Educational Administration Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Educational Administration Quarterly presents prominent empirical and conceptual articles focused on timely and critical leadership and policy issues of educational organizations.

As an editorial team, we embrace traditional and emergent research paradigms, methods, and issues.

We particularly promote the publication of rigorous and relevant scholarly work that enhances linkages among and utility for educational policy, practice, and research arenas.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.740

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	101

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1833

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	396

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Leadership Types

  Citation: 1317

  Authors: Viviane M. J., Claire A., Kenneth J.

• Reassessing the Principal's Role in School Effectiveness: A Review of Empirical Research, 1980-1995

  Citation: 861

  Authors: Philip, Ronald H.

• Principal Leadership and School Performance: An Integration of Transformational and Instructional Leadership

  Citation: 804

  Authors: Helen M., Susan M.

• Social Justice Educational Leaders and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Social Justice Leadership

  Citation: 732

  Authors: George

• The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes

  Citation: 570

  Authors: Christopher, Qing, Pam

• The Instructional Management Role of the Principal

  Citation: 479

  Authors: Steven T., David C., Brian, Ginny V.

• Leadership for School Restructuring

  Citation: 444

  Authors: Kenneth

• Testing a Conception of How School Leadership Influences Student Learning

  Citation: 421

  Authors: Kenneth, Sarah, Doris

• Educational Leadership and Student Achievement: The Elusive Search for an Association

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Bob, Roel J., Meta L.

• How to Improve Teaching Practices

  Citation: 396

  Authors: Erik E. J., Peter J. C., Frans J., Thea T. D., Femke P.

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