, 0.04%
Brill
29 citations, 0.04%
PeerJ
29 citations, 0.04%
Canadian Science Publishing
29 citations, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
28 citations, 0.04%
28 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
27 citations, 0.04%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
23 citations, 0.03%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
22 citations, 0.03%
IOS Press
21 citations, 0.03%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
21 citations, 0.03%
Portland Press
21 citations, 0.03%
Media Sphere Publishing House
21 citations, 0.03%
IGI Global
21 citations, 0.03%
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
21 citations, 0.03%
SLACK
20 citations, 0.03%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
19 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Microbiology
17 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
17 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
16 citations, 0.02%
Spandidos Publications
15 citations, 0.02%
American Diabetes Association
14 citations, 0.02%
The Endocrine Society
14 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science
14 citations, 0.02%
The Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology
14 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
13 citations, 0.02%
AME Publishing Company
12 citations, 0.02%
Vizja Press and IT Limited
12 citations, 0.02%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
12 citations, 0.02%
European Molecular Biology Organization
12 citations, 0.02%
Colegio Nacional de Opticos-Optometristas de Espana
11 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
11 citations, 0.01%
Springer New York
11 citations, 0.01%
Baishideng Publishing Group
10 citations, 0.01%
The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
10 citations, 0.01%
Korean Ophthalmological Society
10 citations, 0.01%
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
9 citations, 0.01%
American Veterinary Medical Association
9 citations, 0.01%
Medknow
9 citations, 0.01%
Scientific Research Publishing
9 citations, 0.01%
AOSIS
9 citations, 0.01%
American Society for Nutrition
8 citations, 0.01%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
8 citations, 0.01%
Research Square Platform LLC
8 citations, 0.01%
Japanese Neural Network Society
8 citations, 0.01%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
7 citations, 0.01%
Impact Journals
7 citations, 0.01%
Copernicus
7 citations, 0.01%
Science Alert
7 citations, 0.01%
SciELO
7 citations, 0.01%
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University of Washington
71 publications, 2.85%
Boston University
57 publications, 2.29%
New York University
57 publications, 2.29%
Vanderbilt University
55 publications, 2.21%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
54 publications, 2.17%
University of Sydney
52 publications, 2.09%
University of California, Santa Barbara
43 publications, 1.73%
University College London
40 publications, 1.61%
University of Pennsylvania
40 publications, 1.61%
Harvard University
39 publications, 1.57%
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
39 publications, 1.57%
University of California, San Francisco
38 publications, 1.52%
University of California, Berkeley
36 publications, 1.44%
University of Chicago
36 publications, 1.44%
University of Michigan
36 publications, 1.44%
University of Minnesota
35 publications, 1.4%
Australian National University
34 publications, 1.36%
University of Queensland
34 publications, 1.36%
University of Illinois at Chicago
33 publications, 1.32%
University of Cambridge
31 publications, 1.24%
Northwestern University
30 publications, 1.2%
Yale University
29 publications, 1.16%
Cornell University
28 publications, 1.12%
Medical College of Wisconsin
28 publications, 1.12%
University of Utah
28 publications, 1.12%
University of California, Los Angeles
26 publications, 1.04%
Federal University of Pará
26 publications, 1.04%
University of California, San Diego
25 publications, 1%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
24 publications, 0.96%
University of California, Davis
23 publications, 0.92%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
22 publications, 0.88%
Stanford University
22 publications, 0.88%
Washington University in St. Louis
22 publications, 0.88%
University of Tübingen
21 publications, 0.84%
Wayne State University
21 publications, 0.84%
McGill University
21 publications, 0.84%
University of Louisville
21 publications, 0.84%
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
20 publications, 0.8%
Baylor College of Medicine
20 publications, 0.8%
Brown University
20 publications, 0.8%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
20 publications, 0.8%
University of Houston
20 publications, 0.8%
Stony Brook University
19 publications, 0.76%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
19 publications, 0.76%
University of Tennessee
19 publications, 0.76%
University of São Paulo
19 publications, 0.76%
University of Oxford
18 publications, 0.72%
University of Manchester
18 publications, 0.72%
University of Melbourne
18 publications, 0.72%
Rockefeller University
18 publications, 0.72%
University of Rochester
18 publications, 0.72%
University of Western Australia
17 publications, 0.68%
Columbia University
17 publications, 0.68%
Syracuse University
17 publications, 0.68%
New York University Langone Health
17 publications, 0.68%
Oregon Health & Science University
16 publications, 0.64%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
16 publications, 0.64%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
15 publications, 0.6%
Dalhousie University
15 publications, 0.6%
Emory University
14 publications, 0.56%
Cleveland Clinic
14 publications, 0.56%
University of Pittsburgh
14 publications, 0.56%
Ruhr University Bochum
13 publications, 0.52%
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
13 publications, 0.52%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
13 publications, 0.52%
University of Calgary
13 publications, 0.52%
University of Florida
13 publications, 0.52%
University of Pisa
12 publications, 0.48%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
12 publications, 0.48%
University of New South Wales
11 publications, 0.44%
Johns Hopkins University
11 publications, 0.44%
Boston College
11 publications, 0.44%
McMaster University
11 publications, 0.44%
University of Maryland, College Park
11 publications, 0.44%
University of Delaware
11 publications, 0.44%
Universidad CES
11 publications, 0.44%
University of Arizona
10 publications, 0.4%
University of California, Irvine
10 publications, 0.4%
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
10 publications, 0.4%
York University
10 publications, 0.4%
Louisiana State University
10 publications, 0.4%
University of Nebraska Medical Center
10 publications, 0.4%
University of Minho
10 publications, 0.4%
Medical University of South Carolina
10 publications, 0.4%
I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
9 publications, 0.36%
Case Western Reserve University
9 publications, 0.36%
Ohio State University
9 publications, 0.36%
University of Texas at Austin
9 publications, 0.36%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
9 publications, 0.36%
Justus Liebig University Giessen
9 publications, 0.36%
University of Alberta
9 publications, 0.36%
University of Kentucky
9 publications, 0.36%
National Eye Institute
9 publications, 0.36%
Brandeis University
9 publications, 0.36%
City, University of London
8 publications, 0.32%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
8 publications, 0.32%
Flinders University
8 publications, 0.32%
Northeastern University
8 publications, 0.32%
University of British Columbia
8 publications, 0.32%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
8 publications, 0.32%
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University of Washington
3 publications, 4.29%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
3 publications, 4.29%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 2.86%
Duke University
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 2.86%
University Hospital Erlangen
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Stirling
2 publications, 2.86%
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2 publications, 2.86%
I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 1.43%
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 1.43%
Zhejiang University
1 publication, 1.43%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 1.43%
Capital Medical University
1 publication, 1.43%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Oulu
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Bergen
1 publication, 1.43%
Nottingham Trent University
1 publication, 1.43%
National Taiwan University
1 publication, 1.43%
Chang Gung University
1 publication, 1.43%
Harbin Medical University
1 publication, 1.43%
Stanford University
1 publication, 1.43%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 1.43%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 1.43%
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
1 publication, 1.43%
Marquette University
1 publication, 1.43%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
1 publication, 1.43%
Leipzig University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1 publication, 1.43%
Medical College of Wisconsin
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 1.43%
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille
1 publication, 1.43%
Creighton University
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Nebraska Medical Center
1 publication, 1.43%
Federal University of Pará
1 publication, 1.43%
University of São Paulo
1 publication, 1.43%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
1 publication, 1.43%
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
1 publication, 1.43%
Universidade Federal do Amapa
1 publication, 1.43%
University Savoie Mont Blanc
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Nevada, Reno
1 publication, 1.43%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 1.43%
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USA, 1364, 54.74%
USA
1364 publications, 54.74%
Germany, 216, 8.67%
Germany
216 publications, 8.67%
United Kingdom, 179, 7.18%
United Kingdom
179 publications, 7.18%
Australia, 167, 6.7%
Australia
167 publications, 6.7%
Canada, 116, 4.65%
Canada
116 publications, 4.65%
Japan, 54, 2.17%
Japan
54 publications, 2.17%
France, 53, 2.13%
France
53 publications, 2.13%
Brazil, 53, 2.13%
Brazil
53 publications, 2.13%
Italy, 43, 1.73%
Italy
43 publications, 1.73%
China, 42, 1.69%
China
42 publications, 1.69%
Republic of Korea, 33, 1.32%
Republic of Korea
33 publications, 1.32%
Russia, 26, 1.04%
Russia
26 publications, 1.04%
Spain, 24, 0.96%
Spain
24 publications, 0.96%
Netherlands, 21, 0.84%
Netherlands
21 publications, 0.84%
Israel, 20, 0.8%
Israel
20 publications, 0.8%
Norway, 18, 0.72%
Norway
18 publications, 0.72%
Switzerland, 16, 0.64%
Switzerland
16 publications, 0.64%
Hungary, 14, 0.56%
Hungary
14 publications, 0.56%
Portugal, 11, 0.44%
Portugal
11 publications, 0.44%
New Zealand, 10, 0.4%
New Zealand
10 publications, 0.4%
Finland, 10, 0.4%
Finland
10 publications, 0.4%
Austria, 8, 0.32%
Austria
8 publications, 0.32%
Belgium, 8, 0.32%
Belgium
8 publications, 0.32%
Sweden, 7, 0.28%
Sweden
7 publications, 0.28%
Argentina, 4, 0.16%
Argentina
4 publications, 0.16%
Ireland, 4, 0.16%
Ireland
4 publications, 0.16%
Turkey, 4, 0.16%
Turkey
4 publications, 0.16%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.12%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.12%
Iceland, 3, 0.12%
Iceland
3 publications, 0.12%
Lithuania, 3, 0.12%
Lithuania
3 publications, 0.12%
Morocco, 3, 0.12%
Morocco
3 publications, 0.12%
Chile, 3, 0.12%
Chile
3 publications, 0.12%
Greece, 2, 0.08%
Greece
2 publications, 0.08%
Georgia, 2, 0.08%
Georgia
2 publications, 0.08%
Denmark, 2, 0.08%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.08%
India, 2, 0.08%
India
2 publications, 0.08%
Malaysia, 2, 0.08%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.08%
Mexico, 2, 0.08%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.08%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.08%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.08%
South Africa, 2, 0.08%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.08%
USSR, 2, 0.08%
USSR
2 publications, 0.08%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.04%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.04%
Latvia, 1, 0.04%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.04%
Pakistan, 1, 0.04%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.04%
Poland, 1, 0.04%
Poland
1 publication, 0.04%
Serbia, 1, 0.04%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.04%
Singapore, 1, 0.04%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.04%
Slovakia, 1, 0.04%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.04%
Slovenia, 1, 0.04%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.04%
Ecuador, 1, 0.04%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.04%
Yugoslavia, 1, 0.04%
Yugoslavia
1 publication, 0.04%
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USA, 11, 15.71%
USA
11 publications, 15.71%
China, 6, 8.57%
China
6 publications, 8.57%
Germany, 4, 5.71%
Germany
4 publications, 5.71%
Russia, 1, 1.43%
Russia
1 publication, 1.43%
France, 1, 1.43%
France
1 publication, 1.43%
Argentina, 1, 1.43%
Argentina
1 publication, 1.43%
Brazil, 1, 1.43%
Brazil
1 publication, 1.43%
United Kingdom, 1, 1.43%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 1.43%
India, 1, 1.43%
India
1 publication, 1.43%
Norway, 1, 1.43%
Norway
1 publication, 1.43%
Finland, 1, 1.43%
Finland
1 publication, 1.43%
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