Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Workplace Health and Well-being, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Employment and Welfare Studies, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health (JWBH), a refereed scholarly global journal, is an essential guide to best practices and research supporting a variety of professionals, whose work is focused on the intersection of the holistic well-being of employees, family members, and work environments implementing innovative practices. The Journal is a vital resource of current workplace-focused practices that support employers, labor organizations and researchers, by addressing employees' work-related stress, behavioral health and well-being, family problems, interpersonal conflict, legal difficulties, grief and loss, and a variety of organizational issues impacting workplace environments. While a significant number of international submissions from scholars and practitioners, JWBH articles report on the advances of workplace-focused applications including policy, program, and interventions promoting well-being and behavioral health in areas including, but not limited to: Employee assistance programs (EAPs) Employee well-being Behavioral health Behavior risk Wellness Work/life Workplace stress Workplace Conflict, crisis and trauma A broad array of organizational development and leadership topics aimed at supporting the overall wellness and behavioral health of the workforce and their employers. Concise but informative, thorough but practical, the journal is a one-of-a-kind resource for staying up to date on advances in workplace behavioral health, employee assistance, and emerging innovations. Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous double anonymized review.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Editor-in-chief Jodi Jacobson FreyPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 32, Italy 4, Portugal 4, South Korea 3, Australia 3 (59 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PsycINFOPublisher website

Other: OCLC, CSA - Advanced Polymer Abstracts, Aerospace & High Technology Database, Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts, Composites Industry Abstracts, CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts, CSA Engineering Research Database, CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace, CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX, CSA Mechanical & Transporation Engineering Abstracts, CSA Technology Research Database, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Engineering Abstracts, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, Materials Business File, PAIS International, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, World Ceramics Abstracts (Online), Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, ArticleFirst, Electronic Collections Online, PsycFIRST, VINITI RAN

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

1.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.41Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.76LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.76Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

33OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

173OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

8.97%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

74LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

35Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Downloads per year (publisher)

111,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

19%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

33 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

178 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1555-5240

Electronic ISSN

1555-5259

Latest issue on the website

Volume 41, Issue 2 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website