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Visual Cognition

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1350-6285eISSN1464-0716

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.601

H-Indexi

111

SNIPi

0.788

Total Worksi

1,665

Total Citationsi

59,425

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Experimental; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cognitive Neuroscience; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyEight No. A Year 2002-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,665

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1350-6285 / 1464-0716

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

897

2019

1.2k

2020

843

2021

268

2022

156

2023

158

2024

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

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Cognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesFace Recognition and PerceptionMultisensory perception and integrationVisual Attention and Saliency DetectionNeural dynamics and brain functionEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorAction Observation and SynchronizationFace recognition and analysisChild and Animal Learning Development

Frequently asked questions about Visual Cognition

Is Visual Cognition a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Visual Cognition?

Visual 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 1.24.

Is Visual Cognition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Visual Cognition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Visual Cognition?