Cortex is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It covers studies on the psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, neuropsychology, and neurology of the cerebral cortex. The journal was established in 1964 by Ennio De Renzi. The co-editors-in-chief are Sergio Della Sala ( University of Edinburgh and Jordan Grafman (Northwestern University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts • BIOSIS Previews • CINAHL • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences • Embase • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • PASCAL • ProQuest databases • PsycINFO • Science Citation Index Expanded • Scopus • Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.6.