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Journal of Research on Leadership Education

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1942-7751eISSN1942-7751

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.823

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.171

Total Worksi

371

Total Citationsi

6,124

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications371

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1942-7751 / 1942-7751

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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

266

2019

297

2020

404

2021

193

2022

2023

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.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducational Assessment and ImprovementCollaborative Teaching and InclusionReflective Practices in EducationEvaluation and Performance AssessmentEvaluation of Teaching PracticesCritical Race Theory in EducationHigher Education Research StudiesOnline and Blended LearningEducation and Critical Thinking Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Research on Leadership Education

Is Journal of Research on Leadership Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Research on Leadership Education: 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 Research on Leadership Education?

Journal of Research on Leadership Education 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 1.05.

Is Journal of Research on Leadership Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Research on Leadership Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Research on Leadership Education?