School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Aims & Scope

School Effectiveness and School Improvement presents information on educational effectiveness, practice and policy-making across primary and secondary education.

The Editors believe that the educational progress of all students, regardless of family background and economic status, is the key indicator of effectiveness and improvement in schools.

School Effectiveness and School Improvement strives to explore this idea with manuscripts that cover a range of subjects within the area of educational effectiveness at the classroom, school or system level, including, but not limited to: Effective pedagogy Classroom climate School ethos and leadership School improvement and reform programmes Systemwide policy and reform The journal does not subscribe to any particular methodology, and publishes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies, literature reviews, historical overviews, case studies (except single case studies), theoretical and philosophical material and methodological papers, providing they are relevant to the field of educational effectiveness and demonstrate the rigour expected from a leading education journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.356

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	73

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2860

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	360

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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.

• Exploring the Principal's Contribution to School Effectiveness: 1980‐1995∗

  Citation: 685

  Authors: Philip, Ronald H.

• Transformational school leadership for large-scale reform: Effects on students, teachers, and their classroom practices

  Citation: 426

  Authors: Kenneth, Doris

• How does leadership affect student achievement? Results from a national US survey

  Citation: 351

  Authors: Karen, Beverly, Kyla

• State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning

  Citation: 324

  Authors: Daniel, Leonidas, Greetje, Bert, Helen, Lorna

• Transformational and transactional leadership effects on teachers' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior in primary schools: The Tanzanian case

  Citation: 321

  Authors: Samuel, Peter, Eddie

• Educational effectiveness research (EER): a state-of-the-art review

  Citation: 295

  Authors: David, Pam, Bieke, Jan, Tony, Charles, Sam

• Professional communities and student achievement – a meta-analysis

  Citation: 283

  Authors: Catalina, Roelande H., Roel J.

• Improving Schools in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Areas ? A Review of Research Evidence

  Citation: 261

  Authors: Daniel, Alma, Christopher, Louise, Jennifer

• Interpersonal Teacher Behaviour and Student Outcomes

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Perry, Mieke, Theo

• Transformational leadership and teacher commitment to organizational values: The mediating effects of collective teacher efficacy

  Citation: 224

  Authors: John A., Peter

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