Emotion

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 1885

ISSN1931-1516

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.

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📊 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

1.961

H-Indexi

217

SNIPi

1.627

Total Worksi

4,035

Total Citationsi

214,102

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Experimental; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1885

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,035

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1931-1516

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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

243

5.2k

2019

248

6.9k

2020

238

3.1k

2021

270

2.4k

2022

229

1.6k

2023

264

859

2024

262

372

2025

189

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Research TopicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesFace Recognition and PerceptionNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionEmotions and Moral BehaviorPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentCultural Differences and ValuesBehavioral Health and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Emotion

Is Emotion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emotion: 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 Emotion?

Emotion 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 1.43.

Is Emotion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emotion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Emotion?