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Cognition

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1972

ISSN1873-7838

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.606

H-Indexi

354

SNIPi

1.546

Total Worksi

6,519

Total Citationsi

607,696

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Experimental; Cognitive Neuroscience; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,519

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-7838

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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

273

8.4k

2019

315

8.9k

2020

341

7.7k

2021

287

4.8k

2022

259

2.7k

2023

270

1.6k

2024

292

618

2025

212

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

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentReading and Literacy DevelopmentNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesLanguage Development and DisordersVisual perception and processing mechanismsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsAction Observation and SynchronizationMultisensory perception and integration

Frequently asked questions about Cognition

Is Cognition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Cognition?

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 2.41.

Is Cognition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cognition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cognition?