Human Relations works hard to provide authors with a timely decision and high-quality feedback on their submission. We also endeavour to provide prompt publication of accepted papers. Here are some indicators of our recent editorial performance:
Journal Quality Lists
Human Relations is an A* journal – the highest category of quality – in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List. Journals ranked A* represent approximately the top 6.8% of listed Business and Management journals.
Human Relations is ranked 4 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Academic Journal Guide 2021.
Human Relations is included in the FT50 list of journals used by the Financial Times in compiling the FT Research rank, included in the Global MBA, EMBA and Online MBA rankings.
Impact factor
2-year impact factor: 5.658
Ranked: 6/111 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary and 84/226 in Management
Total citations made in the JCR year to content published in a journal in the prior two years are divided by the number of articles and reviews published by the journal in the prior two years.
5-year impact factor: 6.620
Ranked: 5/111 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary and 82/226 in Management)
Total citations made in the JCR year to content published in a journal in the prior five years are divided by the number of articles and reviews published by the journal in the prior five years.
Source: 2021 Journal Citation Reports® (Web of Science Group, 2020).
Article usage
Over a million (1,020,525) Human Relations full-text articles downloaded by readers in 2021.
Acceptance rate
We received 1070 submissions in 2021 and accepted 6-7% of these articles.
Further statistics can be found here.
