"Motivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.
| Descriptor ID |
D009042
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658 F01.752.543.500.750
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Motivation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Motivation".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motivation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motivation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2020 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivation" by people in Profiles.
-
Apathy, effort-based decisions and brain integrity in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Brain. 2026 May 05; 149(5):1635-1649.
-
Rural Practice Made Attractive: A Scoping Review of Rural Primary Care Physician Recruitment and Retention Incentives. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Apr; 41(5):1367-1378.
-
Identifying Barriers and Motivators to Increase Surgical Clinical Trial Participation for Older Veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Jan; 74(1):161-168.
-
Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Improve HIV Prevention and Substance Use in Youth Experiencing Homelessness (MY-RIDE): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Oct 10; 14:e78006.
-
Exploring diabetes self-management practices among people with TB in Eswatini: a qualitative analysis. Health Educ Res. 2025 Jun 26; 40(4).
-
Examining motivators and barriers to meditation practice among individuals with spinal cord injury: Insights from a survey study. J Spinal Cord Med. 2026 Jan; 49(1):49-57.
-
Retaining a Multicultural Nursing Workforce: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. J Transcult Nurs. 2025 07; 36(4):352-362.
-
At least four groups of kratom consumers in the United States: latent-class analysis of motivations for kratom use. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2025 03 04; 51(2):191-203.
-
The misalignment of incentives in academic publishing and implications for journal reform. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Feb 04; 122(5):e2401231121.
-
'Why Did They Migrate Here'?: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Exploring Nurses' Motivations for Migration and Regional Relocation. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Jul; 81(7):4146-4159.