About this journal
Aims and scope
Feminist Media Studies provides a transdisciplinary, transnational forum for researchers pursuing feminist approaches to the field of media and communication studies, with attention to the historical, philosophical, cultural, social, political, and economic dimensions and analysis of sites including print and electronic media, film and the arts, and new media technologies. Feminist Media Studies especially encourages submissions based on original, empirical inquiry of the social experiences of audiences, citizens, workers, etc. and how these are structured by political, economic and cultural circumstances. The journal invites contributions from feminist researchers working across a range of disciplines and conceptual perspectives.
Feminist Media Studies offers a unique intellectual space bringing together scholars, professionals and activists from around the world to engage with feminist issues and debates in media and communication. Its editorial board and contributors reflect a commitment to the facilitation of international dialogue among researchers, through attention to local, national and global contexts for critical and empirical feminist media inquiry.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by at least two scholars. Submissions for the special issues of Commentary & Criticism are reviewed by the guest editor (or the associate editors if it is an issue we have organized), not by double anonymized peer review as with full length articles.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 793K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.395 (2023) SNIP
- 0.847 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Cynthia Carter – Cardiff University, UK
Isabel Molina-Guzmán – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Associate Editors, Commentary and Criticism
Adrija Dey - University of Westminster, UK
Diana Leon-Boys - University of South Florida, USA
Social Media Editor
Krysten Stein – The University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, USA
Editorial Assistants
Kerry Wilson – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Violet Thompson - Cardiff University, UK
Editorial Board
Salam Al-Mahadin – Middle East University, Jordan
Cláudia Álvares – ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Ingrid Bachmann - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Sarah Banet-Weiser – University of Southern California, USA
Sofie van Bauwel – Ghent University, Belgium
Mary Beltrán – University of Texas, USA
Susan Berridge – University of Stirling, UK
Karen Boyle – University of Strathclyde, UK
Carolyn Bronstein – DePaul University, USA
Carolyn M. Byerly – Howard University, USA
Bernadette M. Calafell – Gonzaga University, USA
Shira Chess – University of Georgia, USA
Mia Consalvo – Concordia University, Canada
Lisa Cuklanz – Boston College, USA
Simidele Dosekun – London School of Economics and Social Science, UK
Meenakshi Gigi Durham – University of Iowa, USA
Stine Eckert – Wayne State University, USA
Ana Carolina D. Escosteguy – Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Nicky Falkof – Wits University, South Africa
Audrey Gadzekpo – University of Ghana, Ghana
Rosalind Gill – Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Debbie Ging – Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland
Hannah Hamad – Cardiff University, UK
Radha S. Hegde – New York University, USA
Lisa Henderson – Western University, Canada
Larissa Hjorth – RMIT University, Australia
Sarah J. Jackson – University of Pennsylvania, USA
Yasmin Jiwani – Concordia University, Canada
Ralina Joseph – University of Washington, USA
Mary Celeste Kearney – University of Notre Dame, USA
Melanie Kennedy - University of Leicester, UK
Deepa Kumar – Rutgers University, USA
Dafna Lemish – Rutgers University, USA
Sara Liao – Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jo Littler – Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Catharine Lumby – University of Sydney, Australia
Margreth Lünenborg – Frei Universität Berlin, Germany
Vicki Mayer – Tulane University, USA
Lisa McLaughlin – Miami University-Ohio, USA
Angela McRobbie – Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Kaitlynn Mendes – Western University, Canada
Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed – University of Georgia, USA
Diane Negra – University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Shani Orgad – London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Esra Özcan – Tulane University, USA
Altman Yuzhu Peng – University of Warwick, UK
Andrea L. Press – University of Virginia, USA
Usha Raman – University of Hyderabad, India
Sean Redmond – Deakin University, Australia
Carrie Rentschler – McGill University, Canada
Karen Ross – University of Newcastle, UK
Catherine Rottenberg – Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
David Rowe – Western Sydney University, Australia
Katharine Sarikakis – University of Vienna, Austria
Kim Sawchuk – Concordia University, Canada
Leslie Regan Shade – University of Toronto, Canada
Christina Scharff – King’s College London, UK
Süheyla Schroeder – Berlin International, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Linda Steiner – University of Maryland, USA
Yvonne Tasker – University of Leeds, UK
Ruth Teer-Tomaselli – University KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Sue Thornham – University of Sussex, UK
Angharad N. Valdivia – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Cara Wallis – University of Michigan, USA
Haiyan Wang – University of Macau, China
C. Kay Weaver – University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Helen Wood – Aston University, UK
Audrey Yue – National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jamie J. Zhao – City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/ Indexed in: Communication Abstracts; Communication and Mass Media Complete; Current Abstracts; Current Contents® (Social and Behavioral Sciences); Index Islamicus; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Journal Citation Reports® (Social Sciences Edition); MLA International Bibliography; OCLC; Electronic Collections Online; SCOPUS; Social Science Citation Index® (SSCI) and Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
Feminist Media Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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