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Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1897

ISSN1749-5024
SJR Q1WOS SCIEWOS SSCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
75
/ 100
High Trust
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total75
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
1.469
H-Index
164
CiteScore
7.9
SNIP
1.224
Total Works
2,339
Total Citations
140,592
2yr Mean Citedness
2.64
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Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content Advertisement Search Menu AI Discovery Assistant Menu Sign in through your institution Remember my institution Navbar Search Filter Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Cognition and Behavioural Neuroscience Books Journals Oxford Academic Mobile Enter search term Search Issues Advance articles Submit Author Guidelines Submission Site Open Access Reasons to publish with us More content Collections Special Issues Alerts About About SCAN About the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society Editorial Board Advertising and Corporate Services Journals Career Network Self-Archiving Policy Terms and Conditions Close Navbar Search Filter Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Cognition and Behavioural Neuroscience Books Journals Oxford Academic Enter search term Search Advanced Search Search Menu AI Discovery Assistant Discover the most relevant content quickly with our AI Discovery Assistant Latest Issue Volume 21 Issue 1 2026 3.1 2024 Impact Factor 7.9 2024 CiteScore All metrics Editor-in-Chief Ajay Satpute Editorial Board Call for Papers Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience  invites submissions for a special issue titled 'The Contribution of Episodic Memory to Social Cognition'. This special issue aims to characterise how episodic memory systems support social behavior. Submit your research by February 28th, 2027. Advertisement Latest articles Dynamic Gaze Processing: Robust N170 for Direct Gaze and Task-Dependent N2pc Effects Spatial encoding of a traumatic virtual reality scene reduces intrusive memories Sensory encoding of emotion conveyed by the face and visual context Social ‘envirotyping’ the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes Delaying rewards reduces egoism bias during prosocial acts Most read The theory of constructed emotion: an active inference account of interoception and categorization Patterns of brain activity associated with nostalgia: a social-cognitive neuroscience perspective

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
20
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1897
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,339
Publisher OrgUniversity of Oxford
OA Since2016
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Submission Info

APC Cost$2,500Above median
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~20 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Oxford University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1749-5024
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
$2,500
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesPsychologyPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesFace Recognition and PerceptionAction Observation and SynchronizationPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorMental Health Research TopicsMemory and Neural MechanismsNeural dynamics and brain function
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref