Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
International Journal of Training and Development
ISSN 1360-3736 · eISSN 1468-2419 · Wiley-Blackwell
International Journal of Training and Development: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 235 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Training and Development 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 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Higher Education and Employability, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Training and Development (IJTD) is an international forum for the reporting of high-quality research. Multidisciplinary, international and comparative in approach, the journal publishes research which ranges from the empirical, theoretical, conceptual and methodological to more policy-oriented types of work. The scope of the Journal is training and development, broadly defined. This includes: The aims and purposes of training and development interrogating the rationale for training and development activities understanding training and development in rapidly changing social, ecological and economic conditions interrogating the concepts of training and development and how these are deployed discursively The determinants of training identifying and analysing specific factors which give rise to a need for training and development as well as the processes by which those needs become defined, examining the potential for optimising training and analysing explanatory variables, the training and development implications of various techniques, such as appraisal and assessment, the analysis of competence Training and development practice the design, development and delivery of training, the learning and development process itself, including non-formal and informal learning, approaches to training and development, evaluation of training, trainers and their development needs Policy and strategy aims and scope of training providers organisational aspects of training and development public policy issues related to training and development the role of training and development within the wider education system infrastructure and technological needs issues relating to the training and development profession The Journal’s scope encompasses organisational, corporate, and public policy analysis. International and comparative work is particularly welcome, as is research which embraces emerging issues and developments.For details of the types of material published please see the author guidelines.The scope of the IJTD is not limited to the areas specified above and potential contributors should not be put off if their work falls outside those areas. The ultimate requirements are that the research lies within the training and development field and is of high quality. The IJTD’s emphasis Because the principal purpose of the IJTD is to encourage an international dialogue in the field of training and development, the editors are particularly interested i
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 5%); most named Germany 17, United Kingdom 8, United States 6, Mainland China 4, India 4 (76 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human Resource Development and Performance EvaluationPsychology18.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting9.7%
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences8.6%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences5.4%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial 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 | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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 (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 421OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 50Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 118,148Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 59 | 40 | 138 |
| 2024 | 30 | 19 | 66 |
| 2023 | 26 | 21 | 143 |
| 2022 | 44 | 28 | 376 |
| 2021 | 43 | 23 | 398 |
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
235 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 176 days – 300 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (75 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 254 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (82 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
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 244 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 2,900 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted2
- research articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Articles Report original, empirical research, whether qualitative or quantitative, including original use of existi…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Research Articles Report original, empirical research, whether qualitative or quantitative, including original use of existi…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/IJTD For help with submissions, please contact: IJTD.office@wiley.com For help with article preparation, Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, and fig…
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
- 1360-3736
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-2419
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Training and Development
What CAS zone is International Journal of Training and Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Training and Development is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Management. 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 International Journal of Training and Development?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 74.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Training and Development?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 235 days (interquartile range 176–300 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 International Journal of Training and Development?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 International Journal of Training and Development based?
Of the 76 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (17), United Kingdom (8) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Training and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Training and Development is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Training and Development open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Training and Development is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .