Journal profile · Multiple
Work Aging and Retirement
ISSN 2054-4642 · eISSN 2054-4650 · Oxford University Press
Work Aging and Retirement: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,177; review about 5 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Work Aging and Retirement is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Employment and Welfare Studies and Aging and Gerontology Research, together about 53.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Work, Aging and Retirement provides a peer-reviewed forum for evidence-based, translational research on worker aging and retirement, with the goal of enhancing understanding of these phenomena. Work, Aging and Retirement reflects a broad community of professionals in the fields of psychology, sociology, economics, gerontology, business and management, and industrial labor relations. It aims to publish high-quality research that will generate interest from public policy makers, organizational decision makers, human resource professionals, and older worker advocates for the policy implications that these papers bear. Work, Aging and Retirement encourages an international perspective, publishing research and findings from various countries, regions, and entities that are governed by different socio-economic policies. Work, Aging and Retirement primarily considers empirical and theoretical investigations that enhance understanding of phenomena related to worker aging and retirement. These phenomena can be (1) at one or multiple levels—individuals, groups, organizations, regions or countries, and societies or cultures; or (2) in work settings such as business, education, training, health, service, government, or military institutions; or (3) in the public or private sector, for-profit or nonprofit. A non-exhaustive sampling of specific topic areas appropriate for this journal includes: Age discrimination at workplace; Age-related diversity issues at workplace; Aging and creativity, innovation, and adaptation; Aging and expertise and knowledge management; Aging and positive and negative work behaviors; Aging and the use of technology and work systems; Aging and training, learning, and skill acquisition; Aging and work stress, health, and well-being; Aging and work–family interface; Attitudes toward retirement; Early retirement; Employment after retirement; Gender roles in retirement; Health and financial well-being in retirement; Leisure activities in retirement; Mid and late career issues; Older workers’ abilities, personality, and other characteristics; Older workers’ job attitudes, affect, and emotions; Older workers’ work motivation; Performance measurement and management for older workers; Retirement adjustment; Retirement and family life; Retirement decision making; Retirement planning; Retirement-related human resource practices; Social security, pension systems, and retirement savings; Testing and personnel selection for older workers; The demography of
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Mo WangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Mainland China 2, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, South Korea 1, Canada 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences28.9%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions15.3%
- Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychology9.7%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions4.7%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 236OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 106,947Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 367 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 25 | 13 | 75 |
| 2024 | 25 | 14 | 149 |
| 2023 | 31 | 19 | 424 |
| 2022 | 36 | 16 | 457 |
| 2021 | 43 | 21 | 818 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Figures by source
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 38 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 | EUR 3,696 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- commentaryThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- literature reviewThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…Length not stated
- meta-analysisThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…Length not stated
- regular articleThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…Length not stated
- research reportThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- review articleThis journal publishes five types of articles. Empirical Articles: This journal publishes empirical articles that report (1) theoretically driven and rigorously…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Data availability Availability of Data and Materials
Where ethically feasible, the Journal strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. Authors are required to include a data availability statement in their paper. When data and software underlying the research article are available in an online source, authors should include a full citation in their reference list. Fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of accepted manuscripts must license copyright to Oxford University Press. However, authors have unlimited rights to republish their articles in volumes they write or edit and to duplicate the material for their own use in classroom activities. When articles are republished or duplicated under these circumstances, a citation to the previous publication in Work, Aging and Retirement is requ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Work, Aging and Retirement offers the option of publishing under either a standard licence or an open access licence. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution. Should you wish to publish your article open access, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Double anonymised peer review This journal operates double-anonymised peer review, meaning that the authors identity is hidden from reviewers, and the reviewers’ identities are hidden from authors. The Editor has oversight of the reviewers and the authors names. For full details about the peer review process, see Fair editing and peer review. OUP author FAQs.’
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Authors Self-Archiving/Advance Access Policy
For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 2054-4642
- Electronic ISSN
- 2054-4650
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Work Aging and Retirement
What CAS zone is Work Aging and Retirement in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Work Aging and Retirement is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Industrial Relations & Labor / Psychology, Applied / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Work Aging and Retirement?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.74; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Work Aging and Retirement?
The publisher reports about 5 days (submission to final decision). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Work Aging and Retirement?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Work Aging and Retirement based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Work Aging and Retirement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Work Aging and Retirement is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Work Aging and Retirement open access, and what is the APC?
Work Aging and Retirement is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,177.
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: .