International Labour Review

ISSN 0020-7780 · Wiley · United Kingdom · active 1922–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
17.3
SJR
0.681
h-index
76

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, International Labour Review is Q2 in all 3 of its subject categories.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of International Labour Review in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2#98 of 249
Management of Technology and InnovationQ2#116 of 295
Strategy and ManagementQ2#177 of 495
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
1.57
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
29

OpenAlex counts about 17.3 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 1.57 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

International Labour Review is Q2 in all 3 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: Q2, #98 of 249), with SJR 0.681 (Scimago) and an h-index of 76 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~30 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC).

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Scope

employmentwelfarehealthprofessionslabormovementsunionspublicadministrationlawpoliticalrelations

Frequently asked

Is International Labour Review a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag International Labour Review. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is International Labour Review indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, International Labour Review appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of International Labour Review?

Papers in International Labour Review are cited about 17.3 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 76. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is International Labour Review (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, International Labour Review is Q2 in all 3 of its subject categories. By category: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: Q2, #98 of 249; Management of Technology and Innovation: Q2, #116 of 295; Strategy and Management: Q2, #177 of 495. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; International Labour Review is cited about 17.3 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 76.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of International Labour Review?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for International Labour Review. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is International Labour Review open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

Is International Labour Review free to publish in?

Free to publish — DOAJ lists no article processing charge (APC). So there is no fee for authors to publish in International Labour Review. Fee policies change — confirm on the journal's own site before relying on it.

How long does International Labour Review take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for International Labour Review takes about ~30 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for International Labour Review.

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