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Your research is the real superpower. That’s why maximizing its impact is important to us. 

Great research doesn’t change the world alone. It takes a powerful partnership between researchers who push boundaries, and journals that amplify their work. Our 222 active journals are here to support the 3 million researchers in our community.

We have published a total of 600,000 articles, each one open and available for anyone in the world to read. And behind each published article is an author, reviewer, and editor who chose to uphold the highest of quality standards.

Highly visible, highly cited research

There is an innovator in every corner of the globe. Articles published with Frontiers have been viewed and downloaded 4 billion times and cited 12 million times, demonstrating the power of research that is open for all.

Dr Arianna Maffei

Dr Arianna Maffei

Specialty Chief Editor, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.

"As an open access leader, Frontiers facilitates the dissemination of important high quality scientific results to a wide audience, boosting cross-disciplinary interactions, spurring collaborations and advancing scientific education."

Influential journals, defining their fields

Journal Impact Factor and CiteScore

Following the 2025 release of the Web of Science Group's Journal Citation Report (JCR 2024) and Scopus' CiteScore, 121 of the journals published by Frontiers have a Journal Impact Factor, and 133 journals have a CiteScore.

This year, 90 Frontiers journals increased their Journal Impact Factor or were new entrants, and 97 have a higher CiteScore than last year.

See more metrics in the table below, or click each journal title to explore further.

Journal Impact Factors and CiteScores
Journal Journal Impact Factor CiteScore Total citations JIF rank quartile CiteScore rank quartile
4.3
5.1
4,000
Q1
Q2
4.5
8.6
183,000
Q1
Q1
4.1
6.8
5,000
Q1
Q1
3.1
4.6
4,000
Q2
Q2
1.9
-
500
Q3
-
2.4
4.0
3,000
Q1
Q1
-
2.0
300
-
Q3
1.5
2.8
5,000
Q3
Q2
4.7
7.3
18,000
Q1
Q2
2.6
4.7
16,000
Q2
Q2
2.9
5.7
114,000
Q1
Q1
2.3
6.1
8,000
Q2
Q1
4.8
8.8
191,000
Q1
Q1
3.9
4.9
4,000
Q1
Q1
2.4
5.6
4,000
Q3
Q1
2.7
4.6
17,000
Q2
Q1
2.9
5.5
110,000
Q2
Q1
4.3
11.4
237,000
Q1
Q1
4.8
9.0
218,000
Q1
Q1
4.0
8.3
194,000
Q2
Q1
2.6
5.5
3,000
Q3
Q2
4.2
8.4
163,000
Q2
Q1
4.1
6.8
10,000
Q2
Q1
2.2
2.3
1,000
Q3
Q3
1.6
3.0
12,000
Q2
Q2
2.4
6.9
1,000
Q3
Q1
2.3
5.0
49,000
Q2
Q2
2.7
5.3
7,000
Q3
Q2
1.8
3.4
3,000
Q2
Q2
1.8
2.9
2,000
Q3
Q1
3.8
6.3
12,000
Q1
Q1
-
2.1
300
-
Q2
2.0
4.3
74,000
Q3
Q2
2.6
5.5
79,000
Q2
Q1
1.9
3.7
36,000
Q2
Q2
2.1
-
1,000
Q3
-
4.6
7.4
297,000
Q1
Q1
2.4
5.0
61,000
Q3
Q1
-
0.9
100
-
Q2
1.9
3.8
800
Q3
Q2
3.7
7.0
96,000
Q2
Q1
-
1.8
800
-
Q3
-
2.5
600
-
Q2
3.2
5.2
15,000
Q1
Q1
3.8
4.8
2,000
Q2
Q1
1.5
4.2
700
Q3
Q1
-
0.9
200
-
Q4
2.8
6.2
278,000
Q2
Q2
4.4
9.5
3,000
Q1
Q1
2.4
3.3
5,000
Q1
Q1
2.7
2.5
2,000
Q2
Q2
-
0.6
100
-
Q4
-
1.6
200
-
Q3
1.3
4.0
2,000
Q3
Q1
2.7
5.5
316,000
Q2
Q1
5.9
10.8
1 million
Q1
Q1
3.0
3.8
1,000
Q1
Q1
2.9
5.2
39,000
Q1
Q2
3.0
5.8
191,000
Q1
Q1
2.9
5.6
44,000
Q3
Q2
3.0
4.3
8,000
Q2
Q2
3.8
5.5
3,000
Q2
Q1
3.0
6.0
177,000
Q1
Q1
4.5
8.5
1 million
Q1
Q1
4.0
8.8
86,000
Q2
Q1
3.8
6.8
114,000
Q2
Q2
3.8
9.2
5,000
Q2
Q1
-
1.4
500
-
Q3
3.0
4.4
1,000
Q2
Q2
3.0
7.8
56,000
Q2
Q1
2.3
4.3
53,000
Q1
Q2
1.9
3.8
1,000
Q3
Q2
2.5
5.5
50,000
Q2
Q1
2.8
5.2
274,000
Q2
Q2
2.8
6.1
25,000
Q3
Q2
3.2
6.6
382,000
Q2
Q2
-
1.4
300
-
Q3
1.4
1.8
400
Q3
Q3
5.1
7.9
132,000
Q1
Q1
3.3
6.9
464,000
Q2
Q1
0.9
1.2
700
Q4
Q3
3.1
4.6
4,000
Q1
Q1
2.7
3.9
4,000
Q2
Q1
2.0
4.3
107,000
Q2
Q1
4.8
8.9
532,000
Q1
Q1
-
3.7
500
-
Q3
2.1
4.6
55,000
Q2
Q1
3.4
7.3
421,000
Q1
Q1
4.8
8.8
927,000
Q1
Q1
1.9
3.8
4,000
Q2
Q1
3.2
6.2
264,000
Q2
Q1
2.9
6.3
922,000
Q1
Q1
3.4
5.5
248,000
Q1
Q1
2.3
3.0
900
Q2
Q2
1.9
2.4
3,000
Q2
Q2
3.7
6.4
3,000
Q2
Q1
2.9
3.7
3,000
Q2
Q1
1.6
4.2
4,000
Q2
Q1
3.0
7.3
37,000
Q2
Q1
-
6.6
1,000
-
Q1
2.6
4.7
1,000
Q2
Q2
-
0.8
300
-
Q3
2.2
3.8
11,000
Q1
Q1
3.7
5.2
2,000
Q2
Q2
1.3
-
400
Q3
-
2.6
3.8
16,000
Q2
Q1
1.8
3.3
34,000
Q2
Q2
2.9
4.8
5,000
Q3
Q1
2.1
5.7
6,000
Q2
Q1
3.1
6.2
47,000
Q2
Q1
4.1
8.0
16,000
Q1
Q2
2.3
2.4
600
Q2
Q2
3.5
8.3
80,000
Q2
Q1
4.6
6.2
4,000
Q1
Q1
-
0.7
400
-
Q3
-
2.7
2,000
-
Q3
1.1
1.3
300
Q3
Q3
2.9
5.1
108,000
Q1
Q1
1.6
3.3
1,000
Q4
Q3
3.6
8.5
9,000
Q1
Q1
2.8
5.5
7,000
Q2
Q2
1.7
3.4
63,000
Q4
Q2
0.8
2.0
28,000
Q4
Q3
3.0
5.4
5,000
Q2
Q1
4.6
5.8
22,000
Q1
Q2
0.3
-
300
-
-
2.7
6.5
787,000
Q3
Q1
2.4
3.9
69,000
Q2
Q2
-
1.3
300
-
Q3
0.9
0.8
500
Q4
Q3
4.3
6.5
37,000
Q1
Q2
5.2
3.8
6,000
Q1
Q3
2.9
4.1
6,000
Q3
Q1
2.3
4.6
47,000
Q2
Q2
4.1
5.2
17,000
Q1
Q1
2.0
2.9
1,000
Q3
Q2
3.0
4.9
119,000
Q1
Q2
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How are journal metrics calculated?

The Journal Impact Factor is the average number of citations received in the last year to articles published in the previous two years. It is measured each year by the Web of Science Group and reported in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The 2024 Journal Impact Factors (published in 2025) are based on citations in 2024 for articles published in 2022 and 2023.

The CiteScore journal impact metric measures the average citations received in a four-year time window to selected documents published in the same four years. The 2024 CiteScores (released in 2025) are based on citations received to articles, reviews, conference papers, book chapters, and data papers published between 2021 and 2024, divided by the total number of documents published in this same four-year window. CiteScore covers all journal titles in Elsevier's Scopus database and is released once a year.

Evaluating research

To benchmark the reach, influence and quality of our journals, we measure and communicate a range of indicators of our journals’ impact, including Journal Impact Factors, CiteScores, overall citation rates, aggregate views and downloads, press pick-ups, and social media mentions.

We fully support the responsible use of Journal Impact Factors, other quantitative research metrics, and innovative ways for researcher evaluation, as proposed by the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA, to which we are a signatory), the Leiden Manifesto, the Metric Tide for Responsible Metrics and the European Commission's Expert Group on Altmetrics.

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