Social Politics

Aims & Scope

Social Politics is a leading feminist journal that publishes original and cutting edge scholarship on gendered politics and policies in a global context.

The journal’s mission is to stimulate and reflect interdisciplinary conversations, intersectional analyses and international approaches.

Of specific interest are debates on the restructuring of capitalisms and states as well as cultural and normative shifts in feminist debates, and analyses of associated changes for work, families, care, migration, politics, and development.

We welcome theoretical and empirical work and diverse methodological approaches pursued rigorously.

We encourage analyses from all regions of the world that engage issues of gendered power, differences and inequalities.

We are looking for original and pathbreaking work that pushes forward key contemporary debates, generates new knowledges and thinking and helps us address some of the most important questions of contemporary politics through feminist writing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.800

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	69

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6775

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	447

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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.

• Faces of Inequality: Gender, Class, and Patterns of Inequalities in Different Types of Welfare States

  Citation: 564

  Authors: W.

• The Decline of the Male Breadwinner Model: Implications for Work and Care

  Citation: 474

  Authors: J.

• Gender Mainstreaming: Productive Tensions in Theory and Practice

  Citation: 450

  Authors: S.

• Women's Opportunities under Different Family Policy Constellations: Gender, Class, and Inequality Tradeoffs in Western Countries Re-examined

  Citation: 331

  Authors: W., T., S.

• The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work-Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes

  Citation: 290

  Authors: M. J., J., I.

• Gender and the Caring Dimension of Welfare States: Toward Inclusive Citizenship

  Citation: 281

  Authors: T., M.

• What Adult Worker Model? A Critical Look at Recent Social Policy Reform in Europe from a Gender and Family Perspective

  Citation: 270

  Authors: M.

• Is Mainstreaming Transformative? Theorizing Mainstreaming in the Context of Diversity and Deliberation

  Citation: 233

  Authors: J.

• The European Union and Gender Equality: Emergent Varieties of Gender Regime

  Citation: 232

  Authors: S.

• Gender Mainstreaming in Theory and Practice

  Citation: 224

  Authors: M.

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