本研究以擇定之檢索策略，自ERIC資料庫取得38,230筆領導主題文獻，利用書目計量分析方法，探討ERIC資料庫時間範圍是「最早至2009年」之領導主題文獻特性，包括文獻之年代、語言、教育階段、出版類型，以及適合讀者的分布；再以布萊德福定律和布萊德福─齊夫定律圖解，驗證領導主題期刊文獻的分布情形，並分析領導主題核心期刊之特色；最後統計核心期刊1980年至2009年間刊載的文章中，於摘要明顯提及的領導理論或名詞，以找出新近領導主題的研究焦點，進而掌握未來領導研究的趨勢。 根據研究結果與分析，本研究之研究結論歸納如下： 一、領導主題文獻呈現穩定成長，其成長模式為指數模式。 二、英文是領導主題文獻的主要使用語言。 三、中小學教育乃是領導主題文獻最為關注的教育階段。 四、研究報告為領導主題文獻的主要傳播媒介。 五、實踐者是領導主題文獻最主要的適合讀者。 六、領導主題期刊文獻分布不符合布萊德福定律，但與布萊德福─齊夫定律圖解法相符，求得之核心期刊共有十三種。 七、核心期刊有出版國家和學科主題集中的情形。 八、教學領導、分散領導、教師領導、轉型領導、道德領導，以及交易領導為新近領導主題的焦點。 最後，本研究依據研究結果，針對資料庫製作者、圖書資訊服務界、研究者，以及未來研究等四方面，提出相關建議。 / The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of leadership topics literature from earliest to 2009 based on the theoretical perspectives of the bibliometrics. Five fields are used to compile statistics, including publication year, language, education level, publication type, and target audience. The scattering of leadership topics journal articles is examined by Bradford’s Law and Bradford-Zipf law, and the characteristics of core journals are analyzed. Finally, the study counts the leadership theories or ideas explicitly mentioned in abstracts of articles published by core journals from 1980 to 2009 to find out the focuses of the lately leadership topics, and have a better understanding of the developments and trends in leadership research. A total of 38,230 bibliographic records are retrieved from ERIC database. The study concludes as follows: 1.The overall growth of the leadership topics literature is stable, and the growth curve fits exponential growth. 2.English is the most often used language in leadership topics literature. 3.Elementary Secondary Education is the education level that leadership topics literature most concerns. 4.Reports are the major publication type of leadership topics literature. 5.Practitioners are the primary target audience of leadership topics literature. 6.The scattering of leadership topics journal articles doesn’t fit Bradford’s Law, but it fits the S-shaped curve of Bradford-Zipf law. According to Bradford’s verbal expression, there are 13 core journals in this study. 7.The core journals have the publication country and the discipline subject centralized situation. 8.The focuses of the lately leadership topics are instructional leadership, distributed leadership, teacher leadership, transformational leadership, moral leadership, and transactional leadership. According to the results, some suggestions were given for database provider, libraries or information service institutions, researchers, and further research.