Emotion is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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, which, as its title states, publishes articles relating to the study of emotion

Emotion

Emotion is a complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical and environmental influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience." Emotion is associated with mood,...

. It is one of several psychology

Psychology

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 journals published by the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

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. It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson

Richard J. Davidson is professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Early life and Education:Born in Brooklyn, Richard "Richie" Davidson attended Midwood High School...

 and Klaus Scherer

Klaus Scherer

Klaus Scherer is Professor of Psychology and director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences in Geneva. He is a specialist in the psychology of emotion....

 in 2001. The current editor-in-chief is Elizabeth A. Phelps (Department of Psychology, New York University

New York University

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). From 2012, the editor-in-chief will be David DeSteno (Northeastern University). Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008.

Abstracting and indexing

For indexing purposes, Emotion is also referred to as Emotion (Washington D.C.). The journal is abstracted and indexed in Abstracts of Mycology, Biological Abstracts

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, BIOSIS Previews

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, CINAHL Plus with Full Text

CINAHL

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, Current Contents

Current Contents

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, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, EMBASE

EMBASE

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, Index Medicus

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, I B Z - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

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, Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, MEDLINE

MEDLINE

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, PsycINFO

PsycINFO

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, PubMed

PubMed

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, Reactions Weekly, Scopus

Scopus

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, Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

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, and SwetsWise All Titles.

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