Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Gender Studies journal rankings 2021
64 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Gender Studies has 64 ranked journals in 2021. The median OJR fell 0.16 on 2020 to 1.33, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.26. The top three are The Leadership Quarterly, Gender & Society, and Gender Work and Organization.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. 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 2018–2020, the window the 2021 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)
64 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 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 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 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1The Leadership QuarterlyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.27Q1 | 8.21 0.87 down from 2020 | 167 | 43% | $4,330 | ||
2Gender & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 4.24Q1 | 5.00 0.73 up from 2020 | 102 | 20% | $3,900 | ||
3Gender Work and OrganizationWiley · United Kingdom | 3.88Q1 | 7.04 3.65 up from 2020 | 335 | 56% | $4,880 | ||
4Gender in Management An International JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 3.35Q1 | 5.11 1.69 up from 2020 | 135 | 12% | — | ||
5European Journal of Cultural StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.15Q1 | 3.33 1.20 up from 2020 | 173 | 62% | $3,650 | ||
6Journal of Sport ManagementHuman Kinetics · United States | 2.77Q1 | 3.33 0.51 up from 2020 | 175 | 12% | — | ||
7Feminist EconomicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 3.78 1.28 up from 2020 | 92 | 42% | — | ||
8Sex RolesSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.60Q1 | 4.17 0.33 up from 2020 | 320 | 38% | $3,190 | ||
9Psychology of Women QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.47Q1 | 4.26 0.79 up from 2020 | 115 | 26% | $3,900 | ||
10Review of Economics of the HouseholdSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.41Q1 | 4.53 2.83 up from 2020 | 116 | 61% | $3,390 | ||
11Sport Marketing QuarterlyUnited States | 2.36Q1 | 2.80 0.20 down from 2020 | 64 | 47% | — | ||
12European Journal of Women s StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 1.78 2.40 down from 2020 | 103 | 37% | $3,650 | ||
13International Feminist Journal of PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 2.41 0.38 down from 2020 | 146 | 43% | — | ||
14Politics & GenderCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.32Q1 | 3.67 0.08 down from 2020 | 234 | 43% | $3,550 | ||
15Gender and EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.29Q1 | 2.42 0.72 up from 2020 | 171 | 43% | — | ||
16Feminist Media StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 2.50 0.83 down from 2020 | 312 | 29% | — | ||
17Women s Studies International ForumElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.12Q2 | 2.55 0.27 up from 2020 | 234 | 29% | $3,666 | ||
18Feminism & PsychologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.10Q2 | 2.78 3.05 down from 2020 | 92 | 41% | $3,900 | ||
19Communication & SportSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.01Q2 | 2.80 0.55 up from 2020 | 150 | 23% | $3,650 | ||
20Feminist TheorySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.98Q2 | 2.08 0.06 up from 2020 | 90 | 38% | $3,650 | ||
21Equality Diversity and Inclusion An International JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.85Q2 | 3.16 1.27 up from 2020 | 203 | 27% | — | ||
22Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.85Q2 | 2.33 0.49 up from 2020 | 144 | 38% | $3,631 | ||
23Journal of Gender StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.83Q2 | 2.16 0.59 up from 2020 | 201 | 34% | — | ||
24Journal of Sport and Social IssuesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.82Q2 | 2.10 0.26 down from 2020 | 102 | 27% | $3,650 | ||
25Men and MasculinitiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.67Q2 | 2.43 0.43 up from 2020 | 115 | 41% | $3,650 | ||
26Sex EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 2.75 0.25 down from 2020 | 166 | 34% | — | ||
27NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender ResearchRoutledge · United States | 1.59Q2 | 1.85 0.63 up from 2020 | 84 | 76% | — | ||
28NORMARoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.55Q2 | 1.86 1.52 down from 2020 | 40 | 48% | — | ||
29Gender IssuesSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.49Q2 | 2.50 1.76 up from 2020 | 61 | 33% | $2,390 | ||
30Psychology of Men & MasculinityAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.48Q2 | 2.63 0.35 up from 2020 | 148 | 16% | — | ||
31Gender Technology and DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · India | 1.42Q2 | 2.36 0.23 down from 2020 | 50 | 24% | — | ||
32Australian Feminist StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.35Q2 | 1.52 0.41 up from 2020 | 98 | 34% | — | ||
33Women s Studies in CommunicationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.30Q3 | 1.88 0.31 up from 2020 | 119 | 11% | — | ||
34Soccer and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.28Q3 | 1.66 0.49 up from 2020 | 157 | 30% | — | ||
35International Journal of Sport CommunicationHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.28Q3 | 1.87 0.70 up from 2020 | 144 | 8% | — | ||
36Sport Management Education JournalHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.20Q3 | 1.55 0.46 up from 2020 | 45 | 26% | — | ||
37Sociology of Sport JournalHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.18Q3 | 1.46 0.20 down from 2020 | 141 | 29% | — | ||
38American Journal of Men s HealthOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.17Q3 | 2.62 0.69 down from 2020 | 400 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
39Journal of Women Politics & PolicyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.13Q3 | 1.45 0.80 down from 2020 | 77 | 8% | — | ||
40Persona StudiesOADeakin University · Australia | 1.12Q3 | 0.62 1.63 down from 2020 | 39 | 100% | — | ||
41The Journal of Men s StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.08Q3 | 1.69 0.18 down from 2020 | 57 | 43% | $3,400 | ||
42Asian Journal of Women s StudiesTaylor & Francis · South Korea | 1.04Q3 | 1.46 0.24 up from 2020 | 95 | 8% | — | ||
43China Population and Development StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.01Q3 | 1.57 0.31 up from 2020 | 67 | 47% | $3,890 | ||
44Sexuality & CultureSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.98Q3 | 1.82 0.40 up from 2020 | 296 | 37% | $3,190 | ||
45Journal of Women and Gender in Higher EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.97Q3 | 1.22 0.40 up from 2020 | 38 | 4% | — | ||
46Journal of the National Medical AssociationElsevier BV · United States | 0.94Q3 | 3.23 1.06 up from 2020 | 265 | 32% | $3,160 | ||
47Masculinities & Social ChangeOAHipatia Press · Spain | 0.94Q3 | 1.41 0.31 up from 2020 | 56 | 100% | $431 | ||
48Critical Military StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.92Q3 | 1.18 0.40 up from 2020 | 90 | 33% | — | ||
49Celebrity StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.89Q4 | 1.06 0.25 up from 2020 | 166 | 26% | — | ||
50Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.86Q4 | 1.62 0.82 up from 2020 | 43 | 11% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Gender Studies highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science1,377
- Education762
- Political Science and International Relations333
- Communication75
- Gender Studies64
- Safety Research57
- Health55
- Public Administration52
- Urban Studies51
- Transportation50
- Law48
- Linguistics and Language48
- Demography42
- Library and Information Sciences41
- Anthropology38
- Geography, Planning and Development33
- Cultural Studies7
- Development4
- General Social Sciences3
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Gender Studies journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, 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: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 64
- Window papers (baseline)
- 44,762 +23.9% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 1.329 -10.4% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 4
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 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.