Journal profile · Multiple
Human Relations
ISSN 0018-7267 · eISSN 1741-282X · SAGE
Human Relations: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.53; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Relations is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Management and Organizational Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Gender Diversity and Inequality, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Human Relations is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing the highest quality original research to advance our understanding of social relationships at and around work.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Smriti AnandPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting17%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting14.7%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences6.9%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions5.2%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Management Theory and PracticeBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Complex Systems and Decision MakingDecision Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 4.53LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 259OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,373OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 54.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,959 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 37 | 19 |
| 2025 | 56 | 39 | 192 |
| 2024 | 51 | 40 | 431 |
| 2023 | 45 | 32 | 856 |
| 2022 | 80 | 53 | 2,171 |
| 2021 | 90 | 53 | 3,094 |
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.
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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication ethics and antiplagiarism checks
Human Relations uses iThenticate CrossCheck™ antiplagiarism software to check if manuscript content has already been published elsewhere. Human Relations is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for journal editors. + more
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0018-7267
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-282X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Relations
What CAS zone is Human Relations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Human Relations is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Human Relations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.53; CiteScore 16.1, h-index 259.
Which databases index Human Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Relations is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Human Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Human Relations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .