About this journal

Aims and scope

The Journal of Cognitive Psychology publishes contributions from all areas of cognitive psychology, focusing on sound and theory-driven studies that advance our understanding of cognitive mechanisms and processes. Contributors include experimental cognitive psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists, working in areas as diverse as perception, attention, language processing, numerical cognition, action and motor control, spatial cognition, learning, memory, reasoning, and decision making. Occasionally, contributions are at the intersection of cognitive psychology and related disciplines such as social or clinical psychology; note that such contributions can only be considered if they have clear theoretical implications for cognitive processes. Articles include reports of empirical work (including brief reports) and theoretical reviews. The Journal of Cognitive Psychology encourages solid and reproducible empirical work and therefore stimulates authors to adhere to the best research practices (including an Open Science philosophy). The Journal of Cognitive Psychology is an international journal, and the Editor welcomes submissions from scholars around the world.

Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 151K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • 0.763 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.507 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 51 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 116 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 31% acceptance rate

Editorial board


Editor- in-Chief:

Linden J. Ball,  University of Central Lancashire, UK

Associate Editors:

Monica Bucciarelli, University of Turin, Italy 
Federica Degno, Bournemouth University, UK
Esther Fujiwara,  University of Alberta, Canada
Daniele Gatti,  University of Pavia, Italy
John E. Marsh,  University of Central Lancashire, UK and Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Michael Pilling,  Oxford Brookes University, UK
Beth Richardson , University of Central Lancashire, UK

Editorial Board:

Anna Abraham,
 University of Georgia, USA
Mauro Adenzato, University of Turin, Italy
Glenda Andrews, Griffith University, Australia
Nina Attridge, University of Portsmouth, UK
Sarah Bate, Bournemouth University, UK
Raoul Bell, Heinrich - Heine University, Germany
Markus Bindemann, University of Kent, UK
Marie- Josée Bisson, De Montfort University, UK
Arndt Bröder, University of Mannheim, Germany
Bo T. Christensen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Geoff G. Cole, University of Essex, UK
Amory H. Danek, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Lisa H. Evans, Cardiff University, UK
Niall D. Galbraith, University of Wolverhampton, UK
James A. Grange, Keele University UK
Andrea Hildebrandt, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
Gernot Horstmann, Bielefeld University, Germany
Robert W. Hughes, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Lara L. Jones, Wayne State University, USA
Sangeet S. Khemlani, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
Sabina Kleitman, University of Sydney, Australia
Jessica K. Ljungberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Jo-Anne LeFevre, Carleton University, Canada
Patrick Lemaire , Aix-Marseille University, France
Chang Liu, Nanjing Normal University, China
Daniel S. McGrath, University of Calgary, Canada
Raymond A. Mar, York University, Canada
Nikole D. Patson, Ohio State University, USA
Mauro Pesenti , Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Steven L. Prime, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Paula Rubio-Fernández, University of Oslo, Norway
Carola Salvi, Northwestern University, USA
Wangbing Shen, Hohai University, China
Edward J. N. Stupple, University of Derby, UK
Laura E. Thomas, North Dakota State University, USA
Ian M. Thornton, University of Malta, Malta
Monika Undorf, University of Mannheim, Germany
François Vachon, Laval University, Canada
Adrian von Mühlenen, University of Warwick, UK
Yun Wen, Aix-Marseille University, France
Hiroshi Yama, Osaka City University, Japan 

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in the following publications and databases:

BIOBASE

Biosciences Information Service

Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (CDAB)

Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences

EMBASE/Excerpta Medica

Ergonomics Abstracts

European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

Neurosciences Citation Index

PsycINFO

PubsHub

Research Alerts

SCOPUS

Social Sciences Citation Index

Sociological Abstracts

Social SciSearch

Social Services Abstracts

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Open access

Journal of Cognitive Psychology 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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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