About the Journal

SCAN will consider research that uses neuroimaging (fMRI, MRI, PET, EEG, MEG), neuropsychological patient studies, animal lesion studies, single-cell recording, pharmacological perturbation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. SCAN will also consider submissions that examine the mediational role of neural processes in linking social phenomena to physiological, neuroendocrine, immunological, developmental, and genetic processes. Additionally, SCAN will publish papers that address issues of mental and physical health as they relate to social and affective processes (e.g., autism, anxiety disorders, depression, stress, effects of child rearing) as long as cognitive neuroscience methods are used.

Finally, although SCAN aims to publish the best cutting edge research, its goal is also to be accessible to social scientists who do not themselves use neuroscience techniques. To this end, studies should be described in language that makes their implications for the social sciences clear. Additionally, short reviews will precede some articles in each issue to link the research conceptually to the broader social science issues to which they are relevant.

Journal Metrics

• Impact Factor*: 3.9

• 5 Year Impact Factor*: 4.0

• Source Normalized Impact per Paper*: 1.388

• CiteScore**: 6.8

• Total downloads in 2020: 329,460

• Mean time to first decision in 2020: 41 days

*This information is taken from the Journal Citation Reports™ from Clarivate, 2024, published annually as part of the Science Citation Index by the Web of Science Group.

**This information is taken from the Scopus Source List (https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/7000153204, 2022)

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is covered by the following services:

EMBASE
Journal Citation Reports /Science Edition
MEDLINE/PubMed
Neuroscience Citation Index®
PROQUEST DATABASE : PsycINFO Database with Full Text
Psychlit
PubMed Central
Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®)
Scopus
The Standard Periodical Directory