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).
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- 4Academy of Management Learning and Education8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of ManagementScopusWeb of Science
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- 13International Journal of Bank Marketing5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 16Journal of Organizational Change Management4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 18Journal of Applied Psychology4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Psychological AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20German Journal of Human Resource Management Zeitschrift für Personalforschung4.2 cites/paper · Q1ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22The International Journal of Human Resource Management4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · RoutledgeScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Leadership & Organization Development Journal4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 26Journal of Business and Psychology3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
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- 30Human Resource Development International3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31International journal of organizational analysis3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
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- 37Journal of Managerial Psychology3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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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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