2022 Impact Factor 5.2 - values from Web of Science
2022 CiteScore 6.4 - values from Scopus
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.
Contributors should be aware that articles that fall outside the explicit aims and scope of the journal will not be considered
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal, including those that appear in special editions, undergo the same rigorous, peer-review process.
Initially, submitted articles will be considered by the editors and if it meets the aims and scope of the journal, it will then enter the formal peer reviewing process.
Based upon initial editors screening, two independent referees will be allocated for each paper. In the case of a difference of opinion, additional views will be sought from a third, qualified, referee. The refereeing process adheres to the highest international standards and ensures that all published work is of the best standard and quality.
"Leadership has become the strategy of the 21st century if we want large scale sustainable reform. School Leadership & Management is the one place to look if you want to be on the cutting edge of new advances in leadership development." Michael Fullan, Professor of Education, University of Toronto
Journal metrics
Usage
266K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.3 (2023) 5 year IF
8.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
3.424 (2023) SNIP
1.473 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
14 days avg. from submission to first
decision
59 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
12 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
18% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editors: Alma Harris - Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK Michelle Jones - Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
Book Review Editors: Sedat Gümüş - The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Nicola Sum - Monash University, Australia
Editorial Board: Donnie Adams - University of Melbourne, Australia Ingileif Ástvaldsdóttir - University of Iceland, Iceland Cecilia Azorín - University of Murcia, Spain Darren Bryant - Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mark Brundrett - Liverpool John Moores University, UK Carol Campbell - OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Paul Campbell - University of Glasgow, UK Amanda Datnow - University of California, San Diego, USA Clive Dimmock - University of Glasgow, UK Stephen Dinham - University of Melbourne, Australia Michael Fullan - OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Isak Froumin - Moscow School of Higher Economics, Russia Andy Hargreaves - Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA Philip Hallinger - Mahidol University, Thailand David Hopkins - University of Bolton, UK Stephan Huber - PH Zug, Switzerland Eithne Hughes - Association of School and College Leaders, UK Matt Hutt - University of South Wales, UK John Chi-Kin Lee - Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kenneth Leithwood - OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Gerry Mac Ruairc - NUI Galway, Ireland Margery McMahaon - University of Glasgow, UK Ann McIntyre - University of Sydney, Australia Leif Moos - Danish University of Education, Denmark Daniel Muijs - University of Southampton, UK Bill Mulford - University of Tasmania, Australia Joseph Murphy - Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, USA Bambang Sumintono - Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia Pak Tee Ng - National Institute of Education, Singapore Dong Nguyen - University of Durham, UK John Novak - Brock University, Canada Petros Pashiardis - Open University of Cyprus Vivienne Porritt - Education Consultant, Co-founder and National leader of #WomenEd, Chair of Governers Pasi Sahlberg - University of Southern Cross, Australia Lyn Sharrat - OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Dennis Shirley - Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA Guri Skedsmo - University of Olslo, Norway BetsAnn Smith - Michigan State University, Canada Andrea Stringer - Sydney, Australia John Smyth - University of Ballarat, Australia James P Spillane - Northwestern University, USA Nicola Sum - Monash University, Australia Paulo Volante Beach - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile Allan Walker - The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Yong Zhao - University of Kansas, USA and University of Melbourne, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
School Leadership & Management is indexed and abstracted in Academic Search; Australian Education Index (AEI); Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; British Education Index; EBSCO Online; EBSCO CD Rom Database; Education Journal; Educational Administration Abstracts; Educational Management Abstracts; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research); National Database for Research into International Education (NDRI); Research into Higher Education Abstracts; School Organisation and Management Abstracts and SCOPUS®
Open access
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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(1997 - current)
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(1981 - 1996)
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