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Brain and Language

Elsevier BV · The Netherlands · ISSN 0093-934X, 1090-2155

ITS Journal Score73.6
Global rank#4,805
Rank in Neuroscience#125 of 364
h-index214
Open access 2021–202558%

Overview

Brain and Language, published by Elsevier BV (The Netherlands), published 423 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 49,093 citations in those years. Its h-index is 214 and its two-year mean citedness is 2.09. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #4,805 of 62,158 ranked journals and #125 of 364 in Neuroscience.

Key figures

Papers 2021–2025423
Citations 2021–202549,093
Citations per paper116.1
h-index214
i10-index3,627
2-year mean citedness2.09
Open-access share58%
Change in papers, 2020→2025+19%
Article fee (APC)Not recorded

Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.

Papers and citations by year

YearPapersCitations receivedOpen-access papers
20208111,46739
20219211,68350
20227911,47047
2023788,91539
2024788,46547
2025968,56061

What it publishes

The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.

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Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.

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Neurobiology of LanguageNeuroscience64.3179100%
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Bilingualism Language and CognitionPsychology73.154985%
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Identity and sources

  • ISSN-L: 0093-934X
  • Print ISSN: 0093-934X
  • Electronic ISSN: 1090-2155
  • Publisher: Elsevier BV
  • Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
  • Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
  • OpenAlex: S61781353
  • Journal website: www.journals.elsevier.com

Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.

Questions

What is the ITS Journal Score of Brain and Language?

It is 73.6 out of 100, which places it #4,805 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.

What is the impact factor of Brain and Language?

This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 2.09.

Is Brain and Language open access?

58% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.

Does Brain and Language charge a publication fee?

No fee is recorded in the open data used here. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.

Transparent methodology

How the ITS Journal Score works

One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.

A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.

What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.