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Nonprofit Management & Leadership
ISSN 1048-6682 · eISSN 1542-7854 · Wiley-Blackwell
Nonprofit Management & Leadership: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.79; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,460; median 472 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 75 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nonprofit Management & Leadership is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Religion, Society, and Development and Public Policy and Administration Research, together about 53.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nonprofit Management and Leadership (NML) publishes the field's best conceptual advances in understanding management, leadership, or governance of private nonprofit organizations. Each issue of NML offers readers the authoritative insights of top scholars on the common concerns of nonprofit managers, leaders, and boards in all private nonprofit settings, including social services, the arts, education, foundations, community development, religion, and member associations. The journal publishes full research monographs up to 10,000 words, and research notes up to 5,500 words. All research methods and approaches are welcome, so long as authors can articulate substantial advances in knowledge relevant to the field and implications for practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences40.9%
- Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.8%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences5.9%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.2%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Social Capital and NetworksSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | 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 | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 2.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 704OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 64Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 154,392Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,671 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 16 | 5 |
| 2025 | 75 | 45 | 111 |
| 2024 | 42 | 24 | 126 |
| 2023 | 67 | 40 | 491 |
| 2022 | 54 | 17 | 607 |
| 2021 | 49 | 16 | 548 |
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 · to
472 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 353 days – 660 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (81 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 498 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (114 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 525 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,460 / EUR 2,890 / GBP 2,330 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- research articleip are subject to rigorous peer review. Research articles should be up to 10,000 words and research notes up to 5,500 words, excluding abstract (2main text ≤ 10,000 words
- research noteContributions should be submitted as a research article (i.e., a full-length manuscript) or a research note.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Data availability, License & copyright
- AI use Nonprofit Management & Leadership Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy
Authors and Reviewers of Nonprofit Management & Leadership should follow these general guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence tools in their writing and reviews: authors should fully and transparently describe their uses, tools, and purposes for any use of generative AI tools or services in their research or in preparing any section of their manuscripts, generative AI tools, programs, an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
Data availability statement required; data should be archived in public repository when possible. Model summary
Nonprofit Management & Leadership expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository, whenever possible. Regardless of this choice, authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability sta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Signed Copyright Transfer Agreement
Copyright license agreement required via WALS upon acceptance. Model summary
If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS), they are required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper. General information regarding licensing and copyright is available here. Note that t…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1048-6682
- Electronic ISSN
- 1542-7854
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nonprofit Management & Leadership
What CAS zone is Nonprofit Management & Leadership in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nonprofit Management & Leadership is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Public Administration / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nonprofit Management & Leadership?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.79; CiteScore 5, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at Nonprofit Management & Leadership?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 472 days (interquartile range 353–660 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Nonprofit Management & Leadership?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Nonprofit Management & Leadership?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nonprofit Management & Leadership is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nonprofit Management & Leadership open access, and what is the APC?
Nonprofit Management & Leadership is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,460.
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: .