About the Journal

Cognitive Security is the official journal of the Cognitive Security Institute. Articles published in the journal are open-access peer-reviewed scientific papers, case studies, and editorials. It is currently under the leadership of Robert H. Thomson. The objective of the journal is to promote critical awareness of issues in Cognitive Security by providing a venue for scholarly debate around ideas and problems in understanding the impacts on how people (and agents) think and reason. Our mission is to support Cognitive Security education by providing scientific and pedagogical information to its readership, to facilitate interdisciplinary communication among researchers, and to offer a prestige publication supportive of interdisciplinary investigation into cognitive security topics.

To accomplish this, Cognitive Security is dedicated to fair treatment of reviewers and editorial staff. Reviewers are vetted and paid fairly for their reviewing services. The Journal operates on a cost-recovery basis, leveraging a modest submission fee to offset reviewing expenses and an article processing fee (APC) for accepted Open Access submissions. We also apply 15% of our APC fees to support waivers for underserved populations and those demonstrating financial need.

Reviewer Reimbursement

Reviewers will be reimbursed $50 via e-gift card for a regular review and $100 for an expedited review (reviews due in 5 business days), for each round of reviewing completed. This will be aggregated and paid out periodically. Reviewers will require a W-9 on file and a 1099-MISC will be issued if exceeding IRS reporting thresholds.

Reviewers will also receive $50 regular / $100 expedited per review credit towards an APC fee per round of review, which can be used for submission fees and up to 50% of the APC cost. Please note that APC credits will expire after 18 months, but can be transferred and/or aggregated between authors with written consent of all parties. 

If a reviewer does not wish to keep a W-9 on file, they may instead elect to receive a $100/$200 (normal/expedited) APC credit per review, subject to the same limitations described above.

 

Open Access License

Articles are published Open Access by assigning copyright to the CSI Press who then assign the article a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0) licence. This allows users to download and share the article for non-commercial purposes, so long as the article is reproduced in its entirety without changes, and the original authors are acknowledged. All Creative Commons licences state that the author’s moral rights are in no way affected by the licence terms. More information about Creative Commons licenses is available on the Creative Commons website.

Authors are entitled to deposit the final published version of the article to an open access repository (e.g., your institution’s repository and/or a separate subject repository). You may make the deposit immediately following publication, as long as you include a link to the published version of the article on the journal website and attribute the journal and CSI Press for the original publication, with a correct citation.

Disclaimer

States of fact and opinion in the articles in Cognitive Security are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, CSI Press, or Cognitive Security Institute, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither the Cognitive Security Institute, CSI Press, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the materials in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluations as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.

Articles posted to repositories or websites are without warranty from CSI Press and the Cognitive Security Institute of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, CSI Press and the Cognitive Security Institute disclaims all liability for any loss or damage arising out of, or in connection, with the use of or inability to use the content.