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29 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

29 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 1 are Q1 and 6 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.

29journals with no APC
1Q1 in this category
6Q2 in this category
22Q3 or Q4 in this category

Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 45% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in United Kingdom (10), Spain (5) and Slovenia (3). 100% accept manuscripts in English and 31% accept at least one other language.

All 29 free-to-publish journals in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Organization Theory
2631-7877
Q14.85243SAGE PublishingUnited Kingdom16 wk
2European Journal of Management and Business Economics
2444-8451 · 2444-8494
Q20.93743Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom43 wk
3Innovation & Management Review
2515-8961
Q20.77825Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom30 wk
4Journal of Work-Applied Management
2205-2062 · 2205-149X
Q20.77526Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom12 wk
5Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
1576-5962 · 2174-0534
Q20.72936Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridSpain36 wk
6International Labour Review
0020-7780 · 1564-913X
Q20.68159Open Library of HumanitiesUnited Kingdom30 wk
7Organization Management Journal
1541-6518
Q20.64228Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom8 wk
8Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión
1131-6837 · 1988-2157
Q30.47620Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)Spain30 wk
9New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
1550-333X · 2574-8904
Q30.44822Emerald PublishingUnited Kingdom12 wk
10Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability
1838-3815
Q30.43321Deakin UniversityAustralia8 wk
11Journal for Labour Market Research
2510-5027
Q30.42931SpringerOpenUnited Kingdom15 wk
12Organizacija
1581-1832
Q30.33924SciendoSlovenia16 wk
13European Journal of Family Business
2444-877X · 2444-8788
Q30.33818UMA EditorialSpain16 wk
14International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management
1753-0296
Q30.3323International Journal of Business Science and Applied ManagementUnited Kingdom10 wk
15Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
2381-3717
Q30.31115Midwest Public Affairs ConferenceUnited States16 wk
16Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
1745-641X · 1745-6428
Q30.27521Pluto JournalsUnited Kingdom36 wk
17Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales
1131-8635 · 1988-2572
Q30.26912Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain14 wk
18Journal of Intercollegiate Sport
1941-6342 · 1941-417X
Q30.2586University of Kansas LibrariesUnited States18 wk
19Journal of Project Management
2371-8366 · 2371-8374
Q30.25819Growing ScienceCanada16 wk
20American Business Review
0743-2348 · 2689-8810
Q30.2519Pompea College of BusinessUnited States8 wk
21Revista Galega de Economía
1132-2799 · 2255-5951
Q40.20713Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain22 wk
22Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
1898-0198
Q40.1958SciendoPoland32 wk
23RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas
0034-7590 · 2178-938X
Q40.19526Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São PauloBrazil32 wk
24Fórum Empresarial
1541-8561 · 2475-8752
Q40.182Universidad de Puerto RicoPuerto Rico16 wk
25Dynamic Relationships Management Journal (DRMJ)
2232-5867 · 2350-367X
Q40.1535Slovenian Academy of ManagementSlovenia12 wk
26Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
2717-4131 · 2588-6142
Q40.1414Ferdowsi University of MashhadIran12 wk
27Managing Global Transitions
1581-6311 · 1854-6935
Q40.1392University of PrimorskaSlovenia16 wk
28Pan-African Journal of Education and Social Sciences
2789-0058 · 2789-0066
Q40.1222Adventist University of AfricaKenya13 wk
29Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações
1982-6486
Q40.1145Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Brazil25 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. United Kingdom 10
  2. Spain 5
  3. Slovenia 3
  4. United States 3
  5. Brazil 2
  6. Australia 1

Top publishers

  1. Emerald Publishing 5
  2. Sciendo 2
  3. Adventist University of Africa 1
  4. Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 1
  5. Deakin University 1
  6. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 29
  2. Spanish 8
  3. Portuguese 4
  4. French 2
  5. Galician 1

About this list

Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.

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