About this journal

Aims and scope

Women: a cultural review explores the role and representation of gender and sexuality in arts and culture, with a particular focus on the contemporary world.

The journal analyses the theory and politics of sexual difference in literature, the media, history, education, law, philosophy, psychoanalysis and the performing and visual arts.

The journal has two Special Issues a year, and one Open Forum. In addition to articles, each issue has a substantial review section and a listings section for new and recent titles in the field of gender and culture. The journal also regularly features interviews with figures who have made particularly significant interventions in current debates about gender and feminism. Articles are invited for Special Issues and the Open Forum from both male and female contributors.

Peer Review Policy

All peer review is double anonymized and submissions are typically reviewed by two referees.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 55K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.0 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.9 (2023) 5 year IF

Speed/acceptance

  • 77 days avg. from acceptance to online publication

Editorial board

Editors:
Helen Carr, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Denise deCaires Narain, University of Sussex, UK
Alison Mark, British Psychoanalytic Council Scholars’ Network, UK
Deryn Rees-Jones, University of Liverpool, UK 


Consultative Editor:
Isobel Armstrong
, Birkbeck, University of London, UK


Reviews Editor:
Clara Jones, King’s College London, UK


Editorial Administrator:
Barbara Rosenbaum, University of Southampton, UK


Editorial Board:

Parveen Adams, Architectural Association School of Architecture, UK
Margaret Atwood, Novelist, Canada
Dame Gillian Beer, Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK
Deborah Cameron, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK
Anita Desai, Girton College, University of Cambridge, UK
Jonathan Dollimore, University of Birmingham, UK
Mary Jacobus, Cornell University, USA
Cora Kaplan, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Mandy Merck, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Jacqueline Rose, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Elaine Showalter, Princeton University, USA
Valerie Smith, Swarthmore College, USA
Juliet Stevenson, CBE, Actor, UK
Lisa Tickner, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK

Consultative Group:
Erica Carter, King’s College London, UK
Jana Funke, University of Exeter, UK
Emily Jeremiah, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Margaretta Jolly, University of Sussex, UK
Jan Montefiore, University of Kent, UK
Ankhi Mukherjee, Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK
Deborah Philips, University of Brighton, UK
Jean Radford, Independent Scholar, UK
Anne Schwan, Edinburgh Napier University, UK


Updated 06-02-2024

Abstracting and indexing

Women: a cultural review is abstracted/Indexed in: Alternative Press Index; British Humanities Index; Educational Management Abstracts; Educational Research Abstracts Online; Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI); Feminist Periodicals; Film Literature Index; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; Religion Index One: Periodicals and Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Scopus.

Open access

Women: a cultural review 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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  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
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  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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