WoS ESCI Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #4,618CAS 2区Gold OA

Project Leadership and Society

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 1.036•SCImago Rank: #4,618•Identifier (ISSN):2666-7215(Online)•Articles / Year: 31•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,256 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q2

4.2

↓ -0.3

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

26 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ2

Self-Citation RateN/A

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessGold OA

31articles/year

100% Gold OA•0% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.50đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.2)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.50đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.5)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 0)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Project Leadership and Society is a leading international peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, clinical updates, and reviews indexed in Clarivate Web of Science (SCIE) with Q2 quartile ranking.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Computer science86.8%Economics75%Engineering72.1%Political science67.6%Business64.7%Management63.2%Biology55.9%Law54.4%Knowledge management52.9%Sociology48.5%Systems engineering48.5%Psychology47.1%Project management45.6%Mathematics42.6%Geography36.8%Public relations35.3%Philosophy35.3%Geology30.9%Process management30.9%Archaeology29.4%History29.4%Marketing27.9%Physics26.5%Social psychology26.5%Paleontology25%Statistics25%Ecology25%Medicine22.1%Social science22.1%Context (archaeology)22.1%Epistemology20.6%Pedagogy20.6%

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SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #4,618Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:2020-2025

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Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

1.036

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

5.15

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,256 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations708

3-Year Documents107

Citable Documents107

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate43.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Public AdministrationQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

2区 (Zone 2)Management

Minor Category (Specific Field):

3区BUSINESS

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Gold OA

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Indexing & Databases

DOAJPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
BUSINESS	JCRESCI	126/323	Q2
BUSINESS, FINANCE	JCRESCI	41/243	Q1
MANAGEMENT	JCRESCI	151/426	Q2
BUSINESS	JCIESCI	107/324	Q2
BUSINESS, FINANCE	JCIESCI	49/243	Q1
MANAGEMENT	JCIESCI	147/426	Q2