Journal profile
Dignity
ISSN 2472-4181 · Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence · United States
Dignity: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dignity is published by Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sex work and related issues, Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies and Gender and Feminist Studies, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence is an open access, peer-reviewed, journal dedicated to publishing original articles on topics related to democracy, freedom, sexual exploitation, and violence. The journal is a forum for research and analysis on how violence and exploitation harm the dignity and health of individuals, the integrity and security of communities, and the strength, freedom, and rule of law of nations. The journal is an arena for practitioners, activists, and service providers to report on interventions, movements and progress on healing individuals, rehabilitating communities, and transforming states where justice serves all people. The journal encourages investigations and discussion of challenges to dignity and justice such as the rise of authoritarian movements and governments, corruption, lack of rule of law, harmful cultural practices, and laws and policies that justify and institutionalize inequality, violence, and exploitation. The journal is a forum to examine how individuals, civil societies, and states have responded to improve human and civil rights and democracy. Dignity aims to contribute to evidence-based knowledge and theoretical development of these topics to give people the tools to build and maintain freedom and democracy and end sexual exploitation and violence.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Donna M HughesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 17, Australia 2, United Kingdom 1, India 1, Canada 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sex work and related issuesSocial Sciences25.5%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences12.5%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences5%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences5%
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Feminist Theory and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 348 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 104 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 121 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 126 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 109 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 108 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 132 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted9
- book and media reviewsBook and Media Reviews: Reviews of books, films, online publications, and other forms of media.Length not stated
- editorialWe welcome articles that fall within the scope of the mission and aims for the journal. Only well written manuscripts that present significant findings, theoret…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials: Opinions on topics related to sexual exploitation, violence, and slavery, healing and recovery, current political and social events, and changes in …Length not stated
- frontline reportsFrontline Reports: Findings of research studies; theoretical essays; discussion and analysis of laws, policy, and advocacy; evaluations of campaigns and service…Length not stated
- literature reviewWe welcome articles that fall within the scope of the mission and aims for the journal. Only well written manuscripts that present significant findings, theoret…Length not stated
- literature review articlesLiterature Review Articles: Articles on the state of knowledge and direction of scholarship. (Contact the Editor to discuss this type of article before submitti…Length not stated
- opinionWe welcome articles that fall within the scope of the mission and aims for the journal. Only well written manuscripts that present significant findings, theoret…Length not stated
- research and scholarly articlesResearch and Scholarly Articles: Findings of research studies; theoretical essays; discussion and analysis of laws, policy, and advocacy; evaluations of campaig…Length not stated
- reviewWe welcome articles that fall within the scope of the mission and aims for the journal. Only well written manuscripts that present significant findings, theoret…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscripts requiring extensive editing will be returned to the author. Model summary
The quality of the written manuscript is very important because the Dignity journal is a non-profit publication without a paid in-house staff to do proof-reading and editing. If the manuscript requires extensive editing, it will be returned to the author, who will have to seek his or her own editor to bring the manuscript up to a publishable standard.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright for Articles Published in Dignity: A journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence
Authors retain copyright; articles licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. All articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative 3.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND). Authors retain copyright of their article and following publication are free to share the paper, post it online on a website or repository, or repurpose it, including for commercial purposes, without perm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Double-blind peer review process. Model summary
Reviewers for this journal are dedicated to providing meaningful, constructive feedback about the quality of manuscripts. The journal uses a double-blind peer review process, which means that the reviewer does not who the author of the manuscript is, and the identity of the reviewer is not revealed to the author.
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
- Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2472-4181
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dignity
How long does peer review take at Dignity?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Dignity based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Australia (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Dignity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dignity is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Dignity open access, and what is the APC?
Dignity is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .