Emotion (journal)

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Field	Value
title	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
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| title = Emotion | cover = | editor = Paula R. Pietromonaco | discipline = Psychology | former_names = | abbreviation = Emotion | publisher = American Psychological Association | country = United States | frequency = Bimonthly | history = 2001–present | openaccess = | license = | 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 | link2 = | link2-name = | JSTOR = | 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. It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson and Klaus Scherer in 2001. The current editor-in-chief is Naomi I. Eisenberger. Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008.{{cite web |url=http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=emo |title=PsycNET – Browse Volumes |access-date=1 May 2011}}

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.

Abstracting and indexing

For indexing purposes, Emotion is also referred to as Emotion (Washington D.C.). 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 2021 impact factor of 5.564.

References

References

1. "Emotion".
2. (2001). "Editorial". Emotion.
3. "Transparency and Openness Promotion". American Psychological Association.
4. "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". American Psychological Association.
5. "Library of Congress, LCCN, LC Online Catalog, LCCN permalink, persistent identifier LCCN:00211497".
6. (2022). "2021 Journal Citation Reports". [[Clarivate]].

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