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Open Access Gender studies Journals
A list of Open Access Gender studies journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Gender studies is interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation
All articles published in Open Access journals have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
This list of Gender studies OA journals will hopefully make it easier for you to have a better idea regarding where your want to publish your Gender studies manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Gender studies journals that may be relevant to your field of study. In any case, we've also included other journals that may also offer more affordable publishing fees.We've made this extensive list of open access Gender studies journals so you can get a better overview of all the journals where you can publish open access.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Gender studies venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Gender studies journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Gender studies OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Studies | 1583-980X | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 330 | 149 | 81.8 | |
| Transgender health | 2380-193X | Mary Ann Liebert | 359 | 3345 | 81.1 | ||
| International journal of gender, sexuality and law | 2056-3914 | Northumbria University Library | 33 | 12 | 69.7 | ||
| Journal of the International Network of Sexual Ethics and Politics | 2196-6931 | Barbara Budrich Publishers | 72 | 19 | 65.3 | ||
| Journal committed to social change on race and ethnicity | 2642-2387 | ☑ | University of Oklahoma Libraries | 93 | 111 | 63.4 | Website |
| Journal of critical race inquiry | 1925-3850 | Queen's University Library | 48 | 66 | 62.5 | ||
| Journal of race, ethnicity and the city | 2688-4674 | Taylor & Francis | 28 | 49 | 60.7 | Website | |
| Feminist encounters | 2542-4920 | Lectito BV | 86 | 61 | 58.1 | ||
| Feminist encounters | 2468-4414 | ☑ | Lectito BV | 72 | 7 | 56.9 | Website |
| Columbia social work review | 2164-1250 | ☑ | Columbia University Libraries | 16 | 3 | 56.3 | Website |
| Masculinidades y cambio social | 2014-3605 | ☑ | Hipatia Press | 41 | 9 | 56.1 | Website |
| Aspasia | 1933-2882 | ☑ | Berghahn Books | 214 | 186 | 56.1 | Website |
| African journal of gender and religion | 2707-2991 | University of the Western Cape Library Service | 87 | 12 | 52.9 | ||
| Women and History | 1738-6691 | Korean Association of Women's History | 289 | 149 | 50.9 | ||
| Gender a výzkum | 2570-6578 | ☑ | Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | 85 | 104 | 50.6 | Website |
| Social Inclusion | 2183-2803 | ☑ | Cogitatio | 828 | 4365 | 50.1 | Website |
| Currents | 2689-8527 | University of Michigan Library | 24 | 25 | 50 | ||
| Atlantis | 0702-7818 | ☑ | 50 | 24 | 50 | Website | |
| Caste | 2639-4928 | ☑ | Brandeis University | 86 | 29 | 47.7 | Website |
| SQS | 1796-5551 | SQS-lehti | 72 | 7 | 47.2 | ||
| Journal of counseling sexology & sexual wellness | 2577-1299 | Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness | 34 | 12 | 47.1 | ||
| Journal for the Study of Religion | 1011-7601 | ☑ | Academy of Science of South Africa | 393 | 549 | 46.3 | Website |
| Journal of Gypsy studies | 2515-3064 | Transnational Press London | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | ||
| Nordic journal of migration research | 1799-649X | ☑ | Helsinki University Press | 410 | 2074 | 46.1 | Website |
| Journal of feminist scholarship | 2158-6179 | ☑ | University of Rhode Island | 44 | 4 | 45.5 | Website |
| Genealogy | 2313-5778 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 442 | 464 | 45.5 | Website |
| Journal of Research in Gender Studies | 2164-0262 | Addleton Academic Publishers | 393 | 591 | 45.5 | ||
| Journal of social inclusion | 1836-8808 | ☑ | School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University | 184 | 597 | 44.6 | Website |
| Religion and Gender | 1878-5417 | Brill | 438 | 537 | 44.5 | ||
| Ekonomicky Casopis | 0013-3035 | Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | 495 | 594 | 44.4 | ||
| Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum | 1213-0028 | Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | 45 | 58 | 44.4 | ||
| History of women in the Americas | 2042-6348 | School of Advanced Study | 28 | 9 | 42.9 | ||
| Yeoseong'hag nonjib | 1598-7698 | Korean Women's Institute, Ewha Womans University | 148 | 61 | 42.6 | ||
| Ethnicity and race in a changing world | 1758-8685 | Manchester University Press | 33 | 41 | 42.4 | ||
| International journal of young adult literature | 2634-5277 | Fincham Press | 26 | 2 | 42.3 | ||
| The advance journal | 2643-7031 | 48 | 11 | 41.7 | |||
| Mashriq & mahjar | 2169-4435 | ☑ | Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies | 88 | 7 | 40.9 | Website |
| International journal of applied sociology | 2169-9704 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 5 | 22 | 40 | ||
| Rwanda journal of health sciences | 2226-728X | African Journals Online | 5 | 31 | 40 | ||
| Sexes | 2411-5118 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 76 | 54 | 39.5 | Website |
| Canadian Journal of Disability Studies | 1929-9192 | ☑ | University of Waterloo | 457 | 786 | 39.4 | Website |
| Invoke | 1927-7091 | University of Alberta Libraries | 28 | 2 | 39.3 | ||
| Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości | 1641-4381 | ☑ | Index Copernicus International | 1605 | 3064 | 38.6 | Website |
| Annals of applied sport science | 2322-4479 | ☑ | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 104 | 25 | 38.5 | Website |
| Cadernos Pagu | 0104-8333 | ☑ | SciELO | 1251 | 6417 | 38.1 | Website |
| International journal of men's social and community health | 2561-9179 | ☑ | Dougmar Publishing Group, Inc. | 45 | 73 | 37.8 | Website |
| International Journal of Multicultural Education | 1934-5267 | Eastern University | 464 | 2176 | 37.7 | Website | |
| The journal for undergraduate ethnography | 2369-8721 | ☑ | Dalhousie Libraries | 133 | 46 | 37.6 | Website |
| Revista interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de el colegio de México | 2395-9185 | ☑ | El Colegio de Mexico, A.C. | 104 | 51 | 37.5 | Website |
| Pentecostalism, Charismatic, Neo-Prophetic Movements Journal | 2720-7749 | Noyam Publishers | 19 | 3 | 36.8 | ||
| Journal of critical thought & praxis | 2325-1204 | Iowa State University | 169 | 341 | 36.7 | ||
| International journal of critical indigenous studies | 1837-0144 | Queensland University of Technology | 30 | 5 | 36.7 | ||
| For(e)dialogue | 2398-0532 | University of Leicester | 22 | 13 | 36.4 | ||
| International journal of English and comparative literary studies | 2709-4952 | Baynoon Centre for Studies and Development | 47 | 2 | 36.2 | ||
| Studies in the Maternal | 1759-0434 | ☑ | Open Library of Humanities | 279 | 857 | 35.8 | Website |
| International journal of gender and women's studies | 2333-6021 | American Research Institute for Policy Development | 168 | 73 | 35.7 | ||
| Feminist Studies in English Literature | 1226-9689 | The Korean Association for Feminist Studies in English Literature | 392 | 45 | 35.2 | ||
| Mount Royal undergraduate humanities review | 2562-4733 | University of Alberta Libraries | 57 | 3 | 35.1 | ||
| InterAlia | 1689-6637 | ☑ | InterAlia: A Journal of Queer Studies | 206 | 87 | 35 | Website |
| Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | 2325-0496 | Oregon State University | 131 | 600 | 34.4 | ||
| Critical romani studies / | 2560-3019 | ☑ | Critical Romani Studies | 62 | 58 | 33.9 | Website |
| Genero | 1451-2203 | Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science | 68 | 6 | 33.8 | Website | |
| Gender, sexuality & feminism | 2168-8850 | University of Michigan Library | 18 | 57 | 33.3 | ||
| Göttingen series in social and cultural anthropology | 2199-5346 | 27 | 13 | 33.3 | |||
| Connections | 2563-6715 | University of Alberta Libraries | 18 | 3 | 33.3 | ||
| Sexual health issues | 2515-5660 | Open Access Text | 6 | 9 | 33.3 | ||
| Kafa'ah: Journal of Gender Studies | 2356-0630 | ☑ | Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang | 198 | 19 | 33.3 | Website |
| The Open Sociology Journal | 1874-9461 | Bentham Science | 9 | 13 | 33.3 | ||
| Prism | 2578-3491 | Duke University Press | 73 | 13 | 32.9 | ||
| Policy brief | 2618-026X | 25 | 23 | 32 | |||
| Feminist dissent | 2398-4139 | University of Warwick | 94 | 42 | 31.9 | ||
| East African journal of traditions, culture and religion | 2707-5362 | East African Nature and Science Organization | 57 | 2 | 31.6 | ||
| Musawa: Jurnal Studi Gender dan Islam | 1412-3460 | ☑ | Al-Jami'ah Research Centre | 303 | 47 | 31.4 | Website |
| Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work | 1178-5527 | University of Otago Library | 659 | 1256 | 31.4 | ||
| Comparative Migration Studies | 2214-594X | ☑ | Springer Nature | 319 | 2659 | 31.3 | Website |
| Michigan journal of race & law | 1095-2721 | Michigan Journal of Race & Law (MJRL) | 77 | 179 | 31.2 | ||
| Michigan journal of gender & law | 1095-8835 | Michigan Journal of Gender & Law (MJGL) | 276 | 910 | 31.2 | ||
| James Baldwin Review | 2056-9203 | ☑ | Manchester University Press | 93 | 16 | 31.2 | Website |
| Al-Ma'iyyah | 1979-245X | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare | 122 | 6 | 31.1 | ||
| Communication cultures in Africa | 2631-5408 | ☑ | Winchester University Press | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | Website |
| La Ventana | 1405-9436 | ☑ | Universidad de Guadalajara | 220 | 98 | 30.5 | Website |
| Spectrum | 2561-7842 | ☑ | University of Alberta Libraries | 23 | 2 | 30.4 | Website |
| Studies in Social Justice | 1911-4788 | ☑ | Brock University Library | 357 | 2393 | 30.3 | Website |
| Journal of Transnational American Studies | 1940-0764 | ☑ | eScholarship Publishing | 590 | 393 | 30.3 | Website |
| Géneros | 2014-3613 | ☑ | Hipatia Press | 110 | 107 | 30 | Website |
| Lambda nordica | 1100-2573 | ☑ | Foreningen Lambda Nordica | 140 | 43 | 30 | Website |
| JOMEC Journal | 2049-2340 | Cardiff University Press | 174 | 264 | 29.9 | ||
| Al-Albab | 0216-6143 | ☑ | IAIN Pontianak | 201 | 116 | 29.9 | Website |
| Migration, mobility, & displacement | 2369-288X | University of Victoria Libraries | 47 | 172 | 29.8 | ||
| Feminist philosophy quarterly | 2371-2570 | ☑ | University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries | 115 | 251 | 29.6 | Website |
| Decolonization of criminology and justice | 2703-1861 | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library | 27 | 32 | 29.6 | ||
| iQual | 2603-851X | Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad e Murcia | 44 | 23 | 29.5 | ||
| Journal of psychosexual health | 2631-8318 | ☑ | SAGE | 180 | 206 | 29.4 | Website |
| Pacific health | 2537-8864 | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library | 17 | 3 | 29.4 | ||
| Nordic journal on law and society | 2002-7788 | Umea University Library | 41 | 14 | 29.3 | ||
| Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal | 1837-5391 | ☑ | University of Technology, Sydney | 263 | 848 | 28.9 | Website |
| South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal | 1960-6060 | ☑ | OpenEdition | 344 | 592 | 28.8 | Website |
| Buana gender : jurnal studi gender dan anak | 2527-8096 | IAIN Surakarta | 28 | 5 | 28.6 | ||
| Altrelettere | 1664-6908 | Universitaet Zuerich, Romanisches Seminar | 56 | 5 | 28.6 | ||
| Journal of medical students, Galway | 2009-728X | 7 | 4 | 28.6 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Gender studies paper?
You can publish your Gender studies paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open Access refers to free access to information and unrestricted use of electronic resources for everyone. Any kind of digital content can be open access, from texts and data to software, audio, and video.
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
It refers to the strength of association between this journal being listed and the concept, from 0-100. For example, the Journal Of Research In Mechanical Engineering has a relevance of “0” when listed under “Open Access Computer Science Journals” because it has no relevance to the field of Computer Science.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations represent the times that works have cited papers under this journal. In our case, we obtain this data from OpenAlex, an open catalog of scholarly papers. It's hard to say how accurate it is but it can give you a general idea on how prestigious the journal is. The more work that have cited it, the better.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you're interested in seing more lists similar to this one, you can find all our lists on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
Our aim at OA.mg is to disseminate existing open access research papers. For this reason, we do not publish any papers. What we do is that once a paper has been published, we index it in OA.mg so that more people can find and access a journal article.
What is an APC?
An APC is the article processing charge that an author of a given research paper has to pay in order to get it published in a journal. APCs are most commonly used by open access journals or by journals who offer open access publishing.
What are the different Open Access types?
Depending on the license, a research paper might be categorised as a) Gold Open Access, which means the paper is freely available and fully accessible to everyone, b) Hybrid Open Access, which means that the authors can pay an APC to make the paper freely available, or c) Green Open Access, which means that there is a possiblity to make subcription based journal articles freely avaiable by uploading the peer-reviewed article to an instiutional repository. Among these, Diamond, Black, and Bronze Open Access also exist.