Consciousness and Cognition

Aims & Scope

Consciousness and Cognition, An International Journal, provides a forum for a natural science approach to the issues of consciousness, voluntary control, and self.

The journal features empirical research (in the form of articles) and theoretical reviews.

The journal aims to be both scientifically rigorous and open to novel contributions.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • Implicit memory • Selective and directed attention • Priming, subliminal or otherwise • Neuroelectric correlates of awareness and decision-making • Assessment of awareness; protocol analysis • The properties of automaticity in perception and action • Relations between awareness and attention • Models of the thalamocortical complex • Blindsight • The neuropathology of consciousness and voluntary control • Pathology of self and self-awareness • The development of the self-concept in children

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.942

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	133

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5331

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	886

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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
• Medline
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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.

• Responding to the emotions of others: Dissociating forms of empathy through the study of typical and psychiatric populations

  Citation: 908

  Authors: R.J.R.

• Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training

  Citation: 864

  Authors: Fadel, Susan K., Bruce J., Zhanna, Paula

• Meditation, mindfulness and cognitive flexibility

  Citation: 797

  Authors: Adam, Peter

• Affective consciousness: Core emotional feelings in animals and humans

  Citation: 735

  Authors: Jaak

• Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias

  Citation: 708

  Authors: Tabitha C., Sofia, Salvatore M., Mel

• Beyond the comparator model: A multifactorial two-step account of agency

  Citation: 697

  Authors: Matthis, Gottfried, Albert

• A signal detection theoretic approach for estimating metacognitive sensitivity from confidence ratings

  Citation: 644

  Authors: Brian, Hakwan

• Phenomenal characteristics associated with projecting oneself back into the past and forward into the future: Influence of valence and temporal distance

  Citation: 581

  Authors: Arnaud, Martial

• Effects of Perceptual Fluency on Judgments of Truth

  Citation: 555

  Authors: Rolf, Norbert

• Minds at rest? Social cognition as the default mode of cognizing and its putative relationship to the “default system” of the brain

  Citation: 504

  Authors: Leo, Simon B., Anna, Gereon R., Kai

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