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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

MIT Press Journals · United States · Est. 1917

ISSN1530-8898

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.198

H-Indexi

309

SNIPi

1.004

Total Worksi

5,173

Total Citationsi

493,173

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental; Cognitive Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1917

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,173

Publisher OrgThe MIT Press

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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?

MIT Press Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1530-8898

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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

150

4.5k

2019

157

4.5k

2020

152

2.8k

2021

144

2.1k

2022

143

1.7k

2023

185

2024

164

352

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.

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Cognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeural dynamics and brain functionVisual perception and processing mechanismsMemory and Neural MechanismsNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismFace Recognition and PerceptionEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesReading and Literacy DevelopmentMultisensory perception and integration

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Is Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience: 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 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience?

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 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 2.67.

Is Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience?