Journal profile · Multiple
Work Employment and Society
ISSN 0950-0170 · eISSN 1469-8722 · SAGE
Work Employment and Society: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.72; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Work Employment and Society is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Labor Movements and Unions, Employment and Welfare Studies and Social Policy and Reform Studies, together about 43.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Work, Employment and Society is a leading international peer-reviewed journal of the British Sociological Association which publishes theoretically informed and original research on the sociology of work. Work, Employment and Society covers all aspects of work, employment and … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Laurie CohenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 72, Australia 8, United States 5, Germany 4, Italy 4 (120 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences17.8%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions17.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences9%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences6%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequalityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | 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
- 3.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,513OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 72.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,356 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 46 | 14 |
| 2025 | 76 | 53 | 107 |
| 2024 | 60 | 43 | 376 |
| 2023 | 66 | 47 | 736 |
| 2022 | 89 | 62 | 1,742 |
| 2021 | 115 | 78 | 2,140 |
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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Optional open access publishing via Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements; authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Model summary
This journal offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0950-0170
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8722
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Work Employment and Society
What CAS zone is Work Employment and Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Work Employment and Society is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Economics / Industrial Relations & Labor / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Work Employment and Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.72; CiteScore 9, h-index 136.
Where are the editorial board members of Work Employment and Society based?
Of the 120 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (72), Australia (8) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Work Employment and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Work Employment and Society is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Work Employment and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Work Employment and Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .