Aims & Scope
Human Relations is an international peer reviewed journal, which publishes the highest quality original research to advance our understanding of social relationships at and around work through theoretical development and empirical investigation.
Scope Human Relations seeks high quality research papers that extend our knowledge of social relationships at work and organizational forms, practices and processes that affect the nature, structure and conditions of work and work organizations.
Human Relations welcomes manuscripts that seek to cross disciplinary boundaries in order to develop new perspectives and insights into social relationships and relationships between people and organizations.
Human Relations encourages strong empirical contributions that develop and extend theory as well as more conceptual papers that integrate, critique and expand existing theory.
Human Relations welcomes critical reviews and essays: - Critical reviews advance a field through new theory, new methods, a novel synthesis of extant evidence, or a combination of two or three of these elements.
Reviews that identify new research questions and that make links between management and organizations and the wider social sciences are particularly welcome.
Surveys or overviews of a field are unlikely to meet these criteria. - Critical essays address contemporary scholarly issues and debates within the journal's scope.
They are more controversial than conventional papers or reviews, and can be shorter.
They argue a point of view, but must meet standards of academic rigour.
Anyone with an idea for a critical essay is particularly encouraged to discuss it at an early stage with the Editor-in-Chief.
Human Relations encourages research that relates social theory to social practice and translates knowledge about human relations into prospects for social action and policy-making that aims to improve working lives.
View Aims & ScopeMetrics & Ranking
Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 4.50 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 4.148 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 171 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 390 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 2131 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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Survey response rate levels and trends in organizational research
Citation: 2199
Authors: Yehuda, Brooks C.
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Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting
Citation: 1733
Authors: E. L., K. W.
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Hofstede’s Model of National Cultural Differences and their Consequences: A Triumph of Faith - a Failure of Analysis
Citation: 1166
Authors: Brendan
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Creating Readiness for Organizational Change
Citation: 1136
Authors: Achilles A., Stanley G., Kevin W.