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Journal of Vocational Behavior

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1095-9084

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.075

H-Indexi

272

SNIPi

2.409

Total Worksi

4,026

Total Citationsi

385,849

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Applied; Applied Psychology; Education; Life-span and Life-course Studies; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,026

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-9084

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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

101

7.8k

2019

10k

2020

100

4.2k

2021

2.2k

2022

1.5k

2023

837

2024

287

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.

Applied PsychologyQ1

EducationQ1

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ1

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementLife-span and Life-course StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorCareer Development and DiversityGender Diversity and InequalityHigher Education and EmployabilityWork-Family Balance ChallengesEmployment and Welfare StudiesEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHigher Education Research StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Vocational Behavior

Is Journal of Vocational Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Vocational Behavior: 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 Journal of Vocational Behavior?

Journal of Vocational Behavior 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 4.89.

Is Journal of Vocational Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Vocational Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Vocational Behavior?