The aim of this exploratory study was to document aspects of research methodology for articles published in three educational leadership journals that are directed at emerging school leaders and the academic community that supports them. For articles published between 2013 and 2017, the research review surveyed types of studies, forms of data collection, participant characteristics, and method references cited. Qualitative work was more common than quantitative and mixed methods, with interviews and surveys as the most common data sources. While some articles included no methodological references, the majority of articles included recent citations, dominated by methods textbooks. Administrators and administrators in training were the most common groups of participants, but other demographic details on participants were irregularly included. Overall, the qualitative research showed greater variability in data collection than the quantitative research, with details on methodological design choices and practitioner-scholarship unevenly framed within the journals.