Journal metric profile

Cognitive Systems Research

Impact factor, five-year JIF, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

Impact Factor 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 2.800 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 36/102 Recorded category rank

Cognitive Systems Research impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

Cognitive Systems Research is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 2.400. Its listed JIF quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 36 out of 102 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 2,001 total citations, 74 total articles, 74 citable items. The five-year JIF is 2.800, which is 0.400 points above the listed two-year JIF. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The JIF without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.640.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Cognitive Systems Research is identified in this record by print ISSN 2214-4366 and electronic ISSN 1389-0417. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCognitive Systems Research
Abbreviated journalCOGN SYST RES
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN2214-4366
eISSN1389-0417
Total cites2,001
Total articles74
Citable items74
Cited half-life5.6 years
Citing half-life8.3 years
Impact Factor2.400
5-Year JIF2.800
JIF without self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.640
JIF quartileQ2
JIF rank36/102
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of Cognitive Systems Research?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for Cognitive Systems Research is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Cognitive Systems Research?

Cognitive Systems Research is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Cognitive Systems Research?

Cognitive Systems Research is listed as being published by ELSEVIER.

Can a journal impact factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. A journal impact factor is a journal-level citation average. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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