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Neuron
Biology and life sciences
Among the 50 biology and life sciences journals in this index it has the 7th highest h-index and the 22nd highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 424 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 60% |
| China | 17% |
| Germany | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 9% |
| Canada | 7% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 100% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Memory and Neural Mechanisms | 10% |
| Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research | 7% |
| Neural dynamics and brain function | 6% |
| Alzheimer's disease research and treatments | 5% |
| Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior | 4% |
| Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms | 4% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- 20 years of the default mode network: A review and synthesis (2023, 919 citations)
- Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease (2024, 368 citations)
- Virus exposure and neurodegenerative disease risk across national biobanks (2023, 341 citations)
- Sleep—A brain-state serving systems memory consolidation (2023, 340 citations)
- Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease: Current state and future use in a transformed global healthcare landscape (2023, 277 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0896-6273):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Nature Neuroscience
- Nature Reviews Neuroscience
- Journal of Neuroscience
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Brain
- Nature Communications
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