Journal profile · Multiple
Human Resource Management Journal
ISSN 0954-5395 · eISSN 1748-8583 · Wiley-Blackwell
Human Resource Management Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.97; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,250; median 467 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 5% (journal website); 58 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Resource Management Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Employment and Welfare Studies and Labor Movements and Unions, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
From 2006, HRMJ has also broadened its editorial scope to become more globally orientated and has strengthened the international character of its Editorial Board. HRMJ seeks to publish scholarly articles on any aspect of employment studies but especially those focused on issues related to the management of people at work. Articles should make a substantive contribution to theory development on contemporary issues, incorporate rigorous use of theory and research, and offer well-founded conclusions with practical implications. Authors are encouraged to avoid the inherent biases of cross-sectional or single-source data, however, where such an approach can be justified through an appropriate research model or the potential for a novel theoretical contribution, such empirical studies will be considered provided sufficient steps have been taken to limit any potential bias. The journal is particularly interested in articles that will appeal to an international readership. Critical reviews are also welcomed, especially those pointing to how theory and practice can be developed further. Please read more about our submission types here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Pawan BudhwarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 36, United States 19, Ireland 8, Canada 7, Australia 7 (122 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting15.7%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions9.5%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences9.1%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences8%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Organizational Downsizing and RestructuringBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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 | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | 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 | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 7.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.01LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 134OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 946OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 49Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 637,849Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,444 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 30 | 16 |
| 2025 | 58 | 43 | 198 |
| 2024 | 48 | 43 | 380 |
| 2023 | 59 | 49 | 1,990 |
| 2022 | 63 | 43 | 1,559 |
| 2021 | 78 | 50 | 2,753 |
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
467 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 346 days – 597 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 490 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (110 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)
- 5%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 494 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 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 4,250 / EUR 3,570 / GBP 2,770 | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted16
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- hrm and small business or enterpriseSmall businesses are the backbone of economies worldwide, but they face distinct and often underexplored challenges in managing their most valuable asset—Human …Length not stated
- hypothesisArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- in theoryHRMJ encourages the submission of theory driven papers that integrate, elevate and deepen our understanding of management and organizations.Length not stated
- literature reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- methodology papersMethodology papers offer a clear methodological contribution and be of utility to research practice in HRM. They can be in any area of methodology pertinent to …Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers may take the form of a systematic review (which could l…Length not stated
- protocolArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- provocation papersProvocation papers stimulate debate in key areas of HRM by challenging conventional wisdom — theoretical, empirical, practical, or policy — and proposing new di…Length not stated
- registered reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- registered reportsTo promote replicability of quantitative research, Human Resource Management Journal now offers authors the option of publishing registered reports.Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…Length not stated
- review articleHRMJ seeks to publish literature review articles that make a significant contribution to theory development in Human Resource Management and the management of p…Length not stated
- special issue seriesHRMJ has an annual call for Special Issue proposals on themes related to the core aims and scope of the Journal.Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Original Articles Original Articles provide a theoretically-driven empirical or conceptual contribution. Conceptual papers m…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, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/HRMJ For help with submissions, please contact: HRMJ.journal@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees.Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as trans…
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
- 0954-5395
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-8583
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Resource Management Journal
What CAS zone is Human Resource Management Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Human Resource Management Journal is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Industrial Relations & Labor / 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 Resource Management Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.97; CiteScore 14.9, h-index 134.
How long does peer review take at Human Resource Management Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 467 days (interquartile range 346–597 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 5% (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 Human Resource Management Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: APA. 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 Human Resource Management Journal based?
Of the 122 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (36), United States (19) and Ireland (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Human Resource Management Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Resource Management Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Human Resource Management Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Human Resource Management Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,250.
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: .