QED

Aims & Scope

QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking brings together scholars, activists, public intellectuals, artists, and policy and culture makers to discuss, debate, and mobilize issues and initiatives that matter to the diverse lived experience, struggle, and transformation of GLBTQ peoples and communities wherever they may be.

With an emphasis on worldmaking praxis, QED welcomes theory, criticism, history, policy analysis, public argument, and creative exhibition, seeking to foster intellectual and activist work through essays, commentaries, interviews, roundtable discussions, and book and event reviews.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.147

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24776

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	35

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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.

• No Fun: The Queer Potential of Video Games that Annoy, Anger, Disappoint, Sadden, and Hurt

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Bonnie

• Further Notes on Healing from “The Violence of Heteronormativity in Communication Studies”

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Gust A.

• Black Joy in the Time of Ferguson

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Javon

• From Sanctuary to a Queer Politics of Fugitivity

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Karma R.

• Queer Puerto Ricans and the Burden of Violence

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Lawrence

• Safe Space Out of Place

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Christina B.

• Sex, Gender, and War in an Age of Multicultural Imperialism

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Dean, Craig

• Notes on a Sociology of Bullying: Young Men's Homophobia as Gender Socialization

  Citation: 25

  Authors: C. J.

• <i>Bailando</i>: “We Would Have Been There”

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Micaela J.

• Circles, Charmed and Magic: Queering Game Studies

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Adrienne

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