Research Guides: PSYC 4389: Organizational Leadership Capstone: Journals

Top 25 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
1997-2015. 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-present
Harvard business review
-Full text available from 1985-present
-IF(2009) 1.655
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
An annual publication that has published three online issues since 2010.
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-present
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
-Available in print from 1988-present at Lisle campus
-Available in print from 2008-present at Springfield campus
Organization & Environment
-Full text available from 1997-present
Organization Development Journal
-Full text available from 2004-present
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
From Business Source full text is available from 2001-2012 and indexing is available 2001-current. This is the best database to export citations from.
MIT Sloan Management Review
From 1980 to current. From this link the MIT Sloan Management Review accesses the publishers website and all content is available free in full text. Locate the volume and issue needed under Find an Issue. Click on the title of the article you want. Locate in the top left corner of page Buy or Download, click on Download. The PDF prompt appears allowing you to open or save the document.
Strategic Management Journal
-Full text available from 1996-present
-IF(2009) 4.464

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."

Journal Impact Factor Scores

Journal Citation Report - Quick Reference
Quick overview of JCR from the publisher Thomson Reuters.
Journal Impact Factor Scores
Compiled by Dr. Herman Aguinis Indiana University and Dr. Jeffery Pollack North Carolina State University using Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and covers the areas of Management, Applied Psychology, Business, Multidisciplinary Psychology and Mathematical Psychology. Special thanks to Dr. Jim Ludema and Deb Hellmuth.