Journal profile · ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Cognition Technology & Work
ISSN 1435-5558 · eISSN 1435-5566 · Springer London · ENGLAND · 4 issues per year · Founded 1999
Cognition Technology & Work: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.81; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 151 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cognition Technology & Work is published by Springer London and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety Research and Risk and Safety Analysis, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus: Cognition, Technology & Work focuses on the practical issues of human interaction with technology within the context of work and, in particular, how human cognition affects, and is affected by, work and working conditions. The aim is to publish research that normally resides on the borderline between people, technology, and organisations. Including how people use information technology, how experience and expertise develop through work, and how incidents and accidents are due to the interaction between individual, technical and organisational factors. The target is thus the study of people at work from a cognitive systems engineering and socio-technical systems perspective. The most relevant working contexts of interest to CTW are those where the impact of modern technologies on people at work is particularly important for the users involved as well as for the effects on the environment and plants. Modern society has come to depend on the safe and efficient functioning of a multitude of technological systems as diverse as industrial production, transportation, communication, supply of energy, information and materials, health and finance. In particular, the working contexts where such impact is most relevant are, amongst others:aviation, rail, maritime and road systemsmedical and hospital environmentsenergy production and nuclear power plantshousehold and social contextsplus other contexts where popular technology is being constantly utilised for everyday activities. The journal will also study how “operators” interact with technologies, such as pilots, drivers, plant and traffic controllers, maintenance engineers, doctors, and nurses, etc. while also including the users affected by the systems, such as passengers, patients and people in general.Motivation: Human work has irreversibly become work with technology and the nature of work has changed to make the role of human cognition more important. In the most affected environments, the human component is relevant both for the interactions of humans with control systems and for the effects that these interactions may have on the general public at large.People who work with technology are tightly coupled with it and must come to terms with the complexity of the socio-technical environment in order to ensure that their work is effective, safe and efficient.Consequently, understanding and analysing the joint functioning of people and socio-technical development, operation and maintenance systems, is the
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL
Editor-in-chief Oliver CarstenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 7, United Kingdom 6, France 5, Japan 4, United States 3 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology27.7%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions12.8%
- Risk and Safety AnalysisDecision Sciences8.1%
- Safety Warnings and SignagePsychology5.1%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering4.9%
- Team Dynamics and PerformancePsychology4.6%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.1%
- Healthcare Technology and Patient MonitoringMedicine3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Industrial | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ergonomics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECPsycINFODBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 2.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 635OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 314,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,089 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 27 | 19 |
| 2025 | 60 | 31 | 116 |
| 2024 | 40 | 24 | 287 |
| 2023 | 28 | 9 | 264 |
| 2022 | 27 | 19 | 836 |
| 2021 | 36 | 21 | 750 |
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
151 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 274 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria; use must be documented in the manuscript. Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Original research must include a data availability statement explaining access to supporting data. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
Journal follows COPE guidelines on publication ethics. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
Open Choice articles retain copyright with authors under a Creative Commons license. Model summary
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Cognition, Technology & Work, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer London
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1435-5558
- Electronic ISSN
- 1435-5566
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cognition Technology & Work
What CAS zone is Cognition Technology & Work in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cognition Technology & Work is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Industrial / Ergonomics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cognition Technology & Work?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.81; CiteScore 8.2, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at Cognition Technology & Work?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 151 days (interquartile range 89–274 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Cognition Technology & Work?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Cognition Technology & Work based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (7), United Kingdom (6) and France (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cognition Technology & Work?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cognition Technology & Work is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, PsycINFO, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cognition Technology & Work open access, and what is the APC?
Cognition Technology & Work is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .