Journal of Women Politics & Policy

Journal of Women Politics & Policy 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 Politics and Representation, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 46.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women's lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women's lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women's experiences. The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy: Is devoted to the advancement of knowledge about women's political participation, civic engagement, and the development of public policies that affect women and their families Emphasizes rigorous empirical research and the development of theory about political and policy processes Publishes research notes from scholars and practitioners about current theoretical and empirical issues within the discipline, as well as case studies that highlight engaged research about women as political actors Contributes to the analysis and understanding of governmental policies designed to improve women's lives Welcomes submissions that include attention to the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity and class Peer Review Policy: All submissions to this journal have undergone intital screening by an editor. Research articles and notes are then sent out for double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent referees.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q2 · 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

SCIECurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: ProQuest, OCLC, America: History & Life, BEFO, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Contemporary Women’s Issues, CSA, Current Legal Sociology, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, Elsevier Eflow-I, ERIH - Gender Studies, Family Index Database, Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin, Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminist Periodicals, Historical Abstracts, Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law, Informa Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, JournalSeek, Links@Ovid, NewJour, NISC, Ovid Linksolver, Research Library, Periodical Abstracts Research (PerAbs), ProQuest Research Library

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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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

3.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

3.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.03LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

1.03Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

475OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.56OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

22.08%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

21LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

80,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

9%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

81 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

81 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

85 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1554-477X

Electronic ISSN

1554-4788

Latest issue on the website

Volume 47, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website