… was founded in 2009 as a journal on women and gender studies. It provides a forum for academic debate and discourse. From a regional perspective, the journal focuses primarily on the German-speaking areas, enabling specific analyses of the political, social and cultural spheres.

Multidisciplinary perspectives | The journal covers a broad range of social and cultural topics, addressing both socio-political issues on equality and justice as well as issues regarding the staging and cultural interpretation of gender. It gathers a wide range of academic disciplines in which women’s, men’s and gender issues are reflected.

Publication frequency | The journal is published three times per annum (in march, june and october), each with a thematic focus, and some 480 pages per year.

Peer Review | Contributions to the special issues and to the section for open contributions are double-blind peer reviewed.

Open Access | The journal is published in open access and is indexed in the DOAJ. All contributions are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Ethics | Please note our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Submission and publication of contributions | Each issue contains five articles in the main section, four articles in the open section, and up to four reviews. In 2024, 64 articles were submitted for double-blind review, and 34 articles were accepted. The average time between submission and publication of an article is approximately one to one and a half years.