Work and Stress

Aims & Scope

Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management.

It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.

The journal publishes empirical reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers.

It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations.

Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes.

The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being.

Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance.

Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6
2024	5.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.848

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	119

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	786

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	613

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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 Copenhagen Burnout Inventory: A new tool for the assessment of burnout

  Citation: 2086

  Authors: Tage S., Marianne, Ebbe, Karl B.

• Work engagement: An emerging concept in occupational health psychology

  Citation: 1460

  Authors: Arnold B., Wilmar B., Michael P., Toon W.

• The Job Demand-Control (-Support) Model and psychological well-being: A review of 20 years of empirical research

  Citation: 1248

  Authors: Margot, Stan

• Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment at work: Validity, factor structure and psychometric properties of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised

  Citation: 1096

  Authors: Staale, Helge, Guy

• The Job Demands-Resources model: A three-year cross-lagged study of burnout, depression, commitment, and work engagement

  Citation: 937

  Authors: Jari J., Wilmar B., Kirsi

• Explaining the relationships between job characteristics, burnout, and engagement: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction

  Citation: 800

  Authors: Anja, Maarten, Hans, Willy

• Ten years on: A review of recent research on the Job Demand–Control (-Support) model and psychological well-being

  Citation: 762

  Authors: Jan Alexander, Andreas, Miriam, Stefan

• Outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying: A meta-analytic review

  Citation: 653

  Authors: Morten Birkeland, Ståle

• Are leaders' well-being, behaviours and style associated with the affective well-being of their employees? A systematic review of three decades of research

  Citation: 602

  Authors: Janne, Karina, Vilhelm, Jaime

• The job demands-resources model: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies

  Citation: 572

  Authors: Tino, Burkhard, Christine

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