Leadership and Policy in Schools

Aims & Scope

Leadership and Policy in Schools aims to provide a high-quality forum for educational researchers, practitioners and policymakers to publish analyses and research about how school leaders and educational policies utilize fiscal, material, and human resources to bring about change in education and effectiveness in schools.

The scope of the journal will encompass studies about leadership and policy in primary and secondary education, as well as in tertiary education, where appropriate.

Studies that utilize the school-site as their primary unit of analysis are of particular interest.

Such studies will include schools from diverse contexts in both the public and private sectors.

The editors welcome manuscripts from diverse disciplinary perspectives including economic, political, historical, demographic and financial analyses.

In addition to original research papers, we will accept other features such as essay and book reviews, meeting and conference reports, and responses from the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7908

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	400

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.714

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

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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 Business, Management and Accounting and 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.

• Instructional Leadership and the School Principal: A Passing Fancy that Refuses to Fade Away

  Citation: 467

  Authors: Philip

• A Review of Transformational School Leadership Research 1996–2005

  Citation: 364

  Authors: Kenneth, Doris

• Fostering Student Learning: The Relationship of Collective Teacher Efficacy and Student Achievement

  Citation: 296

  Authors: Megan, Marilyn

• Distributing Leadership to Make Schools Smarter: Taking the Ego Out of the System

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Kenneth, Blair, Tiiu, Robin, Nadeem, Anna

• Inclusive Leadership and Social Justice for Schools

  Citation: 163

  Authors: James

• Taking a Distributed Perspective to the School Principal's Workday

  Citation: 148

  Authors: James P., Eric M., Amber

• Principal Leadership: Creating a Culture of Academic Optimism to Improve Achievement for All Students

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Leigh, Wayne K.

• Leading Data Use in Schools: Organizational Conditions and Practices at the School and District Levels

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Stephen, Kenneth, Tiiu

• Assessing Learning-Centered Leadership: Connections to Research, Professional Standards, and Current Practices

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Ellen, Andrew, Joseph, Stephen N., Xiu

• From Instructional Leadership to Leadership Capabilities: Empirical Findings and Methodological Challenges

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Viviane M. J.

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