Apparatuses, systems, and methods for access based refresh operations. A memory bank may be divided into multiple sub-banks, each of which has a refresh control circuit. A word line in a first sub-bank may be refreshed responsive to a word line in a second sub-bank being accessed. Once a threshold number of refreshes have been performed in the sub-bank, further accesses to the other sub-banks may be ignored. If the threshold has not been met at the end of a refresh period, then the refresh control circuit may issue a refresh signal.