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E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies

ADAPT University Press · Italy · Est. 2012

ISSN2280-4056eISSN2280-4056

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-03-18). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.122

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.053

Total Worksi

182

Total Citationsi

374

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industrial Relations & Labor; Industrial Relations; Law; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications182

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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?

ADAPT University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2280-4056 / 2280-4056

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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

2014

2015

147

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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 RelationsQ4

LawQ4

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Industrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

LawOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementIndustrial Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Labor Movements and UnionsEmployment and Welfare StudiesDigital Economy and Work TransformationInternational Labor and Employment LawDiscrimination and Equality LawLegal and Labor StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityPolish Legal and Social IssuesEmployment, Labor, and Gender Studies

Frequently asked questions about E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies

Is E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies a predatory journal?

E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-03-18). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies?

E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies 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.

Is E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies?