About this journal
Aims and scope
NORMA is an international journal for high quality research concerning masculinity in its many forms. This is an interdisciplinary journal concerning questions about the body, about social and textual practices, and about men and masculinities in social structures. We aim to advance theory and methods in this field. We hope to present new themes for critical studies of men and masculinities, and develop new approaches to 'intersections' with race, sexuality, class and coloniality. We are eager to have conversations about the role of men and boys, and the place of masculinities, in achieving gender equality and social equality. The journal was begun in the Nordic region; we now strongly invite scholarly work from all parts of the world, as well as research about transnational relations and spaces.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Editorial
Manager.
Readership: Researchers in humanities and social sciences, particularly in gender studies.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 78K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.140 (2023) SNIP
- 0.457 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 92 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 30% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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
Editors-in-chief
Sam de Boise - Örebro University, Sweden
Klara Goedecke - Karlstad University, Sweden
Katarzyna Wojnicka- University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Ann-Dorte Christensen - Aalborg University, Denmark
Jeff Hearn - Hanken School of Economics, Finland; Örebro University, Sweden
Senior Editor
Ulf Mellström (EiC 2006-2023)
Lucas Gottzén (EiC 2010-2018)
Book Reviews Editor
Kari Silvola - University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Editorial Secretary
Luca Tainio - University of Helsinki, Finland; Karlstad University, Sweden
Editorial Board
Sofia Aboim - University of Lisbon, PortugalRichard Collier - Newcastle University, UK
Ingólfur V. Gíslason - University of Iceland, Iceland
Tommaso M. Milani – The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Bob Pease - Deakin University, Australia
Winifred Poster - Washington University, St Louis, USA
Todd W. Reeser - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Iva Šmídová- Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Artūras Tereškinas - Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila - University College Dublin, Ireland
Yiu Tung Suen – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Katarzyna Suwada - Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Martin Hultman - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Romit Chowdhury – Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jonathan Allan – Brandon University, Canada
Tristan Bridges – University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Kristen Barber – University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Joseph D. Nelson – Swarthmore College, USA
Geng Song – The University of Hong Kong, China
Andreas Giazitzoglu – Newcastle University, UK
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike – University of Calgary, Canada
Paula Pustulka – SWPS University, Poland
Thomas Johansson – University of Gothenburg Sweden
José Armengol –University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Sølve Björner – Independent scholar, Denmark
Steve Garlick – University of Victoria, Canada
Abstracting and indexing
NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
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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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