Signs (journal)

Signs  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Signs
Discipline Women's studies
Language English
Edited by Suzanna Danuta Walters
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 1975-present
Frequency Quarterly
0.896
Indexing
ISSN 0097-9740 (print)
1545-6943 (web)
LCCN 75649469
OCLC no. 223703061
JSTOR 00979740
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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society is a peer-reviewed feminist academic journal. It was established in 1975 by Catharine R. Stimpson, and is published quarterly by the University of Chicago Press.

Scope

Signs publishes essays examining women's and men's lives around the globe from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as theoretical and critical articles addressing processes of racialization, sexualization, and gendering.[1] In 2015, Signs launched the "Feminist Public Intellectuals Project," which seeks to engage feminist theorizing with pressing political and social problems via three open-access, online-first initiatives: "Short Takes," "Currents," and "Ask a Feminist." Given the fragmentation of feminist activism and the persistent negative freighting of the moniker “feminist,” the "Feminist Public Intellectuals Project" seeks to genuinely reimagine what role a journal can play in provoking activism.[2]

History

From 1975-1980, the founding editor-in-chief of Signs was Catharine R. Stimpson (Barnard College). From 1980-1985, the editor-in-chief was Barbara C. Gelpi (Stanford University). From 1985-1990, the editor-in-chief was Jean Fox O'Barr (Duke University). She was succeeded from 1990-1995 by Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres and Barbara Laslett (University of Minnesota). From 1995-2000, the editors-in-chief were Carolyn Allen and Judith A. Howard (University of Washington), they were replaced in 2000 by Sandra Harding and Kathryn Norberg (University of California, Los Angeles), they served until 2005 when they were replaced by Mary Hawkesworth (Rutgers University). Since 2015, Suzanna Danuta Walters (Northeastern University) has been editor-in-chief.[3] The journal was called "prestigious" in a French review article of women's studies in America.[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.896, ranking it 14th out of 41 journals in the category "Women's Studies".[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hawkesworth, M (2011). "Signs 2005–2015: Reflections on the Nature and Global Reach of Interdisciplinary Feminist Knowledge Production". Signs 36 (3): 511–519. doi:10.1086/657513. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Feminist Public Intellectuals Project". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Signs: Editorial board". journals.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Schwartz, Paula (2002). ""Women's Studies, Gender Studies": Le contexte américain". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire 75: 15–20. doi:10.2307/3771854.
  5. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Women's Studies". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.

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