Journal profile · INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Journal for Labour Market Research
ISSN 2510-5019 · eISSN 2510-5027 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Journal for Labour Market Research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 317 days to acceptance (52 articles, last 24 months); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal for Labour Market Research is published by SpringerOpen 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 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Employment and Welfare Studies and Social Policy and Reform Studies, together about 47% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal for Labour Market Research is a fully Open Access interdisciplinary journal in the field of labour market research. The journal is distinct from most others in the field, as it provides a platform for contributions from a broad range of academic disciplines. This is particularly true for contributions of economic or sociological origin and those dealing with the subject of labour relations. With its empirical and multidisciplinary orientation, the journal publishes papers concerning the labour market, employment, education/ training and careers. The journal follows international research standards and strives for international visibility. Papers dealing with country-specific labour market aspects are suitable if they adopt an innovative approach and address a topic of interest to a wider international audience. The editors encourage replication and meta studies, as well as studies based on international comparisons. Authors are expected to make their empirical data and replication files available in order to enhance transparency and reproducibility, whenever data sharing is legally and ethically possible. The Journal for Labour Market Research has a "No Revisions" option for submissions (see below). The open access fees for this journal are kindly sponsored by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). Authors don't have to pay for submission or publication. Up to Volume 44 (2011) the journal was published as "Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung" in German and English language. Officially cited as: J Labour Market Res No Revisions option - How it works Submitting authors can choose a "No Revisions" option (to be mentioned in the cover letter). This means that papers are either accepted (with max some minor revision suggestions) or rejected. There will be no request for a mandatory revision. Authors who receive an acceptance or a “minor revision” feedback will have the option of publishing the paper without any changes or, preferably, following the minor improvement suggestions. The latter, however, is not a condition for publication, the paper can also be resubmitted without any changes and will then be accepted and published without delay.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Editor-in-chief Joachim Möller FormerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 33, United States 4, United Kingdom 4, Netherlands 2, Spain 1 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions17.3%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences8.6%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences7.9%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences4.5%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
- German Economic Analysis & PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
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) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 178OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 391,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 421 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 47 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 137 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 244 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 186 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 407 |
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
317 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 207 days – 388 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (53 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 350 days
- Sample
- 52 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- original articleFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing expected when legally and ethically possible Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal for Labour Market Research articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Optional "No Revisions" track: accept or reject, no mandatory revision Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2510-5019
- Electronic ISSN
- 2510-5027
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal for Labour Market Research
What CAS zone is Journal for Labour Market Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal for Labour Market Research 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal for Labour Market Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal for Labour Market Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 52 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 317 days (interquartile range 207–388 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal for Labour Market Research based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (33), United States (4) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal for Labour Market Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal for Labour Market Research is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal for Labour Market Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal for Labour Market Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .