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Leadership Quarterly

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN1048-9843eISSN1873-3409
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
6.124
H-Indexi
275
SNIPi
3.826
Total Worksi
2,072
Total Citationsi
292,911
2yr Mean Citednessi
5.09
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Psychology, Applied; Applied Psychology; Business and International Management; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyBiannual
StatusActive
Total Publications2,072
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid
Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1048-9843 / 1873-3409
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
77
4.2k
2019
58
4.1k
2020
53
2.9k
2021
42
1.5k
2022
37
1.1k
2023
43
535
2024
34
141
2025
21
35
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Applied PsychologyQ1
Business and International ManagementQ1
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementPsychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologySociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorManagement and Organizational StudiesEmotional Intelligence and PerformanceGender Diversity and InequalityCultural Differences and Values

Frequently asked questions about Leadership Quarterly

Is Leadership Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Leadership Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Leadership Quarterly?

Leadership Quarterly is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.09.

Is Leadership Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Leadership Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Leadership Quarterly?

Subject areas: Management; Psychology, Applied; Applied Psychology; Business and International Management; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Sociology and Political Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref