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Motivation and Emotion publishes articles on human motivational and emotional phenomena that make theoretical advances by linking empirical findings to underlying processes.

  • Oriented primarily towards human emotion and motivation studies.
  • Focuses on key problems in motivation and emotion
  • Encourages explanatory research, linking empirical findings to underlying processes.
  • Appreciates a range of methodological approaches, prioritizing methodological rigor.
  • Affiliated with the Society for the Scienceof Motivation

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Journal Impact Factor
2.5 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.2 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
42 days
Downloads
636.1k (2025)

Latest articles

  1. Editorial

    • James F. M. Cornwell
    • David Framorando
    • Jolie Wormwood
    Editorial 22 May 2026

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Electronic ISSN
1573-6644
Print ISSN
0146-7239
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  1. ANVUR
  2. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  3. BFI List
  4. Baidu
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  9. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. ERIH PLUS
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Naver
  16. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  17. Ovid Discovery
  18. Portico
  19. ProQuest
  20. PsycINFO
  21. Psyndex
  22. SCImago
  23. SCOPUS
  24. Social Science Citation Index
  25. TD Net Discovery Service
  26. Wanfang
  27. eLibrary.ru
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