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Journals in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

117 established journals that publish mainly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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117 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. 30 of them are fully open access. Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 3 150 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Pharmacological Reviews, Nature Neuroscience, Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

117 journals

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NeuronCell Press35 %37014.31689Subscription; open access option 10 400 USD
NeuropharmacologyElsevier BV50 %3194.15245Subscription; open access option 4 300 USD
Life SciencesElsevier BV36 %8626.58287Subscription; open access option 3 810 USD
European Journal of PharmacologyElsevier BV37 %7674.73276Subscription; open access option 3 230 USD
Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio30 %28218.18592Subscription; open access option 12 690 USD
Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience38 %7544.29651Subscription
Brain ResearchElsevier BV44 %3993.53399Subscription; open access option 3 360 USD
NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature41 %2834.87306Subscription; open access option 5 290 USD
NeuroscienceElsevier BV42 %5573.00370Subscription; open access option 3 500 USD
PsychopharmacologySpringer Science+Business Media46 %2553.24287Subscription; open access option 4 390 USD
Pharmacology Biochemistry and BehaviorElsevier BV52 %1312.96211Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Neurochemistry InternationalElsevier BV40 %1645.51170Subscription; open access option 4 170 USD
Journal of NeurochemistryWiley38 %2924.41349Subscription; open access option 5 330 USD
Brain Research BulletinElsevier BV40 %3023.752033 280 USD
Trends in NeurosciencesElsevier BV37 %1237.83439Subscription; open access option 7 030 USD
Nature reviews. NeuroscienceNature Portfolio31 %11815.46571Subscription
Pharmacological ReviewsAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics30 %6027.77352Subscription; open access option 4 500 USD
Pharmacological ResearchElsevier BV25 %48511.122204 130 USD
Trends in Pharmacological SciencesElsevier BV31 %13210.81319Subscription; open access option 7 030 USD
Frontiers in Cellular NeuroscienceFrontiers Media28 %4965.371753 801 USD
European Journal of NeuroscienceWiley35 %4152.81277Subscription; open access option 3 560 USD
Neurochemical ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media33 %2883.95163Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD
Neuroscience LettersElsevier BV39 %4072.09267Subscription; open access option 3 430 USD
Behavioural Brain ResearchElsevier BV33 %4543.04252Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV24 %4408.04375Subscription; open access option 4 860 USD
eNeuroSociety for Neuroscience32 %3363.63912 925 USD
Current Opinion in NeurobiologyElsevier BV34 %1225.15306Subscription; open access option 4 320 USD
Cellular and Molecular Life SciencesSpringer Nature24 %4547.183284 290 USD
PeptidesElsevier BV36 %1194.22174Subscription; open access option 3 710 USD
NeuropeptidesElsevier BV46 %573.26104Subscription; open access option 3 530 USD
Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature22 %4918.98317Subscription; open access option 5 490 USD
Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV37 %984.46325Subscription; open access option 5 190 USD
Frontiers in Molecular NeuroscienceFrontiers Media25 %4315.071423 801 USD
Experimental NeurologyElsevier BV28 %3124.06271Subscription; open access option 4 110 USD
Journal of Neuroscience MethodsElsevier BV34 %2132.84226Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD
Journal of Huntington s DiseaseIOS Press46 %453.0949Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Journal of Neuroscience ResearchWiley36 %1562.84222Subscription; open access option 4 840 USD
Cellular and Molecular NeurobiologySpringer Science+Business Media30 %1255.58127Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD
Neurobiology of DiseaseElsevier BV25 %3495.172254 180 USD
Frontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceFrontiers Media29 %3123.571383 801 USD
Annual Review of NeuroscienceAnnual Reviews34 %2413.55372Subscription
Molecular BrainBioMed Central32 %1114.47992 890 USD
Molecular and Cellular NeuroscienceElsevier BV37 %604.28171Subscription; open access option 3 450 USD
Behavioural PharmacologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins55 %521.56108Subscription
Journal of Neural TransmissionSpringer Science+Business Media32 %1583.26167Subscription; open access option 4 690 USD
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of PharmacologySpringer Science+Business Media25 %5703.59166Subscription; open access option 4 790 USD
British Journal of PharmacologyWiley24 %3565.13318Subscription; open access option 4 780 USD
Pharmacology & TherapeuticsElsevier BV21 %14813.04295Subscription; open access option 5 660 USD
The Journal of Comparative NeurologyWiley38 %1542.05431Subscription; open access option 5 450 USD
Neural Regeneration ResearchMedknow21 %5335.551001 500 USD
Neuroscience ResearchElsevier BV38 %1122.331452 770 USD
Frontiers in Neural CircuitsFrontiers Media34 %1053.051153 801 USD
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV28 %2313.65188Subscription; open access option 4 380 USD
Addiction NeuroscienceElsevier BV44 %452.62192 660 USD
Pharmacological ReportsElsevier BV29 %1234.2398Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Addiction BiologyWiley35 %1232.521163 150 USD
ACS Chemical NeuroscienceAmerican Chemical Society22 %4194.32124Subscription; open access option 4 500 USD
Journal of PsychopharmacologySAGE Publishing27 %1374.43168Subscription; open access option 4 400 USD
Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesWiley25 %2213.95398Subscription; open access option 5 080 USD
SynapseWiley55 %371.40155Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
Fluids and Barriers of the CNSBioMed Central24 %1026.85863 390 USD
IBRO Neuroscience ReportsElsevier BV23 %5583.06282 400 USD
The CerebellumSpringer Science+Business Media30 %1462.65107Subscription; open access option 4 790 USD
NeuroreportLippincott Williams & Wilkins31 %1342.44242Subscription
Neuroscience BulletinSpringer Science+Business Media24 %1853.7388Subscription; open access option 4 490 USD
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyElsevier BV28 %1133.00162Subscription; open access option 4 210 USD
Genes Brain & BehaviorWiley37 %542.11122Subscription; open access option 3 540 USD
Frontiers in Synaptic NeuroscienceFrontiers Media40 %441.85683 801 USD
Journal of Insect PhysiologyElsevier BV32 %922.23164Subscription; open access option 3 430 USD
Drug Development ResearchWiley23 %1493.8797Subscription; open access option 3 980 USD
Journal of Molecular NeuroscienceSpringer Science+Business Media26 %1392.70118Subscription; open access option 4 990 USD
Reviews in the NeurosciencesDe Gruyter27 %554.52108Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Cell and Tissue ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media25 %1393.18228Subscription; open access option 5 290 USD
The NeuroscientistSAGE Publishing31 %562.86175Subscription; open access option 4 400 USD
Journal of NeurophysiologyAmerican Physiological Society21 %2972.83427Subscription
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental TherapeuticsAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics30 %5301.00325Subscription; open access option 3 750 USD
Frontiers in NeuroanatomyFrontiers Media24 %963.431163 801 USD
Neurobiology of StressElsevier BV22 %894.35744 050 USD
Neurotoxicity ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media24 %923.26103Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD
Neurology GeneticsWolters Kluwer25 %922.83533 300 USD
Learning & MemoryCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press29 %432.99175Open access, fee unknown
Developmental NeurobiologyWiley33 %492.00100Subscription; open access option 4 550 USD
Current NeuropharmacologyBentham Science Publishers21 %1772.80139Subscription
Molecular PharmacologyAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics22 %943.55274Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
Journal of Comparative Physiology ASpringer Science+Business Media28 %672.19184Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
HippocampusWiley22 %1023.01215Subscription; open access option 4 780 USD
BMC NeuroscienceBioMed Central22 %764.061352 990 USD
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and PhysiologyWiley27 %1121.7594Subscription; open access option 3 920 USD
Behavioral NeuroscienceAmerican Psychological Association30 %591.80217Subscription
European NeuropsychopharmacologyElsevier BV24 %8460.99157Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD
Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryElsevier BV26 %911.91155Subscription; open access option 4 000 USD
The Annual Review of Pharmacology and ToxicologyAnnual Reviews20 %319.37295Subscription
Journal of Pharmacological SciencesElsevier BV21 %993.071062 070 USD
Journal of the Peripheral Nervous SystemWiley26 %781.9389Subscription; open access option 4 550 USD
Journal of NeuroendocrinologyWiley20 %1562.60158Subscription; open access option 4 550 USD
Acta Neurobiologiae ExperimentalisNencki Institute of Experimental Biology36 %361.3569Open access, fee unknown
NeuroMolecular MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media21 %524.0199Subscription; open access option 4 990 USD
Journal of NeurogeneticsTaylor & Francis51 %220.8167Subscription
AlcoholElsevier BV27 %1291.18115Subscription; open access option 3 720 USD
International Journal of Developmental NeuroscienceWiley26 %911.44119Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Neuroscience and Behavioral PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media33 %1740.6845Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
NeurogeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media26 %481.9582Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD
CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug TargetsBentham Science Publishers20 %1072.25114Subscription
Neural PlasticityHindawi Publishing Corporation23 %682.061192 830 USD
ReceptorsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute26 %164.41131 207 USD
Neuroscience InsightsSAGE Publishing21 %244.97232 650 USD
The International Journal of NeuropsychopharmacologyUniversity of Oxford26 %3240.661562 693 USD
NeuropsychobiologyKarger Publishers21 %382.91113Subscription
Developmental NeuroscienceKarger Publishers22 %541.89117Subscription
Experimental NeurobiologyPublisher unknown22 %321.9360Open access, fee unknown
Clinical NeuropharmacologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins21 %481.39106Subscription
Visual NeuroscienceCambridge University Press22 %132.68127Subscription; open access option 3 450 USD
Oxford Open NeuroscienceOxford University Press24 %92.78132 400 USD
Folia Pharmacologica JaponicaJapanese Pharmacological Society26 %1060.2133Subscription
AbstractsPublisher unknown21 %9540.0722Subscription
e-NeuroforumPublisher unknown30 %150.0022Subscription
Journal of Drug and Alcohol ResearchPublisher unknown27 %80.0015Subscription

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.