Wave Motion is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.

It covers research on the physics of waves, with emphasis on the areas of acoustics, optics, geophysics, seismology, electromagnetic theory, solid and fluid mechanics.

Original research articles on analytical, numerical and experimental aspects of wave motion are covered.

The role of editor in chief passed to William J. Parnell in 2017 and K.W.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Applied Mechanics Reviews, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Current Contents/Physics, Chemical, & Earth Sciences, Compendex, Inspec, Mathematical Reviews, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH.