Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Gender Studies journal rankings 2009
50 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Gender Studies has 50 ranked journals in 2009. The median OJR rose 0.12 on 2008 to 1.60, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.58. The top three are The Leadership Quarterly, Feminist Theory, and European Journal of Women s Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
50 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2009. | Compare |
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1The Leadership QuarterlyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.79Q1 | 3.71 0.50 down from 2008 | 167 | 9% | $4,330 | ||
2Feminist TheorySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.78Q1 | 2.00 0.95 up from 2008 | 60 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
3European Journal of Women s StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.77Q1 | 1.30 1.84 down from 2008 | 59 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
4Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.49Q1 | 2.11 0.62 up from 2008 | 66 | 0% | $3,631 | ||
5Gender & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 4.36Q1 | 1.88 1.04 down from 2008 | 113 | 3% | $3,900 | ||
6Gender Work and OrganizationWiley · United Kingdom | 3.34Q1 | 1.35 0.20 down from 2008 | 143 | 14% | $4,880 | ||
7Psychology of Men & MasculinityAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.24Q1 | 3.14 0.50 up from 2008 | 60 | 15% | — | ||
8Sociology of Sport JournalHuman Kinetics · United States | 3.14Q1 | 1.56 0.04 down from 2008 | 78 | 33% | — | ||
9Journal of Sport ManagementHuman Kinetics · United States | 3.04Q1 | 1.58 0.28 down from 2008 | 110 | 8% | — | ||
10European Journal of Cultural StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 1.13 0.04 up from 2008 | 83 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
11Gender and EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.81Q1 | 1.28 0.30 down from 2008 | 150 | 8% | — | ||
12Feminist EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.70Q1 | 1.80 0.91 down from 2008 | 91 | 11% | — | ||
13Feminist Media StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.58Q1 | 1.23 0.16 up from 2008 | 78 | 9% | — | ||
14Journal of Sport and Social IssuesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.47Q2 | 1.60 0.35 up from 2008 | 81 | 16% | $3,650 | ||
15The Journal of Men s StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.19Q2 | 1.06 0.46 up from 2008 | 73 | 4% | $3,400 | ||
16Psychology of Women QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.97Q2 | 1.24 0.46 down from 2008 | 206 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
17Sex RolesSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.96Q2 | 1.56 0.36 up from 2008 | 578 | 13% | $3,190 | ||
18Review of Economics of the HouseholdSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.89Q2 | 1.09 0.14 down from 2008 | 68 | 25% | $3,390 | ||
19Journal of Gender StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.81Q2 | 0.67 0.06 down from 2008 | 68 | 10% | — | ||
20Politics & GenderCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.78Q2 | 0.75 0.53 down from 2008 | 128 | 20% | $3,550 | ||
21Women in Management ReviewEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.76Q2 | 0.91 0.17 up from 2008 | 137 | — | — | ||
22Gender in Management An International JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.74Q2 | 0.98no 2008 value | 45 | 8% | — | — | |
23International Feminist Journal of PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.68Q2 | 0.73 0.40 up from 2008 | 127 | 13% | — | ||
24Men and MasculinitiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.62Q2 | 0.99 0.37 up from 2008 | 126 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
25Equal Opportunities InternationalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 0.98 0.13 down from 2008 | 176 | 9% | — | ||
26International Journal of Men s HealthMen's Studies Press · United States | 1.58Q3 | 1.67 0.27 up from 2008 | 55 | 3% | — | ||
27Feminism & PsychologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.46Q3 | 1.00 0.16 up from 2008 | 119 | 10% | $3,900 | ||
28Women s Studies International ForumElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.20Q3 | 0.53 0.28 down from 2008 | 169 | 4% | $3,666 | ||
29NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender ResearchRoutledge · United States | 1.18Q3 | 0.81 0.66 up from 2008 | 58 | 3% | — | ||
30Sex EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.08Q3 | 0.78 0.13 down from 2008 | 89 | 5% | — | ||
31Gender and LanguageEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.04Q3 | 0.55 0.17 up from 2008 | 44 | 42% | — | ||
32Women s Studies in CommunicationTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.86Q3 | 0.49 0.15 down from 2008 | 55 | 0% | — | ||
33Sexuality & CultureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.80Q3 | 0.63 0.36 up from 2008 | 71 | 5% | $3,190 | ||
34Journal of the National Medical AssociationElsevier BV · United States | 0.76Q3 | 1.16 0.49 up from 2008 | 231 | 5% | $3,160 | ||
35International Journal of Sport CommunicationHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.74Q3 | 0.35no 2008 value | 46 | 8% | — | — | |
36Sport Marketing QuarterlyUnited States | 0.68Q3 | 0.76 0.07 up from 2008 | 98 | 3% | — | ||
37Australian Feminist StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.68Q3 | 0.33 0.10 up from 2008 | 120 | 9% | — | ||
38Gender Technology and DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · India | 0.67Q3 | 0.37 0.13 up from 2008 | 78 | 4% | — | ||
39Soccer and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.66Q4 | 0.47 0.28 down from 2008 | 123 | 10% | — | ||
40NORMARoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.62Q4 | 0.28 0.16 up from 2008 | 38 | 0% | — | ||
41Journal of Women Politics & PolicyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.54Q4 | 0.17 0.40 down from 2008 | 50 | 8% | — | ||
42Asian Journal of Women s StudiesTaylor & Francis · South Korea | 0.50Q4 | 0.33 0.21 up from 2008 | 66 | 0% | — | ||
43Journal of Forensic NursingLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.47Q4 | 0.40 0.04 down from 2008 | 214 | 5% | — | ||
44American Journal of Men s HealthOASAGE Publishing · United States | 0.46Q4 | 0.62 0.06 down from 2008 | 103 | 85% | $2,650 | ||
45The Journal of Men s Health and GenderElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.45Q4 | 0.60 0.10 up from 2008 | 138 | — | — | ||
46Gender IssuesSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.44Q4 | 0.34 0.25 up from 2008 | 60 | 11% | $2,390 | ||
47Journal of Diversity Management (JDM)OAUnited States | 0.36Q4 | 0.25 0.22 up from 2008 | 60 | 81% | — | ||
48Advertising & Society ReviewJohns Hopkins University Press · United States | 0.31Q4 | 0.23 0.12 up from 2008 | 92 | 10% | — | ||
49The Sport JournalUnited States | 0.16Q4 | 0.05 0.11 down from 2008 | 87 | 0% | — | ||
50Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.10Q4 | 0.08 0.08 up from 2008 | 36 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Gender Studies highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science899
- Education464
- Political Science and International Relations260
- Gender Studies50
- Communication48
- Public Administration48
- Safety Research39
- Linguistics and Language38
- Health36
- Library and Information Sciences36
- Anthropology35
- Law34
- Transportation33
- Demography29
- Urban Studies28
- Geography, Planning and Development18
- Cultural Studies9
- Development3
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Gender Studies journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 50
- Window papers (baseline)
- 20,643 +30.1% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 1.60 +25.1% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 4
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 28 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 55 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 65 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,935 | 11,714 | 12,455 | 13,374 | 14,039 | 15,017 | 15,870 | 17,112 | 18,660 | 20,643 | 22,125 | 23,767 | 25,210 | 26,870 | 28,236 | 30,198 | 32,235 | 34,461 | 36,129 | 38,553 | 41,139 | 44,762 | 48,878 | 50,970 | 52,564 | 54,508 | |
| Median OJR | 0.84 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 1.31 | 1.277 | 1.398 | 1.276 | 1.470 | 1.472 | 1.60 | 1.27 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.326 | 1.404 | 1.378 | 1.35 | 1.485 | 1.482 | 1.57 | 1.49 | 1.329 | 1.30 | 1.23 | 1.376 | 1.43 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.