Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Memory
ISSN 0965-8211 · eISSN 1464-0686 · Taylor & Francis
Memory: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.01; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 186 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 31% (journal website); 105 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Memory is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Memory Processes and Influences, Identity, Memory, and Therapy and Memory and Neural Mechanisms, together about 51.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Memory publishes high quality papers in all areas of memory research, including experimental studies of memory (including laboratory-based research, everyday memory studies, and applied memory research), developmental, educational, neuropsychological, clinical and social research on memory. By representing all significant areas of memory research, the journal cuts across the traditional distinctions of psychological research. Memory therefore provides a unique venue for memory researchers to communicate their findings and ideas both to peers within their own research tradition in the study of memory, and also to the wider range of research communities with direct interest in human memory. 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. "Gathercole and Conway have provided psychologists with a forum in which to present high-quality research on all aspects of memory. Succinctly titled, Memory has already provided subscribers with a steady flow of good papers and is excellent value for money; better value still, for those interested in one of the topics covered, are the series of special issues... The editors state that one of their policies is to produce special issues on topics of exceptional current interest and on research perspectives with which the general readership will not be familiar...this feature seems destined to become an important aspect of the journal’s character." -- Nature Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Editor-in-chief Mark L. HowePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named United States 2, Mainland China 1, Netherlands 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience29.1%
- Identity, Memory, and TherapyPsychology13.8%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience8.8%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience6.2%
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology5.9%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
- Cognitive Functions and MemoryPsychology4%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| 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
MEDLINEPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Elsevier Science B.V., Ergonomics Abstracts, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), Focus on: Cognitive Psychology, PsycBITE, Research Alerts, Sociological Abstracts
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
- 2.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.77Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.99Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 134OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,677OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 422,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 422,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,857 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 35 | 8 |
| 2025 | 105 | 38 | 124 |
| 2024 | 127 | 56 | 382 |
| 2023 | 114 | 51 | 595 |
| 2022 | 87 | 32 | 713 |
| 2021 | 133 | 61 | 1,928 |
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
186 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 134 days – 256 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 208 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (179 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)
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 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 accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 15 Sep 2026Length 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
Memory 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 and readership of yo…
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
- 0965-8211
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-0686
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Memory
What CAS zone is Memory in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Memory is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Memory?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.01; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 134.
How long does peer review take at Memory?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 186 days (interquartile range 134–256 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31% (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 Memory based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), Mainland China (1) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Memory?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Memory is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Memory open access, and what is the APC?
Memory 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .