Leadership is the achievement of a goal under the control of human helpers. Paradoxically, military organizations are the finest example of a clumsy application of straightforward reward and punishment as motivational factors. Because of this, the way we typically think of "the leader" is as a military commander. This study conduct a bibliometric analysis using the Scopus database, focusing on 746 articles. The objectives of the study are: (1) to examine the trend of publications related to leadership; (2) to examine the highly cited authors related to leadership; (3) to examine the highly cited sources related to leadership; (4) to examine the highly cited countries related to leadership; (5) to examine the frequently used keywords related to leadership; and (6) to recommend future research opportunities related to leadership. Through this bibliometric analysis research gaps were unearthed. There is no empirical evidence of the military leadership and military intervention in a nomological network/conceptual framework in the Sri Lanka military context, perhaps in the international military context is the identified first research gap. There is no theoretical and empirical evidence of the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between military leadership and employee job performance in the Sri Lanka military context, perhaps in the international military context is the second research gap. Third research gap is there is no theoretical and empirical evidence of the impact of peace building on employee engagement in the Sri Lanka military context, perhaps in the international military context.