Journal of Career Development
Last updated ISSN 0894-8453
Journal of Career Development is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Career Development concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Career Development and Diversity
- Higher Education and Employability
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Education Systems and Policy
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0894-8453, 1556-0856, 1573-3548 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,277 |
| Publishing since | 1972 |
| Journal website | jcd.sagepub.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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