Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Canadian Journal of Career Development
ISSN 1499-1845 · eISSN 1499-1853
Canadian Journal of Career Development: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canadian Journal of Career Development is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Career Development and Diversity, Higher Education and Employability and Human Resource and Talent Management, together about 61.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Submissions are open to articles that are Canadian and international in scope. The Journal is open access, multi-sectoral, and welcomes articles that deal with career development in its broadest sense. Authors are encouraged to submit articles dealing with career development in the corporate, non-profit, secondary education, post-secondary education and government sectors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Jennifer BrownePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences24.7%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences19.9%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting17.2%
- Mentoring and Academic DevelopmentPsychology5.2%
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and MotivationPsychology3.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting2.6%
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-beingPsychology2.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting1.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 139 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 19 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 47 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
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
- Submission to publication
- 120 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1
- articleSubmissions are open to manuscripts that are Canadian and international in scope. The Journal is multi-sectoral and welcomes articles that deal with career deve…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use The Impact of Generative AI and BI on Generation Z Career Motivation and Construction Industry Transitions
F.Henry Abanda (1) (1) Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics, Cameroon DOI record not available 136-163 Abstract Views : 96 Download : 12 PDF
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
The Canadian Journal of Career Development uses the Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative 4.0 International license CC By-NC-ND 4.0. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright to their work and grant the Canadian Journal of Career Development the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the above License that allows…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Journal & Publication Fees
The Canadian Journal of Career Development has been Dimond open-access from our launch in 2002. This means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Unless indicated, our Journal uses a Double-Blind Peer Review process. Neither author’s & reviewer’s will know of each others identity. This ensures that personal biases or conflicts of interest are removed from the evaluation process. We also work to ensure that reviewers are not from institutions that authors are also from.
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
- ISSN
- 1499-1845
- Electronic ISSN
- 1499-1853
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Career Development
What CAS zone is Canadian Journal of Career Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Canadian Journal of Career Development is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Applied. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Canadian Journal of Career Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canadian Journal of Career Development is indexed in ESCI.
Is Canadian Journal of Career Development open access, and what is the APC?
Canadian Journal of Career Development is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .