Best Neurology Journals (2026)

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Top Neurology journals

#Journalh-indexCitations/paper (2 yr)TierAccessIndexed in
1Molecular Neurodegeneration
BioMed Central
16817.35FlagshipOpen access · APC $2,990PubMed · DOAJ · Core
2The Lancet Neurology
Elsevier BV
45615.25FlagshipSubscriptionPubMed · Core
3Nature Reviews Neurology
Nature Portfolio
27014.82Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
4JAMA Neurology
American Medical Association
23411.62Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
5Acta Neuropathologica
Springer Science+Business Media
28810.8Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
6Journal of Neuroinflammation
BioMed Central
21810.02Leading field journalOpen access · APC $3,490PubMed · DOAJ · Core
7Brain
Oxford University Press
5048.25Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
8Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
Wolters Kluwer
1026.76Leading field journalOpen access · APC $3,450PubMed · DOAJ · Core
9Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
BMJ
3386.49Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
10Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
Springer Science+Business Media
1085.93Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
11CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
Wiley
1205.89Leading field journalOpen access · APC $3,410PubMed · DOAJ · Core
12Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
Springer Science+Business Media
1255.84Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
13Neurotherapeutics
Springer Science+Business Media
1575.59Leading field journalOpen access · APC $4,990PubMed · DOAJ · Core
14Current Opinion in Neurology
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1685.33Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
15Aging and Disease
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
1065.26Leading field journalOpen access · APC $2,000PubMed · DOAJ · Core
16Molecular Neurobiology
Springer Science+Business Media
1785.14Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
17Journal of Parkinson s Disease
IOS Press
975.05Leading field journalOpen access · APC —PubMed · DOAJ · Core
18Annals of Neurology
Wiley
4395Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
19Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Springer Science+Business Media
1314.96Solid specialistOpen access · APC $3,490PubMed · DOAJ · Core
20Neural Regeneration Research
Medknow
1004.9Solid specialistOpen access · APC $1,500PubMed · DOAJ · Core
21Neurobiology of Disease
Elsevier BV
2264.87Solid specialistOpen access · APC $3,000PubMed · DOAJ · Core
22American Journal of Neuroradiology
American Society of Neuroradiology
1834.85Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
23Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Frontiers Media
1734.61Solid specialistOpen access · APC $3,295PubMed · DOAJ · Core
24Journal of Neurology
Springer Science+Business Media
2064.52Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
25European Journal of Neurology
Wiley
1824.28Solid specialistOpen access · APC $4,940PubMed · DOAJ · Core
26Movement Disorders
Wiley
2834.19Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
27Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
SAGE Publishing
2853.96Leading field journalSubscriptionPubMed · Core
28Metabolic Brain Disease
Springer Science+Business Media
1013.82Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core
29Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Wiley
983.58Solid specialistOpen access · APC $3,850PubMed · DOAJ · Core
30Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
BMJ
1153.55Solid specialistSubscriptionPubMed · Core

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Data: OpenAlex (CC0) · U.S. National Library of Medicine · DOAJ. Quality signals are informational, refreshed periodically, and are not an endorsement or judgment about any journal; no endorsement by NLM/NIH is implied. Spotted an error? Contact us and we'll review it.