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Gender and History
ISSN 0953-5233 · eISSN 1468-0424 · Wiley-Blackwell
Gender and History: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.72; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,350; median 287 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gender and History is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes and Historical Economic and Social Studies, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gender & History aims to create productive debates and dialogues across subfields, historiographies, and theoretical orientations. It does so by publishing field-defining work on changing conceptions, practices and semiotics of gender--femininities, masculinities and their historical contexts. The journal seeks stimulating essays both on particular episodes and themes in gender history and on broader theoretical and methodological questions that have ramifications for the discipline as a whole. We welcome submissions of visual artefacts as sources for the history of visual culture, as methodological experiments, or as theoretical interjections; and of theoretical or historiographical essays that consider novel ways of approaching gender analysis or the writing of gender history. We also encourage special forums combining two to four essays, with critical commentaries about how this particular alignment suggests new lines of inquiry or experiment. Gender & History does not publish articles that do not contribute to historical research or debate. Gender & History features: Forums debating topics such as same-sex love, gendering the nation, and sexuality and empire. Essays discussing visual imagery, theoretical and historiographical issues, and experiments in teaching gender history. Special issues on key themes, including dress and material strategies, citizenship, diaspora and violence. An extensive book review section, including thematic reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 25, United States 7, Germany 3, Canada 2, Mainland China 1 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences20.4%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities12.9%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities4.2%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities3.7%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities3.4%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 0.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 443OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 59Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 237,424Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,354 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 40 | 1 |
| 2025 | 65 | 40 | 14 |
| 2024 | 66 | 43 | 42 |
| 2023 | 90 | 64 | 100 |
| 2022 | 93 | 42 | 110 |
| 2021 | 81 | 26 | 183 |
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
287 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 131 days – 416 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 343 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (122 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)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 323 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,350 / EUR 2,770 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- 4–8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright
- Data availability Data Sharing
This journal expects data sharing. You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the OnlineOpen option is not selecte…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0953-5233
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0424
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 2 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gender and History
What CAS zone is Gender and History in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gender and History is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category History / Womens Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Gender and History?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.72; CiteScore 1, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Gender and History?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 287 days (interquartile range 131–416 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Gender and History?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: 4–8; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Gender and History based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (25), United States (7) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gender and History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gender and History is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gender and History open access, and what is the APC?
Gender and History is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,350.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .