Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
ISSN 0967-5868 · eISSN 1532-2653 · Churchill Livingstone · SCOTLAND · Monthly · Founded 1994
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.86; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,830; median 68 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 81.25%; 725 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience is published by Churchill Livingstone 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 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 22.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine8.3%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine7.4%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.9%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine6.1%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine6%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.7%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine5.1%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience5.1%
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 | Clinical Neurology | 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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| 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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.86LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,818OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 563LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,777 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 403 | 78 | 84 |
| 2025 | 725 | 121 | 1,155 |
| 2024 | 444 | 77 | 1,503 |
| 2023 | 276 | 57 | 1,411 |
| 2022 | 387 | 75 | 3,589 |
| 2021 | 554 | 108 | 6,437 |
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
68 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 100 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 77 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,278 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 2.6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 81.25%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,830 / EUR 3,580 / GBP 3,070 / JPY 475,030 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Churchill Livingstone
- Country or region
- SCOTLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 0967-5868
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-2653
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
What CAS zone is Journal of Clinical Neuroscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / 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 Journal of Clinical Neuroscience?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.86; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Clinical Neuroscience?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 68 days (interquartile range 51–100 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 81.25%”. 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 Journal of Clinical Neuroscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Clinical Neuroscience open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,830.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .