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Status
Active
Coverage
2007–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
4.3
SJR · SCImago
0.549
Q2 SJR quartile
H-index
39
Best quartile
Q2 · 69th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | 101 / 330 | 69th | Q2 |
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Leadership in Health Services
Leadership in Health Services is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.3), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Group Publishing.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1751-1879Verify ISSN ↗1751-1887Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Scopus · Q2ABDC CABS / AJG 1WoS · ESCIONOS
4.3
CiteScore 2025
Q2
Best quartile
C
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2007
Field of research
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour (3507)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Emerald Group Publishing
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Public Sector and Health Care
1 = journals publishing recognised research of a more modest standard.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
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Quick answers
Is Leadership in Health Services indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.3.
What quartile is Leadership in Health Services in Scopus?
Leadership in Health Services is Q2 in Health Policy (rank 101 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Leadership in Health Services?
Leadership in Health Services is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.549, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 39.
Who publishes Leadership in Health Services and what is its ISSN?
Leadership in Health Services is published by Emerald Group Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1751-1879 and its online ISSN is 1751-1887.
Is Leadership in Health Services covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Leadership in Health Services in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Leadership in Health Services?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Leadership in Health Services?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Public Sector and Health Care field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Leadership in Health Services open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Leadership in Health Services? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Leadership in Health Services has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 2.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 327 Scopus journals in Health Policy.
57
h-index
2.52
2-yr mean citations
354
i10-index
954
works indexed
14,828
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#75 of 327 Top 23% Health Policy
Leadership in Health Services published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 48. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Leadership in Health Services? — latest 93 articles, 2024–2026
In its latest 93 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (12.4%), Finland (8.6%) and Saudi Arabia (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Leadership in Health Services? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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