This multidisciplinary journal is based on the assumption that the critical issues pertaining to spatial cognition and computation lie at the intersection of a number of disciplines--including cognitive psychology, cognitive science, mathematics and computer science, geography and cartography, animal behavior, neuropsychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and planning and architecture. Recent years have seen a growth in the desire of these communities to share insights and results. The aim of this journal is to concentrate the presentation of basic research into spatial cognition and computation, and to explicitly foster an interdisciplinary dialogue.
Spatial Cognition and Computation encourages the submission of articles on any topic in the areas of spatial cognition and spatial computation. Research articles, empirical studies, integrative reviews of the literature, and shorter opinion pieces will be considered for publication.
Specific topics within the scope of the journal:
cognitive and computational models of spatial cognition;
navigation, environmental learning, and cognitive mapping;
cognitive development and representation of large-scale space;
common sense and qualitative models of space;
robot navigation and wayfinding;
models and applications of spatial and diagrammatic reasoning;
visual and sign languages;
visualization and spatial cognition;
cognitive theories of imagery and imaginal reasoning;
integration of vision and natural language processing;
representation and processing of spatial expressions and crosslinguistic issues in spatial language;
gestural analysis and multimodal interfaces;
architecture and spatial cognition;
philosophical issues in spatial cognition; and
spatial cognition in virtual environments and hypermedia.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by one of the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From time to time the journal publishes special issues on topics of timely interest; such special issues are always subject to open calls.
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Journal metrics
Usage
21K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
4.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.396 (2023) SNIP
0.534 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
49 days avg. from submission to first
decision
66 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
21% 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.
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.
Anthony G. Cohn University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Daniel R. Montello University of California at Santa Barbara, United States
Advisory Board
Ben Kuipers - University of Michigan Nora Newcombe - Temple University Barbara Tversky - Stanford University
Editorial Board
Thomas Barkowsky - Universität Bremen Tad Brunyé - Tufts University/NRSDEC Kenny Coventry - University of East Anglia Clare Davies - University of Winchester Sara Fabrikant - University of Zurich Shyamanta Hazarika - IIT Guwahati Mary Hegarty - University of California at Santa Barbara Stephen Hirtle - University of Pittsburgh Christoph Hoelscher - ETH Zurich Toru Ishikawa - University of Tokyo Krzysztof Janowicz - University of California at Santa Barbara Alexander Klippel - Pennsylvania State University Markus Knauff - Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Sanjiang Li - University of Technology Sydney Hanspeter Mallot - Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen Tim McNamara - Vanderbilt University Chiara Meneghetti - University of Padova Francesca Pazzaglia - University of Padova Jodie Plumert - University of Iowa Ross Purves - University of Zurich Martin Raubal - ETH Zurich Jochen Renz - Australian National University Amy Shelton - Johns Hopkins University Holly Taylor - Tufts University Thora Tenbrink - Bangor University David Uttal - Northwestern University Daniel Voyer - University of New Brunswick Frances Wang - University of Illinois Jan Wiener - Bournemouth University Stephan Winter - University of Melbourne Thomas Wolbers - Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg Wai (Albert) Yeap - AUT University
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology; CSA Technology Research Database; Current Contents – Engineering, Computing, and Technology edition; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Journal Citation Reports: Social Science Edition; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts; Social Science Citation Index; and Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge.
Open access
Spatial Cognition & Computation is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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)
If you choose 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.
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