Social Cognition
ISSN 0278-016x · Guilford Press · United States · active 1982–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 0.9
- SJR
- 0.409
- h-index
- 131
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Social Cognition is Q3 in all 2 of its subject categories.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Social Psychology | Q3 | #193 of 308 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | Q3 | #239 of 380 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 0.85
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 30
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Social Cognition is Q3 in all 2 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Social Psychology: Q3, #193 of 308), with SJR 0.409 (Scimago) and an h-index of 131 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- subscription. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Social Cognition a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Social Cognition. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Social Cognition indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Social Cognition appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Social Cognition?
Papers in Social Cognition are cited about 0.9 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 131. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Social Cognition (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Social Cognition is Q3 in all 2 of its subject categories. By category: Social Psychology: Q3, #193 of 308; Developmental and Educational Psychology: Q3, #239 of 380. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Social Cognition is cited about 0.9 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 131.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Social Cognition?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Social Cognition. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q3, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Social Cognition open access?
Our index records its access status as "subscription". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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