The ''Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
covering
cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental process ...
. It aims for a cross-discipline approach, covering research in
neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...
,
neuropsychology,
cognitive psychology,
neurobiology
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...
,
linguistics
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,
computer science
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, and
philosophy. The journal is published by the
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962.
History
The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...
and the
Cognitive Neuroscience Institute and the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Bradley R. Postle (
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...
of 3.225.
References
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Neuroscience journals
MIT Press academic journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1989
Cognitive science journals
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