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Best Gender Studies journals

231 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Gender Studies. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 57 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Transgender Health 15.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 10 99th Q1 ESCI B No
3 Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 9.4 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Biology of Sex Differences 8.1 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Gender, Work and Organization 7.4 98th Q1 SSCI A No
6 Gender and Society 7 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Gender in Management 6.8 97th Q1 SSCI B No
8 Journal of LGBT Youth 6.2 96th Q1 – – No
9 Politics and Gender 6.1 96th Q1 SSCI A No
10 Psychology of Women Quarterly 6 95th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Journal of Sex Research 6 95th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Sexuality Research and Social Policy 6 95th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Chinese Sociological Review 5.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Transgender Health 5.7 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
15 De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar'iah 5.6 93rd Q1 – – No
16 Journal of Homosexuality 5.5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
17 Sex Roles 5.5 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
18 Journal of Gender Studies 5.5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
19 Psychology and Sexuality 5.4 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
20 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 5.3 91st Q1 ESCI B No
21 Feminist Economics 5.3 91st Q1 SSCI A No
22 Psychology of Men and Masculinity 5 90th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Feminist Media Studies 4.9 90th Q1 SSCI – No
24 Men and Masculinities 4.9 89th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Social Politics 4.9 89th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Sexualities 4.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
27 Journal of Language and Sexuality 4.6 88th Q1 ESCI – No
28 Violence Against Women 4.6 88th Q1 SSCI – No
29 European Journal of Politics and Gender 4.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
30 Feminism and Psychology 4.5 87th Q1 SSCI – No
31 Affilia - Feminist Inquiry in Social Work 4.4 86th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Journal of General Psychology 4.4 86th Q1 SSCI – No
33 Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education 4.3 86th Q1 – – Yes
34 Gender and Education 4.3 85th Q1 SSCI – No
35 El-Usrah 4.2 85th Q1 – – No
36 Journal of Women and Aging 4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Women and Criminal Justice 4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
38 Gender, Place and Culture 4 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
39 Feminist Anthropology 3.9 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
40 Business Ethics and Leadership 3.9 82nd Q1 – C Yes
41 Feminist Criminology 3.9 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
42 Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 3.9 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
43 International Feminist Journal of Politics 3.9 81st Q1 SSCI – No
44 Journal of Men's Studies 3.8 81st Q1 – – No
45 International Journal of Society, Culture and Language 3.8 80th Q1 – – No
46 Gender, Technology and Development 3.7 80th Q1 ESCI – No
47 Women's Studies International Forum 3.7 80th Q1 SSCI – No
48 Society Register 3.6 79th Q1 – – Yes
49 Feminist Legal Studies 3.5 79th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Gender Issues 3.4 78th Q1 ESCI – No
51 Jurnal Ilmiah Islam Futura 3.4 78th Q1 – – No
52 European Journal of Women's Studies 3.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
53 Feminist Theory 3.3 77th Q1 SSCI – No
54 Journal of Gender-Based Violence 3.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
55 LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal 3.3 76th Q1 SSCI – No
56 Al-'Adalah 3.3 75th Q1 – – Yes
57 International Journal of Sexual Health 3.2 75th Q1 SSCI – No
58 International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 3.1 74th Q2 – – Yes
59 Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 3.1 74th Q2 SSCI – No
60 Sexuality and Culture 3.1 74th Q2 ESCI – No
61 Journal of Lesbian Studies 3.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
62 Transgender Studies Quarterly 2.9 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
63 Hypatia 2.9 72nd Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
64 NORMA 2.7 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
65 Agricultural and Rural Studies 2.6 71st Q2 – – Yes
66 Gender and Language 2.6 71st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
67 Signs 2.6 71st Q2 SSCI – No
68 Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education 2.5 70th Q2 – – No
69 Women and Therapy 2.4 70th Q2 SSCI – No
70 Journal of Intercultural Communication 2.4 69th Q2 – C No
71 Journal of Digital Social Research 2.4 69th Q2 – – Yes
72 Fat Studies 2.4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
73 Gender and Development 2.3 68th Q2 – – No
74 Journal of Bisexuality 2.3 68th Q2 ESCI – No
75 Porn Studies 2.3 67th Q2 – – No
76 Studies in Social Justice 2.3 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Al-Ahwal 2.2 66th Q2 – – Yes
78 Women's Studies in Communication 2.2 66th Q2 ESCI – No
79 Asian Journal of Women's Studies 2.1 65th Q2 SSCI – No
80 Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy 2.1 65th Q2 ESCI – No
81 NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 2.1 65th Q2 ESCI – No
82 Australian Feminist Law Journal 2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
83 Ethnography and Education 2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
84 Comparative Southeast European Studies 1.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
85 Generos 1.9 63rd Q2 – – No
86 Global Queer Politics 1.8 62nd Q2 – – No
87 Journal of Feminist Family Therapy 1.8 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
88 Violence and Gender 1.8 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
89 Human Rights in the Global South 1.7 61st Q2 – – Yes
90 Journal of International Women's Studies 1.7 61st Q2 – – No
91 Thinking Gender in Transnational Times 1.7 60th Q2 – – No
92 Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 1.7 60th Q2 ESCI – No
93 Advancing Women in Leadership Journal 1.7 59th Q2 – – No
94 Feminist Review 1.7 59th Q2 SSCI – No
95 Secularism and Nonreligion 1.6 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
96 Agenda 1.5 58th Q2 ESCI – No
97 International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health 1.5 58th Q2 – – No
98 GLQ 1.5 57th Q2 SSCI – No
99 Revista de Estudios Sociales 1.5 57th Q2 SSCI – Yes
100 DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies 1.5 56th Q2 – – Yes
101 Masculinities and Social Change 1.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
102 Monthly Review 1.5 56th Q2 SSCI – No
103 Partner Abuse 1.5 55th Q2 ESCI – No
104 Social Text 1.5 55th Q2 ESCI – No
105 Australian Feminist Studies 1.4 54th Q2 SSCI – No
106 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 1.4 54th Q2 – – No
107 Interpersona 1.4 53rd Q2 – – Yes
108 Iconos 1.3 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
109 Journal of Sex- and Gender- Specific Medicine 1.3 53rd Q2 – – No
110 Gender, Development and Social Change 1.3 52nd Q2 – – No
111 Journal of African American Studies 1.3 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
112 Representations 1.3 51st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
113 Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling 1.2 51st Q2 ESCI – No
114 Discover Global Society 1.2 50th Q2 – – Yes
115 Sexuality, Gender and Policy 1.2 50th Q2 – – No
116 Women's History Review 1.2 50th Q2 AHCI – No
117 Udayana Journal of Law and Culture 1.2 49th Q3 – – No
118 Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory 1.1 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Feminist Encounters 1.1 48th Q3 – – Yes
120 Religion and Gender 1.1 48th Q3 – – No
121 Palgrave Studies in International Relations 1.1 47th Q3 – – No
122 Gender and History 1 47th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
123 Feminist Media Histories 1 46th Q3 ESCI – No
124 Population and Economics 1 46th Q3 – – Yes
125 PuntOorg International Journal 1 46th Q3 – – No
126 Feminist Studies 1 45th Q3 SSCI – No
127 Aspasia 1 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
128 Dotawo 1 44th Q3 – – Yes
129 Journal of Public Interest Communications 1 44th Q3 – – Yes
130 Indian Journal of Gender Studies 0.9 43rd Q3 SSCI C No
131 Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities 0.9 43rd Q3 – – No
132 International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 0.9 42nd Q3 SSCI – No
133 NAN NU 0.9 42nd Q3 AHCI – No
134 Journal of Asian American Studies 0.9 41st Q3 – – No
135 Meridians 0.9 41st Q3 ESCI – No
136 Feminist Formations 0.9 40th Q3 – – No
137 Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration 0.9 40th Q3 – – No
138 Girlhood Studies 0.8 40th Q3 ESCI – No
139 Cadernos de Traducao 0.8 39th Q3 ESCI – No
140 Educacion y Humanismo 0.8 39th Q3 – – Yes
141 Advances in Business Related Scientific Research Journal 0.8 38th Q3 – – No
142 Asian Women 0.8 38th Q3 SSCI – No
143 International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies 0.8 37th Q3 – – Yes
144 Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life 0.7 37th Q3 – – No
145 Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender 0.7 37th Q3 – – No
146 Studies in Gender and Sexuality 0.7 36th Q3 – – No
147 Women, Gender and Research 0.7 36th Q3 – – Yes
148 Martial Arts Studies 0.7 35th Q3 – – Yes
149 Women 0.7 35th Q3 ESCI – No
150 Contemporary Southeastern Europe 0.7 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
151 Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research 0.7 34th Q3 ESCI – No
152 Space and Culture, India 0.7 34th Q3 – – Yes
153 Desde el Sur 0.7 33rd Q3 – – Yes
154 Theology and Sexuality 0.7 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
155 Advances in Gender Research 0.7 32nd Q3 – – No
156 Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 0.6 32nd Q3 SSCI – No
157 Differences 0.6 31st Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
158 Eunomia. Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad 0.6 31st Q3 – – Yes
159 Gender and Politics 0.6 31st Q3 – – No
160 Cadernos de Pesquisa 0.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
161 Humanimalia 0.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
162 Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies 0.6 29th Q3 – – No
163 Journal of Women's History 0.6 29th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
164 Feminist Theology 0.6 28th Q3 AHCI – No
165 International Journal of Diverse Identities 0.6 28th Q3 – – No
166 Studies in Childhood and Youth 0.6 28th Q3 – – No
167 Asparkia 0.6 27th Q3 – – Yes
168 Contemporary Women's Writing 0.6 27th Q3 AHCI – No
169 Travail, Genre et Societes 0.6 26th Q3 SSCI – No
170 Revista Estudos Feministas 0.5 26th Q3 – – Yes
171 Bioarchaeology and Social Theory 0.5 25th Q3 – – No
172 Gender Studies 0.5 25th Q3 – – Yes
173 Women's Studies 0.5 25th Q3 AHCI – No
174 Ethiopian Renaissance Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 0.5 24th Q4 – – No
175 Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences 0.5 24th Q4 – – No
176 Ex Aequo 0.5 23rd Q4 – – Yes
177 Simone de Beauvoir Studies 0.5 23rd Q4 – – No
178 Acta Poloniae Historica 0.5 22nd Q4 AHCI – No
179 Ikenga 0.5 22nd Q4 – – No
180 Woman in Russian Society 0.5 22nd Q4 – – No
181 Gender a Vyzkum / Gender and Research 0.5 21st Q4 – – Yes
182 Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education 0.4 21st Q4 – – No
183 Arenal 0.4 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
184 Boyhood Studies 0.4 19th Q4 ESCI – No
185 Critical Ethnic Studies 0.4 19th Q4 ESCI – No
186 Feminist German Studies 0.4 19th Q4 ESCI – No
187 Intersections (Australia) 0.4 19th Q4 ESCI – No
188 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
189 South Asian Review 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
190 Journal of Iberian Women Writers/Revista de Escritoras Ibericas 0.4 17th Q4 – – No
191 Whatever 0.4 17th Q4 – – Yes
192 Association for Women in Mathematics Series 0.4 16th Q4 – – No
193 Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures 0.4 16th Q4 – – No
194 Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature 0.4 16th Q4 AHCI – No
195 Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo 0.4 15th Q4 – – Yes
196 Wagadu: Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies 0.3 15th Q4 – – No
197 Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 0.3 14th Q4 AHCI – No
198 Journal of Gang Research 0.3 14th Q4 – – No
199 Camera Obscura 0.3 13th Q4 AHCI – No
200 Lectora 0.3 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
201 Women's Writing 0.3 13th Q4 ESCI – No
202 Critical Studies in Men's Fashion 0.3 12th Q4 ESCI – No
203 Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences 0.3 12th Q4 – – No
204 OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development 0.3 11th Q4 – – Yes
205 Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education 0.3 11th Q4 – – No
206 Feminist Modernist Studies 0.3 10th Q4 – – No
207 Journal of Posthuman Studies 0.3 10th Q4 ESCI – No
208 QED 0.3 10th Q4 ESCI – No
209 Perifrasis 0.2 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
210 Revista Eletronica Direito e Sociedade 0.2 9th Q4 – – Yes
211 Hawwa 0.2 8th Q4 ESCI – No
212 Revista Direito e Sexualidade 0.2 8th Q4 – – Yes
213 Cadernos Pagu 0.2 7th Q4 – – Yes
214 Early Modern Women 0.2 7th Q4 AHCI – No
215 Homme (Germany) 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
216 Cahiers du Genre 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
217 Women, Gender, and Families of Color 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
218 Clio: Histoire, Femmes et Societes 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
219 Ex Novo Journal of Archaeology 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
220 Feministische Studien 0.1 4th Q4 SSCI – No
221 Nashim 0.1 4th Q4 ESCI – No
222 Storia della Donne 0.1 4th Q4 ESCI – Yes
223 Genders and Sexualities in History 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
224 Nouvelles Questions Feministes 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
225 Women and Performance 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
226 Legacy 0.1 2nd Q4 AHCI – No
227 Revista do CAAP 0 1st Q4 – C No
228 Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies 0 1st Q4 – – Yes
229 Woman's Art Journal 0 1st Q4 AHCI – No
230 Themes and Forms in Graeco-Roman Literature 0 0th Q4 – – No
231 Women and Gender in China Studies 0 0th Q4 – – No

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