Journal profile · Neurosciences
Social Neuroscience
ISSN 1747-0919 · eISSN 1747-0927 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Tri-annual · Founded 2006
Social Neuroscience: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social 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, Action Observation and Synchronization and Face Recognition and Perception, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience14%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology10%
- Face Recognition and PerceptionNeuroscience9%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience8.7%
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPsychology6.8%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology4.6%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology3.9%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology3.9%
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 |
| Minor | Psychology | 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 4 |
| Minor | Psychology | 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 |
| Minor | Psychology | 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
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 716OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,211 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 27 | 7 | 38 |
| 2024 | 34 | 13 | 122 |
| 2023 | 31 | 11 | 167 |
| 2022 | 39 | 17 | 316 |
| 2021 | 47 | 19 | 403 |
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 1 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)
- 6–12 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
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1747-0919
- Electronic ISSN
- 1747-0927
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social Neuroscience
What CAS zone is Social Neuroscience in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Social Neuroscience is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences / Psychology. 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 Social Neuroscience?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 106.
How long does peer review take at Social Neuroscience?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Social Neuroscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social Neuroscience is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Social Neuroscience open access, and what is the APC?
Social 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, 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: .