Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Aims & Scope

Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice (IOP) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Industrial and Organizational Psychology focuses on interactive exchanges on topics of importance to science and practice in our field.The journal features focal articles which present new ideas or different takes on existing ideas that stimulate conversation on an important issue for the field (or potentially a pair of papers taking opposite sides in a debate).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.3
2024	11.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.176

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3676

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	437

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• The Meaning of Employee Engagement

  Citation: 1636

  Authors: William H., Benjamin

• An Inconvenient Truth: Arbitrary Distinctions Between Organizational, Mechanical Turk, and Other Convenience Samples

  Citation: 545

  Authors: Richard N., Tara S.

• Environmental Sustainability at Work: A Call to Action

  Citation: 413

  Authors: Deniz S., Stephan

• A Dialectic Perspective on Innovation: Conflicting Demands, Multiple Pathways, and Ambidexterity

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Ronald, Michael, Neil, Miriam, James

• Stubborn Reliance on Intuition and Subjectivity in Employee Selection

  Citation: 344

  Authors: Scott

• How Much Do We Really Know About Employee Resilience?

  Citation: 322

  Authors: Thomas W., Winny, Robert R., Matthew R., David M.

• Pandemics: Implications for research and practice in industrial and organizational psychology

  Citation: 300

  Authors: Cort W., Blake, Malissa, Guido, Andreas, Florian, Kristen, Mindy, Sabine, Hannes

• Emotional Intelligence: Toward Clarification of a Concept

  Citation: 260

  Authors: Cary

• Mindfulness at Work: A New Approach to Improving Individual and Organizational Performance

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Patrick K., R. Andrew, Maura J.

• Embedded Versus Peripheral Corporate Social Responsibility: Psychological Foundations

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Herman, Ante

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