Journal profile · WOMENS STUDIES
NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
ISSN 0803-8740 · eISSN 1502-394X · Taylor & Francis
NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 237 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Politics and Representation, Gender, Feminism, and Media and Gender Diversity and Inequality, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
NORA is a multi-disciplinary international journal of feminist and gender research, with a distinct Nordic edge. Its purpose is to provide a Nordic perspective on an international research field and to make feminist and gender research located in and/or relevant to the area visible internationally. As an English-language journal, NORA is committed to situating and mapping the breadth and depth of Nordic feminist and gender research today, and to promoting transnational and transdisciplinary dialogue. As the leading multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary journal of gender and feminist research in the region, NORA publishes articles in a wide range of disciplines, using diverse theory, data and methods. Whether conceptual, theoretical, empirical or methodological, submissions should participate in, or reflect on, Nordic issues, discussions and research interests in the globalized world. NORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviews that present emerging trends in feminist and gender studies or thematic overviews of major theoretical perspectives and research fields. Submissions should be of interdisciplinary interest and combine international dialogues with materials, theory formations or topics of northern interest and relevance. NORA welcomes submissions that discuss intersectionality and complexities of gender, also written from outside of the Nordic region. Contributions to NORA should be accessible to a diverse readership of interested academic readers. Authors are therefore encouraged to explain discipline-specific terms and methodologies and may show how their findings have relevance for gender researchers in other disciplines. The articles in NORA are also relevant for policy makers, equality consultants, cultural workers and social activists who seek insights into gendered and intersecting inequality, relations of power within and across state, family, work, civil society and fields of culture in Nordic societies. History NORA was chosen as the name for the journal as a tribute to the female protagonist in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll house. The journal was established in 1993 as a “new voice in international women’s studies” and the editorial office has been moving between Nordic universities/countries every second year since then. As the first Nordic journal to be published in English NORA aims to be international in scope and make Nordic feminist and women’s studies visible outside the Nordics. Already the firs
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): WOMENS STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Ramona DimaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences14.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences10.2%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences7.5%
- Historical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Gender, Security, and ConflictSocial Sciences3.7%
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 | Womens Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Dansk BiblioteksCenter Indeks, Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents (1993- ), International Bibliography of the Social Science, MLA International Bibliography/Directory of Periodicals, ProQuest Sociology Collection, Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts (1993- )Publisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.09Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 249OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 158,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 158,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 992 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 22 | 3 |
| 2025 | 40 | 34 | 46 |
| 2024 | 45 | 33 | 121 |
| 2023 | 28 | 23 | 111 |
| 2022 | 31 | 24 | 123 |
| 2021 | 38 | 29 | 279 |
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
237 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 183 days – 330 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 280 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (80 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)
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 85 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 85 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 35 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 accepted5
- book reviewsNORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviewsLength not stated
- essaysNORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviewsLength not stated
- position papersNORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviewsLength not stated
- research articlesNORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviewsLength not stated
- review articlesNORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving the option to publish open access. Model summary
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 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? In…
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
- 0803-8740
- Electronic ISSN
- 1502-394X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
What CAS zone is NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Womens Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 237 days (interquartile range 183–330 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39% (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.
Which databases index NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research open access, and what is the APC?
NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 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: .