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Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1985

ISSN1364-6613eISSN1879-307X

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

4.351

H-Indexi

455

SNIPi

5.512

Total Worksi

4,302

Total Citationsi

740,134

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Cognitive Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,302

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1364-6613 / 1879-307X

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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

137

18k

2019

154

16k

2020

153

2021

159

7.2k

2022

154

5.2k

2023

164

3.3k

2024

185

1.2k

2025

104

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.

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ1

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ1

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesNeurosciencesPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural dynamics and brain functionNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesMemory and Neural MechanismsChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentVisual perception and processing mechanismsAction Observation and SynchronizationFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesFace Recognition and PerceptionMultisensory perception and integration

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Is Trends in Cognitive Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Cognitive Sciences: 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 Trends in Cognitive Sciences?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences 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 8.29.

Is Trends in Cognitive Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Trends in Cognitive Sciences?