According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 is 4.061, ranking Genes, Brain and Behavior 63rd out of 237 listed journals in the category "Neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...

s" and 6th out of 48 listed journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences

Behavioural sciences

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The five journals that have cited Genes, Brain and Behavior most often, are (in order of descending citation frequency) Behavioural Brain Research

Behavioural Brain Research

Behavioural Brain Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal publishes articles in the field of behavioural neuroscience...

, Genes, Brain and Behavior, Journal of Neuroscience

Journal of Neuroscience

The Journal of Neuroscience is a weekly scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical research articles in the field of neuroscience...

, PLoS ONE

PLoS ONE

PLoS ONE is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science since 2006. It covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. All submissions go through an internal and external pre-publication peer review but are not excluded on the...

and Neuroscience

Neuroscience (journal)

Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The editor in chief is S.G. Lisberger Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The editor in chief is S.G. Lisberger Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier....

. , the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in Genes, Brain and Behavior are Journal of Neuroscience

Journal of Neuroscience

The Journal of Neuroscience is a weekly scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical research articles in the field of neuroscience...

, Biological Psychiatry

Biological Psychiatry

Biological Psychiatry is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal of psychiatric neuroscience and therapeutics published by Elsevier and the Society of Biological Psychiatry...

, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, usually referred to as PNAS, is the official journal of the United States National Academy of Sciences...

, Science

Science (journal)

Science is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals....

, and Molecular Psychiatry

Molecular Psychiatry

Molecular Psychiatry is a scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group.It publishes papers in biological psychiatry and, e.g., about psychiatric genetics...

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Article categories

The journal publishes the following types of articles:

• Research articles
• Reviews
  Literature review
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• Techniques articles
• Commentaries
• Debates
• Letters to the Editor
  Letter to the editor
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• Book review
  Book review
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Most cited articles

According to the Web of Science

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, the following three articles have been cited most often (>100 times):