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Brain and Cognition

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1824

ISSN1090-2147

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.654

H-Indexi

185

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.792

Total Worksi

4,676

Total Citationsi

196,575

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Developmental and Educational Psychology; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1824

FrequencyNine No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,676

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2147

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

118

2019

1.5k

2020

102

1.3k

2021

415

2022

112

338

2023

342

2024

114

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ2

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesHemispheric Asymmetry in NeuroscienceSpatial Neglect and Hemispheric DysfunctionNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismMemory and Neural MechanismsVisual perception and processing mechanismsNeural dynamics and brain functionAction Observation and SynchronizationFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesMotor Control and Adaptation

Frequently asked questions about Brain and Cognition

Is Brain and Cognition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Brain and Cognition: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Brain and Cognition?

Brain and Cognition is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.04.

Is Brain and Cognition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brain and Cognition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.