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Status
Active
Coverage
1987–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
15.1
SJR · SCImago
2.762
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
127
Best quartile
Q1 · 96th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Psychology | 9 / 258 | 96th | Q1 |
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Work and Stress
Work and Stress is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 15.1), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 4, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0267-8373Verify ISSN ↗1464-5335Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Scopus · Q1ABDC AABS / AJG 4WoS · SSCIONOS
15.1
CiteScore 2025
Q1
Best quartile
A
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1987
Field of research
Human resources and industrial relations (3505)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Taylor & Francis Online
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Psychology (Work and Organisational Psychology and Organisational Behaviour)
4 = top journals.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
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Quick answers
Is Work and Stress indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1987–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 15.1.
What quartile is Work and Stress in Scopus?
Work and Stress is Q1 in Applied Psychology (rank 9 of 258), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Work and Stress?
Work and Stress is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 15.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.762, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 127.
Who publishes Work and Stress and what is its ISSN?
Work and Stress is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 0267-8373 and its online ISSN is 1464-5335.
Is Work and Stress covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Work and Stress in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Work and Stress?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Human resources and industrial relations.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Work and Stress?
It is graded 4 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Psychology (Work and Organisational Psychology and Organisational Behaviour) field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Work and Stress open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Work and Stress? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Work and Stress has an h-index of 156 and a 2-year mean of 5.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 15.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #20 of 248 Scopus journals in Applied Psychology.
156
h-index
5.28
2-yr mean citations
878
i10-index
1,236
works indexed
96,962
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#20 of 248 Top 9% Applied Psychology
Work and Stress published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 37. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Who publishes in Work and Stress? — latest 99 articles, 2022–2026
In its latest 99 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Germany (13.2%), United Kingdom (12%) and Netherlands (11.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Work and Stress? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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