Emotion (journal)


Emotion is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which, as its title states, publishes articles relating to the study of emotion. It is one of several psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association. It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson and Klaus Scherer in 2001. The current editor-in-chief is Paula R. Pietromonaco. Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008.

Abstracting and indexing

For indexing purposes, Emotion is also referred to as Emotion . The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Current Contents, EMBASE, Index Medicus, I B Z - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Social Sciences Citation Index.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.039, ranking it 15th out of 85 journals in the category "Psychology, Experimental".