About this journal

Aims and scope

International Journal of Transgender Health, together with its partner organization the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), offers an international, multidisciplinary scholarly forum for publication in the field of transgender health in its broadest sense for academics, practitioners, policy makers, and the general population.
The journal welcomes contributions from a range of disciplines, such as:

  • Endocrinology
  • Surgery
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Speech and language therapy
  • Sexual medicine
  • Sexology
  • Family therapy
  • Public health
  • Sociology
  • Counselling
  • Law
  • Medical ethics

We publish:
  • Original research (quantitative as well as qualitative)
  • Policy statements
  • Review articles
  • Letters to the editor

International Journal of Transgender Health has a commitment to an International focus, as reflected in our Editorial Board, whose members are from Europe, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.
All manuscripts published by IJTH, including those in special issues, have undergone rigorous, anonymous peer review, and editor screening.

Tags: endocrinology; surgery; obstetrics and gynaecology; fertility; psychiatry; psychology; primary care; speech and language therapy; electrolysis; sexual medicine; sexual health; sexual functioning; clinical ethics; medical ethics; medical sociology; medical anthropology; law; family therapy; sexual dysfunctions; relational therapy; sex research; sexology; public health.



Journal metrics

Usage

  • 544K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 10.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 8.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 10.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 3.761 (2023) SNIP
  • 2.263 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 2 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 22 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 15 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 22% acceptance rate

Editorial board

EDITOR
DAMIEN RIGGS, PhD, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

MANVI ARORA, PhD, University of Delhi, India

ADA CHEUNG, PhD, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

GRIET DE CUYPERE, MD, PhD, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

ELS ELAUT, PhD, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

AVERY EVERHART, University of British Columbia, Canada

ELLE LETT, PhD, MA, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

A. J. LOWIK, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada

ARJEE RESTAR, PhD, University of Washington, Washington, USA

SHOSHANA ROSENBERG, ScD, MPH, MSexol, Independent Researcher, unceded Wurundjeri land, Kulin Nations, Australia

GARETH TREHARNE, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand

WOUTER VAN DER SLUIS, MD, PhD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

FORMER EDITORS

FRIEDEMANN PFÄFFLIN, MD, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Founding Editor

ELI COLEMAN, PhD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Founding Editor

RICHARD EKINS, PhD, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK

DAVID KING, PhD, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

WALTER O BOCKTING, PhD, Program for the Study of LGBT Health, Division of Gender, Sexuality, and Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Psychiatry with the Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, USA

WALTER PIERRE BOUMAN, MD, PhD, National Centre for Transgender Health & University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

EDITORIAL BOARD

SWAGATA BANIK, PhD, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Cleveland, OH, USA

ABBY BARRAS, Brighton University, Brighton, UK

JAVIER BELINKY, MD, Department of Gender Surgery Hospital Carlos G. Durand, Guemes Clinic and School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University, Bueno Aires, Argentina

JENS BERLI, MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

ANNETTE BROMDAL, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia

GEORGE BROWN, MD, East Tennessee State University, Bluff City, TN, USA

STEPHANIE BUDGE, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

JOHN CAPOZUCA, PhD, Private Practice, New York, NY, USA

MADELINE B. DEUTSCH, MD, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, and Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

SONJA ELLIS, PhD, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

ANNELOU LC DE VRIES, MD, PhD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

JAMIE FELDMAN, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

LIN FRASER, EdD, Private Practice, San Francisco, CA, USA

CAL HORTON, Oxford Brookes’ Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford, UK

ALEX IANTAFFI, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

LAURA A. JACOBS, MSW, LCSW, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York, NY

BETH JONES, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

ASHLEIGH LIN, PhD, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

HEINO F. L. MEYER-BAHLBURG, DrRerNat, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

SANDY O’SULLIVAN, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia

JOANNE PASHDAG, PhD, Hawaii Pacific University, Department of Psychology, Honolulu, Hawaii

CARLA PFEFFER, Michigan State University, Michigan, MI, USA

JAE A. PUCKETT, PhD, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

KATHERINE RACHLIN, PhD, Private Practice, New York, NY, USA

CHRISTINA RICHARDS, DCPsych, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust & Regents University, London, UK

G NIC RIDER, PhD, Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA

AYDEN SCHEIM, PhD, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

ANNELIESE SINGH, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

PENELOPE STRAUSS, PhD, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

CORRINNE SULLIVAN, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia

AMY TISHELMAN, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

TIM VAN DE GRIFT, MD, PhD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

ANNA VAN DER MIESEN, MD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

SAM WINTER, PhD, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

GEMMA WITCOMB, PhD, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

SAHIKA YUKSEL, MD, Istanbul Medical Facility, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/ indexed in: Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology; CINAHL; CSA Social Services Abstracts; SocINDEX; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; Elsevier Scopus; Informa Educational Research Abstracts Online; Informa Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); JournalSeek; LGBT Life; PASCAL; PsycINFO; and SwetsWise All Titles.

Open access

International Journal of Transgender Health 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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

  • Special subscription rate of US$65 for members of APA Division 44, AASECT & SSSS. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.

Society information

Members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) receive the International Journal of Transgender Health as a free benefit of membership. As an international multidisciplinary professional Association of the mission of WPATH is to promote evidence based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health. The vision of WPATH is to bring together diverse professionals dedicated to developing best practices and supportive policies worldwide that promote health, research, education, respect, dignity, and equality for transgender, transsexual, and gender-variant people in all cultural settings. The quickest and easiest way to learn more about WPATH or become a member is to visit their website at www.wpath.org.

Members of the following groups can receive an individual print and online subscription to International Journal of Transgender Health at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.

  • American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues - Division 44 of the American Psychological Association
  • Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)

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