Journal of Professions and Organization

Aims & Scope

Journal of Professions and Organization (JPO) is the premier outlet for research on professional organizations, including their work, management and their broader social and economic role.

Whereas the focus will be on the organizational level, we maintain a broad interest in professionals, the professions, professionalization, professional practice and relevant work-place issues.

We are particularly receptive to interdisciplinary perspectives and contributions, with strong interests in all professional organizations, professional service firms (PSFs), and public sector professionals (PSPs).

While recognizing the importance of traditional professions, we welcome work on new professions, occupations claiming some professional status, and on knowledge workers more generally.

JPO is a catalyst for top quality scholarly research concerning professionals and their organizations.

We aim to connect to a number of important theoretical as well as organizational and managerial developments that are emerging in this field.

Current theoretical advances are building on institutional theory, and the sociology of organizations and markets.

JPO is a leading venue for these theoretical advances as they apply to professional organizations, PSFs and PSPs.

Further, there is a strong emphasis on developments in managerial practices and organizational forms relevant to these contexts.

And, importantly, JPO strives for a better understanding of the crucial role of professional organizations and occupations in the wider economic and social order.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3667

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	163

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.178

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

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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 Business, Management and Accounting, 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.

• Hybrid professionalism and beyond: (New) Forms of public professionalism in changing organizational and societal contexts

  Citation: 303

  Authors: Mirko

• Scripting professional identities: how individuals make sense of contradictory institutional logics

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Frans, Roy

• Epistemic arbitrage: Transnational professional knowledge in action

  Citation: 121

  Authors: L.

• Coping with contradictions: hybrid professionals managing institutional complexity

  Citation: 120

  Authors: M., C.

• Understanding professionals and their workplaces: The mission of the Journal of Professions and Organization

  Citation: 77

  Authors: D. M., H., D.

• Co-optation as a response to competing institutional logics: Professionals and managers in healthcare

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Thomas, Roy

• Measuring professional identity: a review of the literature and a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis of professional identity constructs

  Citation: 76

  Authors: J. B., J. C.

• Boundaries and professions: Toward a processual theory of action

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Sida

• A review of theories of professions, organizations and society: The case for neo-Weberianism, neo-institutionalism and eclecticism: Table 1.

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Mike

• Elite interviewing in professional organizations

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Laura

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