Journal of the History of Sexuality

Aims & Scope

Established in 1990, the Journal of the History of Sexuality illuminates the history of sexuality in all its expressions, recognizing various differences of class, culture, gender, race, and sexual orientation.

Spanning geographic and temporal boundaries, JHS provides a much-needed forum for historical, critical, and theoretical research in this field.

Its cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary character brings together original articles and critical reviews from historians, social scientists, and humanities scholars worldwide.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

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.

• A Suitcase Full of Vaseline, or Travels in the 1970s Gay World

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Lucas

• “The Civil Rights of Parents”: Race and Conservative Politics in Anita Bryant’s Campaign against Gay Rights in 1970s Florida

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Gillian

• One, Two, or Many Sexes: Sex Differentiation in Medieval Islamicate Medical Thought

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Ahmed

• “We Are Certain of Our Own Insanity”: Antipsychiatry and the Gay Liberation Movement, 1968–1980

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Abram J.

• Sex in the Seventies: Gay Porn Cinema as an Archive for the History of American Sexuality

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Jeffrey

• From Sodomists to Citizens: Same-Sex Sexuality and the Progressive Era Washington State Reformatory

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Brian

• Sexology’s Photographic Turn: Visualizing Trans Identity in Interwar Germany

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Katie

• Entangled Archives and Latin Americanist Histories of Sexuality

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Zeb

• Sexuality in Translation: Anne Lister and the Ancients

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Chris

• “Let’s Not Homosexualize the Library Stacks”: Liberating Gays in the Library Catalog

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Melissa A.