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Industrial Relations

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0019-8676eISSN1468-232X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.521

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

1.317

Total Worksi

2,450

Total Citationsi

52,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industrial Relations & Labor; Industrial Relations; Management of Technology and Innovation; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 1994-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,450

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0019-8676 / 1468-232X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

284

2019

464

2020

349

2021

393

2022

223

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Industrial RelationsQ1

Management of Technology and InnovationQ1

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Industrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementIndustrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Labor Movements and UnionsLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityEmployment and Welfare StudiesRetirement, Disability, and EmploymentGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Industrial Relations

Is Industrial Relations a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Industrial Relations: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Industrial Relations?

Industrial Relations is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.70.

Is Industrial Relations indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Industrial Relations is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Industrial Relations?