Journal of Gender-Based Violence

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Gender-Based Violence (JGBV) is the first international journal based in Europe to showcase the work of scholars across disciplinary and topic boundaries, and from a range of methodologies.

The journal acknowledges both the breadth of gender-based violence (GBV) and its links to gendered inequalities.

It aims to continue to document the voices and experiences of victims and survivors of GBV, to publish work regarding those who perpetrate GBV and of the varied and complex social structures, inequalities and gender norms through which GBV is produced and sustained.

The journal recognises the intersection of gender with other identities and power relations, such as ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, faith, disability and economic status.

JGBV publishes high-quality papers that contribute to understanding of GBV, policy and/or activism, on sexual violence, domestic abuse, ‘honour’-based violence, prostitution, trafficking and/or reproductive violence and abuse in a wide range of intimate, familial, community and societal contexts.

The editors invite interest from scholars working across the social sciences and related fields including social policy, sociology, politics, criminology, law, social psychology, development and economics, as well as disciplines allied to medicine, health and wellbeing.

The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is published by Policy Press on behalf of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10022

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	213

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.579

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

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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 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.

• Measuring violence to end violence: mainstreaming gender

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Sylvia, Jude

• Measuring domestic violence: context is everything

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Andy

• Identifying the key components of a ‘whole family’ intervention for families experiencing domestic violence and abuse

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Nicky, Cathy

• Beyond the Power and Control Wheel: how abusive men manipulate mobile phone technologies to facilitate coercive control

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Tirion Elizabeth, Michelle

• Interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s relationships in five European countries: online and offline normalisation of heteronormativity

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Nadia, Cath, Christine, Nicky, Marsha, Carolina

• A campus LGBTQ community’s sexual violence and stalking experiences: the contribution of pro-abuse peer support

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Walter, Amanda, James, Martin

• Digital intrusions: technology, spatiality and violence against women

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Bridget, Laura

• ‘It’s a work in progress’: men’s accounts of gender and change in their use of coercive control

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Julia, Liz, Nicole

• Family violence risk, migration status and ‘vulnerability’: hearing the voices of immigrant women

  Citation: 29

  Authors: JaneMaree, Marie

• ‘I feel like we’re really behind the game’: perspectives of the United Kingdom’s intimate partner violence support sector on the rise of technology-facilitated abuse

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Leonie Maria, Isabel, Simon

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