Social Cognition

Aims & Scope

An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception.

Special topics have included Social Cognition and Health, Intersectional and Dynamic Social Categories, The Status of Status: Vistas from Social Cognition, and The Psychological Legacy of Barack Obama.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.608

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9541

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	111

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

• Assumptive Worlds and the Stress of Traumatic Events: Applications of the Schema Construct

  Citation: 1174

  Authors: Ronnie

• It's All in the Timing: Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Affiliation

  Citation: 879

  Authors: Michael J., Jane L.

• The Go/No-Go Association Task

  Citation: 758

  Authors: Brian A., Mahzarin R.

• The Advantages of an Inclusive Definition of Attitude

  Citation: 646

  Authors: Alice H., Shelly

• The Self and Autobiographical Memory: Correspondence and Coherence

  Citation: 628

  Authors: Martin A., Jefferson A., Angela

• Self-Complexity and Affective Extremity: Don't Put All of Your Eggs in One Cognitive Basket

  Citation: 613

  Authors: Patricia W.

• Evaluations of Self and Others: Self-Enhancement Biases in Social Judgments

  Citation: 602

  Authors: Jonathon D.

• Evaluating Faces on Trustworthiness After Minimal Time Exposure

  Citation: 549

  Authors: Alexander, Manish, Nikolaas N.

• When We Need A Human: Motivational Determinants of Anthropomorphism

  Citation: 535

  Authors: Nicholas, Adam, Scott, John T.

• Attitudes as Object–Evaluation Associations of Varying Strength

  Citation: 525

  Authors: Russell H.

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