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Best Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management journals

252 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 64 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 61.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Human Resource Management Review 32.6 99th Q1 SSCI A No
3 Academy of Management Annals 27.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
4 Journal of Business Research 22.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Journal of Service Research 19.7 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
6 Leadership Quarterly 19.1 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Global Business and Organizational Excellence 16.7 97th Q1 C No
8 Human Resource Management 15 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Human Resource Management Journal 14.9 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Personnel Psychology 14.8 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
11 Journal of Organizational Behavior 14.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Organization and Environment 13.8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
13 International Journal of Human Resource Management 13.5 95th Q1 SSCI A No
14 Organization Theory 13.2 94th Q1 ESCI A Yes
15 Organization Science 12.8 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 Organizational Psychology Review 12.4 93th Q1 SSCI A No
17 International Journal of Manpower 12.3 93th Q1 SSCI A No
18 Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 11.9 93th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing 11.8 92th Q1 ESCI C No
20 Human Resource Development Quarterly 11.6 92th Q1 SSCI A No
21 Academy of Management Learning and Education 11.4 91th Q1 SSCI A* No
22 Organization Studies 11.4 91th Q1 SSCI A* No
23 Group and Organization Management 11.3 91th Q1 SSCI A No
24 Personnel Review 11.3 90th Q1 SSCI A No
25 International Journal of Engineering Business Management 11.2 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
26 European Journal of Management and Business Economics 11.2 89th Q1 ESCI B Yes
27 Human Resource Development International 10.9 89th Q1 ESCI B No
28 FIIB Business Review 10.7 89th Q1 ESCI B No
29 Human Resource Development Review 10.5 88th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Journal of Vocational Behavior 10.2 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Review of Public Personnel Administration 9.8 87th Q1 SSCI B No
32 European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 9.7 87th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Society and Business Review 9.7 87th Q1 ESCI B No
34 Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 9.7 86th Q1 SSCI A No
35 Information and Organization 9.6 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
36 Journal of Career Development 9.3 86th Q1 SSCI B No
37 International Journal of Organizational Analysis 9.1 85th Q1 ESCI B No
38 Work and Occupations 9.1 85th Q1 SSCI A No
39 Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 9.1 84th Q1 SSCI No
40 Work, Employment and Society 9 84th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Journal of Human Resources 8.8 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
42 Academy of Management Discoveries 8.7 83th Q1 SSCI A* No
43 Innovation and Management Review 8.6 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
44 Journal of Work-Applied Management 8.6 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
45 German Journal of Human Resource Management 8.5 82th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Journal of Organizational Effectiveness 8.1 82th Q1 ESCI B No
47 ILR Review 7.9 81th Q1 SSCI A* No
48 Transfer 7.8 81th Q1 SSCI C No
49 Career Development International 7.7 80th Q1 SSCI A No
50 Leadership and Organization Development Journal 7.7 80th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Measuring Business Excellence 7.6 80th Q1 ESCI B No
52 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 7.5 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
53 Journal of Organizational Change Management 7.4 79th Q1 SSCI B No
54 Employee Relations 7.4 78th Q1 SSCI A No
55 Gender, Work and Organization 7.4 78th Q1 SSCI A No
56 Sport Management Review 7.3 78th Q1 SSCI A No
57 Public Relations Review 7.3 77th Q1 SSCI A No
58 Learning Organization 7.2 77th Q1 ESCI C No
59 Accounting, Organizations and Society 7.1 76th Q1 SSCI A* No
60 Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 7.1 76th Q1 ESCI B No
61 Journal of Sport Management 7.1 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
62 International Organization 6.8 75th Q1 SSCI B No
63 Organizational Dynamics 6.8 75th Q1 SSCI A No
64 Public Personnel Management 6.7 75th Q1 SSCI B No
65 Cogent Business and Management 6.5 74th Q2 ESCI C Yes
66 Work, Aging and Retirement 6.5 74th Q2 SSCI B No
67 Advances in Developing Human Resources 6.3 73th Q2 ESCI C No
68 Baltic Journal of Management 6.3 73th Q2 SSCI B No
69 Corporate Communications 6.3 73th Q2 ESCI B No
70 Economic and Industrial Democracy 6.2 72th Q2 SSCI A No
71 Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 6 72th Q2 ESCI C No
72 International Journal of Educational Management 6 71th Q2 ESCI B No
73 Journal of Management and Organization 5.9 71th Q2 SSCI A No
74 International Journal of Law and Management 5.8 71th Q2 ESCI C No
75 EMJ - Engineering Management Journal 5.8 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
76 Cuadernos de Gestion 5.8 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
77 Managerial Auditing Journal 5.8 69th Q2 SSCI A No
78 Cross Cultural and Strategic Management 5.7 69th Q2 SSCI B No
79 Organization Management Journal 5.7 69th Q2 B Yes
80 Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 5.6 68th Q2 SSCI A* No
81 Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability 5.6 68th Q2 SSCI No
82 European Journal of Industrial Relations 5.6 67th Q2 SSCI A No
83 International Labour Review 5.6 67th Q2 SSCI B Yes
84 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 67th Q2 SSCI No
85 Journal of Managerial Psychology 5.5 66th Q2 SSCI B No
86 Industrial and Commercial Training 5.5 66th Q2 ESCI No
87 Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones 5.4 65th Q2 SSCI Yes
88 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 5.3 65th Q2 ESCI B No
89 Industrial Relations 5.3 65th Q2 SSCI A* No
90 Research in Organizational Behavior 5.1 64th Q2 SSCI A No
91 Coaching 5.1 64th Q2 ESCI No
92 South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 5 63th Q2 ESCI C No
93 Journal of Healthcare Leadership 5 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
94 Journal of Workplace Learning 4.9 63th Q2 ESCI C No
95 Journal of Global Mobility 4.8 62th Q2 ESCI B No
96 Action Research 4.8 62th Q2 SSCI No
97 Labour Economics 4.6 62th Q2 SSCI A* No
98 British Journal of Industrial Relations 4.5 61th Q2 SSCI A* No
99 Journal of Personnel Psychology 4.5 61th Q2 SSCI B No
100 Tertiary Education and Management 4.4 60th Q2 ESCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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