Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Key facts

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience is a leading journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances our understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying cell function in the nervous system across all species.

Specialty Chief Editors Egidio D‘Angelo at the University of Pavia and Christian Hansel at the University of Chicago are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide.

Last update: June 2017

Impact Factor

4.555

Citations (Scopus total)

15,735

Articles published (total)

1,866

Articles published (cumulative per year)

Article views & downloads (total)

7,559,839

Editors (total)

700

Top Institutions

Editors

INSERM - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
National Institutes of Health
University of Strasbourg
CNR - Italian National Research Council
University of Alabama at Birmingham
UCL - University College London
University of Milan
University of Cambridge
University of Pavia
IIT - Italian Institute of Technology

Editors’ geographical locations

10%

Asia

48%

Europe

36%

North
America

3%

Oceania

2%

South
America

Authors (total)

9,702

Top Institutions

Authors

INSERM - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
CNR - Italian National Research Council
The Max Planck Society
University of Melbourne
McGill University
University of Milan
University of Turin
National Institutes of Health
University of Pavia
Sapienza University of Rome

Authors’ geographical locations

18%

Asia

50%

Europe

23%

North
America

3%

Oceania

6%

South
America

News mentions of articles (total)

436

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Twitter mentions of articles (total)

5,232

Journal Citations

The Frontiers in Neuroscience journal series is the 1st most cited in Neurosciences. With an Impact Factor of 4.555, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience is the 2nd most cited open-access journal in Neurosciences.

The results are based on the 2016 Journal Citation Reports, released in 2017 by Clarivate Analytics (f.k.a.Thomson Reuters), for citations in 2016 of articles published in 2014-2015. The 2016 JCR Neurosciences category included 259 journals overall, and 37 open-access journals. Read the full analysis here.

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

IF 4.555
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- 1^st
  
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- 2^nd
  
  Journal of Neuroscience
- 3^rd
  
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- 4^th
  
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- 5^th
  
  Nature Neuroscience
- 6^th
  
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- 7^th
  
  Brain
- 8^th
  
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- 9^th
  
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- 10^th
  
  Cerebral Cortex
Most cited open-access journals in Neurosciences

Journals

Citations
- 1^st
  
  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- 2^nd
  
  Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
- 3^rd
  
  Frontiers in Neuroscience
- 4^th
  
  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
- 5^th
  
  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
- 6^th
  
  Journal of Neuroinflammation
- 7^th
  
  International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
- 8^th
  
  Frontiers in Neurology
- 9^th
  
  Neural Regeneration Research
- 10^th
  
  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Research topics

Spotlighting research and maximizing impact

A Frontiers Research Topic is a collection of peer-reviewed articles published around a specialized theme of cutting-edge research. It unites the world’s leading experts around a topic, stimulating dialogue and collaboration and accelerating science.

Research Topics provide a highly visible channel for collaborative research – disseminated through our customised Open Science platform – enhancing both the readership and the citation of the articles.

Discover more Research Topics here.

5,490,247

Research Topics
views & downloads (total)

Contributing authors (total)

5,906

Research Topics with eBooks (total)

49