Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 34.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging is an official journal of the Society for Biological Psychiatry and part of the Biological Psychiatry family of journals. Companion titles include Biological Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. The Society's purpose is to promote excellence in scientific research and education in fields that investigate the nature, causes, mechanisms, and treatments of disorders of thought, emotion, and behavior. In accord with this mission, this peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal focuses on studies using the tools and constructs of cognitive neuroscience, including the full range of non-invasive neuroimaging and human extra- and intracranial physiological recording methodologies. It publishes both basic and clinical studies, including those that incorporate genetic data, pharmacological challenges, and computational modeling approaches.The journal publishes novel results of original research which represent an important new lead or significant impact on the field. Reviews and commentaries that focus on topics of current research and interest are also encouraged.More information about the journal and the Society of Biological Psychiatry is available through links on this page. In addition to offering the finest reports in psychiatric neuroscience today, we hope to bring the journal's information to you in the most user-friendly and easily accessible manner. Therefore, your feedback is welcome at bpcnni@sobp.org.No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher or by the Society of Biological Psychiatry for any injury and/or damages to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. No suggested test or procedure should be carried out unless, in the reader's judgment, its risk is justified. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, we recommend the independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages. Discussions, views, and recommendations as to medical procedures, choice of drugs, and drug dosages are the responsibility of the authors.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Neuroscience-Biological Psychiatry

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 65, United Kingdom 6, Australia 5, Netherlands 2, Denmark 1 (81 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

9.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

9.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.76LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

742OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.85OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

39.71%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

118LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

30 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

96 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

10 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

ISSN

2451-9022

Electronic ISSN

2451-9030

Society / sponsor

Society for Biological Psychiatry and part of the Biological Psychiatry family of journals

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website