Motivation Science is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes significant contributions to the study of motivation, broadly conceived.

The journal publishes papers on diverse aspects of and approaches to the science of motivation, including work carried out in all subfields of psychology, cognitive science, economics, sociology, management science, organizational science, neuroscience, and political science.

Primarily, Motivation Science features empirical papers on motivational topics, although theoretical papers and reviews of the literature will also be considered.

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Published quarterly, beginning in March
Average lag for online first 34 days
Average time to first decision 25 days
Rejection rate 80.0%
Impact factor 3.6
5-year impact factor 3.9
Psychology - Multidisciplinary 40 of 222
Journal citation indicator 1.15
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  • Adheres to TOP Guidelines
  • Replication studies encouraged
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ISSN 2333-8113
eISSN 2333-8121
Founded 2015