Cognition and Emotion

Aims & Scope

Cognition and Emotion is devoted to the study of emotion, especially to those aspects of emotion related to cognitive processes.

The journal aims to bring together work on emotion undertaken by researchers in cognitive, social, clinical, and developmental psychology, psychophysiology, neuropsychology/neuroscience, and cognitive science.

Examples of topics appropriate for the journal include the role of cognitive processes in emotion elicitation, regulation, and expression; the impact of emotion on attention, memory, learning, motivation, judgements, and decisions; the interplay between cognition and emotion in psychopathology, social behaviour, and health-related behaviours; cultural, developmental, psychophysiological, and neuroscientific aspects of the relation between cognition and emotion; and the nature of particular emotions or emotionality in general.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.212

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	157

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3498

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1163

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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• Web of Science
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• An argument for basic emotions

  Citation: 5691

  Authors: Paul

• Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires

  Citation: 2318

  Authors: Barbara L., Christine

• Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice

  Citation: 2152

  Authors: Jennifer S., Dacher

• Presentation and validation of the Radboud Faces Database

  Citation: 1890

  Authors: Oliver, Ron, Gijsbert, Daniel H. J., Skyler T., Ad

• Anxiety and Performance: The Processing Efficiency Theory

  Citation: 1550

  Authors: Michael W., Manuel G.

• Emotion elicitation using films

  Citation: 1457

  Authors: James J., Robert W.

• Measures of emotion: A review

  Citation: 1455

  Authors: Iris B., Michael D.

• Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion

  Citation: 1230

  Authors: Dacher, Jonathan

• Social Functions of Emotions at Four Levels of Analysis

  Citation: 1113

  Authors: Dacher, Jonathan

• Affective Style and Affective Disorders: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience

  Citation: 1064

  Authors: Richard J.

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