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JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · GB · Est. 1980

ISSN1554-477XeISSN1554-4788

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.026

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.985

Total Worksi

1,436

Total Citationsi

10,946

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Women'S Studies; Gender Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,436

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1554-477X / 1554-4788

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

693

2019

405

2020

434

2021

319

2022

209

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Gender StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political ScienceWomen'S Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender Politics and RepresentationHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationGender Diversity and InequalityEducational Robotics and EngineeringHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGender, Security, and ConflictGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY

Is JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY?

JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.25.

Is JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY?