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International Journal of Public Leadership

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2056-4937

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.315

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.473

Total Worksi

271

Total Citationsi

2,664

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications271

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-4937

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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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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?

N/A

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

370

2019

615

2020

167

2021

100

2022

199

2023

127

2024

104

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.

Public AdministrationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorManagement and Organizational StudiesWorkplace Spirituality and LeadershipOrganizational Leadership and Management StrategiesEthics in Business and EducationNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringDisaster Management and ResilienceGender Diversity and InequalityPopulism, Right-Wing Movements

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Public Leadership

Is International Journal of Public Leadership a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Public Leadership: it is indexed in 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 International Journal of Public Leadership?

International Journal of Public Leadership is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.315.

Is International Journal of Public Leadership indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Public Leadership is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Public Leadership?