Intelligence
& Cognitive Abilities
A new multidisciplinary journal. This unique Open Access journal in psychology primarily publishes empirical work research on the nature and function of intelligence, cognitive abilities, and related traits along with reviews and discussions.
14
Editorial board members
10
<45 days
Days from submission to first decision (revise, accept, reject)
Team
Thomas R. Coyle, Ph.D. is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). His research focuses on general intelligence (g) and non-g factors. He has published on the predictive power of cognitive tests, on cognitive processes related to g, on group differences in cognitive ability, and on the biological basis of cognitive abilities. He is currently president of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR). He is particularly proud of his students who have contributed to our understanding of intelligence and cognitive abilities.
Richard J. Haier, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine. His Ph.D. is from Johns Hopkins. He previously held positions at NIMH & Brown University. His primary research used neuro-imaging technologies to investigate human intelligence. He is the author of The Neuroscience of Intelligence, co-author of The Science of Human Intelligence, and co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence & Cognitive Neuroscience (all from Cambridge University Press). He recently served as Editor-in-Chief of Intelligence (2016-2024).
Douglas Detterman, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University. He has published extensive research on human intelligence, founding the journal, Intelligence in 1977 serving as Editor-in-Chief until 2016. He also founded the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) in 2000. He has been a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Mission
Aims & Scope
This unique Open Access journal in psychology primarily publishes empirical research on the nature and function of human intelligence, cognitive abilities, and related traits along with Review papers, Discussions, and occasional book reviews. All perspectives are considered including psychometric, education, social, cultural, genetic, evolutionary, developmental, organizational, neuroimaging and neuroscience. The journal prioritizes empirical submissions but will also consider theoretical and review papers. Applied research, including test development, will be considered if it advances the basic science of intelligence and cognitive abilities.
Following blind peer review, the principal criterion for publication will always be scientific merit, based on strength of argument, analytical approach, reliability and validity of results, and clarity of exposition. The ICA policy is detailed in (Haier, 2020) (subject to updating).
Going forward
Timeline for submissions
& publication
We anticipate accepting submissions in February 2025. Open Access charges will be substantially lower than other journals with waivers and discounts available. Once accepted, papers will be published online quickly and have citable doi numbers.
