Journal profile · WOMENS STUDIES
Australian Feminist Studies
ISSN 0816-4649 · eISSN 1465-3303 · Taylor & Francis
Australian Feminist Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.16; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 147 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Feminist Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gender, Feminism, and Media, Australian History and Society and Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Australian Feminist Studies was launched in the summer of 1985 by the Research Centre for Women’s Studies at the University of Adelaide. During the subsequent three decades it has become a leading journal of feminist studies. The journal aims to: be a key forum for transformative feminist ideas and analyses, nationally and internationally contribute to setting the terms of Australian and international feminist debate be genuinely interdisciplinary in scope As an international, peer-reviewed journal, we promote innovative and field-defining feminist scholarship within and across academic disciplines. We invite original and challenging articles of the highest calibre on any topic that contributes to current and emerging theory and research of relevance to feminism. The journal publishes the following types of contributions: Research Articles Review Articles focusing on 3 or more recent books in a specific field of inquiry in feminist studies or a cognate field. Book Reviews focusing on one book. AFS does not accept unsolicited Book Reviews; authors interested in reviewing a specific recent feminist studies book should reach out to the Editors-in-Chief to discuss. Multimedia Reviews Multimedia Articles consisting of video, audio, or other viual or interactive media, podcasts, music, artwork or other creative media with feminist content. Poetry that is human-written and by established poets. Feminist Debates and Reflections which may be provocations, programmatic propositions, critiques, preliminary reflections on in-progress empirical inquiries, creative non-fiction or auto-ethnography, or state of the field papers beyond the review of a few books. Interviews Guidelines for these types of submission can be found on the Instructions for Authors page. Peer Review Policy: All Research Articles and Review Articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double anonymised refereeing by at least two expert referees. Poetry, Multimedia Articles and Multimedia Reviews are subjected to editorial assessment and anonymous peer review by at least one independent expert. Book Reviews, Feminist Debates and Reflections and Interviews are editorially assessed. Final publishing decisions rest with the Editors-in-Chief.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): WOMENS STUDIES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 2, Canada 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences12.3%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences10.7%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences7.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIECurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: OCLC, Alternative Press Index, APAIS, America: History and Life, Australian Education Index, British Humanities Index, EBSCOhost, EdResearch Online, Family Index, Feminist Periodicals, Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Complete, International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance, Periodicals Index Online, Social Services Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Swets Information Services, Thomson Gale (Gale Grouo), Sociological Abstracts, Studies in Women and Gender Abstracts, World Magazine Bank
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 351OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 337,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,755 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 20 | 23 |
| 2025 | 55 | 15 | 68 |
| 2024 | 42 | 20 | 70 |
| 2023 | 26 | 20 | 79 |
| 2022 | 30 | 21 | 155 |
| 2021 | 32 | 11 | 369 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 212 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 164 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 58 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 86 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted8
- book reviewsBook Reviews focusing on one book.Length not stated
- feminist debates and reflectionsFeminist Debates and Reflections which may be provocations, programmatic propositions, critiques, preliminary reflections on in-progress empirical inquiries, cr…Length not stated
- interviewsInterviewsLength not stated
- multimedia articlesMultimedia Articles consisting of video, audio, or other viual or interactive media, podcasts, music, artwork or other creative media with feminist content.Length not stated
- multimedia reviewsMultimedia ReviewsLength not stated
- poetryPoetry that is human-written and by established poets.Length not stated
- research articlesThe journal publishes the following types of contributions: Research ArticlesLength not stated
- review articlesReview Articles focusing on 3 or more recent books in a specific field of inquiry in feminist studies or a cognate field.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Australian Feminist Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: double anonymised refereeing by at least two expert referees for Research Articles and Review Articles. Model summary
All Research Articles and Review Articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double anonymised refereeing by at least two expert referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0816-4649
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-3303
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 128 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Feminist Studies
What CAS zone is Australian Feminist Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australian Feminist Studies is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Womens Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Australian Feminist Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.16; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Australian Feminist Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 78–212 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Australian Feminist Studies based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (2) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australian Feminist Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Feminist Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Australian Feminist Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Feminist Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .