Open Access Journals

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Cogitatio Press is a publisher founded in 2014 with the aim of promoting open-access divulgation of scientific knowledge. We believe that open-source knowledge generates something more valuable, benefiting researchers, policy-makers and society in general.

Latest Publications

How to Engage With, and Have Impact on, Marine Governance: A Practical Guide for Early-Career Researchers
Denis B. Karcher, Christopher Cvitanovic, Melanie C. Austen, Aislinn F. Dunne, Louisa Evans, Rebecca Gruby, Nicole Malinconico, Shannon McLaughlin, E. J. Milner-Gulland and Nathalie A. Steins
Commentary | Open Access | Ocean and Society | Published: 8 July 2026
Strategic Continuity and Evolving Toolkit: Electoral Competition Revisited
Viorela Dan, Uta Russmann, Philipp Müller and Anne Schulz
Editorial | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
Party Equalization or Normalization Through Visual Generative AI in the 2025 German Federal Election
Simon Kruschinski and Fabio Votta
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
TubeStats and TokStats: Research Tools for Random Samples of YouTube and TikTok
Kevin Zheng, Reagan Keeney, Ryan McGrady, Vikramaditya Jaisingh and Ethan Zuckerman
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
What If We Ran Our Own Show? GenAI and The Politics of Representation
Florian Vanlee and Mathijs De Baere
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 2 July 2026
Populist Parties, Female Populist Leaders, and the Gendered Vote in Germany
Teresa Haußmann, Aiko Wagner and Jan Philipp Thomeczek
Article | Open Access | Politics and Governance | Published: 2 July 2026
Social Workers’ Well‐Being as a Foundation for Compassionate Futures in Vulnerability Contexts in Portugal
Helena Teles, Sónia Ribeiro and Francisco Neto
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Inclusive Cities for All Beings: Urban Animal Governance From a “One Welfare” Perspective
Ciska De Ruyver, Christel P. H. Moons, Claire Diederich and Karin Hannes
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Balancing Doctor Mobility and Public Health Delivery: Human Resources for Health in Latvia
Ģirts Jirgensons and Karina Palkova
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 1 July 2026
Navigating Ethical Place-Based Research in Transdisciplinary Marine Science (and Beyond)
Ella-Kari Muhl, Vitor Renck, Maria B. Battaglia, Lívia R. Cruz, Lowine S. Hill, Rafael Lembi, Willem Malherbe, Deborah S. Prado, Kinga Psiuk and Mia Strand
Commentary | Open Access | Ocean and Society | Published: 30 June 2026
Radical Heritage: The Introduction of Urban Fallows and the Value of Cyclical Rest
Cagri Sanliturk and Robert Schmidt
Article | Open Access | Urban Planning | Published: 29 June 2026
Found in Lostness: Community Visions for Multiple Future‐Making
Ekaterina Lapina‐Kratasiuk, Oksana Zaporozhets and Sophia Reidl
Short Note | Open Access | Urban Planning | Published: 29 June 2026
The Adoption of Open Science Practices in Communication Research: Taking Stock of the Field in 2025
Jasmijn Kruijt, Chaoyi Gao, Xiaojing Ke, Sofie Přibylová, Wenyuan Yang and Bert N. Bakker
Article | Open Access | Media and Communication | Published: 25 June 2026
In Times of the Market and Community Shift: On Live‐In Care and Caring Communities
Brigitte Aulenbacher, Klaus Wegleitner, Jonas Hagedorn and Bernhard Emunds
Review | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 25 June 2026
Knitting a Care Network in the City: Social Actors in Grassroots Organizations and Local Governments
Agustina Frisch and María Mercedes Di Virgilio
Article | Open Access | Social Inclusion | Published: 24 June 2026