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Best Leadership and Management journals

41 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Leadership and Management. The top 41 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 10 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare 9.3 98th Q1 – – No
2 Journal of Nursing Management 8.4 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
3 International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
4 Health Information Management Journal 7 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 Healthcare (Switzerland) 5.5 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
6 Journal of Healthcare Leadership 5 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 Journal of Patient Safety 5 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice 5 81th Q1 ESCI – No
9 Health Care Management Review 4.8 79th Q1 SSCI A No
10 International Journal of Healthcare Management 4.6 76th Q1 ESCI C No
11 Population Health Management 3.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
12 NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 3.6 71th Q2 ESCI – No
13 Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 3.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
14 Journal of Patient Experience 3.3 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
15 Nursing Administration Quarterly 2.9 64th Q2 – – No
16 Journal of Hospital Medicine 2.9 62th Q2 SCIE – No
17 Journal of Healthcare Management 2.9 58th Q2 SSCI C No
18 Teaching and Learning in Nursing 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – No
19 BMJ Open Quality 2.8 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
20 Nursing Leadership 2.6 52th Q2 – – No
21 Journal of Nursing Administration 2.6 50th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
22 Chinese Journal of Nursing 2.4 47th Q3 – – No
23 BMJ Leader 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI – No
24 Quality Management in Health Care 2.2 42th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
25 Nurse Leader 2.2 40th Q3 ESCI – No
26 Home Health Care Management and Practice 2 37th Q3 ESCI – No
27 Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management 1.7 35th Q3 ESCI – No
28 Patient Experience Journal 1.7 32th Q3 ESCI – Yes
29 Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy 1.7 30th Q3 ESCI – No
30 Nursing Management 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
31 Journal for Nurses in Professional Development 1.5 25th Q3 ESCI – No
32 Nursing Management 1.3 23th Q4 – – No
33 Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
34 British Journal of Health Care Management 1.1 18th Q4 – C No
35 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 15th Q4 – – Yes
36 International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management 1.1 13th Q4 ESCI – No
37 Clinical Nurse Specialist 1 10th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
38 Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 0.8 8th Q4 – – No
39 Professional Case Management 0.7 6th Q4 ESCI – No
40 Journal of Health and Nursing Management 0.5 3th Q4 – – Yes
41 Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business 0.2 1th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Leadership and Management Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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