Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN 1095-5143 · eISSN 1936-4822 · Springer Nature · 6 issues per year
Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 156 days to acceptance (58 articles, last 24 months); 204 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal is published by Springer Nature 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 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender, Feminism, and Media and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, together about 39.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sexuality & Culture is a leading international multidisciplinary journal that publishes excellent empirical and theoretical research on the topic of sexuality and culture, broadly conceived. The journal is inclusive of diverse theoretical, methodological and disciplinary approaches, concerned primarily with the systematic and rigorous study of sexuality as it is situated in cultures, at local, national and international levels. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research on all topics of sexuality and the intersection with socio-cultural activities, forces and institutions, and the cultural processes that impact on individuals’ experiences of the sexual. This will include research on sexual desire, practices and identities; sexual fantasy; heterosexuality; LGBTQI+ issues; organizations and institutions; policy and the law; ethics and consent; relationships; digital sexuality and technology; intersectionality; consumption; pornography; pleasure, joy and benefits associated with sexuality; among other issues. The distinctiveness of the journal is in its treatment of both sexuality and culture. Therefore, while the journal welcomes disciplines including sociology, criminology, education, psychology, law, cultural studies, allied health and cognate disciplines and subdisciplines, it will not publish research that considers sexuality topics without being situated in their cultural context. The journal also adopts an inclusive approach and will not publish articles that delegitimize sexual and gender diversity or that run counter to achieving sexual equality.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Mark McCormackPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 22, United States 14, Canada 6, Australia 6, Philippines 4 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology15.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences13.7%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology10.5%
- Sex work and related issuesSocial Sciences8.4%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions7.2%
- Gender Roles and Identity StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Marriage and Sexual RelationshipsSocial Sciences5%
- Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 606OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 193LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,200,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 60 | 34 |
| 2025 | 204 | 81 | 263 |
| 2024 | 112 | 53 | 410 |
| 2023 | 133 | 57 | 811 |
| 2022 | 125 | 58 | 1,113 |
| 2021 | 131 | 49 | 1,360 |
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
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 217 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 187 days
- Sample
- 58 articles with submission and acceptance dates (357 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
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- editorialDouble-blind peer review This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout p…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
Original work, not under consideration elsewhere, approved by co-authors and responsible authorities Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data and materials should support published claims; individual data sharing policies Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member; follows COPE guidelines on misconduct Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permission required for previously published material Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Sexuality & Culture, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1095-5143
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-4822
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal
What CAS zone is Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sexuality & Culture-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 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 58 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 113–217 days). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (22), United States (14) and Canada (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Sexuality & Culture-An Interdisciplinary Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .