Journal profile · INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Journal of Labor and Society
ISSN 2471-4607 · eISSN 2667-3657 · Brill
Journal of Labor and Society: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,500; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Labor and Society is published by Brill 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 Movements and Unions, Political Economy and Marxism and Employment and Welfare Studies, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences32.8%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences8.3%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions7.8%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences4.6%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting3.3%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences3.2%
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 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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,534 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 32 | 5 | 28 |
| 2024 | 25 | 7 | 35 |
| 2023 | 39 | 18 | 53 |
| 2022 | 45 | 9 | 167 |
| 2021 | 50 | 7 | 317 |
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.
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 2,500 / EUR 2,083 / GBP 1,667 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 2471-4607
- Electronic ISSN
- 2667-3657
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Labor and Society
What CAS zone is Journal of Labor and Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Labor and Society 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.
Which databases index Journal of Labor and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Labor and Society is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Labor and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Labor and Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .