About this journal
Aims and scope
Cogent Psychology is a pioneering and dynamic, Open Access journal for the psychology community, publishing original research, reviews and replications that span the full spectrum of psychological inquiry. Led by Professor Daryl O’Connor, across each of the dedicated sections, the journal’s editorial team aim to promote exciting, innovative and robust psychological science, and to work with authors to publish their research to the broadest possible audience. This journal offers a range of format-free submission formats to meet the needs of the changing publishing landscape.
Cogent Psychology has nine sections:
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognitive & Experimental Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Personality & Individual Differences
- Social Psychology
- Work, Industrial & Organizational Psychology
The journal encourages interdisciplinary studies and accepts Registered Reports, brief replication studies, review articles and brief reports.
Peer Review Integrity
All research and review articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial Editor-in-Chief screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 779K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.778 (2023) SNIP
- 0.504 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 4 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 89 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 16 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 18% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Daryl B. O'Connor (University of Leeds, UK)
Senior Statistical Editor
Thomas Baguley (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Section Editors
Clinical Psychology: Nicola Doherty (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Cognitive & Experimental Psychology: Jim Grange (Keele University, UK)
Developmental Psychology: Patrick Leman (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Educational Psychology: Victoria Simms (University of Ulster, UK)
Health Psychology: Sarah Pressman (University of California Irvine, USA)
Neuropsychology: Stephanie Rossit (University of East Anglia, UK)
Personality & Individual Differences: Michael Daly (Maynooth University, Ireland)
Social Psychology: Andrea Abele (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
Editorial Board
Sarah Allen (Teeside University, UK)
Juan Arango (Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Spain)
Lilith Arevshatian (Kingston University, UK)
Clare Barnes (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Jutta Billino (Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany)
Philip Birch (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Douglas Boer (University of Canberra, Australia)
Elisabeth Bradford (University of Dundee, UK)
Michael Brookes (Birmingham City University, UK)
D. Alper Camlibel (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)
Munazzah Choudhary (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Marie Cross (Penn State University, USA)
Breda Cullen (Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK)
Angela DeBruin (University of York, UK)
Andrew Dunn (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Nicky Edelstyn (School of Psychology, Keele University, UK)
Shantala Hegde (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science, India)
Gareth Edwards (University of East Anglia, UK)
Emma Elliot (Modus Outcomes, UK)
Kate Faasse (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Edel Fitzpatrick (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Jamie L. Flexon (Florida International University, US)
Jennifer Foley (Department of Neuropsychology, National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery, UK)
Jolande Fooken (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Kathryn Gardner (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Jenny Groarke (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Olivia Guest (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Ajay Halai (MRC, CBU, Cambridge, UK)
Faye Horsley (Newcastle University, UK)
Emma James (University of Oxford, UK)
Anna Kane ((Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Niamh Kennedy (School of Psychology, Ulster University, UK)
Ethan Knights, MRC, CBU (Cambridge, UK)
Clare-Louise Knox (Kings College London, UK)
Laura Koenig (Bayreuth University, Germany)
Eirini Kontou (School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK)
Kirsty Lauder (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Sarah Laurence (Open University, UK)
Gemma Learmonth (Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK)
Tatia Lee (Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology, The University of Hong Kong)
Alex Mitchell (School of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Gillian Mullan (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Michelle Murtagh (Business Psychologist and Director at Clavey Consulting, UK)
Emma Norris (Brunel University, UK)
Clodagh O'Connell (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Elena Olgiati (Imperial College London, UK)
Laure Pisella (Inserm, Lyon, France)
Madeleine Pownall (University of Leeds, UK)
Alan Redman (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Shannon Reid (University of North Caroline, Charlotte, USA)
Charlotte Russell (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, UK)
Tina Ryan (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Amanda Super (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Rachel Swainson (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Rumi Tanemura (Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University, Japan)
Ben Toovey (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Elizabeth Travis (University of Leeds, UK)
Matthew Valasik (Louisiana State University, USA)
John Weekes (McMaster University, Canada)
Anna Wollams (Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, UK)
Eliane Young(Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT))
Outgoing Handling Editors
Jens Binder (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Kevin Byon (Indiana University, USA)
Marcella Caputi (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy)
Gianluca Castelnuovo (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy)
Luca Cerniglia (Universita Telematica Internationale Uninettuno, Italy)
Sebastiano Costa (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
Maria Cristina Gugliandolo (University of Cassino, Italy)
Ruth Krebs (Ghent University, Belgium)
Lucia Monacis (University of Foggia, Italy)
Carryl Navalta (Boston University School of Medicine, USA)
Giulia Prete (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
Meihua Qian (Clemson University, USA)
Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez (Universidad Autonoma, Spain)
Ian Stephen (Macquarie University, Australia)
Marco Tommasi (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
Barbara Treccani (University of Trento, Italy)
Peter Walla (Vienna Medical University, Austria)
Jason Warnick (Arkansas Tech University, USA)
CogentPsychology editorial office - [email protected]
Abstracting and indexing
Cogent Psychology is indexed in:
- Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- PubMed Central
- Scopus
- PsycINFO
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
- ProQuest Psychology Journals
- GoOA (National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science)
- CNKI Scholar
- British Library
- Cabell’s International
- Finnish Publication Forum
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
- E-Lib Bremen, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
- DTU Library
- Ulrich’s
- J-Gate Portal
- Primo Central Index- Ex libris
- WorldCat Discovery Services- OCLC
- Google Scholar
- CrossRef
Open access
Cogent Psychology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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 your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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