Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Cognition & Emotion
ISSN 0269-9931 · eISSN 1464-0600 · Taylor & Francis
Cognition & Emotion: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.33; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 248 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 142 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cognition & Emotion is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Emotions and Moral Behavior, together about 31.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cognition and Emotion is an international peer-reviewed journal exploring emotion and cognitive processes in cognitive and clinical psychology, neuroscience and neuropsychology. Cognition and Emotion is devoted to the study of emotion, especially to those aspects of emotion related to cognitive processes. The journal aims to bring together work on emotion undertaken by researchers in cognitive psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, psychophysiology, neuropsychology/neuroscience, and cognitive science. The journal publishes research on a range of topics, including: The role of cognitive processes in emotion elicitation, regulation, and expression; The impact of emotion on attention, memory, learning, motivation, judgements, and decisions; The interplay between cognition and emotion in psychopathology, social behaviour, and health-related behaviours; Cultural, developmental, psychophysiological, and neuroscientific aspects of the relation between cognition and emotion; The nature of particular emotions or emotionality in general. Cognition and Emotion offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports and theory papers. Cognition and Emotion operates a single anonymized peer review policy. All submitted manuscripts are subject to an initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous referees. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology12.1%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience10.4%
- Emotions and Moral BehaviorPsychology9%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience7%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology6.4%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.9%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience5.7%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology5.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), Elsevier Science B.V, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), Focus on Cognitive Psychology, Research Alert, Social SciSearch, Sociological Abstracts, UnCover
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.94Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.02Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 219OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,352OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 132LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 678,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,425 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 108 | 54 | 21 |
| 2025 | 142 | 72 | 216 |
| 2024 | 186 | 95 | 842 |
| 2023 | 120 | 67 | 848 |
| 2022 | 106 | 49 | 1,334 |
| 2021 | 110 | 60 | 2,166 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
248 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 163 days – 363 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 273 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (301 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- brief articlesCognition and Emotion offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports and theory papers.Length not stated
- full articlesCognition and Emotion offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports and theory papers.Length not stated
- registered reportsCognition and Emotion offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports and theory papers.Length not stated
- theory papersCognition and Emotion offers a variety of formats for paper submission, including full articles, brief articles, registered reports and theory papers.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available. Model summary
Cognition and Emotion is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
Cognition and Emotion operates a single anonymized peer review policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0269-9931
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-0600
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cognition & Emotion
What CAS zone is Cognition & Emotion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cognition & Emotion is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cognition & Emotion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.33; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 219.
How long does peer review take at Cognition & Emotion?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 248 days (interquartile range 163–363 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Cognition & Emotion in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Psychology.
Where are the editorial board members of Cognition & Emotion based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), United States (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cognition & Emotion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cognition & Emotion is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cognition & Emotion open access, and what is the APC?
Cognition & Emotion is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .