Motivation and Emotion

1.6k papers and 70.9k indexed citations i.

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The 1.6k papers published in Motivation and Emotion in the last decades have received a total of 70.9k indexed citations. Papers published in Motivation and Emotion usually cover Social Psychology (955 papers), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (605 papers) and Applied Psychology (509 papers) specifically the topics of Behavioral Health and Interventions (410 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (241 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (240 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Motivation and Emotion are Richard M. Ryan, Marylène Gagné, David Matsumoto, Lisa G. Aspinwall, Andrew J. Elliot, Johnmarshall Reeve, Midori Yamagishi, Toshio Yamagishi, C. Scott Rigby and Heinz Heckhausen.

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Fields of papers published in Motivation and Emotion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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