Empirical/theoretical journals

Journal Publisher Impact factor h5-index h5-median All open access? Gold open access cost
Acta Psychologica Elsevier 1.38 33 42 n $1,800
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science SAGE N/A N/A N/A n
Animal Behaviour Elsevier 2.69 44 57 n N/A
Animal Cognition Springer 2.85 37 47 n N/A
Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Springer 1.89 37 47 n $3,000
Behavioural Brain Research Elsevier 2.97 60 76 n X
Biological Psychiatry Elsevier 12.09 108 151 n $3,000
Biological Psychology Elsevier 2.76 43 59 n $2,400
BMC Neuroscience BioMed Central 2.81 27 33 n $1,800
Brain Elsevier 11.3 102 138 n $1,800
Brain and Cognition Elsevier 2.50 37 53 n $1,800
Brain Research Elsevier 2.73 65 83 n $1,950
Brain Structure & Function Springer 3.29 59 72 n 3000
Brain Imaging and Behavior Springer 3.39 39 54 n
Brain Topography Springer 2.75 32 41 n 3000
Cerebral Cortex Oxford Journals 5.04 89 111 n £1875/ $3000 /2437
Child Development Wiley 4.89 64 82 n unknown, please fill in!
Cognition Elsevier 3.29 60 82 n $2940
Cognition and Emotion Taylor & Francis Online 2.47 42 59 n 2950
Cognitive Development Elsevier 2.05 25 41 n unknown, please fill in!
Cognitive Psychology Elsevier 3.02 31 47 n 1800
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications Springer N/A 22 30 y NA
Cognitive Science Wiley 2.21 42 57 n unknown, please fill in!
Consciousness & Cognition Elsevier 2.04 46 68 n 1950
Cortex Elsevier 4.00 60 94 n 2200
Current Biology Elsevier 9.60 111 148 n 5000
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Elsevier 4.96 50 75 n
Developmental Psychology APA 3.06 62 85 n unknown, please fill in!
Developmental Science Wiley 3.72 51 73 n 3000
eLife eLife Sciences Publications 7.08 127 159 y NA
eNeuro Society for Neuroscience 3.544 35 42 y Research articles ($2,225 SfN members, $2,875 non-members); Commentaries ($1,015/ $1,525 members/non-members); Open source tools and methods papers: $1,015.
Emotion APA 3.17 46 69 n ?
Evolution and Human Behaviour Elsevier 3.06 41 59 n 3000
Experimental Brain Research Springer 1.59 37 46 n 3000
Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers 2.06 98 131 y NA
Hippocampus Wiley 3.40 42 55 n unknown, please fill in!
Human Brain Mapping Wiley 4.42 67 89 n 4000
Infancy Wiley 2.02 26 33 n unknown, please fill in!
Infant and Child Development Wiley 1.06 22 29 n
Intelligence Elsevier 2.47 41 60 n unknown, please fill in!
International Journal of Behavioral Development SAGE 1.82 31 41 n $3000 via SAGE Choice
i-Perception SAGE 1.53 10 33 y NA
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Springer 3.04 79 100 n 3000
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Elsevier 3.47 34 47 n
Journal of Cognition and Development Taylor & Francis Online 1.86 28 40 n unknown, please fill in!
Journal of Cognition Ubiquity Press N/A N/A N/A y €1150
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience MIT Press Journals 3.10 48 64 n ?
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Elsevier 2.30 46 65 n
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition APA 1.77 20 27 n unknown, please fill in!
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied APA 2.43 24 35 n ?
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General APA 3.16 54 88 n ?
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance APA 2.45 40 51 n ?
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & Cognition APA 2.83 43 58 n NA
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Elsevier 3.25 50 75 n 1800
Journal of Mathematical Psychology Elsevier 2.63 30 51 n unknown, please fill in!
Journal of Memory and Language Elsevier 3.89 45 61 n 1800
Journal of Neurophysiology American Physiological Society 2.22 49 60 n unknown, please fill in!
Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience 5.67 107 135 n $2,820 Regular Manuscripts; $1,410 Brief Communications.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology APA 6.33 79 119 n ?
Journal of Vision ARVO 2.14 42 57 y none
Memory Taylor & Francis Online 1.89 35 47 n unknown, please fill in!
Memory and Cognition Springer 1.69 32 47 n 3000
Multisensory Research Brill 1.55 21 32 n unknown, please fill in!
Music Perception University of California Press 1.29 20 27 n unknown, please fill in!
Nature Nature Publishing Group 42.7 376 552 n ?
Nature Human Behaviour Nature Publishing Group 12.28 57 75 n unknown
Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group 12.12 273 366 y NA
Nature Neuroscience Nature Publishing Group 20.07 152 219 n ?
NeuroImage Elsevier 5.9 115 153 n 2400
Neuron Cell Press 14.4 154 199 n unknown, please fill in!
Neuropsychologia Elsevier 2.65 55 68 n 1950
Open Mind MIT Press N/A N/A N/A y NA
peerJ PeerJ 2.37 65 94 y NA
Perception SAGE 1.21 24 34 n NA (see iPerception)
PLoS Biology PLoS 7.07 87 145 y NA
PLoS Computational Biology PLoS 4.7 84 124 y
PLoS One PLoS 2.74 175 237 y NA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS 9.41 228 299 n $1,350 ($1000 if your institution has a Site License)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B The Royal Society 4.63 82 109 n £1,750
Psychological Review APA 6.85 51 88 n unknown, please fill in!
Psychological Science SAGE 5.38 85 129 n N/A
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review Springer 3.91 64 91 n 3000
Psychophysiology Wiley 3.692 43 61 n $3,700 USD
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Taylor & Francis Online 2.07 41 57 n 2950
Science AAAS 41.84 356 526 n Green only?
Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group 3.99 178 226 y N/A
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Oxford University Press 3.57 57 75 n unknown, please fill in!
Social Cognition Guilford Pres 1.45 19 31 n
Vision Research Elsevier 2.61 42 57 n 1950
Visual Cognition Taylor & Francis Online 1.102 19 29 n unknown, please fill in!
Visual Neuroscience Cambridge University Press 3.00 15 20 n ?

Review article journals

Journal Publisher Impact factor h5-index h5-median All open access? Gold open access cost
Annual Review of Neuroscience Annual Reviews 12.55 45 91 n unknown, please fill in!
Annual Review of Psychology Annual Reviews 18.15 81 156 n unknown, please fill in!
Annual Review of Vision Science Annual Reviews 5.89 31 43 n unknown, please fill in!
Behavioral and Brain Sciences Cambridge Core 17.3 37 103 n unknown, please fill in!
Current Directions in Psychological Science SAGE 5.11 62 97 n unknown, please fill in!
Current Opinion in Neurobiology Elsevier 4.20 67 97 n unknown, please fill in!
Current Opinion in Psychology Elsevier 4.16 65 85 n unknown, please fill in!
Nature Reviews Neuroscience Nature Publishing Group 33.65 117 217 n unknown, please fill in!
Perspectives on Psychological Science SAGE 8.27 81 142 n unknown, please fill in!
Psychological Bulletin APA 20.85 84 160 n unknown, please fill in!
Psychological Science in the Public Interest SAGE 18.25 N/A N/A n unknown, please fill in!
Topics in Cognitive Science Wiley 2.511 32 52 n unknown, please fill in!
Trends in Cognitive Sciences Elsevier 15.21 100 147 n unknown, please fill in!
Trends in Neurosciences Elsevier 12.89 71 108 n unknown, please fill in!
WIRES Cognitive Science Wiley 2.88 32 50 n unknown, please fill in!
Close Bitnami banner
Bitnami