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Motivation Science

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2333-8113eISSN2333-8121

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.283

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.42

Total Worksi

654

Total Citationsi

9,532

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Applied Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Environmental Engineering; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications654

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

2333-8113 / 2333-8121

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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

1.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

831

2021

319

2022

132

724

2023

107

370

2024

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.

Applied PsychologyQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Environmental EngineeringQ1

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEnvironmental EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Behavioral Health and InterventionsMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMental Health Research TopicsSocial and Intergroup PsychologyPsychological and Temporal Perspectives ResearchCreativity in Education and NeuroscienceNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCultural Differences and Values

Frequently asked questions about Motivation Science

Is Motivation Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Motivation Science: 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 Motivation Science?

Motivation Science 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 1.72.

Is Motivation Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Motivation Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Motivation Science?