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Research in Labor Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2). Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 0147-9121Verify ISSN ↗2977-4357Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 421 / 745 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Industrial Relations | 44 / 61 | 28th | Q3 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 582 / 755 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present (also 2006–2021, 1999–2004), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
Research in Labor Economics is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 421 of 745), Q3 in Industrial Relations (rank 44 of 61) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 582 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Research in Labor Economics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3, 43rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Research in Labor Economics is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0147-9121 and its online ISSN is 2977-4357.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Research in Labor Economics has an h-index of 51 and a 2-year mean of 1.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #247 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Research in Labor Economics published 9 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 78. 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.
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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