Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
WORK AND STRESS
ISSN 0267-8373 · eISSN 1464-5335 · Taylor & Francis
WORK AND STRESS: CAS Zone 1 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.46; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 359 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 2% (journal website); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WORK AND STRESS is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management. It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. The journal publishes empirical (mainly quantitative) reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers. It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations. Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes. The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and and predictors, dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being. Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance. Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed. Please note that Work & Stress in general does not publish reearch relying solely on cross-sectional or time-lagged, self-report survey methods, although we may make an exception for manuscripts focusing on scale development. Readership Organizational and occupational health psychologists, ergonomists, human factors engineers, occupational health specialists, industrial and medical sociologists, occupational physicians, personnel managers, health and safety specialists, and trade unionists. Peer Review Integrity All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections, or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial Editor screening and anonymized refereeing by up to three independent, expert reviewers. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions may be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Editor-in-chief Toon TarisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Netherlands 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions21.1%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting15.4%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions8.7%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions7%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions6.4%
- Workplace Violence and BullyingSocial Sciences3.9%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Sleep and Work-Related FatiguePsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Applied | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Ergonomics Abstracts, Human Resources Abstracts, PASCAL, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Psychology Abstracts, PsycLIT, Occupational Safety and Health database (OSH-DB), Sociological Abstracts
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
- 5.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 15.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.76LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 2.76Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.54LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 3.54Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 879OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 362,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 362,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 16 | 9 |
| 2025 | 20 | 14 | 110 |
| 2024 | 24 | 19 | 230 |
| 2023 | 17 | 13 | 313 |
| 2022 | 24 | 19 | 871 |
| 2021 | 21 | 12 | 1,121 |
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 Crossref · to
359 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 270 days – 518 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (40 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 416 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (46 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- research articlesThe journal publishes empirical (mainly quantitative) reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Work & Stress is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Integrity
Peer review: double anonymized, up to three independent expert reviewers, initial editor screening; submissions via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections, or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial Editor screening and anonymized refereeing by up to three independent, expert reviewers. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions may be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0267-8373
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-5335
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WORK AND STRESS
What CAS zone is WORK AND STRESS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, WORK AND STRESS is in Zone 1 of Psychology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychology, Applied; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of WORK AND STRESS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.46; CiteScore 15.1, h-index 155.
How long does peer review take at WORK AND STRESS?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 359 days (interquartile range 270–518 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 2%. 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 JCR quartile is WORK AND STRESS in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Psychology.
Where are the editorial board members of WORK AND STRESS based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), United States (1) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index WORK AND STRESS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WORK AND STRESS is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is WORK AND STRESS open access, and what is the APC?
WORK AND STRESS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .