Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management · 141 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

The top 40 of 141 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

  1. 1
    Family Business Review
    8.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  2. 2
    Service Industries Journal
    8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  3. 3
    Journal of Management
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  4. 4
    Academy of Management Learning and Education
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of Management
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  5. 5
    Academy of Management Review
    7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of Management
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  6. 6
    Organizational Dynamics
    6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  7. 7
    British Journal of Management
    6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  8. 8
    Human Resource Management Review
    6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  9. 9
    The Leadership Quarterly
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  10. 10
    Journal of Management Studies
    6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  11. 11
    Academy of Management Journal
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of Management
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  12. 12
    Journal of Vocational Behavior
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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  13. 13
    International Journal of Bank Marketing
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  14. 14
    Human Resource Management
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  15. 15
    Journal of Organizational Behavior
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  16. 16
    Journal of Organizational Change Management
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  17. 17
    Global Business and Organizational Excellence
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  18. 18
    Journal of Applied Psychology
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological Association
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  19. 19
    European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  21. 21
    Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  22. 22
    The International Journal of Human Resource Management
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Routledge
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  23. 23
    Leadership & Organization Development Journal
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  24. 24
    The Learning Organization
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  25. 25
    Management Research Review
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  26. 26
    Journal of Business and Psychology
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  27. 27
    Administrative Science Quarterly
    3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  28. 28
    Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  29. 29
    Personnel Review
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  30. 30
    Human Resource Development International
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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  31. 31
    International journal of organizational analysis
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  32. 32
    Employee Relations
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  33. 33
    Human Relations
    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  34. 34
    Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  35. 35
    Organization Studies
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  36. 36
    Human Resource Management Journal
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  37. 37
    Journal of Managerial Psychology
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing Limited
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  38. 38
    The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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  39. 39
    Personnel Psychology
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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  40. 40
    Journal of Management Inquiry
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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From a 17,782-venue index, the highest-ranked Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management journals include Family Business Review, Service Industries Journal, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management Review. The top 40 of 141 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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