NORA is a multi-disciplinary international journal of feminist and gender research, with a distinct Nordic edge. Its purpose is to provide a Nordic perspective on an international research field and to make feminist and gender research located in and/or relevant to the area visible internationally. As an English-language journal, NORA is committed to situating and mapping the breadth and depth of Nordic feminist and gender research today, and to promoting transnational and transdisciplinary dialogue.
As the leading multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary journal of gender and feminist research in the region, NORA publishes articles in a wide range of disciplines, using diverse theory, data and methods. Whether conceptual, theoretical, empirical or methodological, submissions should participate in, or reflect on, Nordic issues, discussions and research interests in the globalized world. NORA welcomes research articles, review articles, position papers, essays and book reviews that present emerging trends in feminist and gender studies or thematic overviews of major theoretical perspectives and research fields. Submissions should be of interdisciplinary interest and combine international dialogues with materials, theory formations or topics of northern interest and relevance. NORA welcomes submissions that discuss intersectionality and complexities of gender, also written from outside of the Nordic region.
Contributions to NORA should be accessible to a diverse readership of interested academic readers. Authors are therefore encouraged to explain discipline-specific terms and methodologies and may show how their findings have relevance for gender researchers in other disciplines. The articles in NORA are also relevant for policy makers, equality consultants, cultural workers and social activists who seek insights into gendered and intersecting inequality, relations of power within and across state, family, work, civil society and fields of culture in Nordic societies.
History
NORA was chosen as the name for the journal as a tribute to the female protagonist in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll house. The journal was established in 1993 as a “new voice in international women’s studies” and the editorial office has been moving between Nordic universities/countries every second year since then. As the first Nordic journal to be published in English NORA aims to be international in scope and make Nordic feminist and women’s studies visible outside the Nordics. Already the first editorial made clear that publishing in English “is our key to the greater world” and that contributions from non-Nordic countries are welcome. Today four issues per year are published, covering a wide range of topics of gender and feminist research located in or relevant to Nordic countries.
Readership:
Researchers in women’s studies, humanities, social sciences, international women’s research centres.
Journal metrics
Usage
106K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
2.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.180 (2023) SNIP
0.579 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
58 days avg. from submission to first
decision
88 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
17 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
37% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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.
Eyja M. J. Brynjarsdóttir, University of Iceland, [email protected] Irma J. Erlingsdóttir, University of Iceland, [email protected] Brynja Elísabeth Halldórsdóttir - University of Iceland, [email protected]
Camilla Bruun Eriksen – Denmark (chair) Stine H. Bang Svendsen – Norway Reinert Skumsnes - Norway Mathias Klitgård – Norway Anu Koivunen – Finland Hannele Harjunen – Finland Irma Erlingsdottír – Iceland Thomas Brorsen Smidt – Iceland Amund Hoffart – Sweden Evelina Johansson-Wilen – Sweden Helle Rydström – Sweden
Advisory Board
Sara Ahmed Linda Martín Alcoff Karen Barad Anne-Jorunn Berg Rosi Braidotti Christina Carlsson Wetterberg Hilda Rømer Christensen Þorgerður Jennýjardóttir Einarsdóttir Elizabeth Grosz Jack Halberstam Ulla Holm Johanna Kantola Anu Koivunen Unni Langås Nina Lykke Eva Magnusson Ellen Mortensen Lilja Mósesdóttir Diana Mulinari Päivi Naskali Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen Lynne Pearce Hanne Petersen Tuija Pulkkinen Bente Rosenbeck Tiina Rosenberg Sasha Roseneil Leena-Maija Rossi Line Nyhagen Joan W Scott Birte Siim Dorte Marie Søndergaard Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir Jaana Vuori Judy Wajcman Elena Zdravomyslova
Updated 08-08-2023
Abstracting and indexing
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts Dansk BiblioteksCenter Indeks Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents (1993- ) International Bibliography of the Social Science MLA International Bibliography/Directory of Periodicals ProQuest Sociology Collection Scopus (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts (1993- )
Open access
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 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.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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