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Leadership and Policy in Schools

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1570-0763eISSN1744-5043

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.694

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.256

Total Worksi

916

Total Citationsi

17,661

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Leadership and Policy in Schools provides a forum for research on how school leaders and educational policies utilize resources. The journal covers topics such as pedagogy, public relations, educational leadership, instructional leadership, mathematics education, leadership style, and shared leadership.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications916

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1570-0763 / 1744-5043

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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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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

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

922

2019

812

2020

822

2021

527

2022

241

2023

273

2024

335

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.

EducationQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Strategy and ManagementEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducational Assessment and ImprovementSchool Choice and PerformanceCollaborative Teaching and InclusionParental Involvement in EducationEvaluation and Performance AssessmentEducational and Psychological AssessmentsEducation Systems and PolicyEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Leadership and Policy in Schools

Is Leadership and Policy in Schools a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Leadership and Policy in Schools: 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 and Policy in Schools?

Leadership and Policy in Schools 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 1.67.

Is Leadership and Policy in Schools indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Leadership and Policy in Schools is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.