Journal profile · MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY-NEUROSCIENCES
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
ISSN 1662-5196 · Frontiers Media S.A. · SWITZERLAND
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.85; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 82 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is published by Frontiers Media S.A. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is a multidisciplinary neuroscience journal that publishes research on numerical/computational models and analytical tools used to share, integrate, and analyze experimental data and advance theories of the nervous system functions. The journal aims to catalyze advances in this area of research to support neuroscience in the information age. Led by Specialty Chief Editors Prof Jan G. Bjaalie (University of Oslo, Norway), Dr Sean L. Hill (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland), and Dr Michael Denker (Julich Research Centre, Germany) Frontiers in Neuroinformatics publishes innovative organizing and synthesizing approaches to the components of brain elements and systems and the vast number of variables that underlie their functions. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to: applications and technologies that can facilitate data sharing development of data and knowledge bases for all levels of neuroscience existing neuroscience databases, clinical or basic novel informatics approaches to merge clinical with basic neuroscience data novel tools for data acquisition, analyses, visualization, and dissemination of nervous system data. In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), notably SDG 3: ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Manuscripts relating to the use of informatic tools but without any relevant applications for the neuroscience field and neuroscience related manuscripts that do not include relevant informatic tools are not suitable for publication in this journal. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is committed to advancing developments in the field of neuroinformatics by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future. --- Embracing the principles of open science, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics strongly encourages authors to share their data, analyses, and code in relevant online repositories such as EBRAINS, NeuroMorpho.org, G-Node, the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY-NEUROSCIENCES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Spain 4, India 2, Italy 2, Germany 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience17.9%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience17.2%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience10.5%
- Cell Image Analysis TechniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingEngineering5.4%
- Neural Networks and ApplicationsComputer Science5.3%
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematical & Computational Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCEmbaseDBLPPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, CLOCKSS, Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.85LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 117OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 739OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,197 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 12 |
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | 283 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 629 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 848 |
| 2022 | 150 | 150 | 2,388 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 1,708 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
82 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 55 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 109 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (103 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 3,150 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 3,150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,295 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI to create written or visual content
Authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript. Generative AI technologies cannot be held accountable for all aspects of a manuscript and consequently do not meet the criteria required for authorship. If the author of a submitted manuscript has used written or visual content produced by or edited using a generative AI technology, this use mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Safeguards against financial conflicts of interest
Only leading researchers acting as Associate Editors, who are not part of Frontiers' staff, can make acceptance decisions based on reviews performed by external experts acting as Community Reviewers or Reviewers. None have a financial incentive to accept articles, i.e. they are not paid for their role as Associate Editor or community Reviewer, and any award scheme is not linked to acceptances of m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
Figures, tables, and images are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY license; permission must be obtained for copyrighted material from other sources. Model summary
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
Articles from July 2012 onwards are published open access under CC-BY version 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Our rigorous, transparent peer review process combines expert review and constructive dialogue to strengthen your manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1662-5196
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Neuroinformatics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematical & Computational Biology / Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Neuroinformatics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.85; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 117.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Neuroinformatics?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 82 days (interquartile range 55–112 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Frontiers in Neuroinformatics based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), Spain (4) and India (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers in Neuroinformatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, Embase and DBLP; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers in Neuroinformatics open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .