Human Relations

Human Relations is an international peer reviewed journal, which publishes the highest quality original research to advance our understanding of social relationships at and around work through theoretical development and empirical investigation. Scope Human Relations seeks high quality research papers that extend our knowledge of social relationships at work and organizational forms, practices and processes that affect the nature, structure and conditions of work and work organizations. Human Relations welcomes manuscripts that seek to cross disciplinary boundaries in order to develop new perspectives and insights into social relationships and relationships between people and organizations. Human Relations encourages strong empirical contributions that develop and extend theory as well as more conceptual papers that integrate, critique and expand existing theory. Human Relations welcomes critical reviews and essays: - Critical reviews advance a field through new theory, new methods, a novel synthesis of extant evidence, or a combination of two or three of these elements. Reviews that identify new research questions and that make links between management and organizations and the wider social sciences are particularly welcome. Surveys or overviews of a field are unlikely to meet these criteria. - Critical essays address contemporary scholarly issues and debates within the journal's scope. They are more controversial than conventional papers or reviews, and can be shorter. They argue a point of view, but must meet standards of academic rigour. Anyone with an idea for a critical essay is particularly encouraged to discuss it at an early stage with the Editor-in-Chief. Human Relations encourages research that relates social theory to social practice and translates knowledge about human relations into prospects for social action and policy-making that aims to improve working lives.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	1999	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2000	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2001	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2002	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2003	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2004	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2005	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2006	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2007	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2008	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2009	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2010	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2011	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2012	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2013	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2014	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2015	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2016	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2017	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2018	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2019	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2020	Q1
Management of Technology and Innovation	2021	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Strategy and Management	1999	Q1
Strategy and Management	2000	Q1
Strategy and Management	2001	Q1
Strategy and Management	2002	Q1
Strategy and Management	2003	Q1
Strategy and Management	2004	Q1
Strategy and Management	2005	Q1
Strategy and Management	2006	Q1
Strategy and Management	2007	Q1
Strategy and Management	2008	Q1
Strategy and Management	2009	Q1
Strategy and Management	2010	Q1
Strategy and Management	2011	Q1
Strategy and Management	2012	Q1
Strategy and Management	2013	Q1
Strategy and Management	2014	Q1
Strategy and Management	2015	Q1
Strategy and Management	2016	Q1
Strategy and Management	2017	Q1
Strategy and Management	2018	Q1
Strategy and Management	2019	Q1
Strategy and Management	2020	Q1
Strategy and Management	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.866
2000	1.191
2001	0.682
2002	1.391
2003	1.247
2004	0.922
2005	0.745
2006	1.076
2007	0.925
2008	1.426
2009	1.320
2010	1.595
2011	1.518
2012	2.017
2013	1.856
2014	2.240
2015	2.129
2016	1.913
2017	2.200
2018	2.440
2019	2.519
2020	2.910
2021	2.901

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	69
2000	57
2001	70
2002	54
2003	58
2004	63
2005	66
2006	68
2007	68
2008	66
2009	74
2010	83
2011	70
2012	72
2013	72
2014	61
2015	94
2016	91
2017	63
2018	66
2019	75
2020	66
2021	130

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.312
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.734
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.604
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.705
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	2.428
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	2.209
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	2.269
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.311
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.349
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.453
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.888
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.185
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.443
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.102
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.970
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.141
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.609
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.544
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.298
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	4.637
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.542
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	7.656
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.312
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.620
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.399
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.730
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	2.160
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.505
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.914
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.947
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.914
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.342
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.579
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.990
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.054
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.639
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.467
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.930
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.205
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	3.969
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	4.668
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	4.907
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	7.319
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.144
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.007
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.190
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.354
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.460
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.348
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.430
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.209
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.612
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.868
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.529
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.631
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.804
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.845
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.361
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.662
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.773
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	4.220
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	7.064

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	12
Self Cites	2000	30
Self Cites	2001	17
Self Cites	2002	23
Self Cites	2003	26
Self Cites	2004	24
Self Cites	2005	34
Self Cites	2006	26
Self Cites	2007	53
Self Cites	2008	31
Self Cites	2009	53
Self Cites	2010	54
Self Cites	2011	54
Self Cites	2012	73
Self Cites	2013	59
Self Cites	2014	60
Self Cites	2015	60
Self Cites	2016	82
Self Cites	2017	61
Self Cites	2018	70
Self Cites	2019	71
Self Cites	2020	51
Self Cites	2021	115
Total Cites	1999	269
Total Cites	2000	337
Total Cites	2001	277
Total Cites	2002	339
Total Cites	2003	391
Total Cites	2004	274
Total Cites	2005	335
Total Cites	2006	364
Total Cites	2007	377
Total Cites	2008	473
Total Cites	2009	521
Total Cites	2010	622
Total Cites	2011	681
Total Cites	2012	826
Total Cites	2013	780
Total Cites	2014	841
Total Cites	2015	862
Total Cites	2016	901
Total Cites	2017	984
Total Cites	2018	965
Total Cites	2019	1027
Total Cites	2020	1001
Total Cites	2021	1515

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.272
External Cites per document	2000	1.490
External Cites per document	2001	1.340
External Cites per document	2002	1.646
External Cites per document	2003	2.062
External Cites per document	2004	1.389
External Cites per document	2005	1.760
External Cites per document	2006	1.867
External Cites per document	2007	1.714
External Cites per document	2008	2.244
External Cites per document	2009	2.376
External Cites per document	2010	2.812
External Cites per document	2011	2.876
External Cites per document	2012	3.392
External Cites per document	2013	3.277
External Cites per document	2014	3.773
External Cites per document	2015	4.010
External Cites per document	2016	3.774
External Cites per document	2017	3.928
External Cites per document	2018	3.809
External Cites per document	2019	4.488
External Cites per document	2020	4.750
External Cites per document	2021	6.897
Cites per document	1999	1.312
Cites per document	2000	1.620
Cites per document	2001	1.399
Cites per document	2002	1.730
Cites per document	2003	2.160
Cites per document	2004	1.505
Cites per document	2005	1.914
Cites per document	2006	1.947
Cites per document	2007	1.914
Cites per document	2008	2.342
Cites per document	2009	2.579
Cites per document	2010	2.990
Cites per document	2011	3.054
Cites per document	2012	3.639
Cites per document	2013	3.467
Cites per document	2014	3.930
Cites per document	2015	4.205
Cites per document	2016	3.969
Cites per document	2017	4.000
Cites per document	2018	3.891
Cites per document	2019	4.668
Cites per document	2020	4.907
Cites per document	2021	7.319

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	8.70
2000	19.30
2001	12.86
2002	24.07
2003	17.24
2004	22.22
2005	15.15
2006	33.82
2007	19.12
2008	34.85
2009	24.32
2010	39.76
2011	17.14
2012	33.33
2013	40.28
2014	42.62
2015	41.49
2016	38.46
2017	34.92
2018	42.42
2019	48.00
2020	48.48
2021	44.62

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	3
Non-citable documents	2000	2
Non-citable documents	2001	4
Non-citable documents	2002	4
Non-citable documents	2003	4
Non-citable documents	2004	2
Non-citable documents	2005	4
Non-citable documents	2006	6
Non-citable documents	2007	8
Non-citable documents	2008	5
Non-citable documents	2009	5
Non-citable documents	2010	6
Non-citable documents	2011	5
Non-citable documents	2012	5
Non-citable documents	2013	5
Non-citable documents	2014	7
Non-citable documents	2015	5
Non-citable documents	2016	10
Non-citable documents	2017	11
Non-citable documents	2018	13
Non-citable documents	2019	7
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	4
Citable documents	1999	202
Citable documents	2000	206
Citable documents	2001	194
Citable documents	2002	192
Citable documents	2003	177
Citable documents	2004	180
Citable documents	2005	171
Citable documents	2006	181
Citable documents	2007	189
Citable documents	2008	197
Citable documents	2009	197
Citable documents	2010	202
Citable documents	2011	218
Citable documents	2012	222
Citable documents	2013	220
Citable documents	2014	207
Citable documents	2015	200
Citable documents	2016	217
Citable documents	2017	235
Citable documents	2018	235
Citable documents	2019	213
Citable documents	2020	200
Citable documents	2021	203

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	94
Uncited documents	2000	91
Uncited documents	2001	84
Uncited documents	2002	73
Uncited documents	2003	54
Uncited documents	2004	62
Uncited documents	2005	59
Uncited documents	2006	65
Uncited documents	2007	61
Uncited documents	2008	51
Uncited documents	2009	43
Uncited documents	2010	45
Uncited documents	2011	51
Uncited documents	2012	38
Uncited documents	2013	45
Uncited documents	2014	39
Uncited documents	2015	31
Uncited documents	2016	39
Uncited documents	2017	40
Uncited documents	2018	44
Uncited documents	2019	27
Uncited documents	2020	25
Uncited documents	2021	12
Cited documents	1999	111
Cited documents	2000	117
Cited documents	2001	114
Cited documents	2002	123
Cited documents	2003	127
Cited documents	2004	120
Cited documents	2005	116
Cited documents	2006	122
Cited documents	2007	136
Cited documents	2008	151
Cited documents	2009	159
Cited documents	2010	163
Cited documents	2011	172
Cited documents	2012	189
Cited documents	2013	180
Cited documents	2014	175
Cited documents	2015	174
Cited documents	2016	188
Cited documents	2017	206
Cited documents	2018	204
Cited documents	2019	193
Cited documents	2020	179
Cited documents	2021	195