Girlhood Studies

Aims & Scope

Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is a peer-reviewed journal providing a forum for the critical discussion of girlhood from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and for the dissemination of current research and reflections on girls' lives to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience of scholars, researchers, practitioners in the fields of education, social service and health care and policy makers.

International and interdisciplinary in scope, it is committed to feminist, anti-discrimination, anti-oppression approaches and solicits manuscripts from a variety of disciplines.

The mission of the journal is to bring together contributions from and initiate dialogue among perspectives ranging from medical and legal practice, ethnographic inquiry, philosophical reflection, historical investigations, literary, cultural and media research to curriculum design and policy-making.

Topics addressed within the journal include girls and schooling, girls and feminism, girls and sexuality, girlhood in the context of Boyhood Studies, girls and new media and popular culture, representation of girls in different media, histories of girlhood, girls and development.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.227

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	14

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19681

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	60

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and 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.

• Rape Culture and the Feminist Politics of Social Media

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Carrie A.

• Rethinking Agency and Resistance: What Comes After Girl Power?

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Marnina, Emma, Jessica, Lisa

• Red Intersectionality and Violence-informed Witnessing Praxis with Indigenous Girls

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Natalie

• Hopeful, Harmless, and Heroic

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Jessica K.

• "Every time she bends over she pulls up her thong":Teen Girls Negotiating Discourses of Competitive, Heterosexualized Aggression

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Jessica

• Am I Pretty or Ugly? Girls and the Market for Self-Esteem

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Sarah

• Blaming Sexualization for Sexting

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Amy Adele

• Girls Today - Girls, Girl Culture and Girl Studies

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Catherine

• Queering masculinity: Re-Theorising Contemporary Tomboyism in the Schizoid Space of Innocent/Heterosexualized Young Femininities

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Emma

• “Stumbling Upon Feminism”

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Crystal, Jessica

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