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Open Mind

MIT PRESS · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN2470-2986eISSN2470-2986

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.314

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.975

Total Worksi

288

Total Citationsi

2,636

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications288

Publisher OrgThe MIT Press

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~53 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MIT PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2470-2986 / 2470-2986

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

322

2019

332

2020

333

2021

235

2022

353

2023

369

2024

109

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.

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 DevelopmentNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismLanguage Development and DisordersLanguage and cultural evolutionReading and Literacy DevelopmentCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsAction Observation and SynchronizationPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentCategorization, perception, and languageNatural Language Processing Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Open Mind

Is Open Mind a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Open Mind: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Mind?

Open Mind 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 2.28.

Is Open Mind indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Mind is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Open Mind?