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Open Mind

MIT PRESS · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN2470-2986eISSN2470-2986

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.314

H-Indexi

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

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

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

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MIT PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

327

2019

338

2020

338

2021

255

2022

371

2023

407

2024

135

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. 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?