Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
ISSN 1354-6805 · eISSN 1464-0619 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.18; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 251 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, together about 42.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (CNP) publishes high quality empirical and theoretical papers in the multi-disciplinary field of cognitive neuropsychiatry. Specifically the journal promotes the study of cognitive processes underlying psychological and behavioural abnormalities, including psychotic symptoms, with and without organic brain disease. Since 1996, CNP has published original papers, short reports, case studies and theoretical and empirical reviews in fields of clinical and cognitive neuropsychiatry, which have a bearing on the understanding of normal cognitive processes. Relevant research from cognitive neuroscience, cognitive neuropsychology and clinical populations will also be considered. Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine23.6%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities12.2%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine6.6%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience6.5%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience4.7%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology4.5%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience3.3%
- Hallucinations in medical conditionsNeuroscience3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | 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
MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Elsevier Sciences BV, MEDLARS, PsycBITE, PubsHub
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
- 1.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.63Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 574OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 85,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 937 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 24 | 11 | 31 |
| 2024 | 26 | 11 | 100 |
| 2023 | 25 | 12 | 93 |
| 2022 | 23 | 11 | 523 |
| 2021 | 42 | 12 | 506 |
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
251 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 175 days – 337 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 271 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (44 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 132 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 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
- case studiesCNP has published original papers, short reports, case studies and theoretical and empirical reviewsLength not stated
- original papersCNP has published original papers, short reports, case studies and theoretical and empirical reviewsLength not stated
- short reportsCNP has published original papers, short reports, case studies and theoretical and empirical reviewsLength not stated
- theoretical and empirical reviewsCNP has published original papers, short reports, case studies and theoretical and empirical reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access publishing may require an Article Publishing Charge (APC). Model summary
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 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 a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Initial editor appraisal followed by peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees for suitable manuscripts. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1354-6805
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-0619
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
What CAS zone is Cognitive Neuropsychiatry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.18; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Cognitive Neuropsychiatry?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 251 days (interquartile range 175–337 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. 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.
Which databases index Cognitive Neuropsychiatry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cognitive Neuropsychiatry open access, and what is the APC?
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 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: .