Emotion is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which, as its title states, publishes articles relating to the study of emotion.

[1] It was established by founding co-editors-in-chief Richard Davidson and Klaus Scherer in 2001.

[1] Initially published quarterly, the publication frequency has been bimonthly since 2008.

[3] The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines[4] that provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.

[6] 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.