Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience [SEP] publisher
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering social neuroscience published by Oxford University Press. Its focus is on empirical research reports. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", its 2014 impact factor was 7.372, ranking it second out of 84 journals in the category "Psychology, Experimental", 7th out of 75 journals in the category "Psychology", and 24th out of 243 journals in the category "Neurosciences".
explosive growth in the field. In 2001, the first academic conference on social cognitive neuroscience was held at University of California, Los Angeles. The mid-2000s saw the emergence of academic societies related to the field ("Social and Affective Neuroscience Society, Society for Social Neuroscience"), as well as peer-reviewed journals specialized for the field ("Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience"). In the 2000s and beyond, labs conducting social cognitive neuroscience research proliferated throughout Europe, North America, East Asia,