Journal profile · Social Sciences-Gender Studies
Feminist Studies
ISSN 0046-3663 · Feminist Studies, Inc.
Feminist Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Feminist Studies is published by Feminist Studies, Inc. 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, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies and Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, together about 61.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Gender Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences32.3%
- Feminist Theory and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences17.3%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences12.3%
- Feminism, Gender, and IntersectionalitySocial Sciences5.7%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities4.1%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities2.8%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences2.6%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities2.4%
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 | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 261/692 | 62nd |
| Gender Studies | Q3 | 127/233 | 45th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 617OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,173 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 0 | 2,988 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 3,302 |
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 3,707 |
| 2023 | 37 | 1 | 4,119 |
| 2022 | 67 | 1 | 3,738 |
| 2021 | 90 | 1 | 3,571 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Feminist Studies, Inc.
- ISSN
- 0046-3663
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Feminist Studies
What CAS zone is Feminist Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Feminist Studies is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 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.
Which databases index Feminist Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Feminist Studies is indexed in Scopus.
Is Feminist Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Feminist Studies 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; 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: .