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Learning and Motivation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Academic Press Inc..
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ISSN 0023-9690Verify ISSN ↗1095-9122Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,360 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 51 / 387 | 86th | Q1 |
| Education | 265 / 1698 | 84th | Q1 |
| Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | 29 / 169 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology | 16 / 77 | 79th | Q1 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 80 / 380 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Learning and Motivation is Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 51 of 387), Q1 in Education (rank 265 of 1698) and Q1 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (rank 29 of 169), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Learning and Motivation is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.910, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 55.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,360 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Learning and Motivation is published by Academic Press Inc. Its print ISSN is 0023-9690 and its online ISSN is 1095-9122.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Learning and Motivation has an h-index of 96 and a 2-year mean of 8.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Learning and Motivation published 123 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 91 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (42.9%), United States (7.5%) and India (5.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (2.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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