Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Key facts

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research that promotes theoretical modeling of brain function and fosters multidisciplinary interactions between theoretical and experimental neuroscience.

Specialty Chief Editors Misha Tsodyks at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Si Wu at the Beijing Normal University are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts. This open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics and the public worldwide.

Last update: June 2017

Impact Factor

1.821

Citations (Scopus total)

6,388

Articles published (total)

957

Articles published (cumulative per year)

Article views & downloads (total)

3,944,254

Editors (total)

436

Top Institutions

Editors

École Normale Supérieure
The Max Planck Society
Columbia University
NYU - New York University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
UCL - University College London
Paris Descartes University
Riken Brain Science Institute
University of Southern California
University of Chicago

Editors’ geographical locations

21%

Asia

41%

Europe

34%

North
America

4%

Oceania

1%

South
America

Authors (total)

3,308

Top Institutions

Authors

The Max Planck Society
University of Cambridge
EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
McGill University
UCL - University College London
Jülich Research Center
University of Oxford
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
University of Southern California
Riken Brain Science Institute

Authors’ geographical locations

18%

Asia

48%

Europe

29%

North
America

3%

Oceania

2%

South
America

News mentions of articles (total)

54

Twitter mentions of articles (total)

3,785

Journal Citations

The Frontiers in Neuroscience journal series is the 1st most cited 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 Computational Neuroscience

IF 1.821

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.

2,496,286

Research Topics
views & downloads (total)

Contributing authors (total)

2,269

Research Topics with eBooks (total)

16