Journal profile · Multiple
Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance
ISSN 2330-3131 · eISSN 2330-314X · Taylor & Francis
Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.43; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 141 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Work Education and Practice, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering and Public Policy and Administration Research, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Human Service Organizations is a leading, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to current research and practice in nonprofit and public sector human service organizations. Since 1977, it has provided timely and relevant research for human service managers, researchers, and educators (originally established as Administration in Social Work). Building on a history of social service management, social policy implementation, and organizational research, the journal seeks manuscripts related to contemporary management, leadership, and governance issues facing human service organizations. Reflecting its status as the only journal dedicated specifically to the field of human service organizations, authors have contributed to an expanding knowledge base related to organizational adaptation to policies and fiscal demands, interorganizational dynamics, program development and implementation, managing human resources, diversity in organizational staff and service users, promoting and monitoring service quality and outcome measurement, and sharing new knowledge related to promising evidence-informed practices. The journal encourages authors to address emerging topics related to: managing and leading organizational innovations; the role of leaders in organizational change processes; collaboration and competition across public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors; strengthening organizational-environment relations that promote community involvement in human service organizations; and methods for promoting the involvement of service users and other critical stakeholders in management and governance. The journal also seeks proposals for Special Issues that feature emerging issues related to redesigned workplaces, cloud-based information systems, financing human service organizations, leadership diversity, role of social media, and international contributions to the knowledge base of human service organizations. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review. Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief KAREN HOPKINSPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 30, Canada 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1, South Korea 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences15.9%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences13.4%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences5.3%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions5%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.6%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Child Welfare Information Gateway, CSA Social Services Abstracts, Current Abstracts, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, Human Resources Abstracts, H.W. Wilson Biography Index (BiographyInd), H.W. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega (MDI), H.W. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select (MD 5), H.W. Wilson Social Sciences Index Abstracts Full Text, Index Copernicus, Journal Citation Report/Social Sciences Edition, JournalSeek, Periodical Abstracts Research (PerAbs), ProQuest Research Library, Public Administration Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Social Scisearch, Sociological Abstracts, SWAN (Social Work Access Network)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.43LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.76Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 176OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 182,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 509 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 37 | 14 | 35 |
| 2024 | 37 | 12 | 108 |
| 2023 | 48 | 14 | 231 |
| 2022 | 20 | 3 | 153 |
| 2021 | 46 | 8 | 516 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (25% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 141 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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. Why choose open…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review. Model summary
All articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2330-3131
- Electronic ISSN
- 2330-314X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance
What CAS zone is Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Work / Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.43; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance?
The publisher reports about 141 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Canada (2) and Hong Kong, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance open access, and what is the APC?
Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .