| Emotion | |
| Editor: | Paula R. Pietromonaco |
| Discipline: | Psychology |
| Abbreviation: | Emotion |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Frequency: | Bimonthly |
| History: | 2001–present |
| Impact: | 5.564 |
| Impact-Year: | 2021 |
| Website: | https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/emo/index |
| Link1: | https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/emo |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Oclc: | 48668559 |
| Lccn: | 00211497 |
| Coden: | EMOTCL |
| Issn: | 1528-3542 |
| Eissn: | 1931-1516 |
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.[1] It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson and Klaus Scherer in 2001.[2] The current editor-in-chief is Naomi I. Eisenberger.[1] Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008.[3]
The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines[4] that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.[5]
For indexing purposes, Emotion is also referred to as Emotion (Washington D.C.).[6] 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.[1]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.564.[7]