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Learning and Motivation

Academic Press Inc. · United States

ISSN0023-9690eISSN1095-9122

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.91

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.945

Total Worksi

2,003

Total Citationsi

50,375

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Biological; Psychology, Experimental; Education; Health (social science); Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,003

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0023-9690 / 1095-9122

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

428

2019

979

2020

474

2021

818

2022

389

2023

103

1.4k

2024

123

1.1k

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, BiologicalPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyHealth (social science)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Memory and Neural MechanismsBehavioral and Psychological StudiesNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorOlfactory and Sensory Function StudiesStress Responses and Cortisol

Frequently asked questions about Learning and Motivation

Is Learning and Motivation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Learning and Motivation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Learning and Motivation?

Learning and Motivation is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 6.67.

Is Learning and Motivation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Learning and Motivation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.