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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Roskilde University.
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ISSN 2245-0157Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Roskilde University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Relations | 38 / 61 | 38th | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 463 / 725 | 36th | Q3 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 166 / 254 | 34th | Q3 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 42 / 61 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies is Q3 in Industrial Relations (rank 38 of 61), Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 463 of 725) and Q3 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 166 of 254), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 38th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.354, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$377 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies is published by Roskilde University. Its ISSN is 2245-0157.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 0.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 57 Scopus journals in Industrial Relations.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 42. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Sweden (40.9%), Denmark (23.7%) and Finland (17.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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