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Leadership

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1742-7150eISSN1742-7169

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.953

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SNIP

1.431

Total Works

1,557

Total Citations

26,337

2yr Mean Citedness

1.23

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores diverse facets of leadership, including critical perspectives on authoritarianism and populism, the impact of excessive accommodation, and the dynamics of leadership emergence in informal settings. It also examines the evolving relationship between human leaders and artificial intelligence, the complexities of ethical leadership, and enabling leadership within complex organizational systems. Further topics include collective leadership in the public sector, the intersection of political leadership and violence, and the development of intersectional complexity leadership. The journal also investigates leadership experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals and Indigenous women, as well as crisis leadership and the role of managers in collective leadership within healthcare.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,557

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1742-7150 / 1742-7169

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Management and Organizational StudiesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorManagement Theory and PracticeOrganizational Learning and LeadershipGender Diversity and InequalityEducation Systems and PolicyLeadership and Management in OrganizationsLeadership, Courage, and Heroism StudiesEducation, Leadership, and Health ResearchWorkplace Spirituality and Leadership