Cognition

5.3k papers and 340.9k indexed citations i.

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The 5.3k papers published in Cognition in the last decades have received a total of 340.9k indexed citations. Papers published in Cognition usually cover Cognitive Neuroscience (3.0k papers), Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.4k papers) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.7k papers) specifically the topics of Child and Animal Learning Development (1.3k papers), Reading and Literacy Development (804 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (736 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Cognition are Heinz Wimmer, Elizabeth S. Spelke, Alan M. Leslie, Willem J. M. Levelt, António R. Damásio, Leda Cosmides, Uta Frith, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, William D. Marslen‐Wilson and Edward Gibson.

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Fields of papers published in Cognition

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Cognition

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