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School Leadership and Management

Brill Academic Publishers · United Kingdom · Est. 1991

ISSN1363-2434eISSN1364-2626

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

168

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 153d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.348

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.454

Total Worksi

1,095

Total Citationsi

35,798

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

School Leadership and Management tackles research works in educational leadership and educational management. The journal also explores topics under public relations research, strategic thinking, and action, and welcomes critical views of school leadership and management.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,095

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1363-2434 / 1364-2626

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

402

2021

527

2022

634

2023

196

2024

2025

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

EducationQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchManagement

Scopus Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Strategy and ManagementEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesCollaborative Teaching and InclusionEducation Systems and PolicyEducational Assessment and ImprovementEducational and Psychological AssessmentsParental Involvement in EducationInnovative Education and Learning PracticesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentOrganizational Learning and LeadershipEvaluation and Performance Assessment

Frequently asked questions about School Leadership and Management

Is School Leadership and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for School Leadership and Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of School Leadership and Management?

School Leadership and Management 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 3.33.

Is School Leadership and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

School Leadership and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.