Journal profile · Neurosciences
Annual Review of Neuroscience
ISSN 0147-006X · eISSN 1545-4126 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1978
Annual Review of Neuroscience: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 13.68; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Neuroscience is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Memory and Neural Mechanisms, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Neuroscience covers the significant developments across the entire field of neuroscience, including molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurogenetics, development, plasticity and repair, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, behavior, and neurobiology of disease, with occasional reviews in history of neuroscience and ethics.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience14.7%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience14.1%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience5.9%
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience5.7%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience5.2%
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeuroscience5.2%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNeuroscience4.8%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 13.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 13.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 24.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 7.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 224LetPub ·
- h-index
- 376OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,162OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,383 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 25 | 27 |
| 2025 | 28 | 27 | 333 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 647 |
| 2023 | 21 | 20 | 1,267 |
| 2022 | 27 | 25 | 2,245 |
| 2021 | 26 | 17 | 2,776 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0147-006X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4126
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Neuroscience
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Neuroscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Neuroscience is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Neurosciences; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Neuroscience?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.68; CiteScore 24.6, h-index 376.
Which databases index Annual Review of Neuroscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Neuroscience is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Neuroscience open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Neuroscience is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .