Journal profile · INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
British Journal of Industrial Relations
ISSN 0007-1080 · eISSN 1467-8543 · Wiley-Blackwell
British Journal of Industrial Relations: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.84; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,860; median 269 days to acceptance (58 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 62 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
British Journal of Industrial Relations is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Labor Movements and Unions, Employment and Welfare Studies and Social Policy and Reform Studies, together about 59.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal's purview includes work and employment, work organisation, employer practices, systems of representation and rights at work, trade unionism, state policies, and international organizations. These may intersect with social and economic issues such as work in developing countries, migrant workers, job quality, pay, gender, ethnicity, conflict, and injustice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Editor-in-chief Ryan LamarePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 17, United States 11, Germany 4, Canada 3, France 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences37.6%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions11.4%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences10.4%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences4.4%
- Political and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences3.7%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.7%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, RePEc
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.84LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2017
- 1.95Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2017
- 1.95Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 113OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,129OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 52Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 163,106Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,178 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 31 | 15 |
| 2025 | 62 | 34 | 78 |
| 2024 | 91 | 63 | 282 |
| 2023 | 62 | 37 | 229 |
| 2022 | 70 | 24 | 401 |
| 2021 | 79 | 24 | 447 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
269 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 16 days – 391 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 290 days
- Sample
- 58 articles with submission and acceptance dates (130 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 195 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,860 / EUR 3,260 / GBP 2,550 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted4
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
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- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/BJIR. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0007-1080
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-8543
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Industrial Relations
What CAS zone is British Journal of Industrial Relations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, British Journal of Industrial Relations is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Industrial Relations & Labor. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of British Journal of Industrial Relations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.84; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 113.
How long does peer review take at British Journal of Industrial Relations?
Based on the dates recorded on 58 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 269 days (interquartile range 16–391 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of British Journal of Industrial Relations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of British Journal of Industrial Relations based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (17), United States (11) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index British Journal of Industrial Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, British Journal of Industrial Relations is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is British Journal of Industrial Relations open access, and what is the APC?
British Journal of Industrial Relations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,860.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .