Women

Aims & Scope

Women: a cultural review explores the role and representation of gender and sexuality in arts and culture, with a particular focus on the contemporary world.

The journal analyses the theory and politics of sexual difference in literature, the media, history, education, law, philosophy, psychoanalysis and the performing and visual arts.

The journal has two Special Issues a year, and one Open Forum.

In addition to articles, each issue has a substantial review section and a listings section for new and recent titles in the field of gender and culture.

The journal also regularly features interviews with figures who have made particularly significant interventions in current debates about gender and feminism.

Articles are invited for Special Issues and the Open Forum from both male and female contributors.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.166

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23352

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	30

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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 Arts and Humanities 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.

• The Transversality of New Materialism

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Iris, Rick

• Introduction: Imagining Motherhood in the Twenty-First Century—Images, Representations, Constructions

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Valerie, Gay

• Inventive Feminist Theory: Representation, Materiality and Intensive Time

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Rebecca

• What is Black British Feminism?

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Lola

• ‘Situated Knowledges’ and New Materialism(s): Rethinking a Politics of Location

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Peta

• Preface

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Peta, Iris

• From co‐star to deity: Popular representations of Jayalalitha Jayaram

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Preminda

• The Living Present as a Materialist Feminist Temporality

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Rachel

• Politics Materialized: Rethinking the Materiality of Feminist Political Action through Epigenetics

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Noela

• Confessions of the New Capitalist Mother: Twenty-first-century Writing on Motherhood as Trauma1

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Ruth

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