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Politics and Gender

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1743-9248

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.847

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.78

Total Worksi

1,356

Total Citationsi

31,246

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Politics & Gender is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on the intersection of politics and gender. It covers a wide range of topics, including political behavior, political institutions, political theory, and international relations. The journal is committed to advancing the study of gender and politics and to fostering a more inclusive and equitable political landscape.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,356

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1743-9248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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

1.7k

2019

2.4k

2020

899

2021

460

2022

100

723

2023

174

2024

149

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

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender Politics and RepresentationElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationGender, Security, and ConflictHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGender Diversity and InequalityDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesGender Roles and Identity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Politics and Gender

Is Politics and Gender a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Politics and Gender: 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 Politics and Gender?

Politics and Gender 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 1.62.

Is Politics and Gender indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Politics and Gender is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.