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About the Human Relations format

Human Relations is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Management and Organizational Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Gender Diversity and Inequality. Over its lifetime it has published 4,945 papers, which have received 383,024 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Human Relations, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inManagement and Organizational Studies Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Gender Diversity and Inequality Employment and Welfare Studies Labor Movements and Unions
ISSN0018-7267
Citation impact (2-yr)3.64
h-index257
i10-index3,351
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Warwick
Journal websitewww.humanrelationsjournal.org
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Papers published in Human Relations per year

63
2014
102
2015
110
2016
76
2017
109
2018
95
2019
92
2020
90
2021
80
2022
45
2023
51
2024
55
2025

Citation impact of Human Relations by publication year

5.2K
2014
6.4K
2015
8K
2016
4.4K
2017
6.2K
2018
5.3K
2019
3.8K
2020
2.8K
2021
1.9K
2022
754
2023
336
2024
129
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Human Relations

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

Léon Festinger · 1 May 1954

Hypothesis I: There exists, in the human organism, a drive to evaluate his opinions and his abilities. While opinions and abilities may, at first glance, seem to be quite different things, there is a close functional tie between them. They act together in the manner in which they affect behavior. A person’s cognition (his opinions…

20,478 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Survey response rate levels and trends in organizational research

Yehuda Baruch, Brooks C. Holtom · 1 Aug 2008

This study examines the response rates for surveys used in organizational research. We analysed 1607 studies published in the years 2000 and 2005 in 17 refereed academic journals, and we identified 490 different studies that utilized surveys. We examined the response rates in these studies, which covered more than 100,000 organizations and 400,000 individual respondents.…

3,378 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Work/Family Border Theory: A New Theory of Work/Family Balance

Sue Campbell Clark · 1 Jun 2000

This article introduces work/family border theory - a new theory about work/family balance. According to the theory, people are daily border-crossers between the domains of work and family. The theory addresses how domain integration and segmentation, border creation and management, border-crosser participation, and relationships between border-crossers and others at work and home influence work/family balance.…

3,100 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Human Relations template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Human Relations format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Human Relations template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Human Relations use?
Human Relations uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Human Relations, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Human Relations?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Human Relations document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Human Relations template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Human Relations format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Human Relations?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Human Relations PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Human Relations template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Human Relations template cost?
You can start writing in the Human Relations template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Human Relations PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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