Differences

Aims & Scope

differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies first appeared in 1989 at the moment of a critical encounter—a head-on collision, one might say—of theories of difference (primarily Continental) and the politics of diversity (primarily American).

In the ensuing years, the journal has established a critical forum where the problematic of differences is explored in texts ranging from the literary and the visual to the political and social. differences highlights theoretical debates across the disciplines that address the ways concepts and categories of difference—notably but not exclusively gender—operate within culture.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26414

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.129

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Queer Theory: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities <i>An Introduction</i>

  Citation: 552

  Authors: Teresa

• On Touching—the Inhuman That Therefore I Am

  Citation: 445

  Authors: Karen

• Is Kinship Always Already Heterosexual?

  Citation: 417

  Authors: JUDITH

• Getting Real: Technoscientific Practices and the Materialization of Reality

  Citation: 339

  Authors: Karen

• Against Proper Objects

  Citation: 319

  Authors: Judith

• Black (W)holes and the Geometry of Black Female Sexuality

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Evelynn

• The Sexual Politics of the “New Abolitionism”

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Elizabeth

• A Semiotics of the Public/Private Distinction

  Citation: 269

  Authors: SUSAN

• Involutionary Momentum: Affective Ecologies and the Sciences of Plant/Insect Encounters

  Citation: 251

  Authors: Carla, Natasha

• Introduction: Antinormativity’s Queer Conventions

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Robyn, Elizabeth A.

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