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: 4.5
Ranked: 6/263 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary and 99/410 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: 6.1
Source: 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Web of Science Group, 2022).
Article usage
1,013,079 Human Relations full-text articles downloaded by readers in 2023.
Acceptance rate
We received 1,415 submissions in 2023 and accepted 3% of these articles.
Further statistics can be found here.
