Neuroscience Letters

pISSN: 0304-3940eISSN: 1872-7972• JCR: NEUROSCI LETTElsevier BVIreland
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2026 Impact Factor

2.2

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.2 (+10.0%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    2.2
  2. Metric year 2024

    2.0

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
NEUROSCIENCESSCIEQ3
Q3
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Neuroscience Letters current release and JCR quartile

Neuroscience Letters's newest impact factor is 2.2, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q3 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Neuroscience

Ranked #646 in Neuroscience by impact factor and #72 among Q3 Neuroscience journals. This context helps compare Neuroscience Letters against journals publishing in the same field.

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Neuroscience Letters publication trend

Published 1,453 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.2.

2026 vs 2025: -193
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Journal Details

Total Articles
40,514
H-Index
267
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$2,940 USD
Subject Areas
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyPhysiology

Article Volume

2022
422
2023
410
2024
314
2025
250
2026
57
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