Journal profile · Multiple
Gender Work and Organization
ISSN 0968-6673 · eISSN 1468-0432 · Wiley-Blackwell
Gender Work and Organization: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.23; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,880; median 369 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12% (journal website); 142 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gender Work and Organization is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gender Diversity and Inequality, Work-Family Balance Challenges and Labor Movements and Unions, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gender, Work & Organization welcomes theory-driven papers and empirical papers that go beyond mere description, using data as a means of advancing, or reflecting upon theory. GWO publishes papers that are sophisticated in theoretical, epistemological and methodological content; mature in their engagement of sociological and/or gender theories; engaged with a broad body of international scholarship and highly developed conceptually. As such, we aim to provide a forum for papers that go beyond a traditional oppositional-binary or categorical concept of gender. Papers which are underdeveloped, represent ideas under development or redrafted conference papers will be declined, as will papers which are purely or largely atheoretical, empiricist or descriptive. Paying particular attention to engagement with and contribution to theory, submissions to GWO should be original in content and style (not under review, accepted, or published elsewhere) and be not more than 9000 words. Exceptions to word count /length of paper may be made at the discretion of the editorial team in the case of papers reporting qualitative research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Bettina BastianPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United Kingdom 46, France 8, United States 6, Australia 5, Hong Kong, China 4 (114 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences24.7%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences11.7%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences5.5%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4.6%
- Emotional Labor in ProfessionsSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCurrent 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
- 3.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,279OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 106LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 129Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 662,157Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,474 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 187 | 127 | 53 |
| 2025 | 142 | 103 | 305 |
| 2024 | 128 | 95 | 650 |
| 2023 | 160 | 132 | 1,709 |
| 2022 | 161 | 102 | 2,232 |
| 2021 | 194 | 109 | 4,407 |
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
369 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 257 days – 491 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 389 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (350 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)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 354 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 4,880 / EUR 4,030 / GBP 3,300 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- in perspectiveIn Perspective offers a space for concise, forward-looking commentary addressed to the field of gender, work and organization as a whole.Length not stated
- literature reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- perspectiveArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- research articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- transcending boundariesTranscending Boundaries aims to re-imagine the possibilities of scholarship.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access WALS + standard CTA/ELA or open access
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or open access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/GWAO.For help with submissions, please contact: gwooffice@wiley.com.New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your r…
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
- 0968-6673
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0432
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gender Work and Organization
What CAS zone is Gender Work and Organization in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gender Work and Organization is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Womens Studies / Management; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Gender Work and Organization?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.23; CiteScore 7.4, h-index 127.
How long does peer review take at Gender Work and Organization?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 369 days (interquartile range 257–491 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12% (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 Work and Organization?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 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 Work and Organization based?
Of the 114 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (46), France (8) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gender Work and Organization?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gender Work and Organization is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gender Work and Organization open access, and what is the APC?
Gender Work and Organization is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,880.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .