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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
1.9
SJR
0.917
CiteScore
2.9
Categories
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Gender Studies
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1979, 1985-1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998-2025
journal names
Signs
Publications
4 555
Citations
77 490
h-index
112
Publications
388
Citations
28 815
Top-3 citing journals
Signs
Signs (1212 citations)
Gender and Society
Gender and Society (743 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (77 publications)
Italy (11 publications)
Australia (7 publications)
USA (1 publication)
United Kingdom (1 publication)

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Citing journals

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Signs
1212 citations, 1.56%
Women's Studies International Forum
882 citations, 1.14%
Gender and Society
743 citations, 0.96%
Hypatia
522 citations, 0.67%
Sex Roles
421 citations, 0.54%
Gender, Place, and Culture
397 citations, 0.51%
Gender, Work and Organization
358 citations, 0.46%
Psychology of Women Quarterly
338 citations, 0.44%
Social Science and Medicine
333 citations, 0.43%
Feminist Media Studies
326 citations, 0.42%
International Feminist Journal of Politics
285 citations, 0.37%
Sexualities
275 citations, 0.35%
Feminist Theory
272 citations, 0.35%
SSRN Electronic Journal
265 citations, 0.34%
European Journal of Women's Studies
258 citations, 0.33%
Feminism and Psychology
257 citations, 0.33%
Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
246 citations, 0.32%
Sociology Compass
230 citations, 0.3%
Violence Against Women
227 citations, 0.29%
Feminist Review
214 citations, 0.28%
Women's Studies
197 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Homosexuality
182 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Gender Studies
179 citations, 0.23%
Australian Feminist Studies
175 citations, 0.23%
Gender and Education
172 citations, 0.22%
Politics & Gender
169 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Lesbian Studies
168 citations, 0.22%
American Ethnologist
152 citations, 0.2%
Social Politics
148 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Family Issues
147 citations, 0.19%
Progress in Human Geography
142 citations, 0.18%
Men and Masculinities
139 citations, 0.18%
Women's Studies in Communication
136 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
133 citations, 0.17%
Geoforum
130 citations, 0.17%
Antipode
123 citations, 0.16%
Qualitative Inquiry
120 citations, 0.15%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
112 citations, 0.14%
Sexuality and Culture
106 citations, 0.14%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
104 citations, 0.13%
Sociological Quarterly
103 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Sex Research
101 citations, 0.13%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
97 citations, 0.13%
Sociology
96 citations, 0.12%
Organization
94 citations, 0.12%
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
92 citations, 0.12%
Social Sciences
92 citations, 0.12%
Culture, Health and Sexuality
92 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
90 citations, 0.12%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
89 citations, 0.11%
Advances in Gender Research
86 citations, 0.11%
Current Sociology
83 citations, 0.11%
World Development
83 citations, 0.11%
Politics Groups and Identities
83 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
82 citations, 0.11%
Body and Society
82 citations, 0.11%
Review of Radical Political Economics
81 citations, 0.1%
Humanity & Society
81 citations, 0.1%
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
79 citations, 0.1%
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
77 citations, 0.1%
Annual Review of Sociology
76 citations, 0.1%
Differences
76 citations, 0.1%
Political Geography
76 citations, 0.1%
Qualitative Sociology
74 citations, 0.1%
Critical Sociology
74 citations, 0.1%
Sociological Perspectives
73 citations, 0.09%
Sociological Review
72 citations, 0.09%
Feminist Legal Studies
72 citations, 0.09%
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
72 citations, 0.09%
Feminist Economics
71 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
70 citations, 0.09%
Sociological Forum
69 citations, 0.09%
Security Dialogue
69 citations, 0.09%
Religions
68 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Higher Education
67 citations, 0.09%
Social and Legal Studies
66 citations, 0.09%
Agenda
66 citations, 0.09%
TSQ Transgender Studies Quarterly
65 citations, 0.08%
Meridians
65 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Family Theory and Review
63 citations, 0.08%
Qualitative Research
63 citations, 0.08%
Social Problems
61 citations, 0.08%
Asian Journal of Women's Studies
61 citations, 0.08%
Disability and Society
60 citations, 0.08%
Environment and Planning A
59 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Social Issues
58 citations, 0.07%
Annual Review of Anthropology
58 citations, 0.07%
Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages
58 citations, 0.07%
Frontiers in Psychology
55 citations, 0.07%
Frontiers in Sociology
55 citations, 0.07%
Human Relations
54 citations, 0.07%
Sociological Research Online
54 citations, 0.07%
Development and Change
54 citations, 0.07%
Feminist Criminology
52 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
52 citations, 0.07%
Sociology of Health and Illness
52 citations, 0.07%
Gender Issues
51 citations, 0.07%
Geography Compass
51 citations, 0.07%
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
51 citations, 0.07%
BioSocieties
51 citations, 0.07%
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Taylor & Francis
15064 citations, 19.44%
SAGE
11511 citations, 14.85%
Springer Nature
6894 citations, 8.9%
Wiley
6493 citations, 8.38%
Cambridge University Press
5764 citations, 7.44%
Elsevier
4162 citations, 5.37%
Duke University Press
2333 citations, 3.01%
Oxford University Press
2051 citations, 2.65%
University of Chicago Press
1671 citations, 2.16%
Emerald
1494 citations, 1.93%
MDPI
703 citations, 0.91%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
373 citations, 0.48%
American Psychological Association (APA)
372 citations, 0.48%
Frontiers Media S.A.
356 citations, 0.46%
OpenEdition
355 citations, 0.46%
IGI Global
345 citations, 0.45%
Annual Reviews
340 citations, 0.44%
Consortium Erudit
281 citations, 0.36%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
272 citations, 0.35%
Walter de Gruyter
240 citations, 0.31%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
231 citations, 0.3%
CAIRN
187 citations, 0.24%
Intellect
183 citations, 0.24%
SciELO
182 citations, 0.23%
University of California Press
166 citations, 0.21%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
144 citations, 0.19%
MIT Press
133 citations, 0.17%
Bristol University Press
126 citations, 0.16%
JSTOR
114 citations, 0.15%
Brill
99 citations, 0.13%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
98 citations, 0.13%
Edinburgh University Press
94 citations, 0.12%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
94 citations, 0.12%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
92 citations, 0.12%
American Educational Research Association
88 citations, 0.11%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
83 citations, 0.11%
Indiana University Press
72 citations, 0.09%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
71 citations, 0.09%
BMJ
69 citations, 0.09%
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
68 citations, 0.09%
Berghahn Books
65 citations, 0.08%
Academy of Management
62 citations, 0.08%
Human Kinetics
59 citations, 0.08%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Pagu, Centro de Estudos de Genero
56 citations, 0.07%
University of Illinois Press
55 citations, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
49 citations, 0.06%
American Anthropological Association
48 citations, 0.06%
Liverpool University Press
47 citations, 0.06%
AOSIS
47 citations, 0.06%
Unisa Press
44 citations, 0.06%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
39 citations, 0.05%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
38 citations, 0.05%
Editions Antipodes
33 citations, 0.04%
American Public Health Association
28 citations, 0.04%
Equinox Publishing
28 citations, 0.04%
Guilford Publications
25 citations, 0.03%
Cogitatio
25 citations, 0.03%
JMIR Publications
22 citations, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
21 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
20 citations, 0.03%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
19 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
19 citations, 0.02%
African Studies Association
17 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
16 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
16 citations, 0.02%
Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
15 citations, 0.02%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
15 citations, 0.02%
National Recreation and Park Association
14 citations, 0.02%
British Psychological Society
14 citations, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
13 citations, 0.02%
Hofstra University Press
13 citations, 0.02%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
12 citations, 0.02%
L'Harmattan
12 citations, 0.02%
SLACK
12 citations, 0.02%
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi
12 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
11 citations, 0.01%
American Economic Association
11 citations, 0.01%
Copernicus
11 citations, 0.01%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
11 citations, 0.01%
CLOCKSS Archive
11 citations, 0.01%
Scientific Research Publishing
11 citations, 0.01%
Cognizant, LLC
11 citations, 0.01%
10 citations, 0.01%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
10 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
10 citations, 0.01%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
9 citations, 0.01%
Maisonneuve et Larose
9 citations, 0.01%
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
9 citations, 0.01%
Centro de estudos sociais
9 citations, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
9 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
9 citations, 0.01%
Michigan State University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
8 citations, 0.01%
Philosophy Documentation Center
8 citations, 0.01%
8 citations, 0.01%
Early Childhood Australia
8 citations, 0.01%
8 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
Stockholm University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
8 citations, 0.01%
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
8 publications, 0.18%
Northeastern University
5 publications, 0.11%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.09%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.09%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.09%
University of Colorado Boulder
4 publications, 0.09%
University of Sydney
3 publications, 0.07%
Columbia University
3 publications, 0.07%
Boston University
3 publications, 0.07%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.07%
New York University
3 publications, 0.07%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 0.07%
Brown University
3 publications, 0.07%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
3 publications, 0.07%
Western Sydney University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Copenhagen
2 publications, 0.04%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.04%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.04%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.04%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Illinois at Chicago
2 publications, 0.04%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.04%
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.04%
University of Massachusetts Boston
2 publications, 0.04%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.02%
Royal Holloway University of London
1 publication, 0.02%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.02%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.02%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.02%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.02%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of South Australia
1 publication, 0.02%
Murdoch University
1 publication, 0.02%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.02%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.02%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.02%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.02%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.02%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.02%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.02%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.02%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.02%
Loyola Marymount University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.02%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1 publication, 0.02%
Oakland University
1 publication, 0.02%
Marquette University
1 publication, 0.02%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.02%
Jagiellonian University
1 publication, 0.02%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.02%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.02%
Villanova University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Texas at El Paso
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Victoria
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Granada
1 publication, 0.02%
Florida International University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Belgrade
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.02%
Miami University
1 publication, 0.02%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.02%
Connecticut College
1 publication, 0.02%
Maynooth University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Missouri–St. Louis
1 publication, 0.02%
Brandeis University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.02%
Ball State University
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Mississippi
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 0.02%
Brooklyn College
1 publication, 0.02%
University of South Carolina
1 publication, 0.02%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.02%
Universidade de Brasília
1 publication, 0.02%
College of Staten Island
1 publication, 0.02%
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Northeastern University
5 publications, 1.29%
Boston University
3 publications, 0.77%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
3 publications, 0.77%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.52%
University of Copenhagen
2 publications, 0.52%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.52%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.52%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.52%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.52%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.26%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.26%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.26%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.26%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.26%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.26%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.26%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.26%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.26%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.26%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.26%
Loyola Marymount University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.26%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.26%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.26%
Jagiellonian University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.26%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.26%
Villanova University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Granada
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Belgrade
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Guelph
1 publication, 0.26%
Miami University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.26%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.26%
Brandeis University
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Mississippi
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 0.26%
Brooklyn College
1 publication, 0.26%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.26%
Universidade de Brasília
1 publication, 0.26%
College of Staten Island
1 publication, 0.26%
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USA, 77, 1.69%
USA
77 publications, 1.69%
Italy, 11, 0.24%
Italy
11 publications, 0.24%
Australia, 7, 0.15%
Australia
7 publications, 0.15%
United Kingdom, 6, 0.13%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 0.13%
Germany, 3, 0.07%
Germany
3 publications, 0.07%
Netherlands, 3, 0.07%
Netherlands
3 publications, 0.07%
Israel, 2, 0.04%
Israel
2 publications, 0.04%
China, 1, 0.02%
China
1 publication, 0.02%
India, 1, 0.02%
India
1 publication, 0.02%
Iraq, 1, 0.02%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.02%
Ireland, 1, 0.02%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.02%
Canada, 1, 0.02%
Canada
1 publication, 0.02%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 1, 0.26%
USA
1 publication, 0.26%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.26%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.26%
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