Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN 2375-9240 · eISSN 2375-9267 · Berghahn
Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is published by Berghahn and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gender and Feminist Studies, Gender Roles and Identity Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Education, together about 56.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is a peer-reviewed journal providing a forum for the discussion of boyhood, young masculinities, and boys’ lives by exploring the full scale of intricacies, challenges, and legacies that inform male and masculine developments. Boyhood Studies is committed to a critical and international scope and solicits both articles and special issue proposals from a variety of research fields including, but not limited to, the social and psychological sciences, historical and cultural studies, philosophy, and social, legal, and health studies. One of the core missions of the journal is to initiate conversation across disciplines, research angles, and intellectual viewpoints. Both theoretical and empirical contributions fit the journal’s scope with critical literature reviews and review essays also welcomed. Possible topics include boyish and tomboyish genders; boys and schooling; boys and (post)feminisms; the folklore, mythology, and poetics of “male development”; son-parent and male student-teacher relations; young masculinities in the digital and postdigital ages; young sexualities; as well as representations of boyhoods across temporalities, geographies, and cultures.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences20.6%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences18.8%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences17.6%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6.4%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences3.9%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities3%
- Youth Culture and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences2.9%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Cabell's Directory
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 279 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 89 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 106 |
| 2023 | 16 | 4 | 89 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 97 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5 | 103 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 accepted1
- articlesArticles Songbird and Prince Charming? Singing Voice and Masculinity Ideal in Disney's Reinterpretation of Romantic Fairy TalesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Submissions ceased; submissions in scope now directed to Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities. Model summary
All submissions for Boyhood Studies have now ceased. Submissions in the scope of the journal are now to be made to the Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities
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
- Berghahn
- ISSN
- 2375-9240
- Electronic ISSN
- 2375-9267
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal
What CAS zone is Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Boyhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .