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Journal of Organizational Behavior
ISSN 0894-3796 · eISSN 1099-1379 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Organizational Behavior: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.49; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,250; median 539 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 5% (journal website); 114 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Organizational Behavior is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Gender Diversity and Inequality and Work-Family Balance Challenges, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Organizational Behavior aims to publish empirical reports and theoretical reviews of research in the field of organizational behavior, wherever in the world that work is conducted. The journal will focus on research and theory in all topics associated with organizational behavior within and across individual, group and organizational levels of analysis, including: At the individual level: personality, perception, beliefs, attitudes, values, motivation, career behavior, stress, emotions, judgment, and commitment. At the group level: size, composition, structure, leadership, power, group affect, and politics. At the organizational level: structure, change, goal-setting, creativity, and human resource management policies and practices. Across levels: decision-making, performance, job satisfaction, turnover and absenteeism, diversity, careers and career development, equal opportunities, work-life balance, identification, organizational culture and climate, inter-organizational processes, and multi-national and cross-national issues. Research methodologies in studies of organizational behavior. Full details of the new mission are outlined in the Editorial of Volume 29, Issue 1
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Laurie BarclayPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting29%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences6.8%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions4.6%
- Team Dynamics and PerformancePsychology4.2%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 8.49LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 319OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,308OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 51.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 92Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,399,750Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 45 | 32 |
| 2025 | 114 | 77 | 562 |
| 2024 | 98 | 73 | 1,394 |
| 2023 | 87 | 70 | 2,167 |
| 2022 | 99 | 42 | 2,865 |
| 2021 | 107 | 37 | 3,902 |
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
539 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 430 days – 688 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (85 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 567 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (198 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) 2025
- 5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 545 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 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 4,250 / EUR 3,520 / GBP 2,830 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- job annual review and conceptual development issueSubmissions to the JOB Annual Review and Conceptual Development Issue are now invited for consideration.Length not stated
- point/counterpointThe Point-Counterpoint (PCP) special feature publishes papers that provide opposing views on a given topic.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article Please format your manuscript using the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition (www.apastyle.or…Length not stated
- special issue articleSpecial Issue Article Please follow the guidelines for a Research ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Author name change Model summary
The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices)”
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
Manuscripts are judged on the significance of the contribution to the literature, the quality of analysis and the clarity of presentation. Papers are expected to demonstrate originality and meaningful engagement with the global literature.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- 0894-3796
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1379
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 7 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Organizational Behavior
What CAS zone is Journal of Organizational Behavior in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Organizational Behavior is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Psychology, Applied / Business / Management; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Organizational Behavior?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.49; CiteScore 14.2, h-index 319.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Organizational Behavior?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 539 days (interquartile range 430–688 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 5% (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.
Which databases index Journal of Organizational Behavior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Organizational Behavior is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Organizational Behavior open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Organizational Behavior is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,250.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .