ABS Academic Journal Guide field
ABS Human Resource Management and Employment Studies journals
58 journals are graded in Human Resource Management and Employment Studies in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2024 — 1 at 4*, 4 at 4, 9 at 3, 26 at 2 and 18 at 1. Listed 4* first, each with its Scopus and Web of Science status.
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Graded 4*
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Graded 4
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Graded 3
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Graded 2
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Graded 1
| Grade | Journal | Publisher | ISSN | Scopus | SJR | WoS | ABDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4* | Human Resource Management Journal | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0954-5395 / 1748-8583 | Q1 14.9 | 3.01 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | British Journal of Industrial Relations | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0007-1080 / 1467-8543 | Q2 4.5 | 0.97 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Human Resource Management FT50 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0090-4848 / 1099-050X | Q1 15 | 4.60 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Industrial Relations | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0019-8676 / 1468-232X | Q2 5.3 | 1.52 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Work, Employment and Society | Sage Publications | 0950-0170 / 1469-8722 | Q1 9 | 2.20 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Economic and Industrial Democracy | Sage Publications | 0143-831X / 1461-7099 | Q2 6.2 | 1.15 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | European Journal of Industrial Relations | Sage Publications | 0959-6801 / 1461-7129 | Q2 5.6 | 1.18 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Human Resource Management Review | Elsevier | 1053-4822 / 1873-7889 | Q1 32.6 | 4.89 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | ILR Review | Sage Publications | 0019-7939 / 2162-271X | Q1 7.9 | 1.84 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Industrial Law Journal | Oxford University Press | 0305-9332 / 1464-3669 | Q1 3 | 0.50 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Industrial Relations Journal | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0019-8692 / 1468-2338 | Q2 3.7 | 0.77 | ESCI | A |
| 3 | International Journal of Human Resource Management | Taylor & Francis Online | 0958-5192 / 1466-4399 | Q1 13.5 | 2.06 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | New Technology, Work and Employment | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0268-1072 / 1468-005X | Q1 13.3 | 3.19 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Work and Occupations | Sage Publications | 0730-8884 / 1552-8464 | Q1 9.1 | 2.84 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1038-4111 / 1744-7941 | Q1 9.7 | 1.35 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Career Development International | Emerald Group Publishing | 1362-0436 / 1758-6003 | Q1 7.7 | 1.39 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Career Development Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | 0889-4019 / 2161-0045 | Q2 3.8 | 0.81 | SSCI | – |
| 2 | Employee Relations | Emerald Group Publishing | 0142-5455 / 1758-7069 | Q1 7.4 | 0.92 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal | Springer International Publishing | 0892-7545 / 1573-3378 | Q1 6 | 0.60 | ESCI | C |
| 2 | German Journal of Human Resource Management | Sage Publications | 2397-0022 / 2397-0030 | Q1 8.5 | 1.23 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Human Resource Development International | Taylor & Francis Online | 1367-8868 / 1469-8374 | Q1 10.9 | 1.26 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Human Resource Development Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1044-8004 / 1532-1096 | Q1 11.6 | 1.52 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Human Resource Development Review | Sage Publications | 1534-4843 / 1552-6712 | Q1 10.5 | 1.19 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Industrielle Beziehungen | Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG | 0943-2779 / 1862-0035 | Q4 0.3 | 0.12 | – | – |
| 2 | International Journal of Manpower | Emerald Group Publishing | 0143-7720 / 1758-6577 | Q1 12.3 | 1.29 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | International Journal of Training and Development | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1360-3736 / 1468-2419 | Q2 3.6 | 0.53 | ESCI | C |
| 2 | International Labour Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0020-7780 / 1564-913X | Q2 5.6 | 0.68 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Global Mobility | Emerald Group Publishing | 2049-8799 / 2049-8802 | Q2 4.8 | 0.47 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Industrial Relations | Sage Publications | 0022-1856 / 1472-9269 | Q2 5.3 | 0.81 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Labor Research | Springer International Publishing | 0195-3613 / 1936-4768 | Q3 1.9 | 0.27 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Organizational Effectiveness | Emerald Group Publishing | 2051-6614 / 2051-6622 | Q1 8.1 | 0.85 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership | Emerald Publishing | 2514-7641 / 2514-765X | Q2 3.6 | 0.59 | – | – |
| 2 | Labor Studies Journal | Sage Publications | 0160-449X / 1538-9758 | Q2 1.5 | 0.41 | – | B |
| 2 | Labour and Industry | Taylor & Francis Online | 1030-1763 / 2325-5676 | Q2 2.8 | 0.34 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Personnel Review | Emerald Group Publishing | 0048-3486 / 1758-6933 | Q1 11.3 | 1.51 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Relations Industrielles | Industrial Relations Department, Universite Laval | 0034-379X / 1703-8138 | Q4 1.1 | 0.21 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Sociologie du Travail | Elsevier | 0038-0296 / 1777-5701 | Q4 0.2 | 0.12 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Transfer | Sage Publications | 1024-2589 / 1996-7284 | Q1 7.8 | 1.54 | SSCI | C |
| 2 | Work in the Global Economy | Policy Press | 2732-4176 | Q1 4.4 | 0.80 | – | – |
| 2 | Work, Aging and Retirement | Oxford University Press | 2054-4642 / 2054-4650 | Q1 6.5 | 1.40 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations | Emerald Publishing | 0742-6186 / 2514-3964 | – | – | – | – |
| 1 | AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS | UNISA PRESS | 2664-3731 | – | – | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Australian Journal of Labour Economics: a journal of labour economics and labour relations | Centre for Labour Market Research | 1328-1143 | – | – | – | B |
| 1 | Economic and Labour Relations Review | Sage Publications | 1035-3046 / 1838-2673 | Q2 2.7 | 0.46 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Evidence-based HRM | Emerald Group Publishing | 2049-3983 / 2049-3991 | Q2 3.8 | 0.48 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Indian Journal of Labour Economics | Springer International Publishing | 0019-5308 / 0971-7927 | Q3 2.1 | 0.41 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Industrial and Commercial Training | Emerald Publishing | 0019-7858 / 1758-5767 | Q1 5.5 | 0.67 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations | Kluwer Law International | 0952-617X / 1875-838X | Q2 1.8 | 0.25 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | International Journal of Employment Studies | International Employment Relations Association | 1039-6993 | – | – | – | C |
| 1 | International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd | 1479-4853 / 1479-4861 | Q3 2.5 | 0.23 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Work-Applied Management | Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. | 2205-149X / 2205-2062 | Q1 8.6 | 0.78 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Labour | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1121-7081 / 1467-9914 | Q3 1.3 | 0.29 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Management and Labour Studies | Sage Publications | 0258-042X / 2321-0710 | Q2 3.5 | 0.40 | – | C |
| 1 | Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management | Emerald Publishing | 0742-7301 / 2977-4209 | Q4 0.8 | – | – | – |
| 1 | SA Journal of Human Resource Management | AOSIS (Pty) Ltd | 1683-7584 / 2071-078X | Q2 2.7 | 0.37 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management | Sage Publications | 2322-0937 / 2349-5790 | Q2 5 | 0.51 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Team Performance Management | Emerald Group Publishing | 1352-7592 / 1758-6860 | – | 0.68 | – | C |
| 1 | Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation | Pluto Journals | 1745-641X / 1745-6428 | Q3 1.8 | 0.28 | ESCI | – |
Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide 2024, field Human Resource Management and Employment Studies (dataset 2026-10-04). SJR is from SCImago. 1 of these are also in the Financial Times 50. Confirm any grade on the official ABS guide ↗ before relying on it.