International Journal of Leadership in Education is a forum for theoretical and practical discussions of educational leadership. The Journal presents:
cutting-edge writing on educational leadership, including instructional supervision, curriculum and teaching development, staff development, educational administration and more;
an alternative voice: reports of alternative theoretical perspectives, alternative methodologies, and alternative experiences of leadership;
a broad definition of leadership, including teachers-as-leaders, shared governance, site-based decision making, and community-school collaborations;
an international medium for the publication of theoretical and practical discussions of educational leadership, across a range of approaches, as these relate to ethical, political, epistemological and philosophical issues;
a forum for researchers and 'practitioner-researchers' to consider conceptual, methodological, and practical issues in a range of professional and service settings and sectors.
Each edition of the journal will be divided into three main sections:
1. Research This section will contain peer-reviewed 'reflexive' theoretically-based papers (around 5000-8000 words), debating and exploring theoretical and methodological issues, across a range of disciplines, methodological approaches and substantive topics. In addition, as the Editor deems appropriate, overview or review articles will be commissioned from a leading author, discussing debates or the state of the art in relation to an area of educational leadership.
2. Practice This section will contain shorter pieces from both academics and other practitioners (around 2000-5000 words) concerned with the application of research methodology among a range of professional and service sectors (for example, action research and practitioner research). These papers will be subject to peer or editorial review, as appropriate.
3. Commentary Timely, provocative, and profound commentary; which may elicit responses - a running dialogue. This is
approximately 2500-4000 words, no abstract.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least three anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
240K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.5 (2023) 5 year IF
5.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.334 (2023) SNIP
0.752 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
20% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
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.
Editor: Duncan Waite, Ph.D. Texas State University, Tel: 512-245-8918
Associate Editors:
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lvaro Gonz
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- Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Chile
Robert White -
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Assistant Editors: Katrina MacDonald -Deakin University, Australia Deniz Orücü - Baskent Universitesi, Turkey Livia Jesacher-Roessler -Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremburg Victoria Showunmi -University College London, United Kingdom Elson Szeto-The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Interim Assistant Editors
Köksal Banoğlu -Turkish Ministry of Education Pinyan Lin-University of Manchester Denise Mifsud - University of Bath
Editorial Assistant:
Shannon Belcher -Texas State University, USA
Editorial Board:
Elizabeth Adams St.Pierre-University of Georgia, Athens Alicia de Alba-Universidad Autonoma de Mexico Heriberto Arambula - At Large Carole Collins Ayanlaja-Eastern Illinois University, USA Gert Biesta-Brunel University, UK Jill Blackmore-Deakin University, Australia Maria Cecilia Bocchio-National University of Cordoba, Argentina Ira Bogotch-Florida Atlantic University, USA Jeffrey S. Brooks-RMIT, Australia Stephanie Chitpin-University of Ottawa, Canada Sonya Douglass Horsford-Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA Scott Eacott-University of New South Wales, Australia Lev Fishman-Samara State Pedagogical University, Russia Sydney Freeman-University of Idaho, USA Joaquín Gairín Sallán-Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain Marina Garcia-Carmona-University of Granada, Spain Peter Gronn-University of Cambridge, UK Andy Hargreaves-University of Ottawa, Canada Kathryn Herr-Montclair State University, USA Patrick Jenlink-Stephen F. Austin State University, USA Ibrahim M. Karkouti-The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Kenneth Leithwood-OISE, University of Toronto Cungang Liu-Shandong Yingcai University, China Shahid Mahmood-Institute of Leadership and Management, Pakistan Erica McWilliam-Queensland University of Technology, Australia Sefika Mertkan-Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey Jorunn Moller-University of Oslo, Norway Paul Newton-University of Saskatchewan, Canada Juan Manuel Niño-The University of Texas - San Antonio, USA Katarina Norberg-Umea University, Sweden Izhar Oplatka -Tel Aviv University, Israel Eugenie Samier-The British University, Dubai Jianping Shen-Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Ciaran Sugrue- University College Dublin, Ireland Khazima Tahir-University of Otago, New Zeland Selahattin Turan- Uludag University, Turkey Patricia Thomson- University of Nottingham, UK Wiel Veugelers- University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht & University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Akinyi Wadende- University of Kabianga, Kenya Allan Walker- Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong José Weinstein- Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Jane Wilkinson- Monash University, Australia Joseph Zajda- Australian Catholic University, Australia
Updated 06-05-2022
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Leadership in Education is indexed and abstracted in Australian Education Index (AEI); Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List; EBSCO; 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) and
SCOPUS®
.
Open access
International Journal of Leadership in Education 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.
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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)
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Print ISSN:
1360-3124
Online ISSN:
1464-5092
6 issues per year
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