Aims and scope
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Testimonials
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Aims and scope

Gender and Justice is an international and transdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing critical feminist scholarship on justice in the social sciences, and from different methodological perspectives. 

The journal aims to showcase innovative contributions that are theoretically-driven and/or empirically-grounded approaches to various forms of gender inequality, injustice and exclusion which influence and shape individuals' lives across diverse and global contexts. The editors’ conception of justice is comprehensive. It encompasses economic, social, criminal, distributive, environmental, cultural and political dimensions.  

Gender and Justice seeks articles that treat gender, sexuality and justice as entwined rather than discrete processes in social relations. The journal is committed to pushing the boundaries of knowledge in these domains, disseminating cutting-edge research that not only addresses existing issues but also raises fresh inquiries, and advocates for ground-breaking approaches to both the theory and practice of social scientific research. In particular, the journal will welcome articles that introduce and advance new conceptual and creative methodological approaches to research and practice relative to gender justice, and that can advance knowledge and inform activism. 

The Gender and Justice editorial team looks towards a more hopeful future. We are focused on generating critical debates to consider what a feminist conception of justice can mean in terms of society, and in terms of developing and enriching critical feminist/gender/queer and social theory. 

Gender and Justice champions world-leading research from authors in–but not limited to–the following disciplines: 

• Sociology 
• Criminology 
• Socio-legal studies 
• Gender studies, 
• Queer studies, 
• Economics, 
• Human geography, 
• Ethnography and 
• Anthropology.

In addition, the editors support research that incorporates aspects of the humanities and the arts into research and practice.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Gender and Justice is committed to creating and sustaining a platform that supports, promotes and practises a non-discriminatory policy of diversity, equity and inclusion to facilitate the communication and dissemination of innovative social scientific scholarship and research findings for all researchers. The Editorial team promotes a culture of impartiality that treats all individuals with tolerance and respect. The Editorial Team pursues a leadership policy that promotes and maintains a safe environment for authors, reviewers, the Editorial Management Board and the Advisory Board. The editors recognise that several dimensions of diversity exist such as in gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical location, religious beliefs and socio-economic levels to name but a few. Our commitment to maintaining a culture of respect, tolerance and inclusivity is pivotal to strengthening the Editorial Teams’ vision of our journal. We will apply these principles to all our editorial activities with impartiality (i.e., relative to content, manuscript processing, internal reviewing, external reviewing and manuscript decision).

See Bristol University Press’ full EDI statement for journals to learn more.

Testimonials

"Gender and Justice is an important platform for the cascading scholarship on new and innovative approaches to critical feminist and gender studies.  With its focus on theoretical advances and spatially rooted intersecting vulnerabilities, inequalities and injustice and regimes of oppression in diverse contexts and regions across the world, the journal nurtures ‘hope for enriching critical feminist/gender/queer and social theory’ in our troubled times.”

Kalpana Kannabiran is a Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India.

"At a time when members of gender and sexual minority groups are under heightened scrutiny and attack— from court decisions rescinding rights, laws restricting discussions of gender diversity in schools, and increases in hate-crimes, to name just some examples—we need more research that critically interrogates current issues and struggles for gender and sexual justice. By welcoming methodologically and theoretically diverse scholarship from across the globe, Gender and Justice provides a much needed intervention into how we conceptualize and advance movements to support some of the most marginalized members of our societies.”

Samantha Majic is Professor of Political Science, John Jay College and the City University of New York Graduate Center, US.

"With so many people around the world experiencing systematic injustices, a journal dedicated to gender and justice is both timely and necessary. Showcasing innovative, experimental and challenging feminist work and led by an editorial board and team of experienced, cross disciplinary and motivated scholars, this journal will help to shift thinking and lead to change.”

Clare McGlynn KC (Hon) is a Professor of Law at Durham University, UK.

"Gender and Justice provides a much-needed space for publishing interdisciplinary scholarship that interrogates the inequalities and injustices grounded and acted upon gendered identities, experiences and bodies. Guided by an internationally excellent editorial team, it will offer an inclusive home to a diversity of critical scholarship motivated by the goal of progressive social, legal and political reform.” 

Vanessa Munro is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick, UK.

"The interdisciplinary approach of Gender and Justice provides an excellent platform for learning, debate, and collaboration as well as utilising a rich range of methodologies and perspectives for the study of gender, law, and the criminal justice process. It will appeal to anyone who wishes to keep abreast of the high-quality multidisciplinary research being conducted in this field.”

Aisha K. Gill is Professor of Criminology and Head of Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol, UK.

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Original cover image courtesy of Holger Moos and modified with his permission.

Contact us

Editorial enquiries

Editorial team: genderandjustice-editorial@bristol.ac.uk

Open access, subscriptions and free trials

Bristol University Press: bup-journals@bristol.ac.uk

What are we looking for?
How to submit an article
Editorial Review Process
Ethical guidelines
Copyright and permissions
Style
Alt-text
References
Open access
Self-archiving and institutional repositories
English language editing service
How to maximise the impact of your article
Contact us

Visit our journal author toolkit for resources and advice to support you through the publication process and beyond.

What are we looking for?

Research articles: The Editors invite authors to submit articles that are based on original research. Research articles should be no more than 9,000 words in limit. This should include all tables but it excludes the reference list. Authors should use five keywords that describe their article, and provide an abstract of up to 250 words. Gender and Justice is particularly interested in articles that offer innovative feminist contributions that are theoretically-driven and/or empirically-grounded approaches to various forms of inequality, injustice and exclusion that influence and shape individuals' lives across diverse and global contexts.

Feminist interventions – Review Essays: The Editors invite authors to submit contributions in the form of Feminist Interventions - Review Essays on issues that are timely in feminist research. Feminist Interventions - Review Essays should be no longer than 5,000 words. This excludes the reference list. Contributions should adopt a symposium style, and involve input from no more than four contributors on a particular subject area that is of interest to researchers focused on gender and justice, as well as forms of inequality, exclusions and marginalisation. This forum is open to researchers at all career stages. We welcome contributions that advance Early Career Researchers. Therefore, a Feminist Interventions - Review Essay could, for example, comprise a senior researcher paired with three early career researchers.

Creative Feminist Methodologies: The Editors invite authors to submit research articles that use creative methods and methodologies to advance feminist scholarship epistemologically and ontologically. Articles should be no more than 10,000 words in limit. This should include all tables but excludes the reference list. Authors should use five keywords that describe their article, and provide an abstract of up to 250 words. Specifically, we welcome contributions from authors that use the following creative research method and methodologies: Arts-based methods, Research using technology, Mixed-methods research and Transformative research.

In Conversation With: The Editors invite expressions of interest in an occasional series, comprising conversations with leaders and people doing innovative work in the field of gender and justice understood broadly. These pieces should be dialogical in style. Contributions should be no longer than 5,000 words.

Book Reviews: Book reviews should be up to 2,000 words. We encourage the author to provide a succinct description of the book’s key features and to think about the questions raised by the text and the problems and issues that might be explored through a critical reading of its content. Comment on suitable audiences is also welcomed. An abstract is not required for book reviews. Book reviews are reviewed internally by the Book Reviews Editor.

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How to submit an article

All submissions should be made online via the Gender and Justice Editorial Manager website:  https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/gjus/default2.aspx 

Initial manuscript submission via Editorial Manager

Manuscripts must be in Word or Rich Text Format (not pdf). New users should first create an account, specify their areas of interest and provide full contact details.

Preparing your anonymised manuscript

Your initial submission must consist of the following separate files:

1. A cover page including: the article title, author name(s) and affiliations, the article abstract (up to 250 words), up to 5 key words/short phrases and the article word count. A cover page template is available to download here.

2. A fully anonymized manuscript which does not include any of the information included in the cover page. It should not include any acknowledgements, funding details or conflicts of interest that would identify the author(s). References to the authors' own work should be anonymised as follows: "Author's own, [year]". Please note that submissions that have not been sufficiently anonymised will be returned.

3. If you have any Figures and Tables these must be uploaded as separate files at the end of the manuscript. Please indicate where they should be placed in the text by inserting: ‘Figure X here’ and provide numbers, titles and sources where appropriate.

4. Alt text: In order to improve our accessibility for people with visual impairments, we ask authors to provide a brief description known as alt text to describe any visual content such as photos, illustrations or figures. It will not be visible in the article but is embedded into the images so a PDF reader can read out the descriptions. Guidance on how to write this is available here: Alt-text guidance for authors.

All authors must comply with the Bristol University Press/ Policy Press ethical guidelines.

For help submitting an article via Editorial Manager, please view our online tutorial.

Once a submission has been conditionally accepted, you will be invited to submit a final, non-anonymised version via Editorial Manager.

Checklist: what to include in your final, accepted non-anonymised manuscript:

A cover page including: 

• Title: short and concise running title and, if necessary, a (short) informative subtitle;
• Author names and affiliations;
• Abstract: no longer than 250 words, outlining the central question, approach/method, findings and take home message;
• Up to 5 keywords;

The main manuscript including:

• The non-anonymised text of your article: The word count for each type of article is as follows: Research Articles 9,000; Feminist interventions–Review Essays 5,000; Creative Feminist Methodologies: 10,000; In Conversation With: 5,000 and Book Reviews: 2,000 words
• Funding details: list any funding including the grant numbers you have received for the research covered in your article as follows: ‘This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].’
• Conflict of interest statement: please declare any possible conflicts of interest, or state ‘The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’ if there are none.
• Data availability statement: Please use/complete the most appropriate statement:

1. Data and materials are located at [insert Public Repository URL]
2. Pending acceptance, data and materials will be archived at [insert repository]
3. Data and materials cannot be provided because…
4. This manuscript does not report on data

• Acknowledgements: acknowledge people who have provided you with any substantial assistance or advice with collecting the data, developing your ideas, editing or any other comments to develop your argument or text.
• Figures and Tables: should be submitted as separate files. Figures should ideally be in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file format. Please indicate where figures and tables should be placed in the text by inserting: ‘Figure/Table X here’ and provide numbers, titles and sources (where appropriate).
• Alt text: In order to improve our accessibility for people with visual impairments, we ask authors to provide a brief description known as alt text to describe any visual content such as photos, illustrations or figures. It will not be visible in the article but is embedded into the images so a PDF reader can read out the descriptions. Guidance on how to write this is available here: Alt-text guidance for authors.
• Supplementary data: We recommend that any supplementary data is hosted in a data repository (such as figshare) and cited as a reference in the article.
• Journal Contributor Publishing Agreement: please upload a scanned copy of the completed and signed Journal Contributor Publishing Agreement with your final non-anonymised manuscript. The Journal Contributor Publishing Agreement can be downloaded here.

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Editorial Review Process

All submissions are first desk-reviewed by the editor(s) who will assess whether the manuscript fits the aims and scope as well as the quality standards of the journal. Papers that are selected to be sent out for review will be evaluated through double-anonymous peer review by at least two referees. Gender and Justice aims to return the reviews along with an initial decision within two months of submission.

Please also read our Journals Editorial Policies and Ethical Guidelines.

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Ethical guidelines

At Bristol University Press we are committed to upholding the highest standards of review and publication ethics in our journals. Bristol University Press is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE), and will take appropriate action in cases of possible misconduct in line with COPE guidance.

Find out more about our ethical guidelines.

Copyright and Permissions

Gender and Justice is published by Bristol University Press. Articles are considered for publication on the understanding that on acceptance the author(s) grant(s) Bristol University Press the exclusive right and licence to publish the article. Copyright remains with the author(s) or other original copyright owners and we will acknowledge this in the copyright line that appears on the published article.

Authors will be asked to sign a journal contributor agreement to this effect, which should be submitted online along with the final manuscript. All authors should agree to the agreement. For jointly authored articles the corresponding author may sign on behalf of co-authors provided that s/he has obtained their consent. The journal contributor agreement can be downloaded here. 

Where copyright is not owned by the author(s), the corresponding author is responsible for obtaining the consent of the copyright holder. This includes figures, tables, and excerpts. Evidence of this permission should be provided to Bristol University Press. General information on rights and permissions can be found here.

To request permission to reproduce any part of articles published in Gender and Justice please email Bristol University Press: bup-info@bristol.ac.uk.

For information on what is permissible use for different versions of your article please see our policy on self archiving and institutional repositories.

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Style

• British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
• Non-discriminatory language is mandatory.
• Please use double line spacing and Times New Roman font size 12 for ease of reading for reviewers.
• Please use properly formatted headings and sub-headings to help readers navigate the article.
• Explanatory notes should be kept to a minimum. If it is necessary to use them, they must be numbered consecutively in the text and listed at the end of the article. Please do not embed notes in the text.
• Please do not embed bibliographic references in the text, footnotes, live links or macros; the final submitted file should be clear of track changes and ready for print.
• Tables and charts should be separated from the text and submitted in a Word or Excel file, with their placement in the text clearly indicated by inserting: ‘Table X here’. Please provide numbers, titles and sources (where appropriate).
• Figures, diagrams and maps should be separated from the text and, ideally, submitted in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file. Figures created in Word or Excel are acceptable in those file formats. If the figures, diagrams and maps are in other formats (i.e. have been pasted into a Word file rather than created in it) please contact bup-journalsproduction@bristol.ac.uk for advice. Please indicate where figures should be placed in the text, by inserting: ‘Figure X here’ and provide numbers, titles and sources (where appropriate).

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Alt-text

In order to improve our accessibility for people with visual impairments, we now require authors to provide’ a brief description known as alt text to describe any visual content such as photos, illustrations or figures. It will not be visible in the article but is embedded into the images so a PDF reader can read out the descriptions. See our guidance on writing alt-text.

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References 

Download the Endnote output style for Policy Press and Bristol University Press Journals.

Bristol University Press uses a custom version of the Harvard system of referencing:

• In-text citations: give the author’s surname followed by year of publication in brackets;
• If there is more than one reference to the same author and year, this should be distinguished by a, b, c, d and so on being added to the year;
• In lists of references given within the text, place in chronological order, from old to new. For example (Smith, 1989; Jones, 1990; Amler, 2002; Brown, 2007);
• List all references in full at the end of the article and remove any references not cited in the text;
• Names should be listed in the references as cited, for example, surnames containing de, De, de la, Le, van, von, Van, Von should be listed under ‘D’, ‘L’ and ‘V’ respectively. If in doubt, check the author ORCID or a recognised database such as Scopus or Web of Science to verify their most known surname;
• For works with multiple authors, list all names up to six. For works with more than six authors, list the first six names followed by ‘et al’;
• Book and journal titles should be in italics;
• Website details should be placed at the end of the reference;
• Ibid/op cit: please do not use; we would prefer that you repeated the information;
• Immediately before submitting your final version, check that all references cited in the text are in the reference list and that references in the reference list are cited correctly in the text.

Examples

Book:
Bengtson, V.L. and Lowenstein, A. (2003) Global Aging and its Challenge to Families, Transaction Publishers.

Darling, D. (2010) Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists, Policy Press. 

Book with editor:
Bengtson, V.L. and Lowenstein, A. (eds) (2003) Global Aging and its Challenge to Families, 5th edn, Transaction Publishers.

Chapter in book or in multi-authored publication:
Bengtson, V.L. and Lowenstein, A. (2003) Citizenship in action: the lived experiences of citizens with dementia who campaign for social change, in R. Smith, R. Means and K. Keegan (eds) Global Aging and its Challenge to Families, Transaction Publishers, pp 305–26.

Journal reference:
Williamson, E. and Abrahams, H. A. (2014) A review of the provision of intervention programmes for female victims and survivors of domestic abuse in the UK, Journal of Women and Social Work, 29(1): 178-191. doi: doi.org/10.1177/0886109913516452

Jeffrey, C., Williams, E., de Araujo, P., Fortin-Rochberg, R., O'Malley, T., Hill, A-M., et al (2009) The challenge of politics, Policy & Politics, 36(4): 545–57. doi: doi.org/10.1177/0886108913516454

Website reference:
Womensaid (2016) What is domestic abuse?, https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/.

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Editorial Management Board

Anna Carline, Co-Editor in Chief, University of Liverpool, UK
Sharron FitzGerald, Co-Editor in Chief, l’Université Paris 8, Cresspa-GTM, France
Lesley McMillan, Co-Editor in Chief, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Maggie O’Neill, Consulting Editor, University College Cork, Ireland
Kezia Batisai, Associate Editor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Catherine Conlon, Associate Editor, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Linda Connolly, Associate Editor, Maynooth University, Ireland 
Jane Freedman, Associate Editor, l’Université Paris 8, Cresspa-GTM, France 
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Associate Editor, Birkbeck College, UK
Karen Laidler, Associate Editor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jill Marshall, Associate Editor, Royal Holloway, UK
Greggor Mattson, Associate Editor, Oberlin College, USA
Angela O’Hagan, Associate Editor, Scottish Human Rights Commission, UK
Clare Gunby, Book Review Editor, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Diana Veloso, Book Review Editor, De La Salle University, Manila, The Philippines
Sorcha McCormack, Social Media Editor, Leeds Beckett University, UK

Social Media Assistant

Cristina Monzer, Pennsylvania State University, US

Regional Editorial Representatives

Africa: Tamaryn Crankshaw, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Southeast Asia: Rukmini Sen, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, India
South America: Isabel Sierra, Universidad de los Andes, Columbia
Oceania: Yvette Tinsley, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Canada and USA: Deborah White, Trent University, Canada
Europe: Gillian Wylie, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland

Editorial Advisory Board 

Gloria Alarcón-García, University of Murcia, Spain
Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University, USA
Ana Micaela Alterio, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico 
Niharika Banerjea, Jindal Global University, India
Ravinder Barn, Royal Holloway, UL, UK
Paola Bergallo, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
Margunn Bjørnholt, VID Specialized University, Norway
Floretta Boonzaier, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Lina Buchely Ibarra, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia 
Lina M. Céspedes-Báez, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia 
Sealing Cheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Cathy Conrad, St Mary University, Halifax, Canada
Heather Douglas, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University, Australia 
João Florêncio, Linköping University, Sweden
Leigh Goodmark, University of Maryland, USA 
Lucas Gottzén, University of Stockholm, Sweden 
Puja Kapai, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Sarah Marie Hall, University of Manchester, UK 
Nick Mai, University of Leicester, UK 
Josephine Ndagire, Makerere University, Uganda
Laura Oso, Universidade da Coruña, Spain  
Helen Rizzo, American University of Cairo, Egypt 
Debarati Sen, University of Houston, USA
Kari Solbraekke, University of Oslo, Norway
Sara Stevano, SOAS, University of London, UK 
Akiko Takeyama, University of Kansas, USA
Karen Till, Maynooth University, Ireland
Veronica Urdurannga, Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile 
Esther Vicente, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico 
Deborah Weisman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Yelda Yucel, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

Be among the first to publish in Gender and Justice. 

Gender and Justice is a new, international and transdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing critical feminist scholarship on justice in the social sciences, and from different methodological perspectives. 

The journal aims to showcase innovative contributions that are theoretically-driven and/or empirically-grounded approaches to various forms of gender inequality, injustice and exclusion which influence and shape individuals' lives across diverse and global contexts. The editors’ conception of justice is comprehensive. It encompasses economic, social, criminal, distributive, environmental, cultural and political dimensions. 

Our scope is broad and includes, but is not limited to, the following disciplines: 

• Sociology
• Criminology
• Socio-legal studies
• Gender studies
• Queer studies
• Economics
• Human geography
• Ethnography
• Anthropology

Read our aims and scope to learn more. 

We are seeking contributions of the following article types: 

• Research Articles: The Editors invite authors to submit articles that are based on original research. Gender and Justice is particularly interested in articles that offer innovative feminist contributions that are theoretically-driven and/or empirically-grounded approaches to various forms of inequality, injustice and exclusion that influence and shape individuals' lives across diverse and global contexts.
• Feminist interventions – Review Essays: The Editors invite authors to submit contributions in the form of Feminist Interventions - Review Essays on issues that are timely in feminist research. Contributions should adopt a symposium style, and involve input from no more than four contributors on a particular subject area that is of interest to researchers focused on gender and justice, as well as forms of inequality, exclusions and marginalisation. 
• Creative Feminist Methodologies: The Editors invite authors to submit research articles that use creative methods and methodologies to advance feminist scholarship epistemologically and ontologically. Specifically, we welcome contributions from authors that use the following creative research method and methodologies: Arts-based methods, Research using technology, Mixed-methods research and Transformative research.
• In Conversation With: The Editors invite expressions of interest in an occasional series, comprising conversations with leaders and people doing innovative work in the field of gender and justice understood broadly. These pieces should be dialogical in style. 
• Book Reviews: We encourage the author to provide a succinct description of the book’s key features and to think about the questions raised by the text and the problems and issues that might be explored through a critical reading of its content. 

See our author instructions for more information on how to prepare your submission.

If you would like to discuss a submission or propose a special issue please contact the editors at genderandjustice-editorial@bristol.ac.uk.  

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