Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Educational Management Administration & Leadership
ISSN 1741-1432 · eISSN 1741-1440 · SAGE
Educational Management Administration & Leadership: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.59; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 122 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Educational Management Administration & Leadership is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion and Educational Assessment and Improvement, together about 44.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences30.2%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences7.3%
- Educational Assessment and ImprovementDecision Sciences7.3%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology5.3%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.6%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.4%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences3.9%
- Global Educational Policies and ReformsSocial Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.59LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 953OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 113LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,565 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 60 | 54 |
| 2025 | 122 | 60 | 434 |
| 2024 | 72 | 39 | 592 |
| 2023 | 67 | 37 | 995 |
| 2022 | 71 | 23 | 1,445 |
| 2021 | 88 | 40 | 2,432 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1741-1432
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-1440
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Educational Management Administration & Leadership
What CAS zone is Educational Management Administration & Leadership in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Educational Management Administration & Leadership is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Educational Management Administration & Leadership?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.59; CiteScore 11.2, h-index 95.
Which databases index Educational Management Administration & Leadership?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Educational Management Administration & Leadership is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Educational Management Administration & Leadership open access, and what is the APC?
Educational Management Administration & Leadership is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .