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Best Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management journals

252 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 64 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 61.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Human Resource Management Review 32.6 99th Q1 SSCI A No
3 Academy of Management Annals 27.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
4 Journal of Business Research 22.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Journal of Service Research 19.7 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
6 Leadership Quarterly 19.1 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Global Business and Organizational Excellence 16.7 97th Q1 – C No
8 Human Resource Management 15 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Human Resource Management Journal 14.9 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Personnel Psychology 14.8 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
11 Journal of Organizational Behavior 14.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Organization and Environment 13.8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
13 International Journal of Human Resource Management 13.5 95th Q1 SSCI A No
14 Organization Theory 13.2 94th Q1 ESCI A Yes
15 Organization Science 12.8 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 Organizational Psychology Review 12.4 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
17 International Journal of Manpower 12.3 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
18 Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 11.9 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
19 Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing 11.8 92nd Q1 ESCI C No
20 Human Resource Development Quarterly 11.6 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
21 Academy of Management Learning and Education 11.4 91st Q1 SSCI A* No
22 Organization Studies 11.4 91st Q1 SSCI A* No
23 Group and Organization Management 11.3 91st Q1 SSCI A No
24 Personnel Review 11.3 90th Q1 SSCI A No
25 International Journal of Engineering Business Management 11.2 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 European Journal of Management and Business Economics 11.2 89th Q1 ESCI B Yes
27 Human Resource Development International 10.9 89th Q1 ESCI B No
28 FIIB Business Review 10.7 89th Q1 ESCI B No
29 Human Resource Development Review 10.5 88th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Journal of Vocational Behavior 10.2 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Review of Public Personnel Administration 9.8 87th Q1 SSCI B No
32 European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 9.7 87th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Society and Business Review 9.7 87th Q1 ESCI B No
34 Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 9.7 86th Q1 SSCI A No
35 Information and Organization 9.6 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
36 Journal of Career Development 9.3 86th Q1 SSCI B No
37 International Journal of Organizational Analysis 9.1 85th Q1 ESCI B No
38 Work and Occupations 9.1 85th Q1 SSCI A No
39 Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 9.1 84th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Work, Employment and Society 9 84th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Journal of Human Resources 8.8 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
42 Academy of Management Discoveries 8.7 83rd Q1 SSCI A* No
43 Innovation and Management Review 8.6 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Journal of Work-Applied Management 8.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 German Journal of Human Resource Management 8.5 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
46 Journal of Organizational Effectiveness 8.1 82nd Q1 ESCI B No
47 ILR Review 7.9 81st Q1 SSCI A* No
48 Transfer 7.8 81st Q1 SSCI C No
49 Career Development International 7.7 80th Q1 SSCI A No
50 Leadership and Organization Development Journal 7.7 80th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Measuring Business Excellence 7.6 80th Q1 ESCI B No
52 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 7.5 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
53 Journal of Organizational Change Management 7.4 79th Q1 SSCI B No
54 Employee Relations 7.4 78th Q1 SSCI A No
55 Gender, Work and Organization 7.4 78th Q1 SSCI A No
56 Sport Management Review 7.3 78th Q1 SSCI A No
57 Public Relations Review 7.3 77th Q1 SSCI A No
58 Learning Organization 7.2 77th Q1 ESCI C No
59 Accounting, Organizations and Society 7.1 76th Q1 SSCI A* No
60 Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 7.1 76th Q1 ESCI B No
61 Journal of Sport Management 7.1 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
62 International Organization 6.8 75th Q1 SSCI B No
63 Organizational Dynamics 6.8 75th Q1 SSCI A No
64 Public Personnel Management 6.7 75th Q1 SSCI B No
65 Cogent Business and Management 6.5 74th Q2 ESCI C Yes
66 Work, Aging and Retirement 6.5 74th Q2 SSCI B No
67 Advances in Developing Human Resources 6.3 73rd Q2 ESCI C No
68 Baltic Journal of Management 6.3 73rd Q2 SSCI B No
69 Corporate Communications 6.3 73rd Q2 ESCI B No
70 Economic and Industrial Democracy 6.2 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
71 Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 6 72nd Q2 ESCI C No
72 International Journal of Educational Management 6 71st Q2 ESCI B No
73 Journal of Management and Organization 5.9 71st Q2 SSCI A No
74 International Journal of Law and Management 5.8 71st Q2 ESCI C No
75 EMJ - Engineering Management Journal 5.8 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
76 Cuadernos de Gestion 5.8 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Managerial Auditing Journal 5.8 69th Q2 SSCI A No
78 Cross Cultural and Strategic Management 5.7 69th Q2 SSCI B No
79 Organization Management Journal 5.7 69th Q2 – B Yes
80 Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 5.6 68th Q2 SSCI A* No
81 Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability 5.6 68th Q2 SSCI – No
82 European Journal of Industrial Relations 5.6 67th Q2 SSCI A No
83 International Labour Review 5.6 67th Q2 SSCI B Yes
84 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 67th Q2 SSCI – No
85 Journal of Managerial Psychology 5.5 66th Q2 SSCI B No
86 Industrial and Commercial Training 5.5 66th Q2 ESCI – No
87 Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones 5.4 65th Q2 SSCI – Yes
88 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 5.3 65th Q2 ESCI B No
89 Industrial Relations 5.3 65th Q2 SSCI A* No
90 Research in Organizational Behavior 5.1 64th Q2 SSCI A No
91 Coaching 5.1 64th Q2 ESCI – No
92 South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 5 63rd Q2 ESCI C No
93 Journal of Healthcare Leadership 5 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
94 Journal of Workplace Learning 4.9 63rd Q2 ESCI C No
95 Journal of Global Mobility 4.8 62nd Q2 ESCI B No
96 Action Research 4.8 62nd Q2 SSCI – No
97 Labour Economics 4.6 62nd Q2 SSCI A* No
98 British Journal of Industrial Relations 4.5 61st Q2 SSCI A* No
99 Journal of Personnel Psychology 4.5 61st Q2 SSCI B No
100 Tertiary Education and Management 4.4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
101 Work in the Global Economy 4.4 60th Q2 – – No
102 Public Relations Inquiry 4.3 60th Q2 ESCI B No
103 International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management 4.3 59th Q2 – – Yes
104 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 4.2 59th Q2 SSCI A* No
105 Journal of Professions and Organization 4.1 58th Q2 ESCI A No
106 Journal of Economic Inequality 4.1 58th Q2 SSCI A No
107 Knowledge and Performance Management 4.1 58th Q2 – – Yes
108 Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals 4 57th Q2 SSCI – No
109 Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management 4 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism 4 56th Q2 – B No
111 New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 4 56th Q2 – C Yes
112 Journal of Education and Work 3.9 56th Q2 ESCI B No
113 Business Ethics and Leadership 3.9 55th Q2 – C Yes
114 Career Development Quarterly 3.8 55th Q2 SSCI – No
115 Evidence-based HRM 3.8 54th Q2 ESCI B No
116 Australian Journal of Career Development 3.7 54th Q2 ESCI B No
117 International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 3.7 54th Q2 ESCI B No
118 Human Performance 3.6 53rd Q2 SSCI A No
119 International Journal of Training and Development 3.6 53rd Q2 ESCI C No
120 Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 3.6 52nd Q2 SSCI B No
121 Research in the Sociology of Organizations 3.6 52nd Q2 – B No
122 International Journal of Work Innovation 3.6 52nd Q2 – – No
123 Management and Labour Studies 3.5 51st Q2 – C No
124 Organizacija 3.5 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
125 Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administracion 3.4 50th Q2 SSCI – No
126 Journal of Health Organization and Management 3.3 50th Q2 SSCI B No
127 Intellectual Economics 3.3 50th Q2 – – No
128 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 3.3 49th Q3 SSCI A No
129 Polish Journal of Management Studies 3.1 49th Q3 ESCI – No
130 Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 3 49th Q3 – – Yes
131 Intangible Capital 3 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
132 Organization, Technology and Management in Construction 3 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
133 Culture and Organization 2.9 47th Q3 SSCI B No
134 Journal Of Organizational Behavior Research 2.9 47th Q3 – – No
135 International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior 2.8 47th Q3 ESCI C No
136 Labour and Industry 2.8 46th Q3 ESCI B No
137 Humanistic Management Journal 2.8 46th Q3 – – No
138 Journal of Project Management (Canada) 2.8 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
139 Economic and Labour Relations Review 2.7 45th Q3 SSCI B No
140 SA Journal of Human Resource Management 2.7 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
141 International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 2.7 44th Q3 ESCI – No
142 Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 2.7 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
143 Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 2.7 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
144 Insurance Markets and Companies 2.6 43rd Q3 – – Yes
145 SN Business and Economics 2.5 43rd Q3 – – No
146 Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI C No
147 Philosophy of Management 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI B No
148 International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital 2.5 41st Q3 ESCI – No
149 Journal for Labour Market Research 2.5 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
150 Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2.4 41st Q3 – – Yes
151 Palgrave Studies in Cross-Disciplinary Business Research, In Association with EuroMed Academy of Business 2.4 40th Q3 – – No
152 Compensation and Benefits Review 2.2 40th Q3 – C No
153 Journal of Human Values 2.2 39th Q3 ESCI – No
154 Journal of Organizational Ethnography 2.1 39th Q3 ESCI C No
155 Acta Commercii 2.1 39th Q3 – – Yes
156 Behavioral Research in Accounting 2 38th Q3 ESCI A No
157 IZA Journal of Development and Migration 2 38th Q3 – – No
158 IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 37th Q3 – – No
159 WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics 2 37th Q3 – – No
160 Journal of Employment Counseling 1.9 37th Q3 SSCI A No
161 Journal of Labor Research 1.9 36th Q3 SSCI B No
162 Management and Production Engineering Review 1.9 36th Q3 ESCI – No
163 Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie 1.9 36th Q3 SSCI – No
164 IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1.9 35th Q3 – A No
165 International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science 1.9 35th Q3 ESCI – No
166 Development and Learning in Organizations 1.8 34th Q3 – C No
167 Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 1.8 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
168 Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation 1.8 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
169 International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 1.8 33rd Q3 ESCI B No
170 Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition 1.8 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
171 Review of Industrial Organization 1.7 32nd Q3 SSCI A No
172 International Journal of Advanced Operations Management 1.7 32nd Q3 – – No
173 Handbook of Labor Economics 1.6 32nd Q3 – – No
174 International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation 1.6 31st Q3 – C No
175 Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia 1.6 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
176 European Journal of International Management 1.5 30th Q3 SSCI C No
177 International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
178 Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
179 Revista Galega de Economia 1.5 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
180 Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
181 Labor History 1.4 28th Q3 AHCI, SSCI A No
182 Business Lawyer 1.4 28th Q3 – A No
183 Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Organisationspsychologie 1.4 28th Q3 ESCI – No
184 RAE Revista de Administracao de Empresas 1.4 27th Q3 SSCI C Yes
185 American Business Review 1.4 27th Q3 – – Yes
186 International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management 1.4 26th Q3 – – No
187 International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
188 Nursing Management 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
189 International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion 1.3 25th Q3 – B No
190 Human Resources Management and Services 1.3 25th Q3 – – No
191 Business Management 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
192 Revue de l'Organisation Responsable 1.2 24th Q4 – – No
193 International Journal of Organizational Diversity 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
194 Relations Industrielles 1.1 23rd Q4 SSCI B No
195 International Journal of Public Policy and Administration Research 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
196 Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
197 Frontiers in Behavioral Economics 1.1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
198 PuntOorg International Journal 1 22nd Q4 – – No
199 CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance 1 21st Q4 – – No
200 Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales 1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
201 Journal of Intercollegiate Sport 1 21st Q4 – – Yes
202 Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering 1 20th Q4 – – No
203 Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations 1 20th Q4 – – No
204 Organization Development Journal 0.9 19th Q4 – C No
205 International Journal of Action Research 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
206 Psihologia Resurselor Umane 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
207 Journal of Cultural Marketing Strategy 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
208 Organizatsionnaya Psikhologiya 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – No
209 International Labor and Working-Class History 0.9 17th Q4 AHCI, SSCI B No
210 Research on Emotion in Organizations 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
211 Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
212 Dynamic Relationships Management Journal 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
213 Gedrag en Organisatie 0.8 16th Q4 SSCI – No
214 Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
215 Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
216 Sociologia del Lavoro 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
217 Journal of Retirement 0.7 14th Q4 – B No
218 Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
219 International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
220 Journal of Applied Sport Management 0.6 13th Q4 ESCI C No
221 Organizational Cultures 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
222 Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 0.6 12th Q4 – – Yes
223 Travail, Genre et Societes 0.6 12th Q4 SSCI – No
224 Revista de Contabilidade e Organizacoes 0.5 12th Q4 – – Yes
225 Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
226 Formation Emploi 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
227 Managing Global Transitions 0.5 10th Q4 – – Yes
228 Revue Internationale PME 0.5 10th Q4 ESCI – No
229 Forum Empresarial 0.5 9th Q4 – – Yes
230 Revista de Gestion Publica 0.4 9th Q4 ESCI – No
231 Labour History 0.4 8th Q4 SSCI A No
232 Revista Brasileira de Orientacao Profissional 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
233 World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
234 Public Administration, Governance and Globalization 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
235 Labour/Le Travail 0.3 7th Q4 AHCI, SSCI B No
236 @GRH 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
237 Industrielle Beziehungen 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
238 Journal of Global Tourism Research 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
239 Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
240 Pan-African Journal of Education and Social Sciences 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
241 E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies 0.3 4th Q4 ESCI – No
242 Travail et Emploi 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
243 Journal of Organizational Behavior Education 0.2 3rd Q4 – C No
244 Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
245 Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
246 Retraite et Societe 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
247 Labour History Review 0.1 2nd Q4 AHCI B No
248 Research in Organizational Change and Development 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
249 Palgrave Studies of Internationalization in Emerging Markets 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
250 Tamara 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
251 Touchpoint 0.1 0th Q4 – – No
252 Human Resource Management International Digest 0 0th Q4 – C No

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