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Social Neuroscience

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN1747-0919eISSN1747-0927

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.636

H-Indexi

105

SNIPi

0.78

Total Worksi

1,202

Total Citationsi

41,228

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Psychology; Development; Social Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,202

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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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?

1747-0919 / 1747-0927

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

867

2019

448

2020

403

2021

310

2022

164

2023

116

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesPsychology

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyDevelopmentBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesAction Observation and SynchronizationFace Recognition and PerceptionPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Social Neuroscience

Is Social Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social 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 Social Neuroscience?

Social 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 1.55.

Is Social Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Neuroscience?