We have studied the effect of Sc doping on structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of multiferroic Yb 1-x Sc x MnO 3 (x = 0.1 and 0.2) . X-ray powder diffraction shows that both samples crystallize in the hexagonal phase with P6 3 cm space group. The structural analysis shows decrease in lattice parameter a, decrease in cell volume of the hexagonal unit cell and decrease in the average bond length between Mn-O, with Sc substitution. Magnetic measurements show that the Néel temperature (T N ) increases from 90 K for x = 0.1 to 94 K for x = 0.2 sample. Isothermal magnetic curves show that the field variation in magnetization generates a metamagnetic transition. The maximum entropy change -∆S M max and the relative cooling power (RCP)of Yb 1-x Sc x MnO 3 are found to be 2.46± 0.40 J/mole-K and 38.5± 9 J /mol for x = 0.1 and 1.87± 0.31 J/mole-K and, 30.1± 8 J/mol for x = 0.2 with ∆H = 10 T. The rescaled magnetic entropy change curves for different applied fields collapse onto a single curve for materials with second-order phase transition. Polycrystalline samples of Yb 1-x Sc x MnO 3 (x = 0.1 and 0.2) were synthesized by the conventional solid state reaction method. High-purity (purity better than 99.9%) Yb 2 O 3 ,