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SA Journal of Human Resource Management is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7), ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 1683-7584Verify ISSN ↗2071-078XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | 44 / 140 | 68th | Q2 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 140 / 254 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
SA Journal of Human Resource Management is Q2 in Demography (rank 44 of 140) and Q3 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 140 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
SA Journal of Human Resource Management 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 2.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.367, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$699 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.
SA Journal of Human Resource Management is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1683-7584 and its online ISSN is 2071-078X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Human Resource Management and Employment Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
SA Journal of Human Resource Management has an h-index of 51 and a 2-year mean of 3.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 137 Scopus journals in Demography.
SA Journal of Human Resource Management published 125 papers in 2025. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (54.5%), Indonesia (25.5%) and India (3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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