Cognitive Neuroscience

Aims & Scope

Cognitive Neuroscience publishes high quality discussion papers and empirical papers on any topic in the field of cognitive neuroscience including perception, attention, memory, language, action, social cognition, and executive function.

The journal covers findings based on a variety of techniques such as fMRI, ERPs, MEG, TMS, and focal lesion studies.

Contributions that employ or discuss multiple techniques to shed light on the spatial-temporal brain mechanisms underlying a cognitive process are encouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.630

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9180

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	122

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Neuroscience, 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.

• Active inference and epistemic value

  Citation: 505

  Authors: Karl, Francesco, Dimitri, Christoph, Thomas, Giovanni

• How neuroscience will change our view on consciousness

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Victor A. F.

• Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to the prefrontal cortex impairs metacognitive visual awareness

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Elisabeth, Brian, John C., Richard E., Hakwan

• Attentional control and the self: The Self-Attention Network (SAN)

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Glyn W., Jie

• Do we have independent visual streams for perception and action?

  Citation: 203

  Authors: Thomas, Robert D.

• A predictive processing theory of sensorimotor contingencies: Explaining the puzzle of perceptual presence and its absence in synesthesia

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Anil K.

• Is the self a higher-order or fundamental function of the brain? The “basis model of self-specificity” and its encoding by the brain’s spontaneous activity

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Georg

• Repetition priming and repetition suppression: A case for enhanced efficiency through neural synchronization

  Citation: 157

  Authors: Stephen J., Carson C., Alex

• Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex facilitates cognitive flexibility in tool use

  Citation: 157

  Authors: Evangelia G., Roy H., H. Branch, Abhishek, Marom, Sharon L.

• Cortical reactivity and effective connectivity during REM sleep in humans

  Citation: 156

  Authors: M., F., M. J., R., B. A., S., G.

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