Journal profile · INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Labour-England
ISSN 1121-7081 · eISSN 1467-9914 · Wiley-Blackwell
Labour-England: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Labour-England is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 market dynamics and wage inequality, Employment and Welfare Studies and Labor Movements and Unions, together about 40.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
LABOUR provides a forum for analysis and debate on issues concerning labour economics and industrial relations. The Journal publishes high quality contributions which combine economic theory and statistical methodology in order to analyse behaviour, institutions and policies relevant to the labour market.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24.1%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions9.8%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences7%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences4.3%
- Italy: Economic History and Contemporary IssuesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECEconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
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 (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 435OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 19Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 39,638Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,286 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 27 | 15 | 13 |
| 2024 | 27 | 20 | 49 |
| 2023 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 2022 | 29 | 15 | 90 |
| 2021 | 31 | 13 | 109 |
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 2,900 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics
- Authorship
Abstract limit 100 words. Model summary
An abstract of not more than 100 words should be included.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Original unpublished work; not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
The submission of a paper will automatically imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
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
- 1121-7081
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9914
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Labour-England
What CAS zone is Labour-England in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Labour-England 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 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Labour-England?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 62.
What are the manuscript requirements of Labour-England?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Labour-England?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Labour-England is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Labour-England open access, and what is the APC?
Labour-England is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .