About this journal
Aims and scope
The aim of this journal is to create an evidence base to support and inform practitioners, researchers and other stakeholders in the field of coaching in the workplace. This is an international, peer-reviewed journal with explicit focus on the theory, practice and research of workplace coaching. The journal is dedicated to the advancement of coaching research and practice with an international perspective.
We welcome well written, rigorous articles from a variety of theoretical and methodological traditions covering various aspects of coaching including:
- Coaching in the workplace
- Health coaching
- Coaching in education
- Executive/leadership/management coaching
- Team/group coaching
- Leader/manager as coach
- Coach training
- Technology/AI in coaching
- Coaching supervision
- Coaching skills and competencies
- Coaching praxis
- Challenges facing the coaching profession
This journal publishes original research, book reviews and invited papers. All articles should make an explicit link to coaching theory and practice. As such, it is relevant to academics, organisational coaches, life coaches, positive psychology practitioners and professionals working across a wide range of organisations.
Definition of Coaching: The editors define coaching as "a human development process that involves structured, focused interaction and the use of appropriate strategies, tools, and techniques to promote desirable and sustainable change for the benefit of the coachee and potentially for other stakeholders" (Bachkirova, Cox, & Clutterbuck, 2014, p. 1).
Affiliations: Coaching is affiliated with the internationally renowned organisation: the Association for Coaching. Established in 2002, the Association for Coaching, is a leading international, not-for-profit professional body dedicated to promoting excellence, ethics and mastery in coaching, worldwide.
Reviewers: This Journal gratefully acknowledges the contribution of our team of reviewers. We rely on the good will and collegiality of many academics from around the world.
Peer Review: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Coaching uses Routledge's Submission Portal to manage the submission process. The Submission Portal allows you to see your submissions across Routledge's journal portfolio in one place. To submit your manuscript please click here.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 91K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.280 (2023) SNIP
- 0.502 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 29 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 26% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Co-Editors-in-Chief:
Ioanna Iordanou - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Nicky Terblanche - University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Associate Editors:
Cathia Jenainati - Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Andrew Armatas - Execufront, Greece
Andrea Giraldez-Hayes - University of East London, UK
Senior Advisory Board:
Almuth McDowell - Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Jonathan Passmore - Henley Business School, UK
Book Review Editors:
Mary Briggs - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Consulting Editor
Stephen Palmer - City University London, UK
International Editorial Board:
Tatiana Bachkirova - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Robert Biswas-Diener - Portland State University, USA
Claire Collins - Henley Business School, UK
Barry Cripps - Cripps Performance Psychology, UK
Teresa Freire - University of Minho, Portugal
Kristina Gyllensten - Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Peter Hawkins - Henley Business School, UK
Christiana Iordanou - University of Kent, UK
Jennifer D. Irwin - Western University, Canada
Peter Jackson - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Carol Kauffman - Harvard Medical School, USA
Don Morrow - Western University, Canada
Sraban Mukherjee - CPC, PCC, India
Catherine Steele - University of Leicester, UK
Reinhard Stelter - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstracting and indexing
Coaching is currently abstracted and indexed in the following publications and databases:
- British Education Index
- Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods (9th Edition)
- CABI
- Chartered Association of Business Schools
- CINAHL
- Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- PsycINFO
- SCOPUS
Open access
Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- 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)
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Society information
Coaching: an international journal of Theory, Research & Practice is published in collaboration with the Association for Coaching.
Established in 2002, the Association for Coaching (AC), is a leading international, not-for-profit professional body dedicated to promoting excellence, ethics and mastery in coaching, worldwide.
Members of the AC receive online access to the journal as a member benefit and are offered a special subscription rate of £15/US$30 for print issues of the journal.
Contact [email protected] to subscribe.
Institute of Coaching
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Special subcription rates are available to members of the IAC and the ICF at £15/US$30. Contact [email protected] to subscribe.
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