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Journal of Cognitive Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.4), WoS ESCI. Published by Seoul National University, Institute for Cognitive Science.
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ISSN 1598-2327Verify ISSN ↗1976-6939Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Seoul National University, Institute for Cognitive Science
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 737 / 1137 | 35th | Q3 |
| Linguistics and Language | 849 / 1221 | 30th | Q3 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 504 / 570 | 11th | Q4 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 122 / 129 | 5th | Q4 |
| Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | 163 / 169 | 3rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.4.
Journal of Cognitive Science is Q3 in Language and Linguistics (rank 737 of 1137), Q3 in Linguistics and Language (rank 849 of 1221) and Q4 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 504 of 570), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Cognitive Science 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 0.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 35th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.139, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 9.
Journal of Cognitive Science is published by Seoul National University, Institute for Cognitive Science. Its print ISSN is 1598-2327 and its online ISSN is 1976-6939.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Cognitive Science has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #894 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Journal of Cognitive Science published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 22. 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.
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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