Impact Factor
3.50
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
3.83
270 total citations
h5-index
23
h5 depth signal
Cited share
84.5%
60 of 71
Total citations
270
Citation footprint
Metric signal
4.04
External metric anchor
Self-citation
8.5%
23 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
69
United States
62
Canada
61
Finland
39
Australia
28
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
310
Management Sciences
243
Healthcare Policy
99
Psychiatry & Psychology
54
Sociology
45
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
860
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
71
60 cited publications
Last 12 months
45
3.8 publications/month
Open access share
26.7%
12 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
69 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
310 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v20n1, 2007-
v20n1, 2007-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Management Sciences
Broad Categories
Health Services Research
Patient Care
Management Sciences
MeSH Descriptors
Health Services Administration
Leadership
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1108/lhs-05-2026-0098
Open DOI
Emotional competence in nurse managers: a scoping review of domains, conceptualisation, assessment and development
Purpose: This study aims to map emotional competence in nurse managers and examine how it is conceptualised, assessed and developed, including how it is differentiated from related constructs. Design/methodology/approach: A scoping revie...
02
DOI 10.1108/lhs-08-2025-0137
Open DOI
Exploring leadership strategies for telemedicine implementation and remote patient care in Ugandan healthcare clinics
Purpose: Telemedicine offers a promising avenue for improving healthcare access in low-resource settings, yet its adoption in Uganda remains uneven. Leadership is pivotal in shaping the successful implementation and management of telemed...
03
DOI 10.1108/lhs-03-2026-0059
Open DOI
Leadership under ethical constraint in health, disability and social care
Purpose: Leadership scholarship often assumes that leadership experience can be made visible through articulation, reflection and representational accounts. In health, disability and social care contexts, these assumptions may fail where...
04
DOI 10.1108/lhs-05-2026-0090
Open DOI
The effects of the Competent Manager Training Programme for the self-assessed management and leadership competencies of health and social care managers
Purpose: This study aims to describe the effects of the Competent Manager Training Programme on health and social care managers’ self-assessed management and leadership competencies before and after the programme. Design/methodology/appr...
05
DOI 10.1108/lhs-01-2026-0006
Open DOI
Leadership and psychological safety in healthcare: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Purpose: This systematic review aims to synthesize qualitative evidence on the role of leadership in fostering psychological safety among healthcare professionals to inform evidence-based interventions and leadership development programs...
06
DOI 10.1108/lhs-12-2025-0214
Open DOI
The silent struggle of employees under toxic leadership in the healthcare sector
Purpose: Employee silence is a significant organisational issue that can adversely affect effective communication, organisational learning and patient safety in healthcare organisations. Although existing research has revealed significan...
07
DOI 10.1108/lhs-02-2026-0032
Open DOI
Medical leadership between motivation and organisational support: findings from a contemporary survey
Purpose: Medical leadership is essential for high-value care, yet organisational conditions remain variable. This study aims to examine whether clinicians’ motivation and perceived readiness to lead are matched by enabling infrastructure...
08
DOI 10.1108/lhs-02-2026-0037
Open DOI
Buffering role of resilience: exploring the likely impact of exploitative leadership on workplace deviance behavior via emotional exhaustion
Purpose: The dynamic nature of the current corporate world has made employee reactions to leadership crucial to the sustainability of organizations. Emotional exhaustion (EE) that leads to deviant behaviors (DB) in the workplace is promo...
09
DOI 10.1108/lhs-02-2026-0041
Open DOI
Leadership research in nursing (2000–2024): a bibliometric analysis of global trends and thematic evolution
Purpose: Nursing leadership plays a critical role in shaping care quality, workforce well-being and organizational outcomes. Although research on nursing leadership has expanded substantially, a comprehensive overview of its long-term ev...
10
DOI 10.1108/lhs-02-2026-0036
Open DOI
Ethical deficits in poor physician leadership: a deductive content analysis of virtue ethics, consequentialism and deontological ethics
Purpose: This study aims to examine how virtue ethics, consequentialism and deontological ethics are violated in poor physician leadership. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews with 50 physicians across all career stag...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 20, no. 4 (2007).
Also issued online.