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Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,957Hybrid

School Leadership & Management

Identifier (ISSN):1363-2434(Print)/1364-2626(Online)
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Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
4.3↑ +1
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for School Leadership & Management

WoS Q1
13575.220232.820243.320254.32026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):4.3
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
1.348
#2,957

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
62

62 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ1
Self-Citation Rate21.4%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
20articles/year
23.68% Gold OA•83.33% Original Research

Aims & Scope

School Leadership & Management welcomes articles on all aspects of educational leadership and management. As a highly cited and internationally known SCOPUS journal, School Leadership and Management is fundamentally concerned with issues of leadership and management in classrooms, schools, and school systems. School Leadership & Management particularly welcomes articles that contribute to the field in the following ways: Scholarly articles that draw upon empirical evidence to provide new insights into leadership and management practices; Scholarly articles that explore alternative, critical, and re-conceptualised views of school leadership and management; Scholarly articles that provide state of the art reviews within an national or international context; Scholarly articles reporting new empirical findings that make an original contribution to the field; Scholarly articles that make a theoretical contribution which extends and deepens our understanding of the key issues associated with leadership, management, and the direct relationship with organisational change and improvement; Scholarly articles that focus primarily upon leadership and management issues but are aimed at academic, policymaking and practitioner audiences; Contributions from policymakers and practitioners, where there is a clear leadership and management focus. School Leadership & Management particularly welcomes: •articles that explore alternative, critical and re-conceptualised views of school leadership and management •articles that are written for academics but are aimed at both a practitioner and academic audience •contributions from practitioners, provided that the relationship between theory and practice is made explicit.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Sociology97.3%Psychology96.2%Pedagogy92.2%Political science92%Economics60.9%Law59.6%Public relations58.8%Mathematics53.9%Economic growth47.4%Mathematics education45.6%Educational leadership36.1%Management32.7%Computer science30.8%Philosophy29.6%Social psychology29.2%Instructional leadership29.1%Biology21.1%Medicine21%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Q1
Rank61/760
IndexESCI
JCRESCI2026

MANAGEMENT

Q2
Rank147/426
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Q2
Rank200/762
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

MANAGEMENT

Q2
Rank141/426
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF4.3
Articles / Year20
Total Citations9
2025
IF3.3
Articles / Year25
Total Citations69
2024
IF2.8
Articles / Year25
Total Citations200
2023
IF5.2
Articles / Year42
Total Citations641
2022
IF—
Articles / Year29
Total Citations536

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,957Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1996-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.348

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
5.45

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,496 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations571
3-Year Documents96
Citable Documents80

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate63.8%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1
EducationQ1
Strategy and ManagementQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 21.4%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Education
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

School Leadership & Management (ISSN: 1363-2434) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, published by Taylor & Francis in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.30, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.348 (Q1), an H-index of 62.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 20 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,496 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01