Journal profile
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
ISSN 1941-8043 · National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions · United States
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 510 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy is published by National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, together about 40.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Widespread faculty collective bargaining is a relatively recent phenomenon in the history of American higher education. This phenomenon has largely paralleled what some have called the rise of the information age. Others have described it as part of a general trend toward business and industrial models of higher education organization and management. Scholarly inquiry and writing about collective bargaining in the academy were prevalent in the 1970s and into the 1980s as faculty collective bargaining gained momentum in the United States. Since then, however, research and writing about collective bargaining in higher education has waned despite the fact that faculty unions occur in 33 states and the District of Columbia and that almost half of all faculty in the United States are unionized with the majority in four-year colleges and universities and a little less than half in community colleges. Currently diminished levels of scholarship and writing about collective bargaining in the academy belie its importance as both a possible contributor to and a potential cure for many of the issues confronting higher education in the twenty-first century. Therefore, the purpose of the Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy is to advance research and scholarly thought in academic collective bargaining and to make relevant and pragmatic peer-reviewed research readily accessible to practitioners and to scholars in the field. By invitation and by selection of competitively submitted articles, the editors will endeavor to present perspectives that span the spectrum of scholarly thought about academic collective bargaining past, present, and future. In so doing, controversy will not be seen as something to be avoided but a symptom of something that needs to be studied, explored, and better understood.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Gary RhoadesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.6%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences12%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.7%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences6.8%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.5%
- Plant Taxonomy and PhylogeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and faunaAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 42,969 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 528 | 528 | 15 |
| 2025 | 510 | 510 | 63 |
| 2024 | 120 | 120 | 87 |
| 2023 | 156 | 156 | 141 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | 108 |
| 2021 | 138 | 138 | 159 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer 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 | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted1
- reviewPromising manuscripts enter a double-blind review process involving at least two members of the editorial board. Reviewers comment on an article’s strengths and…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
No submission or article processing fees Model summary
JCBA does not charge article submission or article processing fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Authors assign copyright to the National Center, with personal-use exceptions Model summary
in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to the National Center all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, peer-reviewed Model summary
JCBA is an open access, peer-reviewed, online periodical
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review with at least two editorial board members; third review if recommendations not unanimous Model summary
Promising manuscripts enter a double-blind review process involving at least two members of the editorial board.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality detection software may be used at editors' discretion Model summary
Submitted manuscripts may be checked using originality detection software at the discretion of the editors.
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
- National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1941-8043
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
How long does peer review take at Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; 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.
Which databases index Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy 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, 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: .