Frontiers Journals with Impact Factors
Latest update based on the 2016 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), released in 2017 by Clarivate Analytics (f.k.a. Thomson Reurters). Read the full 2016-JCR analysis here.
June 15, 2017: With the latest release of the 2016 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics (f.k.a. Thomson Reuters), 24 Frontiers journals now have Impact Factors, up from 19 last year.
At Frontiers, while we recognize the interest of journal-level Impact Factors, we believe these should not be used to evaluate the merit of individual research articles and that they should be considered within the context of more precise measurements of impact. As a pioneer in publishing metrics, we will continue to provide and expand upon our suite of article-level metrics to provide a more complete way to assess each individual article.
Since 2008, the “Frontiers in” journal series has published over 64,000 peer-reviewed articles across 58 journals and over 432 academic disciplines.
Frontiers Impact Factors at a Glance
| Journal | IF 2016 |
| Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience | 4.504 |
| Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience | 3.104 |
| Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 4.300 |
| Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience | 4.555 |
| Frontiers in Chemistry | 3.994 |
| Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience | 1.821 |
| Frontiers in Endocrinology | 3.675 |
| Frontiers in Genetics | 3.789 |
| Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 3.209 |
| Frontiers in Immunology | 6.429 |
| Frontiers in Microbiology | 4.076 |
| Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience | 5.076 |
| Frontiers in Neural Circuits | 3.005 |
| Frontiers in Neuroanatomy | 3.267 |
| Frontiers in Neuroinformatics | 3.870 |
| Frontiers in Neurology | 3.552 |
| Frontiers in Neurorobotics | 2.486 |
| Frontiers in Neuroscience | 3.566 |
| Frontiers in Pediatrics | 2.172 |
| Frontiers in Pharmacology | 4.400 |
| Frontiers in Physiology | 4.134 |
| Frontiers in Plant Science | 4.298 |
| Frontiers in Psychiatry | 3.532 |
| Frontiers in Psychology | 2.323 |
Coming soon: 2017 citation analysis
when frontiers in cell and developmental biology gets impact factor? please
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Please, Would it be possible to know Frontiers in Neurosciences impact factor correspoding to 2012? thanks!
Hi @Almudena, The official Impact Factor is given by Clarivate Analytics (previously Thomson Reuters) here https://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/JCRJournalProfileAction.action?pg=JRNLPROF&journalImpactFactor=3.566&year=2016&journalTitle=Frontiers%20in%20Neuroscience&edition=SCIE&journal=FRONT%20NEUROSCI-SWITZ . As you can see, the journal got it’s first IF in 2014.