Journal profile · Multiple
International Labour Review
ISSN 0020-7780 · eISSN 1564-913X · Wiley-Blackwell
International Labour Review: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.57; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Labour Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Employment and Welfare Studies, Labor Movements and Unions and International Labor and Employment Law, together about 42.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions16.5%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences16.2%
- International Labor and Employment LawSocial Sciences9.5%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences5.3%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 519OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 17.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 1,680 |
| 2024 | 37 | 18 | 75 |
| 2023 | 35 | 18 | 94 |
| 2022 | 40 | 15 | 240 |
| 2021 | 54 | 27 | 879 |
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 (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Double 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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / GBP 2,600 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0020-7780
- Electronic ISSN
- 1564-913X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Labour Review
What CAS zone is International Labour Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Labour Review is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / Industrial Relations & Labor. 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 Labour Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.57; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 77.
Which databases index International Labour Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Labour Review is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Labour Review open access, and what is the APC?
International Labour Review 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .