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Gender Studies

De Gruyter Open Ltd · Poland · Est. 1987

ISSN2286-0134
SJR Q4Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.121
H-Indexi
9
SNIPi
0.24
Total Worksi
373
Total Citationsi
345
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.18
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
2
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Gender Studies (GS) is a journal addressing academics and a general readership at the same time. Its main goals are to explore literature, language, culture and society from the perspective of gender practices and relations, and also to highlight attempts of educationalists and gender studies experts in various parts of the world to institutionalize Gender Studies in the academe. The GS journal welcomes original research employing primarily qualitative methods of analysis in the following areas: literature, linguistics, discourse studies, media and film studies, popular culture, cultural studies, history and education for the field of humanities. The GS journal publishes high-quality peer-reviewed articles from various humanities and social sciences areas (as listed above). The GS journal is interdisciplinary, gender proving an excellent analytical category that enables new perspectives at the intersection of a range disciplines. The GS publishes state-of-the-art research.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1987
Frequency1 time per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications373
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
De Gruyter Open Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2286-0134
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
14
26
2018
18
30
2019
10
13
2020
12
5
2021
12
8
2022
12
10
2023
14
8
2024
39
4
2025

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 StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Gender Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesGender, Feminism, and MediaHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingSouth Asian Cinema and CultureGender Studies in LanguageContemporary Literature and CriticismShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

Frequently asked questions about Gender Studies

Is Gender Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gender Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Gender Studies?

Gender Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.121.

Is Gender Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gender Studies is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Gender Studies?

Gender Studies (GS) is a journal addressing academics and a general readership at the same time. Its main goals are to explore literature, language, culture and society from the perspective of gender practices and relations, and also to highlight attempts of educationalists and gender studies experts in various parts of the world to institutionalize Gender Studies in the academe. The GS journal welcomes original research employing primarily qualitative methods of analysis in the following areas: literature, linguistics, discourse studies, media and film studies, popular culture, cultural studi

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref