Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health and Contraception and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, together about 46.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

SRHM has moved to a new submission-to-publication platform, at www.srhmjournal.org. Up-to-date journal policies and information for authors can be found there. New submissions can be made via the new platform, but for the time being revised manuscripts should be submitted via Submission Portal or Editorial Manager. If you have a query about a new or in-progress submission, or anything else related to this message, please contact the Editorial Team via the Contact page or via email to the Managing Editor. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters ( SRHM) is a peer-reviewed, international, open access journal that explores emerging, neglected and marginalized issues across the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). It aims to publish original and contemporary research, particularly from a feminist perspective, that can help to inform the development of policies, laws and services to fulfil the rights and meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of people of all ages, gender identities and sexual orientations. SRHM publishes work that engages with fundamental dilemmas and debates in SRHR, highlighting multiple perspectives, acknowledging differences and searching for new forms of consensus. SRHM strongly encourages research that explores experiences, values, information and issues from the point of view of those whose lives are affected. SRHM is the official journal of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) – a global charitable organization whose remit is to advance the creation and dissemination of sexual and reproductive health knowledge that is grounded in human rights and based on credible evidence, and to facilitate the transformation of such knowledge into action for improved SRHR. While the journal and the organization are intrinsically connected, SRHM is editorially independent from SRHM. A key consideration for SRHM is whether authors have included a sufficient rights focus in their work. The importance of rights-based, as well as evidence-informed, work in sexual and reproductive health is highlighted in the following article, which also provides illustrative examples of rights-based knowledge creation in this area: B. Subha Sri. Rights-based knowledge creation in sexual and reproductive health: an introductory guide. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 2022. http://www.srhm.org/rights-based-knowledge-creation_srhm2022/. Another important expectation is that each submitted manuscript contains a clear explanation and

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Norway 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Index Medicus, AgBiotechNet (CABI), Botanical Pesticides (CABI), EMCare (Elsevier), Global Health CABI), Index Medicus (NLM), Ornamental Horticulture (CABI), Parasitology Database (CABI), Pig News and Information (CABI), Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (CABI), Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (CABI)

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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

3.28LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

5.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.94LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.32LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

46OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

252OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.74OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

44LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 16 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 16 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2641-0397

Society / sponsor

Sexual & Reproductive Health Matters

Latest issue on the website

Volume 33, Issue 1 (2025)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ