Journal profile
Labour Law Issues
ISSN 2421-2695 · University of Bologna · Italy
Labour Law Issues: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Labour Law Issues is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Labor Studies, Labor Law and Work Dynamics and Digital Economy and Work Transformation, together about 72.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Labour & Law Issues è una Rivista digitale che si occupa delle relazioni individuali e collettive di lavoro nell'ambito delle scienze giuridiche, economiche e sociali. Prediligendo un'analisi comparata ed interdisciplinare, LLI offre uno spazio aperto di riflessione sulle nuove identità del lavoro e sulle nuove socialità disegnate dalle dinamiche produttive contemporanee. La Rivista si rivolge a un pubblico scientifico-accademico e agli operatori del diritto.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Labor StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting31.3%
- Labor Law and Work DynamicsSocial Sciences28.7%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences12.9%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Polish Legal and Social IssuesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences3.5%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences2.4%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences2.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ACNP – Catalogo Nazionale dei Periodici, BASE – Bielefeld Academic Search Engine, EZB – Electronic Journals Library, University of Regensburg, Il Foro Italiano – Banche dati, Google Scholar – Academic search engine, Jisc Library Hub Discover, Mir@bel – (Re)cueillir les savoirs, Open Policy Finder – Open Access policies database, ROAD – Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources, Ulrichsweb – Global Serials DirectoryPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 295 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 33 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 45 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 53 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 31 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 97 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright without restrictions; preprint and postprint versions can be freely diffused. Model summary
Gli autori conservano i diritti di autore senza restrizioni e possono diffondere liberamente anche le versioni preprint e postprint del proprio contributo.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Model summary
L’Autore/l’Autrice accetta la pubblicazione del suo contributo in base alla licenza Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Norme relative all’Open Access
Open access policy for all contents. Model summary
La rivista segue una politica di “open access” a tutti i contenuti nella convinzione che un accesso libero e gratuito alla ricerca garantisca un maggiore scambio di saperi. L’Autore/l’Autrice accetta la pubblicazione del suo contributo in base alla licenza Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Questa consente download, riutilizzo, ristampa, modifica, distribuzione e/o copia dei c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Processo di Peer Review
I contributi sono sottoposti a peer review di due referees anonimi, esterni agli organi della Rivista, individuati dal Comitato scientifico sulla base delle specifiche competenze. In caso di disaccordo tra i valutatori, il contributo sarà sottoposto al giudizio di un terzo referee anonimo. La proposta di pubblicazione comporta per l’Autore/l’Autrice l’accettazione del processo di double blind peer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Long-term preservation strategy as part of AlmaDL Journals. Model summary
Come parte di AlmaDL Journals, la Rivista adotta una strategia per garantire la conservazione a lungo termine dei contenuti pubblicati.
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
- University of Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2421-2695
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Labour Law Issues
How long does peer review take at Labour Law Issues?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Labour Law Issues?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Labour Law Issues is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Labour Law Issues open access, and what is the APC?
Labour Law Issues 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, 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: .