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Journal of Gender Studies
ISSN 0958-9236 · eISSN 1465-3869 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Gender Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.77; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 242 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12% (journal website); 188 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Gender Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 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 Roles and Identity Studies and Gender Politics and Representation, together about 35% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Gender Studies is a global peer-reviewed journal that showcases original research on gender for an interdisciplinary readership. JGS publishes critical, innovative and high-quality scholarly work in gender studies that engages with the wide-ranging thinkers and movements that constitute feminist, queer and transgender theory. Dedicated to the development of original work investigating the intersections of gender with other relevant categories such as sexuality, race, class, ability, age, culture, politics, religion and location, JGS promotes an international dialogue, seeks affinities with social justice struggles, and engages with contemporary debates and developments in the theorising and lived experience of people of all genders. Peer Review Policy: All content types apart from research articles go through an internal review by the editorial team and the Editor in Chief, with the exception of Forum pieces which go through an internal review by the editorial team and the Editor in Chief, and an external review by one external reviewer. Research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Special issue content types apart from research articles go through a review by the Editor in Chief, the Guest Editors and one external reviewer. Research articles that are part of a JGS Special Issue undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial screening by the Editor in Chief and the Guest Editors, and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Editors reserve the right to reject submissions of poor quality, or of limited relevance to our readers, prior to peer review. Authors with English as a second language may need the guidance of a first-language speaker or academic proof-reader before submitting. We do not accept papers in poor English or in draft-form. Authors should be alert to the growing number of high quality papers in this field and the growth in the number of submissions to this journal which have led to increased competition for publication. Before submitting a paper authors should check that their citation and formatting complies exactly with the Instructions to Authors. Where co-authors submit a paper and there has been a supervisor/candidate relationship between authors, it is the policy of this Journal to check the contribution of each before proceeding to peer-review. This is to protect post-gradu
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Feona AttwoodPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Italy 1, Spain 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences16.2%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences11.3%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences7.4%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology5.6%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences4.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
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 | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Academic Abstracts, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), British Humanities Index, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Contemporary Women's Issues, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts Online, Feminist Periodicals, Humanities International Complete, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Research Alert, Social Scisearch, Social Services Abstracts, Sociology of Education Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts
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
- 1.77LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.81Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.76Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 652OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 145LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 620,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,315 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 210 | 91 | 47 |
| 2025 | 188 | 77 | 393 |
| 2024 | 145 | 58 | 538 |
| 2023 | 106 | 40 | 491 |
| 2022 | 63 | 24 | 349 |
| 2021 | 135 | 46 | 2,186 |
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
242 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 177 days – 335 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 253 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (438 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
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 94 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- forum piecesForum pieces which go through an internal review by the editorial team and the Editor in Chief, and an external review by one external reviewer.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two ano…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Preprints
- Open access Open access
Journal of Gender Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy Model summary
All content types apart from research articles go through an internal review by the editorial team and the Editor in Chief, with the exception of Forum pieces which go through an internal review by the editorial team and the Editor in Chief, and an external review by one external reviewer.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Editors may reject poor quality or irrelevant submissions before peer review. Model summary
Editors reserve the right to reject submissions of poor quality, or of limited relevance to our readers, prior to peer review.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0958-9236
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-3869
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Gender Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of Gender Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Gender Studies is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Issues / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Gender Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.77; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 74.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Gender Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 242 days (interquartile range 177–335 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Gender Studies in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Gender Studies based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Italy (1) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Gender Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Gender Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Gender Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Gender Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .