The Journal of Human Resources
Publishing work in economics that employs the best available empirical methods.
Edited by Sandra E. Black, The University of Texas at Austin
ISSN: 0022-166X,
e-ISSN: 1548-8004
Published four times per year
The Journal of Human Resources is among the leading journals in empirical microeconomics. Intended for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners, each issue examines research in a variety of fields including labor economics, development economics, health economics, and the economics of education, discrimination, and retirement. Founded in 1965, the JHR features articles that make scientific contributions in research relevant to public policy practitioners.
JHR is one of the most highly cited journal in the Industrial Relations and Labor fields per ISI Journal Citation Reports. The 2011 ISI Journal Citation Reports© Ranking:
Labor & Industrial Relations: 1/2
Economics: 27/321
Impact Factor: 2.371
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.162
Special Issues:
Noncognitive Skills and Their Development: Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 43 #4
Cross-National Comparative Research Using Panel Surveys: Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 38 #2
Turnaround statistics for first-round submissions:
Average time to decision: 30.55 days
Median time to decision: 9 days
Acceptance rate: 5-8%
Awards
The Journals of Human Resources wins Emerald Management Reviews Citations of Excellence Awards for 2011

The Journal of Human Resources article, "Teachers and the gender gaps in student achievement" by Thomas S. Dee
(The Journal of Human Resources, Summer 2007, vol. XLII no. 3, p. 528-554, doi: 10.3368/jhr.XLII.3.528, http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/3/528.abstract) has won one of the prestigious Emerald Management Reviews Citations of Excellence Awards for 2011. It has been chosen as one of the top 50 articles with proven impact since its publication date (2007 in this case, to allow for citation impact to be accurately measured) from the top 300 management journals in the world.
Emerald Management Reviews is an abstracting and indexing database that covers every article in the top 300 business, management and economics journals worldwide including titles such as: Harvard Business Review; Journal of Finance; Journal of Marketing; Strategic Management Journal; MIT Sloan Management Review; Long Range Planning; Academy of Management Journal; and MIS Quarterly. 15,000 article abstracts are added to the database annually and so receiving a Citation of Excellence is an extraordinary achievement.
Now in e-book format: special issues of The Journal of Human Resources
Sample content from The Journal of Human Resources, without a subscription. These e-books, developed from topical, special issues of the journal, provide broadened access to the work of important thinkers and researchers who have applied their talents to topics of wide interest.
Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs, Special Issue of The Journal of Human Resources 38: Supplement (2003), Edited by John Karl Scholz and James P. Ziliak
Cross-National Comparative Research Using Panel Surveys, Special Issue of The Journal of Human Resources 38:2 (Spring 2003), Edited by James P. Smith, Frank Stafford, and James R. Walker
Noncognitive Skills and Their Development, Special Issue of The Journal of Human Resources 43:4 (Fall 2008), Edited by Thomas J. Kniesner and Bas ter Weel
In memoriam:
Former managing editor, Barbara Dennis.
Ordering Options
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Back Issues
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