Journal of Lesbian Studies

ISSN 1089-4160 · Taylor & Francis · United States · active 1968–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
1.6
SJR
0.578
h-index
49

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
15 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance to publication
14 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance rate
25%
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

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Access status: unknown. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

lgbtqhealthidentitypolicysocialpsychologyafricansexualitiesissuessociologypoliticalgender

Frequently asked

Is Journal of Lesbian Studies a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Journal of Lesbian Studies. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Journal of Lesbian Studies indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Journal of Lesbian Studies appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Lesbian Studies?

Papers in Journal of Lesbian Studies are cited about 1.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 49. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Journal of Lesbian Studies (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places Journal of Lesbian Studies in Q2 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Journal of Lesbian Studies is cited about 1.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 49. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Journal of Lesbian Studies?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Journal of Lesbian Studies. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Journal of Lesbian Studies open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for Journal of Lesbian Studies. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

How long does Journal of Lesbian Studies take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Journal of Lesbian Studies takes about 15 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Journal of Lesbian Studies.

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