<p>This is not a complete answer, but more based on surface observations.</p>

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<li>At time of posting, Journal of Neuroscience Methods has an impact factor of 2.0. This is quite a respectable impact factor.</li>
<li>The scimagojr puts in the second quartile of "neuroscience (miscellaneous)" journals <a href="http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16765&amp;tip=sid&amp;clean=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16765&amp;tip=sid&amp;clean=0</a></li>
<li>It is published by Elsevier. While Elsevier has its detractors, particularly around its open access policy, it is a respectable academic publisher.</li>
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<p>I am looking for some journal that publishes neuroscience research with focus on computational and/or methodological aspects. The <a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-neuroscience-methods/" rel="nofollow"><em>Journal of Neuroscience Methods</em></a> appears on a Google search but it has relatively low impact factor among the journals I have checked this far. What kind of reputation the journal has? Are there other good alternatives?</p>

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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is opinion based and may be better off at Academia.SE as discussions on impact factor etc. shouldn't be held here.
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I think that discussing publication options related to where to publish in the cognitive sciences is, or should be, on topic for this site. That said, I imagine the question could be refined: asking "What kind of journal is ..." is a little tricky to answer.
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What kind of journal 'The Journal of Neuroscience Methods' is?
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# What kind of journal 'The Journal of Neuroscience Methods' is?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-27)

I am looking for some journal that publishes neuroscience research with focus on computational and/or methodological aspects. The [*Journal of Neuroscience Methods*](http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-neuroscience-methods/) appears on a Google search but it has relatively low impact factor among the journals I have checked this far. What kind of reputation the journal has? Are there other good alternatives?

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> **username_1**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is opinion based and may be better off at Academia.SE as discussions on impact factor etc. shouldn't be held here.  
> **username_2**: I think that discussing publication options related to where to publish in the cognitive sciences is, or should be, on topic for this site. That said, I imagine the question could be refined: asking "What kind of journal is ..." is a little tricky to answer.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-28. Score: 1

This is not a complete answer, but more based on surface observations.

* At time of posting, Journal of Neuroscience Methods has an impact factor of 2.0. This is quite a respectable impact factor.
* The scimagojr puts in the second quartile of "neuroscience (miscellaneous)" journals <http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=16765&tip=sid&clean=0>
* It is published by Elsevier. While Elsevier has its detractors, particularly around its open access policy, it is a respectable academic publisher.


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