Language and Cognition
Last updated ISSN 1866-9808
Language and Cognition is published by Cambridge University Press in psychology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Language and Cognition concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Action Observation and Synchronization
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1866-9808, 1866-9859 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 748 |
| Publishing since | 1984 |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-and-cogniti |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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