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Memory and Cognition

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1806

ISSN1532-5946

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.078

H-Indexi

234

SNIPi

1.32

Total Worksi

5,601

Total Citationsi

312,473

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Experimental; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1806

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2000-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,601

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-5946

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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

110

2.2k

2019

118

2.1k

2020

145

2.1k

2021

124

1.4k

2022

118

699

2023

168

578

2024

149

192

2025

109

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

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Memory Processes and InfluencesNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentReading and Literacy DevelopmentNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismVisual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesMemory and Neural MechanismsDeception detection and forensic psychologyDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Memory and Cognition

Is Memory and Cognition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Memory and 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 Memory and Cognition?

Memory 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 1.56.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Memory and Cognition?