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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1878-9293eISSN1878-9307

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.991

H-Indexi

126

SNIPi

1.476

Total Worksi

1,719

Total Citationsi

74,973

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Psychology, Development; Cognitive Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyFour No. Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,719

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-9293 / 1878-9307

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

123

4.7k

2019

142

4.7k

2020

138

4.7k

2021

130

3.8k

2022

146

2023

159

1.7k

2024

151

471

2025

131

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NeurosciencesPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Cognitive Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentNeural dynamics and brain functionReading and Literacy DevelopmentEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience?

Developmental Cognitive 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 4.36.

Is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience?

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Psychology, Development; Cognitive Neuroscience.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience?

Is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience?

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