| Social Neuroscience | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | Soc. Neurosci. |
| Discipline | Social neuroscience |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jean Decety |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Psychology Press (United Kingdom) |
| Publication history | 2006–present |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Impact factor (2009) |
3.172 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1747-0919 (print) 1747-0927 (web) |
| LCCN | 2006244001 |
| OCLC number | 69984013 |
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Social Neuroscience is the first academic journal dedicated to the topic of social neuroscience and was established in March 2006. It is published by the Psychology Press, a division of Taylor and Francis. The editor is University of Chicago neuroscientist Jean Decety. According to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports, the journal has an impact factor of 3.172, ranking it 17th out of 70 in the category Psychology and 97th out of 230 in the category Neurosciences.[1] Originally, it published 3 issues per year (the last issue being a double one, making this a nominally total of 4 issues). Starting in 2009, the publication frequency was increased to 6 issues/year.[2] Each year, Social Neuroscience publishes a special issue (e.g., one on Theory of mind, and one on Deception. The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index and PubMed.[2]