Journal profile · Neurosciences

Functional Neurology

ISSN 0393-5264 · eISSN 1971-3274 · CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l. · ITALY · Quarterly · Founded 1986

Functional Neurology: fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ2Neurology (clinical) · rank 153/343 · 55th percentile
Review timeover 12 weeksCommunity average
APC—No source gives fee information
AcceptanceEasyCommunity average
Articles per year02025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Functional Neurology is published by CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Traumatic Brain Injury Research, together about 23.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Information not localized

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine9.3%
  2. Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine8.5%
  3. Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine5.9%
  4. Neurological disorders and treatmentsMedicine5.9%
  5. Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience5.5%
  6. Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine5.5%
  7. Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesMedicine5.1%
  8. Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5.1%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Neurology (clinical)Q2153/34355th
Neuroscience (all)Q364/11042nd

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
3.9LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.51LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
1.07LetPub ·
h-index
37LetPub ·
h-index
32OpenAlex ·
i10-index
89OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 166 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202600104
202500248
202400290
202300307
202200371
202100447

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 review time (community reports)
over 12 weeksLetPub ·
Average acceptance (community reports)
EasyLetPub ·

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 accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

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
CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l.
Country or region
ITALY
Frequency
Quarterly
Founded
1986
ISSN
0393-5264
Electronic ISSN
1971-3274
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Functional Neurology

How long does peer review take at Functional Neurology?

Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.

Which databases index Functional Neurology?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Functional Neurology is indexed in Scopus.

Is Functional Neurology open access, and what is the APC?

Functional Neurology is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .