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Language, Cognition and Neuroscience

Taylor and Francis Inc. · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN2327-3801

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.845

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.87

Total Worksi

1,159

Total Citationsi

24,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience is an international peer-reviewed journal that promotes integrated cognitive theoretical studies of language and its neural bases. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of brain and language, integrating cognitive science and neuroscience to answer questions about language and cognition in the mind and brain. The journal also expands discussion in cognitive psychology, linguistics, comprehension, sentence processing, and artificial intelligence.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyTen No. Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,159

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2327-3801

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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

2.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

922

2021

695

2022

495

2023

286

2024

115

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Audiology & Speech-Language PathologyBehavioral SciencesLinguisticsPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy DevelopmentLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage Development and DisordersAction Observation and SynchronizationSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationMultisensory perception and integrationCategorization, perception, and languageSecond Language Acquisition and Learning

Frequently asked questions about Language, Cognition and Neuroscience

Is Language, Cognition and Neuroscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language, Cognition and 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 Language, Cognition and Neuroscience?

Language, Cognition and 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 1.53.

Is Language, Cognition and Neuroscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.