Journal profile · INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales
ISSN 1131-8635 · eISSN 1988-2572 · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales is published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid 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 Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies, Labor Law and Work Dynamics and Social Sciences and Policies, together about 42.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales (ISSN 1131-8635, ISSN-e 1988-2572) is a six-monthly journal that publishes articles on matters related to work, employment and labour relations with a multidisciplinary approach that covers Sociology, Law, Anthropology, Philosophy, Economics and Psychology. It aims to disseminate original studies that combine a high academic level with a simple style. It deals with labour relations issues in a broad sense, including social transformations of work and employment, gender relations and social policies of all types. Each issue comprises a section that deals with a specific topic, another that includes miscellaneous items, and finally a book review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 5, Argentina 1, Chile 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences20.3%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences12.3%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences9.9%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions7.6%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences7.3%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences6.9%
- Latin American socio-political dynamicsSocial Sciences5%
- Human Rights and ImmigrationSocial Sciences4.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 38Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 404 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 5 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 3 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 36 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 80 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 36 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 80–150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- review00 words and a maximum of 10,000 words. Reviews must not exceed 2,000 words and must analyse books related to the topics covered by themain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the …
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
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, French, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1131-8635
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-2572
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales
What CAS zone is Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales 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 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks. 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 Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 80–150 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; 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 Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (5), Argentina (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales open access, and what is the APC?
Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .