Culture Health & Sexuality

Culture Health & Sexuality is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sex work and related issues and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, together about 40.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Culture, Health & Sexuality is a subscription-based journal that publishes international, cutting-edge research together with scholarly reviews of contemporary issues and concerns. In their writing, authors are expected to use a cultural lens, both conceptually and analytically, as it relates to sex, sexuality, gender and health. Among the topics that Culture, Health & Sexuality publishes on are the following: Sex, gender and sexuality as they are experienced and lived, by diverse populations individuals and groups Intersectionality between gender, sex and sexuality and other social identities and differences, structures and divisions Health systems, beliefs and practices as they relate to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing Sexual and reproductive well-being of individuals and communities, together with their cultural aspects Cultural dimensions of STIs, HIV and other sexual/reproductive health problems The positive dimensions of sexual health, including pleasure, reciprocity and respect Sex, sexuality and gender inequality and health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and diverse forms of sexual expression and desire Culturally informed research, policy and practice relevant to sexual and gender inequality and health; and sexual, intimate partner and gender violence. The journal welcomes for consideration original research articles and high-quality scholarly reviews. All articles received by the journal will be subject to peer review. Peer Review Policy: The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read our Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Australia 1, South Africa 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 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

MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Index Medicus, EBSCO, Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature, CAB Health, CABI Information, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Caredata, CommunityWISE, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Family Studies Database, FRANCIS, Gay & Lesbian Abstracts (Sexual Diversity Studies), Health Economic Evaluations Database (OHE-HEED), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Development Abstracts, ISI Alerting Services, the Prevention Evaluation Registry for Youth (PERRY), POPLINE, Social Scisearch, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts

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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

4.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.77Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.14Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

102OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,462OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

21.47%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

111LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

542,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

19%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

53 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

17 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1369-1058

Electronic ISSN

1464-5351

Latest issue on the website

Volume 28, Issue 9 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website