Sex Roles (journal)

Sex Roles is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It was first published in 1975 by Plenum Publishing and is currently published by Springer, Plenum's corporate heir. Articles appearing in Sex Roles are written from a feminist perspective, and topics span gender role socialization, gendered perceptions and behaviors, gender stereotypes, body image, violence against women, gender issues in employment and work environments, sexual orientation and identity, and methodological issues in gender research. The Editor-in-Chief is Janice D. Yoder.

Abstracting and indexing
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 * Abstracts in Anthropology
 * Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
 * Bibliosex
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 * TOC Premier

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.154, ranking it 1st out of 41 journals in the category "Women's Studies" and 11th out of 62 journals in the category, "Social Psychology".