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Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1939-7089

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.539

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

1.765

Total Worksi

783

Total Citationsi

46,309

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications783

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-7089

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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

1.5k

2019

675

2020

2021

830

2022

446

2023

219

2024

152

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.

Business and International ManagementQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementPsychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorManagement and Organizational StudiesGender Diversity and InequalityWorkplace Spirituality and LeadershipEmotional Intelligence and PerformanceCultural Differences and ValuesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyInnovation and Knowledge ManagementManagement Theory and PracticeEthics in Business and Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Is Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies: 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 Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies?

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 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 3.67.

Is Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.