Motivation Science
Last updated ISSN 2333-8113
Motivation Science is published by American Psychological Association in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Motivation Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2333-8113, 2333-8121 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 678 |
| Publishing since | 2014 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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