Journal profile · Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Neuroscience of Consciousness
ISSN 2057-2107 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Neuroscience of Consciousness: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 252 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 68 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neuroscience of Consciousness is published by Oxford University Press 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 dynamics and brain function, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Visual perception and processing mechanisms, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Neuroscience of Consciousness is an open access journal which publishes papers on the biological basis of consciousness, welcoming contributions from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, computer science, and allied disciplines. Submissions can be empirical, methodological, theoretical, or philosophical, and need not directly address the biological basis of consciousness so long as the relevance to this topic is clear. As well as the primary phenomenon of consciousness itself, relevant topics include interactions between conscious and unconscious processes; selfhood; emotion; metacognition and higher-order consciousness; intention, volition, and agency; individual differences in consciousness; altered states of consciousness; disorders of consciousness in psychiatry and neurology; and consciousness in infants, non-human animals, and machines. The journal publishes research articles (including registered reports), review articles, brief communications, and ‘spotlight’ commentaries. See instructions to authors for more information on article types. The journal supports Open Science Badges to acknowledge open science practices. These badges are offered as incentives to share data and materials and preregister research, and signal to the reader that the content has been made available in a persistent location. The journal also welcomes registered report submissions. More information can be found here. Indexing and Archiving Articles published in Neuroscience of Consciousness are indexed in the following databases: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) Google Scholar Academic OneFile Academic Search British Library CSA DOAJ EBSCOhost NA Publishing Infotrieve INIST * CNRS Reprints Desk ProQuest Summon FIZ Karlsruhe OAlister OCLC Zetoc COPE This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 3.8 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 4.8 Psychology, Biological (Rank by Impact Factor) 3/17 2025 Cited Half-Life 4.5 years 2025 Immediacy Index 1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00218 2025 Article Influence Score 1.9 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 5.0 Experimental And Cognitive Psychology (Rank by CiteScore) 41/169 Clinical Psychology (Rank by CiteScore) 77/314 Psychiatry And Mental Health (Rank by CiteScore) 186/580 Neurology (Clinical) (Rank by CiteScore) 133/403 Neurology (Rank by CiteScore) 73/201 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.388 Altmetric 2025 Median Altmetric Attention S
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Editor-in-chief Athena DemertziPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, United States 3, Australia 3, France 2, Italy 2 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience15.5%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience12.6%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience8.3%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience6.5%
- Embodied and Extended CognitionNeuroscience6%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience5.6%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology4.8%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience4.4%
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, Biological | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Biological | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, OCLC
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 (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 242,866Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 383 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 30 |
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | 236 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 338 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 501 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 643 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 1,710 |
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 PubMed · to
252 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 187 days – 339 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 283 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (136 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 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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 2,144 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,251 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,144 | Yes | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 5
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- commentaryResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- methods and resources articlesMethods and Resources Articles: Articles that are primarily focused on making datasets, stimulus sets, toolboxes etc. available to the consciousness science com…Length not stated
- opinionResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- original researchResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …main text ≤ 9,000 words
- rapid communicationResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …main text ≤ 3,000 words
- rapid communicationsRapid Communications: Short articles, not normally exceeding 3,000 words (with a max. 250 word abstract.), presenting timely, original empirical research meriti…Length not stated
- registered reportResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- registered reportsRegistered Reports: A form of empirical article in which the methods and proposed analyses are pre-registered and reviewed prior to research being conducted.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- research paperResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- review articleResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
- spotlight commentarySpotlight Commentary: Short articles, max. 1,500 words, with a max. 100 word abstract, providing an informed opinion on specific high profile recent research.Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch Article: Report on important original research relevant to the scope of Neuroscience of Consciousness, not normally more than 9,000 words, with a max. …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints
- Open access RCUK, NIH, and Wellcome Trust Open Access policies
Open Science Badges offered for open materials, open data, preregistered designs, and preregistered plus analysis plans. Model summary
Neuroscience of Consciousness is fully compliant with the RCUK, NIH, and Wellcome Trust Open Access policies. Find out more
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy allows authors to share preprints in public servers. Model summary
Authors retain the right to make a preprint version of the article available in free public servers of preprints and/or articles in their subject area. Authors making their manuscripts available in this way must clearly note this in their submission. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of a…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2057-2107
- Society / sponsor
- Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 2026, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Neuroscience of Consciousness
What CAS zone is Neuroscience of Consciousness in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neuroscience of Consciousness is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Biological. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Neuroscience of Consciousness?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Neuroscience of Consciousness?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 252 days (interquartile range 187–339 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Neuroscience of Consciousness based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), United States (3) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Neuroscience of Consciousness?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neuroscience of Consciousness is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Neuroscience of Consciousness open access, and what is the APC?
Neuroscience of Consciousness is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .