Feminist Review
Feminist Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal examining gender, feminism, and their intersections with wider social, cultural, political, and economic structures.
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Overview
Feminist Review is an academic journal devoted to feminist scholarship and the study of gender in its multiple forms and relationships. Established in 1979, it provides a forum for research that connects gender analysis with broader questions concerning society, culture, politics, economics, identity, and power. The journal is peer reviewed and is published three times a year by SAGE Publishing. The journal’s subject scope is interdisciplinary rather than limited to a single academic department or method. Its focus on the interrelationships among gendered experiences and wider structures allows it to engage with themes associated with feminist theory, gender studies, women’s studies, sociology, politics, cultural studies, history, and related fields. This orientation positions Feminist Review as a scholarly platform for work that treats feminism as both an intellectual tradition and a mode of critical inquiry into institutions, social relations, representation, and inequality. Editorially, the journal is managed by a collective rather than being identified solely with one long-term editor. That collective model is consistent with the journal’s feminist institutional identity and supports a range of scholarly perspectives over time. The publication format combines the functions of a research journal and an ongoing intellectual forum: its principal offering is a recurring program of peer-reviewed articles addressing contemporary and historical questions about gender and feminism. Feminist Review operates primarily in the international academic publishing market. Its audience includes researchers, educators, students, libraries, and institutions working in gender studies, feminist studies, women’s studies, and neighboring disciplines. It is also listed among the journals relevant to gender and women’s studies, alongside publications such as Feminist Studies, Signs, and Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. The journal’s visibility can be assessed partly through scholarly indexing and citation measures. Journal Citation Reports recorded an impact factor of 0.932 for 2018. This figure is tied to that reporting year and should not be treated as a current performance measure. No reliable information in the supplied material establishes a separate consumer-facing product line, a corporate headquarters, a founder, or a public-company listing. The brand is best understood as the title and editorial identity of an active scholarly periodical published under the SAGE imprint.
History
Feminist Review was established in 1979 as a scholarly journal focused on feminist analysis and the study of gender. From its beginning, the title was oriented toward questions that could not be adequately addressed within a single discipline. Its subject area encompasses the multiple forms through which gender is experienced and organized, as well as the relationships between gender and wider political, cultural, economic, and social structures. The journal’s intellectual identity is grounded in feminist scholarship. Rather than functioning as a general social-science periodical, it provides a dedicated venue for research that interrogates gendered power, inequality, representation, institutions, identities, and social change. Its interdisciplinary scope links it to the wider development of women’s studies and gender studies as established areas of academic inquiry. The journal can therefore serve both as a specialist publication for feminist researchers and as a resource for scholars in neighboring fields. Feminist Review is peer reviewed, meaning that research submitted for publication is evaluated through an academic review process. It is published on a triannual schedule, giving the journal a continuing but selective publication cycle. The editorial work is carried out by a collective, an organizational feature that distinguishes the title’s editorial structure from journals centered on a single named editor-in-chief. The collective approach reflects a collaborative model of feminist academic production and enables the journal to accommodate changing debates and perspectives within the field. Over time, Feminist Review has occupied a position within the international ecosystem of feminist and gender studies journals. Its related scholarly environment includes publications such as Feminist Studies, Signs, and Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. The journal’s principal institutional users are universities, research libraries, academic departments, researchers, teachers, and students. The publication is currently associated with SAGE Publishing, which publishes the journal. The supplied reference material does not establish the precise date of the publishing relationship, the location of the editorial collective, or a founder. It also does not provide a complete account of individual editors, named campaigns, controversies, acquisitions, or other corporate events. Accordingly, those aspects are not stated as facts here. A Journal Citation Reports entry gave Feminist Review a 2018 impact factor of 0.932. This is a historical bibliometric measure for the 2018 reporting year, not a general statement about the journal’s current citation performance. The journal remains an active academic title with a core offering centered on recurring, peer-reviewed research in feminist and gender studies.
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Recorded impact factor
[1]Journal Citation Reports recorded an impact factor of 0.932 for Feminist Review for 2018.
- 1979
Journal established
[1]Feminist Review was established as a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on feminist scholarship and the study of gender in its multiple forms and interrelationships.
Products and positioning
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed feminist and gender studies journal that combines scholarly research with critical analysis of the social structures and power relations shaping gendered life.
Peer-reviewed academic journal · 1979
Feminist Review
The journal’s principal and defining offering is a triannual, peer-reviewed publication devoted to feminist scholarship and gender analysis. It explores gender in multiple forms and examines its relationships with social, cultural, political, and economic structures. The title serves researchers, educators, students, libraries, and institutions in feminist studies, gender studies, women’s studies, and related disciplines. Its editorial work is conducted by a collective, supporting an interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarly identity.
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