Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Journal of Cognitive Psychology
ISSN 2044-5911 · eISSN 2044-592X · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Cognitive Psychology: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.52; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 288 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 58 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Cognitive Psychology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Memory Processes and Influences and Reading and Literacy Development, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Cognitive Psychology publishes contributions from all areas of cognitive psychology, focusing on sound and theory-driven studies that advance our understanding of cognitive mechanisms and processes. Contributors include experimental cognitive psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists, working in areas as diverse as perception, attention, language processing, numerical cognition, action and motor control, spatial cognition, learning, memory, reasoning, and decision making. Occasionally, contributions are at the intersection of cognitive psychology and related disciplines such as social or clinical psychology; note that such contributions can only be considered if they have clear theoretical implications for cognitive processes. Articles include reports of empirical work (including brief reports) and theoretical reviews. The Journal of Cognitive Psychology encourages solid and reproducible empirical work and therefore stimulates authors to adhere to the best research practices (including an Open Science philosophy). The Journal of Cognitive Psychology is an international journal, and the Editor welcomes submissions from scholars around the world. 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): PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Editor-in-chief Linden J. BallPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Japan 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience13.7%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience9%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology7.2%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience7%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology6.8%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences5.2%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology3.9%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
EmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: BIOBASE Biosciences Information Service, Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (CDAB), Ergonomics Abstracts, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Neurosciences Citation Index, PubsHub, Research Alerts, Sociological Abstracts, Social SciSearch, Social Services 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
- 1.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.58Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.74Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 468OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 186,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 186,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,119 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 58 | 26 | 80 |
| 2024 | 74 | 38 | 249 |
| 2023 | 47 | 16 | 266 |
| 2022 | 63 | 18 | 331 |
| 2021 | 79 | 37 | 709 |
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
288 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 197 days – 386 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 303 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (106 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)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 137 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 137 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 192 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 192 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 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 accepted3
- brief reportsArticles include reports of empirical work (including brief reports) and theoretical reviews.Length not stated
- reports of empirical workArticles include reports of empirical work (including brief reports) and theoretical reviews.Length not stated
- theoretical reviewsArticles include reports of empirical work (including brief reports) and theoretical reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Taylor & Francis Open Select). Model summary
Journal of Cognitive Psychology 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 discoverabi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review; submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- 2044-5911
- Electronic ISSN
- 2044-592X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cognitive Psychology
What CAS zone is Journal of Cognitive Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Cognitive Psychology is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Cognitive Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.52; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Cognitive Psychology?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 288 days (interquartile range 197–386 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Cognitive Psychology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Cognitive Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Cognitive Psychology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Cognitive Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Cognitive Psychology 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: .