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Industrial Relations Journal

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN1468-2338

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.772

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.03

Total Worksi

2,379

Total Citationsi

23,864

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industrial Relations & Labor; Industrial Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,379

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-2338

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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

330

2019

447

2020

376

2021

289

2022

119

2023

208

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 RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Industrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

Industrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Labor Movements and UnionsEmployment and Welfare StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesDigital Economy and Work TransformationHuman auditory perception and evaluationPolitical and Economic history of UK and USDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesInternational Labor and Employment LawLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Frequently asked questions about Industrial Relations Journal

Is Industrial Relations Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Industrial Relations Journal: 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 Journal?

Industrial Relations Journal 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 1.84.

Is Industrial Relations Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Industrial Relations Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Industrial Relations Journal?