Sexualities

Aims & Scope

Consistently one of the world’s leading journals in the exploration of human sexualities within a truly interdisciplinary context, Sexualities publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly articles that exemplify the very best of current research.

It is published six times a year and aims to present cutting-edge debate and review for an international readership of scholars, lecturers, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates.

Sexualities publishes work of an analytic and ethnographic nature which describes, analyses, theorizes and provides a critique on the changing nature of the social organization of human sexual experience in the late modern world.

It seeks to inform about 'lived life' and 'real world events' and to stimulate debate and discussion over controversies surrounding contemporary sexualities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.635

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	76

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9081

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	562

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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.

• ‘Dude, You’re a Fag’: Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse

  Citation: 292

  Authors: C. J.

• Sexed Up: Theorizing the Sexualization of Culture

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Feona

• Making Sense of S&M: A Discourse Analytic Account

  Citation: 237

  Authors: Gary W., Jane M.

• Whatever happened to non-monogamies? Critical reflections on recent research and theory

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Meg, Darren

• Postfeminist sexual agency: Young women’s negotiations of sexual consent

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Melissa, Karine

• Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire

  Citation: 187

  Authors: Kristin S.

• ‘Party and Play’: Online hook-up devices and the emergence of PNP practices among gay men

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Kane

• Beyond the `Sexualization of Culture' Thesis: An Intersectional Analysis of `Sixpacks',`Midriffs' and `Hot Lesbians' in Advertising

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Rosalind

• Sex Zones: Intimacy, Citizenship and Public Space

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Phil

• Building Realities Less Limited Than Their Own: Young People Practising Same-Sex Attraction on the Internet

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Lynne, Lyn

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