Women's Writing

Aims & Scope

Women’s Writing is a fully refereed international journal focusing on women’s writing in English from the Middle Ages to the end of the long nineteenth century.

The journal reflects the diversity of scholarship in this important area of study and the editors welcome all critical perspectives; contributions may be close readings of complex texts or historical or theoretical investigations of gender, culture, race and class.

The aim of the journal is to bring readers the latest research and open up a forum for dialogue, discussion and debate.

Women’s Writing publishes both general issues and special issues edited by guest editors on themed issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.10

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.106

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28950

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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.

• In dialogue with Thomas Hobbes: Margaret Cavendish's natural philosophy

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Sarah

• Authorship, Gender and Identity: George Eliot in the 1850s

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Alexis

• Journeys to Authority: Reassessing Women's Early Travel Writing, 1763–1862

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Carl

• The menopausal vampire: arabella kenealy and the boundaries of true womanhood

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Kristine

• Introduction

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Robert

• Gendering the silver fork: Catherine Gore and the society novel

  Citation: 12

  Authors: April

• Ann Radcliffe and D. A. F. de Sade: thoughts on heroinism

  Citation: 12

  Authors: E.J.

• British Women’s Travel Writing, 1780–1840: Bibliographical Reflections

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Benjamin

• Victorian feminism and the ghost of Mary Wollstonecraft

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Barbara

• Scripting a Female Voice: Women's Epistolary Rhetoric in Sixteenth-Century Letters of Petition

  Citation: 9

  Authors: James

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