Research Guides: Business Administration Research Guide: Top 25: Business Journals

Business & Leadership Journals

The following publications have been recognized as top leadership journals. Click on a title to search for articles within that journal. Impact Factors (IF) from recent years are listed when available.

Academy of Management Journal
-Full text available from 1985-present
-IF(2009) 6.483
Academy of Management Learning & Education
Full text available from 2002-present
Academy of Management Perspectives
-Full text available from 2006-present
-IF(2009) 0.594
Academy of Management Review
-Full text available from 1985-present

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The mission of the Academy of Management Review (AMR) is to publish new theoretical insights that advance our understanding of management and organizations.
Administrative Science Quarterly
-Full text available from 1985-present
-IF(2010) 3.684
Advancing Women in Leadership Journal
1997-2007. Link provides access to the current year. From current year page click on Archives tab to access previous years
Business Ethics Quarterly
-Full text available from 1991-present
-IF(2010) 3.256
Business Strategy & the Environment
-Full text available from 1996-present
California Management Review
-Full text available from 1985-present
-IF(2009) 1.983
Greener Management International
Full text available from 1996-2012
Harvard business review
-Full text available from 1985-present
-IF(2009) 1.655
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Full text 2005- present. The International Journal of Servant-Leadership is the leading journal in the field of servant-leadership, having achieved national recognition and international renown.
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
-Full text available from 1965-present
-IF(2010) 1.682
Journal of Applied Psychology
Full text available from 1965-present
Journal of Business Ethics
-Full text available from 1982-present
-IF(2010) 1.125
Journal of Change Management
Full text 2001-2013
Journal of Corporate Citizenship
-Full text available from 2004-2014
Journal of Industrial Ecology
-Full text available from 1997-present
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
-Full text available from 1999-present
Journal of Leadership Studies
-Full text available from 2007-present
Journal of Management Studies
Full text available 1997-present
Journal of Organizational Change Management
-Full text available from 1988-present
-IF(2009) 0.6
Leadership Quarterly
-Full text available from 1995-present
-IF(2009) 2.202

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This journal brings together a focus on leadership for scholars, consultants, practicing managers, executives and administrators, as well as those numerous university faculty members across the world who teach leadership as a college course. It provides timely publication of leadership research and applications and has a global reach. It also focuses on yearly reviews of a broad range of leadership topics on a rotating basis and emphasizes cutting edge areas through special issues.
OD Practitioner
-Full text available online from 2009-present
Organization & Environment
-Full text available from 1997-present
Organization Development Journal
-Full text available from 2004-2015
Organizational Dynamics
-Full text available from 1995-present
Organization Science
Full text available 1990-current
Organization Studies
Full text available 1999-current

MIT Sloan Management Review
A business journal that bridges the gap between management research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identify and understand significant trends in management. Full text from 1988-present.

Strategic Management Journal
-Full text available from 1996-present
-IF(2009) 4.464
Human Relations
Full text available from June 1947 - October 2016

Other Leadership Journals

Leadership & Organization Development Journal
-Full text available online from 1980-present
Organization Science
-Full text online from 1990-present with a 48 month embargo
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
-Articles must be requested via interlibrary loan
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership (JVBL) "promotes ethical and moral leadership and behavior by serving as a forum for ideas and the sharing of best practices." The JVBL is peer reviewed, open access and brought to you by ValpoScholar.
Gender in Management: An International Journal
"Gender in Management: An International Journal is committed to enabling the publication of high quality research, conceptual and thought pieces from both researchers and practitioners within the global gender in management field. GiM is the only journal which focuses on the subject of gender, grounded within management and leadership contexts."

Journals by Title

Go to Journals By Title Search and enter a journal title (e.g., Journal of Clinical Nursing) in the search box to find out if we subscribe to it. When full text is available, notice the date range below each database. You'll find that some databases hold more volumes than others. Click the database with the date range most appropriate for your topic.

ILLiad Interlibrary Loan

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