Journal profile · NEUROSCIENCES
Cognitive Neuroscience
ISSN 1758-8928 · eISSN 1758-8936 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Founded 2010
Cognitive Neuroscience: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.33; hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cognitive Neuroscience 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 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function and Memory and Neural Mechanisms, together about 33.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cognitive Neuroscience publishes high quality discussion papers and empirical papers on any topic in the field of cognitive neuroscience including perception, attention, memory, language, action, social cognition, and executive function. The journal covers findings based on a variety of techniques such as fMRI, ERPs, MEG, TMS, and focal lesion studies. Contributions that employ or discuss multiple techniques to shed light on the spatial-temporal brain mechanisms underlying a cognitive process are encouraged.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): NEUROSCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience12.8%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience11.2%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience9.1%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology7.1%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience6.3%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience6.1%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience5.7%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience5.2%
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 1.33LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 247OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 636 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 43 | 16 | 135 |
| 2024 | 24 | 6 | 68 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3 | 329 |
| 2022 | 28 | 12 | 160 |
| 2021 | 19 | 2 | 92 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 7 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 1758-8928
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-8936
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cognitive Neuroscience
What CAS zone is Cognitive Neuroscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cognitive Neuroscience is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cognitive Neuroscience?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.33; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Cognitive Neuroscience?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Which databases index Cognitive Neuroscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cognitive Neuroscience is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Cognitive Neuroscience open access, and what is the APC?
Cognitive Neuroscience is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .