Research on teacher motivation has attracted the attention of researchers frommany countries, in many different fields, including education. Teacher motivation has astrong influence on the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process and educationalinnovation. The study aims to provide an overview of academic research on teachermotivation. The research, conducted using the bibliometric methods on data sourced fromthe core literature available on the Scopus website, focuses on the keywords “teachermotivation”, “education”, and “2010-2024”. The search field was restricted to literaturewithin the “Social sciences” and “Arts and Humanities”. Data were analyzed using the VosViewer software to develop a system of figures and tables as a basis for analysis. Based onan analysis of 183 sources, the finding clarifies the growth, geographical distribution,prominent journals, notable works, research topics, and highly cited articles related to thetopic. The research results serve as a basis for improving policies to motivate teachers andfor further research on teacher motivation using reputable data sources in the next period.Research on teacher motivation has attracted the attention of researchers frommany countries, in many different fields, including education. Teacher motivation has astrong influence on the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process and educationalinnovation. The study aims to provide an overview of academic research on teachermotivation. The research, conducted using the bibliometric methods on data sourced fromthe core literature available on the Scopus website, focuses on the keywords “teachermotivation”, “education”, and “2010-2024”. The search field was restricted to literaturewithin the “Social sciences” and “Arts and Humanities”. Data were analyzed using the VosViewer software to develop a system of figures and tables as a basis for analysis. Based onan analysis of 183 sources, the finding clarifies the growth, geographical distribution,prominent journals, notable works, research topics, and highly cited articles related to thetopic. The research results serve as a basis for improving policies to motivate teachers andfor further research on teacher motivation using reputable data sources in the next period.