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Frontiers in Cognition is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | 65 / 118 | 45th | Q3 |
| Neuroscience (miscellaneous) | 55 / 74 | 26th | Q3 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 97 / 129 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
Frontiers in Cognition is Q3 in Psychology (miscellaneous) (rank 65 of 118), Q3 in Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (rank 55 of 74) and Q3 in Cognitive Neuroscience (rank 97 of 129), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers in Cognition is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 45th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.666, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 7.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,353 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Frontiers in Cognition is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2813-4532.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Cognition has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 1.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 115 Scopus journals in Psychology (miscellaneous).
Frontiers in Cognition published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 61. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (38.9%), United Kingdom (11.2%) and Germany (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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