Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications
ISSN 2365-7464 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications: CAS Zone 2 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.56; fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; median 198 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 86 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications is published by SpringerOpen and is in Zone 2 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Face Recognition and Perception, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Memory Processes and Influences, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications publishes new empirical and theoretical work covering all areas of Cognition, with a special emphasis on use-inspired basic research: fundamental research that grows from hypotheses about real-world problems. We expect that authors will be able to explain in a Significance section how their basic research serves to advance our understanding of the cognitive aspects of a problem with real-world applications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Editor-in-chief Jonathan TullisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 39, United Kingdom 10, Australia 5, Italy 3, Canada 2 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience10.5%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience9.7%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience8.5%
- Human-Automation Interaction and SafetyPsychology5.7%
- Spatial Cognition and NavigationEngineering5.3%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience5.1%
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology4.4%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEMEDLINEPsycINFOCASERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, 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
- 3.56LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 353OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,300,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 738 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 26 |
| 2025 | 86 | 86 | 146 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 677 |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | 883 |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | 1,669 |
| 2021 | 83 | 83 | 2,157 |
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
198 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 151 days – 280 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 245 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (165 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)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,590 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,290 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,990 / EUR 1,590 / GBP 1,290 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,240 / USD 1,890 / EUR 1,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,290 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,590 / GBP 570 / USD 905 / EUR 745 | — | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- links to data on a personal/departmental website; individual participant details
Article types accepted5
- brief reportsOriginal Articles Brief Reports Registered Reports Review Articles Tutorial ReviewsLength not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles Brief Reports Registered Reports Review Articles Tutorial ReviewsLength not stated
- registered reportsOriginal Articles Brief Reports Registered Reports Review Articles Tutorial ReviewsLength not stated
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- tutorial reviewsOriginal Articles Brief Reports Registered Reports Review Articles Tutorial ReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access under CC BY licence. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Cr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2365-7464
- Society / sponsor
- Psychonomic Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications
What CAS zone is Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications is in Zone 2 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.56; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 198 days (interquartile range 151–280 days); authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. 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 Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: 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 Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (39), United Kingdom (10) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CAS, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications open access, and what is the APC?
Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .