Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
Journal of WorkApplied Management
ISSN 2205-2062 · eISSN 2205-149X · Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom
Journal of WorkApplied Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2026 Xinrui edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of WorkApplied Management is published by Emerald Publishing and is classed under Management in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education and Employability, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Innovative Education and Learning Practices, together about 33.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education and EmployabilitySocial Sciences14.2%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting9.7%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.4%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | 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
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
- 8.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 7 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 167 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 300 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 376 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 259 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 797 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Emerald Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2205-2062
- Electronic ISSN
- 2205-149X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 WorkApplied Management
What CAS zone is Journal of WorkApplied Management in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of WorkApplied Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Journal of WorkApplied Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of WorkApplied Management is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of WorkApplied Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of WorkApplied Management 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .