Journal profile · MANAGEMENT
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN 0143-7739 · eISSN 1472-5347 · Emerald
Leadership & Organization Development Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.13; subscription journal; 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Leadership & Organization Development Journal is published by Emerald and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Management and Organizational Studies and Organizational Learning and Leadership, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MANAGEMENT
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting25.7%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Organizational Learning and LeadershipBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Workplace Spirituality and LeadershipSocial Sciences5.3%
- Emotional Intelligence and PerformancePsychology4.8%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.7%
- Organizational Leadership and Management StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Innovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | 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
- 4.13LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 135OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,486OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,566 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 16 | 60 |
| 2025 | 70 | 5 | 286 |
| 2024 | 87 | 14 | 813 |
| 2023 | 71 | 12 | 1,149 |
| 2022 | 73 | 10 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 72 | 11 | 2,678 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 0143-7739
- Electronic ISSN
- 1472-5347
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Leadership & Organization Development Journal
What CAS zone is Leadership & Organization Development Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Leadership & Organization Development Journal is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Leadership & Organization Development Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.13; CiteScore 7.7, h-index 135.
Which databases index Leadership & Organization Development Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Leadership & Organization Development Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Leadership & Organization Development Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Leadership & Organization Development Journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .