Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN 1938-8209 · eISSN 1938-8322 · Berghahn
Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is published by Berghahn 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, Feminism, and Media, Gender and Feminist Studies and Themes in Literature Analysis, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences16.4%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences16.3%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities9.5%
- Feminist Theory and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences8.6%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences8.5%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences3.2%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences2.9%
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 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Studies | Q3 | 140/233 | — |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 998/1530 | — |
| Education | Q3 | 1272/1698 | — |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | Q4 | 50/61 | — |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | Q4 | 320/380 | — |
| Social Psychology | Q4 | 275/315 | — |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 561 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 23 | 173 |
| 2025 | 31 | 2 | 260 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3 | 327 |
| 2023 | 33 | 8 | 330 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4 | 260 |
| 2021 | 35 | 5 | 376 |
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
- Berghahn
- ISSN
- 1938-8209
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-8322
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal
What CAS zone is Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. 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 Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .