Cognitive Computation

Cognitive Computation is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published by Springer (USA), founded in 2009 and part of the Springer neuroscience portfolio, reaching volume 18 in 2026. It publishes original research on natural and artificial cognitive systems and provides a shared platform for neurobiology, cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, with a 2025 impact factor of 7.4.Cognitive Computation（认知计算）是施普林格（美国）出版的跨学科同行评审期刊，创刊于 2009 年，隶属施普林格神经科学系列，2026 年为第 18 卷。该刊发表关于自然与人工认知系统的原创研究，为神经生物学、认知心理学与人工智能等领域提供共同的交流平台，2025 年影响因子为 7.4。^[1]

Scope

• The journal is positioned as an interdisciplinary platform publishing cutting-edge articles that describe original basic and applied work involving biologically inspired computational accounts of all aspects of natural and artificial cognitive systems, providing a vehicle for disseminating research, current practices and future trends in the emerging discipline of cognitive computation.期刊定位为发表前沿文章的跨学科平台，刊载涉及自然与人工认知系统各个方面的生物启发式计算原创基础与应用研究，目的是为认知计算这一新兴学科的研究、当前实践与未来趋势提供传播平台。*
• Its central purpose is to establish a forum bringing different scientific communities together to discuss key issues in cognitive computation and to promote interdisciplinary understanding across a range of cognitive topics.其核心宗旨是搭建论坛，把彼此分离的科学共同体聚集到认知计算这一议题下，推动对多项认知主题的跨学科理解。*
• The cognitive topics covered include perception, action, attention, learning and memory, decision making, language processing, communication, reasoning, problem solving and the conscious aspects of cognition.所涉认知主题包括感知、动作、注意、学习与记忆、决策、语言处理、交流、推理、问题求解以及意识的各个层面。*
• Areas of particular interest include artificial intelligence, neural networks, cognitive neuromorphic engineering and other hardware implementations, cognitive robotics, autonomous cognitive systems, neuroscience nanotechnology, self-organising systems, swarm and immune systems, complex systems and control theory, and computational cognitive neuroscience.特别关注的研究方向包括人工智能、神经网络、认知神经形态工程及其他硬件实现、认知机器人、自主认知系统、神经科学纳米技术、自组织系统、群体系统与免疫系统、复杂系统与控制理论，以及计算认知神经科学。^[2]
• Paper types include regular full-length papers, short papers and letters, in-depth reviews, book reviews, comments and discussions, opinion and controversy pieces, letters to the editor, and special issue proposals. Regular papers may run to 10,000 words. Reviews are normally invited by the editor, although authors may approach the editor with a proposal.论文体裁包括常规研究论文与短篇论文、深入综述、书评、评论与讨论、观点与争议文章、致编辑的来信，以及专刊提案；常规论文篇幅可达一万字，综述通常由编辑约稿，但作者亦可主动联系编辑提出选题。*

这组选题划出的边界解释了为什么该刊能够长期保持学科上的独立性。它并不试图成为人工智能领域的又一本主流刊物，而是要求每篇论文都能回答同一个追问：所提出的方法与人的认知过程之间究竟是什么关系。这一要求在评审中难以量化，却切实地把大量纯工程性质的稿件挡在了门外。对跨学科期刊而言，这种取舍既是其影响力来源，也是其体量长期受限的原因——符合标准的稿源天然不多，因此该刊年发文量维持在百余篇量级。

History

• March 2009: Founded as a new interdisciplinary title in the Springer neuroscience portfolio, with Amir Hussain as founding editor-in-chief and Igor Aleksander as honorary editor-in-chief. The inaugural issue carried ten invited contributions, mainly reviews of the journal's principal areas.2009 年 3 月：创刊，为施普林格神经科学系列新增的跨学科刊物，创刊主编为 Amir Hussain，荣誉主编为 Igor Aleksander，首期收录十篇受邀文章，主要为各主要研究方向的综述。*
• 2009: All articles were freely available for download throughout the founding year so that institutions could evaluate the journal before subscribing. Electronic and print editions were offered from the start, with the print edition initially published quarterly.2009 年：创刊当年全部文章可免费获取下载，供各机构在订阅决策前试用；期刊自创刊起即同时提供电子版与纸质版，纸质部分最初按季出版。*
• The 2010s: Publication frequency moved from quarterly to six issues per year, and coverage was broadened through standing sections on cognitive and social decision making, Sentic Computing and big data analytics, with the article language standardised as English.2010 年代：逐步由季刊调整为每年六期的出版节奏，并通过设立认知与社会决策、情感计算与大数据分析等常设专栏扩展覆盖面，论文语言统一为英语。*
• The 2020s: The impact factor rose from the 4-point range of the founding years to 7.4 in 2025, with a five-year impact factor of 5.4. The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and several other databases, and the median time to first decision is 22 days.2020 年代：影响因子由创刊初期的 4 分区间上升至 2025 年的 7.4，五年期影响因子为 5.4，被科学引文索引扩展版等多个数据库收录，投稿至首次决定的中位时长为 22 天。*

Editors

该刊自创刊起始终由同一任主编主持，这一连续性在跨学科新刊中并不常见，也说明其学科定位在创办之初即已获得稳定支持。编委与顾问委员会的构成则刻意保持国际分散，以匹配该刊跨越神经科学与计算机科学的读者结构。

• Editor-in-chief: Professor Amir Hussain is the current and founding editor-in-chief. He was at the University of Stirling (UK) for many years, holding a Personal Chair in Cognitive Computing from 2012, then served at Edinburgh Napier University (UK) as Professor of Trustworthy AI and founding director of its cognitive big data and cybersecurity laboratory from 2018 to 2026, before moving in 2026 to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia) as Chair Professor of AI.主编：现任主编为 Amir Hussain 教授，同时也是本刊的创刊主编。他曾长期任职于斯特灵大学（英国），2012 年起任认知计算个人讲席教授，2018 至 2026 年间任爱丁堡奈皮尔大学（英国）可信人工智能教授并创建认知大数据与网络安全研究实验室，2026 年转任法赫德国王石油与矿业大学（沙特阿拉伯）人工智能讲席教授。*
• Honorary editor: Dr Igor Aleksander has held the post of honorary editor since the journal's founding, with research interests in machine consciousness and neuromorphic computing.荣誉主编：荣誉主编为 Igor Aleksander 博士，该职位自创刊起即由他担任，其研究涉及机器意识与神经形态计算。*
• Sections and board: The journal runs standing sections on cognitive and social decision making, Sentic Computing and big data analytics, each with a senior editor and a co-editor. Board members come from institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (Japan), Stanford University (USA), ETH Zurich (Switzerland), the University of Naples (Italy), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Arizona State University (USA), the University of New South Wales (Australia) and the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg).栏目与编委：期刊设有认知与社会决策、情感计算与大数据分析三个常设专栏，各配资深编辑与副编辑；编委成员来自中国科学院（中国）、理化学研究所（日本）、史丹佛大学（美国）、苏黎世联邦理工学院（瑞士）、佛罗伦萨大学（意大利）、卡内基梅隆大学（美国）、亚利桑那州立大学（美国）、新南威尔士大学（澳大利亚）、卢森堡大学（卢森堡）等机构。*
• Complete roster: The full list of current section editors, advisory board and editorial board members with their affiliations is given on the journal's editorial board page.完整名单：现任栏目编辑、顾问委员会与编委成员的完整名单及其所属机构，以期刊官网的编辑页面为准。*