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Brain — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Brain is 12.6 (Q1 in Clinical Neurology; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 12.6 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Clinical Neurology
- Quartile
- Q1 in Clinical Neurology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- Abbreviations
- Brain
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 6 of the 43 journals in Clinical Neurology on this site (top 25%).
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- Neuro-Oncology IF 13.1
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- Journal of Stroke IF 11.0
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About this value
Brain is abbreviated Brain. The Journal Impact Factor of Brain (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 12.6. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Clinical Neurology.