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IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2379-8920eISSN2379-8939

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.279

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.576

Total Worksi

1,350

Total Citationsi

21,619

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Neurosciences; Robotics; Artificial Intelligence; Software.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,350

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2379-8920 / 2379-8939

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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

2.1k

2019

136

3.7k

2020

156

3.4k

2021

168

2.8k

2022

164

2.1k

2023

153

1.2k

2024

151

281

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceNeurosciencesRobotics

Scopus Categories

SoftwareArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesReinforcement Learning in RoboticsRobot Manipulation and LearningNeural dynamics and brain functionFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot LearningHuman Pose and Action Recognition

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems

Is IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems: 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 IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems?

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems 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 2.99.

Is IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems?