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Cognitive Computation

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1866-9964

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.197

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.291

Total Worksi

1,552

Total Citationsi

40,154

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Cognitive Computation is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research on natural and artificial cognitive systems. Provides an innovative platform for diverse scientific fields including neurobiology, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence. Explores all aspects of cognitive agents, from perception and decision making to language processing and reasoning. Encourages submissions related to bio-inspired computational accounts. Welcomes papers for special sections on Sentic Computing and Big Data Analytics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,552

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1866-9964

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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

2.3k

2019

2.5k

2020

178

5.4k

2021

141

2.6k

2022

139

4.2k

2023

155

2024

144

614

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionQ1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionCognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Topic ModelingMulti-Criteria Decision MakingNeural dynamics and brain functionSentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningNeural Networks and ApplicationsEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesMachine Learning and ELMAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingAdvanced Text Analysis TechniquesDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Frequently asked questions about Cognitive Computation

Is Cognitive Computation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cognitive Computation: 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 Cognitive Computation?

Cognitive Computation 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 5.71.

Is Cognitive Computation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cognitive Computation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.