Journal of Industrial Relations
Last updated ISSN 0022-1856
Journal of Industrial Relations 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 Industrial Relations concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Australian History and Society
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- International Labor and Employment Law
- Education Systems and Policy
- Management and Organizational Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-1856, 1472-9296 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,682 |
| Publishing since | 1959 |
| Journal website | jir.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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