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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #3,518Top JournalHybrid

Sex Roles

Acronym:sers
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Identifier (ISSN):0360-0025(Print)/1573-2762(Online)
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Publisher:Springer Nature
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
3.7↑ +0.3
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Sex Roles

WoS Q1
23453.8120223.82023320243.420253.72026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):3.7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
1.225
#3,518

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
159

159 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate6.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
49articles/year
43.96% Gold OA•96.39% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research is a global, multidisciplinary, scholarly, social and behavioral science journal with a feminist perspective. It publishes original research reports as well as original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles that explore how gender organizes people’s lives and their surrounding worlds, including gender identities, belief systems, representations, interactions, relations, organizations, institutions, and statuses. The range of topics covered is broad and dynamic, including but not limited to the study of gendered attitudes, stereotyping, and sexism; gendered contexts, culture, and power; the intersections of gender with race, class, sexual orientation, age, and other statuses and identities; body image; violence; gender (including masculinities) and feminist identities; human sexuality; communication studies; work and organizations; gendered development across the life span or life course; mental, physical, and reproductive health and health care; sports; interpersonal relationships and attraction; activism and social change; economic, political, and legal inequities; and methodological challenges and innovations in doing gender research.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Psychology99.7%Social psychology81.9%Developmental psychology79%Sociology57.1%Political science47.3%Law46.8%Medicine43%Philosophy42.1%Biology38%Gender studies32.2%Computer science26.6%Epistemology26.1%Psychoanalysis25.2%Mathematics23.1%Economics22.2%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Q1
Rank17/95
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Q1
Rank10/77
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

WOMENS STUDIES

Q1
Rank3/71
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Q1
Rank13/95
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Q1
Rank10/77
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

WOMENS STUDIES

Q1
Rank4/71
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF3.7
Articles / Year40
Total Citations6
2025
IF3.4
Articles / Year79
Total Citations132
2024
IF3
Articles / Year113
Total Citations622
2023
IF3.8
Articles / Year95
Total Citations1,012
2022
IF3.812
Articles / Year85
Total Citations1,383

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #3,518Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1975-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:PsychologySocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.225

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.84

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,477 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,220
3-Year Documents283
Citable Documents283

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)2

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate70.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1
Gender StudiesQ1
Social PsychologyQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 6.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Sex Roles (acronym: sers, ISSN: 0360-0025) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Springer Nature in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.70, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.225 (Q1), an H-index of 159.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 24 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 49 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,477 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Language
English
Frequency
24 issues per year
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01