Industrial and Commercial Training

The journal places an emphasis on bridging theory and practice and highlights the value of theory in informing practice-based approaches. Contributions are expected to spell out the relevance and implications of their studies for those involved in training. Coverage •Action Learning •Balanced Scorecard •Career Development •Change Management •Coaching •Competency based approaches to Training and Development •Creativity and Innovation •Cross-cultural Training •Diversity •Elearning and Blended Learning •Employability Initiatives •Employee and Job Engagement •Ethical issues in Training and Development •Evaluation of Training and Development •High Performance Work Systems •Human Capital •International issues in Training and Development •Knowledge Management •Leadership Development •Learning Organization •Management Development •Mentoring •Organizational Development •Organizational Learning •Performance Improvement •Public and Third Sector Training •Small Business Training Initiatives •Social Capital and Social Networks •Sustainability and Environmental Management Training •Talent Development •Team Development •Vocational Education and Training Too much training theory takes too long to read and may not have immediate practical advantages. This journal answers the need for a topical, relevant, wide-ranging and readable analysis of contemporary developments in training and development affecting how practice is delivered in organizational settings. The journal offers practical, evidence-based solutions to academics and practitioners for direct application in their organizations. It allows training professionals to take advantage of the newest ideas in developing the human resources within their company.

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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
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2003	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2004	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2014	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2015	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2016	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2018	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Education	1999	Q3
Education	2000	Q3
Education	2001	Q3
Education	2002	Q3
Education	2003	Q3
Education	2004	Q3
Education	2005	Q3
Education	2006	Q3
Education	2007	Q3
Education	2008	Q3
Education	2009	Q3
Education	2010	Q3
Education	2011	Q3
Education	2012	Q4
Education	2013	Q3
Education	2014	Q3
Education	2015	Q3
Education	2016	Q3
Education	2017	Q3
Education	2018	Q3
Education	2019	Q2
Education	2020	Q2
Education	2021	Q3
Education	2022	Q2
Education	2023	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	1999	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2000	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2001	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2002	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2003	Q4
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2004	Q4
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2005	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2006	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2007	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2008	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2009	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2010	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2011	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2012	Q4
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2013	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2014	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2015	Q4
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2016	Q4
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2017	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2018	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2019	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2020	Q2
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2021	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2022	Q3
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	2023	Q3

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	0.273
2000	0.196
2001	0.203
2002	0.202
2003	0.149
2004	0.153
2005	0.204
2006	0.194
2007	0.173
2008	0.231
2009	0.270
2010	0.285
2011	0.247
2012	0.156
2013	0.220
2014	0.211
2015	0.191
2016	0.199
2017	0.301
2018	0.265
2019	0.369
2020	0.460
2021	0.325
2022	0.442
2023	0.441

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	39
2000	35
2001	38
2002	46
2003	50
2004	103
2005	52
2006	50
2007	129
2008	51
2009	105
2010	114
2011	82
2012	125
2013	98
2014	52
2015	52
2016	59
2017	39
2018	33
2019	34
2020	25
2021	27
2022	28
2023	36

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	0.202
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.145
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.232
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.215
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.259
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.290
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.287
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.259
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.302
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.340
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.256
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.310
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.230
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.260
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.318
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.655
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.955
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.519
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.618
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.160
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.202
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.214
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.244
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.284
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.293
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.346
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.305
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.278
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.229
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.275
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.233
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.381
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.877
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.020
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.679
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.413
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.174
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.700
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.235
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.145
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.230
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.219
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.105
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.245
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.324
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.251
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.288
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.201
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.240
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.232
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.193
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.247
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.510
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.969
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.903
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.776
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.254
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.596
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.000

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	4
Self Cites	2000	2
Self Cites	2001	8
Self Cites	2002	4
Self Cites	2003	1
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	8
Self Cites	2007	2
Self Cites	2008	5
Self Cites	2009	9
Self Cites	2010	10
Self Cites	2011	5
Self Cites	2012	6
Self Cites	2013	9
Self Cites	2014	7
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	6
Self Cites	2017	15
Self Cites	2018	9
Self Cites	2019	11
Self Cites	2020	14
Self Cites	2021	11
Self Cites	2022	7
Self Cites	2023	20
Total Cites	1999	20
Total Cites	2000	18
Total Cites	2001	26
Total Cites	2002	24
Total Cites	2003	29
Total Cites	2004	38
Total Cites	2005	46
Total Cites	2006	60
Total Cites	2007	48
Total Cites	2008	80
Total Cites	2009	74
Total Cites	2010	87
Total Cites	2011	75
Total Cites	2012	69
Total Cites	2013	82
Total Cites	2014	84
Total Cites	2015	64
Total Cites	2016	77
Total Cites	2017	143
Total Cites	2018	153
Total Cites	2019	220
Total Cites	2020	239
Total Cites	2021	130
Total Cites	2022	187
Total Cites	2023	216

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	0.162
External Cites per document	2000	0.150
External Cites per document	2001	0.162
External Cites per document	2002	0.179
External Cites per document	2003	0.235
External Cites per document	2004	0.276
External Cites per document	2005	0.216
External Cites per document	2006	0.254
External Cites per document	2007	0.224
External Cites per document	2008	0.325
External Cites per document	2009	0.283
External Cites per document	2010	0.270
External Cites per document	2011	0.259
External Cites per document	2012	0.209
External Cites per document	2013	0.227
External Cites per document	2014	0.252
External Cites per document	2015	0.200
External Cites per document	2016	0.351
External Cites per document	2017	0.785
External Cites per document	2018	0.960
External Cites per document	2019	1.595
External Cites per document	2020	2.123
External Cites per document	2021	1.293
External Cites per document	2022	2.093
External Cites per document	2023	2.450
Cites per document	1999	0.202
Cites per document	2000	0.168
Cites per document	2001	0.234
Cites per document	2002	0.214
Cites per document	2003	0.244
Cites per document	2004	0.284
Cites per document	2005	0.231
Cites per document	2006	0.293
Cites per document	2007	0.234
Cites per document	2008	0.346
Cites per document	2009	0.322
Cites per document	2010	0.305
Cites per document	2011	0.278
Cites per document	2012	0.229
Cites per document	2013	0.255
Cites per document	2014	0.275
Cites per document	2015	0.233
Cites per document	2016	0.381
Cites per document	2017	0.877
Cites per document	2018	1.020
Cites per document	2019	1.679
Cites per document	2020	2.255
Cites per document	2021	1.413
Cites per document	2022	2.174
Cites per document	2023	2.700

% 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	5.13
2000	5.71
2001	2.63
2002	4.35
2003	4.00
2004	1.94
2005	1.92
2006	6.00
2007	1.55
2008	7.84
2009	0.95
2010	0.88
2011	2.44
2012	0.80
2013	2.04
2014	3.85
2015	19.23
2016	6.78
2017	7.69
2018	15.15
2019	2.94
2020	4.00
2021	11.11
2022	28.57
2023	16.67

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	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	0
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	99
Citable documents	2000	107
Citable documents	2001	111
Citable documents	2002	112
Citable documents	2003	118
Citable documents	2004	133
Citable documents	2005	198
Citable documents	2006	205
Citable documents	2007	205
Citable documents	2008	231
Citable documents	2009	230
Citable documents	2010	285
Citable documents	2011	270
Citable documents	2012	301
Citable documents	2013	321
Citable documents	2014	305
Citable documents	2015	275
Citable documents	2016	202
Citable documents	2017	163
Citable documents	2018	149
Citable documents	2019	130
Citable documents	2020	104
Citable documents	2021	91
Citable documents	2022	84
Citable documents	2023	79

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	82
Uncited documents	2000	92
Uncited documents	2001	91
Uncited documents	2002	90
Uncited documents	2003	97
Uncited documents	2004	104
Uncited documents	2005	170
Uncited documents	2006	161
Uncited documents	2007	176
Uncited documents	2008	193
Uncited documents	2009	185
Uncited documents	2010	234
Uncited documents	2011	221
Uncited documents	2012	257
Uncited documents	2013	269
Uncited documents	2014	256
Uncited documents	2015	229
Uncited documents	2016	155
Uncited documents	2017	101
Uncited documents	2018	81
Uncited documents	2019	56
Uncited documents	2020	33
Uncited documents	2021	38
Uncited documents	2022	27
Uncited documents	2023	22
Cited documents	1999	17
Cited documents	2000	15
Cited documents	2001	20
Cited documents	2002	22
Cited documents	2003	22
Cited documents	2004	30
Cited documents	2005	29
Cited documents	2006	44
Cited documents	2007	29
Cited documents	2008	38
Cited documents	2009	45
Cited documents	2010	51
Cited documents	2011	49
Cited documents	2012	44
Cited documents	2013	52
Cited documents	2014	49
Cited documents	2015	46
Cited documents	2016	47
Cited documents	2017	62
Cited documents	2018	69
Cited documents	2019	75
Cited documents	2020	73
Cited documents	2021	54
Cited documents	2022	59
Cited documents	2023	58