Sex Roles

Aims & Scope

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research is a global, multidisciplinary, scholarly, social and behavioral science journal with a feminist perspective.

It publishes original research reports as well as original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles that explore how gender organizes people’s lives and their surrounding worlds, including gender identities, belief systems, representations, interactions, relations, organizations, institutions, and statuses.

The range of topics covered is broad and dynamic, including but not limited to the study of gendered attitudes, stereotyping, and sexism; gendered contexts, culture, and power; the intersections of gender with race, class, sexual orientation, age, and other statuses and identities; body image; violence; gender (including masculinities) and feminist identities; human sexuality; communication studies; work and organizations; gendered development across the life span or life course; mental, physical, and reproductive health and health care; sports; interpersonal relationships and attraction; activism and social change; economic, political, and legal inequities; and methodological challenges and innovations in doing gender research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.264

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	151

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3240

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1262

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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.

• When Black + Lesbian + Woman ≠ Black Lesbian Woman: The Methodological Challenges of Qualitative and Quantitative Intersectionality Research

  Citation: 1306

  Authors: Lisa

• Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

  Citation: 999

  Authors: Valerie, Richard P.

• Gender: An Intersectionality Perspective

  Citation: 924

  Authors: Stephanie A.

• Gender differences in way-finding strategies: Relationship to spatial ability and spatial anxiety

  Citation: 588

  Authors: Carol A.

• Social Media Effects on Young Women’s Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives and an Agenda for Research

  Citation: 571

  Authors: Richard M.

• Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: A review of recent research

  Citation: 550

  Authors: Kaj

• Measuring Sexual Relationship Power in HIV/STD Research

  Citation: 541

  Authors: Julie, Steven L., William

• An examination of sex differences in social support among older men and women

  Citation: 498

  Authors: Toni C., Hiroko

• The Impact of Gender on the Review of the Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical Study

  Citation: 474

  Authors: Rhea E., Katie A., Dawn

• Why Do Women Do the Lion’s Share of Housework? A Decade of Research

  Citation: 467

  Authors: Mylène, Geneviève

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