Journal of Gender-Based Violence
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is the first international journal based in Europe to showcase the work of scholars across disciplinary and topic boundaries, and from a range of methodologies.
The journal acknowledges both the breadth of gender-based violence (GBV) and its links to gendered inequalities. It aims to continue to document the voices and experiences of victims and survivors of GBV, to publish work regarding those who perpetrate GBV and of the varied and complex social structures, inequalities and gender norms through which GBV is produced and sustained. The journal recognises the intersection of gender with other identities and power relations, such as ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, faith, disability and economic status. Read more
Frequency: February, June and October
Volume 6 (2022): Issue 1 (Feb 2022): Themed Sections: Sexual violence / Children and mothers post-separation
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Aims and scope
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence (JGBV) is the first international journal based in Europe to showcase the work of scholars across disciplinary and topic boundaries, and from a range of methodologies.
The journal acknowledges both the breadth of gender-based violence (GBV) and its links to gendered inequalities. It aims to continue to document the voices and experiences of victims and survivors of GBV, to publish work regarding those who perpetrate GBV and of the varied and complex social structures, inequalities and gender norms through which GBV is produced and sustained. The journal recognises the intersection of gender with other identities and power relations, such as ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, faith, disability and economic status.
JGBV publishes high-quality papers that contribute to understanding of GBV, policy and/or activism, on sexual violence, domestic abuse, ‘honour’-based violence, prostitution, trafficking and/or reproductive violence and abuse in a wide range of intimate, familial, community and societal contexts.
The editors invite interest from scholars working across the social sciences and related fields including social policy, sociology, politics, criminology, law, social psychology, development and economics, as well as disciplines allied to medicine, health and wellbeing.
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is published by Policy Press on behalf of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol.
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is abstracted and/or indexed in:
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- ProQuest Central
- ProQuest Sociology Collection
- ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection
- Scopus
- Social Care Online
Testimonials
"The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is a welcome addition to feminist publication venues for research and commentary in this field. With an outstanding editorial team, the journal provides a major service to academics, practitioners and policy makers through the dissemination of significant studies, as well as essays on policy and practice links and book reflections."
Claire M. Renzetti, editor for Violence Against Women: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal, and Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women at the University of Kentucky, USA
"The multidisciplinary approach of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence provides a scholarly illumination not only of the complexity of the issue, but also a place for transforming knowledge into innovative responses."
Patrick O'Leary, Griffith University, Australia
Contact us
Editorial enquiries:
Editor-in-Chief
Marianne Hester: Marianne.Hester@bristol.ac.uk
Editorial Assistant
Ella Gibbs: jgbv.editorial@gmail.com
Open Access, subscriptions and free trials:
Policy Press: pp-journals@bristol.ac.uk
Read our instructions for authors for guidance on how to prepare your submissions. The instructions include the following:
What are we looking for?
How to submit
Editorial review process
Copyright and permissions
Style
References
English language editing service
Open Access
Self-archiving and institutional repositories
How to maximise the impact of your article
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Visit our journal author toolkit for resources and advice to support you through the publication process and beyond.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for papers which contribute to the field of gender-based violence. This might include:
- Academic articles based on research, or major reviews, which should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words long (including references) with up to five key words, classifications, and an abstract of up to 200 words. Submissions should also include a key messages section which describes the key messages of the paper in 2–3 single sentence bullet points. Submissions should be anonymised (see instructions below) for double anonymous peer review. Research articles should contribute to advances in knowledge, theory or methods. Authors should indicate if their article presents new empirical findings or is based on methodological innovation and should write in a style suitable for JGBV’s academic, NGO, activist, policy and practitioner audiences.
- Policy and practice papers should usually be between 2,000 and 4,000 words (including references) with up to five key words, classifications and an abstract of up to 200 words. Submissions should also include a key messages section which describes the key messages of the paper in 2–3 single sentence bullet points. We recommend that you discuss this with the editors prior to submission. These submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board. Policy and practice papers should contribute to the international sharing of ideas, expertise and experience between NGOs, social movement activists, policy makers and academics. Contributors are encouraged to highlight innovative policy or practice at the local, national or international level.
- Open Space welcomes short submissions (up to 4,000 words in length, including references) for publication in the journal, and provides a space for feminist discussion, dialogue, analysis and reflections on activism, methodologies and events. We invite literary, poetic and creative forms, including interviews, personal narratives, polemics, reflections on key thinkers and ideas, and other non-standard submissions that will initiate and feed into the debate. These pieces are reviewed by members of the editorial board. Contributors should discuss the suitability of Open Space pieces with the editor in advance.
How to submit an article
All submissions should be made online at the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editorial Manager website: http://www.editorialmanager.com/jgbv/default.aspx, 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:
- A cover page including: the article title, author name(s) and affiliations (institution affiliation and country only, no department details required), the article abstract (up to 200 words), up to five key words/short phrases and the article word count including references. A cover page template is available to download here.
- A fully anonymised manuscript which does not include any of the information included in the cover page. It should not include any author or study names, acknowledgements, funding details or conflicts of interest that would identify the author(s). References to the author's own work should be anonymised as follows: 'Author's own, [year]'. Please note that submissions that have not been sufficiently anonymised will be returned.
- If you have any figures and tables please upload them as separate files at the end of the manuscript. Please indicate where these should be placed in the text by inserting: ‘Figure X here’ and provide numbers, titles and sources where appropriate.
All authors should comply with the Bristol University Press/Policy Press ethical guidelines.
For help submitting an article via Editorial Manager, please view our online tutorial or contact the Editorial Office.
Once a submission has been conditionally accepted, you will be invited to submit a final, non-anonymised version.
Checklist: what to include in your final, accepted non-anonymised manuscript
- A cover page including: the article title, author name(s) and affiliations (institution affiliation and country only, no department details required), the article abstract (up to 200 words), up to five key words and the word count.
The non-anonymised final version of your article should include:
- Key messages in 2–3 single sentence bullet points
- 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. Find out more about declaring conflicts of interest in the Bristol Universty Press/Policy Press ethical guidelines.
- Acknowledgements: acknowledge those who have provided you with any substantial assistance or advice with collecting data, developing your ideas, editing or any other comments to develop your argument or text.
- Figures and tables: should be included as separate files at the end of the manuscript. Please indicate where these should be placed in the text by inserting: ‘Figure X here’ and provide numbers, titles and sources where appropriate. For advice about less common file formats please contact dave.j.worth@bristol.ac.uk.
- Supplemental data: We recommend that any supplemental data are hosted in a data repository (such as figshare) for maximum exposure, and are cited as a reference in the article.
Editorial review process
All submissions will be subject to double anonymous peer review processes (unless stated otherwise) by referees currently working in the appropriate field. The editors aim to provide quick decisions and to ensure that submission to publication takes the minimum possible time.
Copyright and permissions
The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is published by Policy Press on behalf of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol. Articles are considered for publication on the understanding that on acceptance the entire copyright shall pass to the Centre for Gender and Violence Research. Authors will be asked to sign a copyright agreement to this effect. All authors should agree to the copyright assignment. For jointly authored articles the corresponding author may sign on behalf of co-authors provided that s/he has obtained their consent for copyright assignment. When submitting online, the copyright assignment agreement is considered to be signed when the corresponding author checks the relevant box. The copyright assignment agreement can be read 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 Policy Press.
General information on rights and permissions can be found here: http://policypress.co.uk/rights-permissions
To request permission to reproduce any part of articles published in Journal of Gender-Based Violence please email Policy Press: pp-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.
Please also read our Journals editorial policies.
Style
- British English spelling and punctuation is preferred.
- Non-discriminatory language is mandatory.
- 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 dave.j.worth@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).
References
Download the Endnote output style for Bristol University Press and Policy Press Journals.
A custom version of the Harvard system of referencing is used:
- In-text citations: give the author’s surname followed by year of publication in brackets.
- List all references in full at the end of the article and remove any references not cited in the text.
- Book and journal titles should be in italics.
- Website details should be placed at the end of the reference. Do not include dates of access to websites.
- Spell out all acronyms in first instance.
Example of book reference:
Aghtaie, N. and Gangoli, G. (2015) National and International Perspectives to Gender Based Violence. Abingdon: Routledge.
Example of 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: 178–191.
Example of chapter within edited / multi-authored publication:
Hester, M. (2012) 'Globalization, Activism and Local Contexts: Development of Policy on Domestic Violence in China and England', in: M. T. Segal, E. N. Chow, and V. Demos (eds.) Social Production and Reproduction at the Interface of Public and Private Spheres, London: Emerald, pp. 273–294.
Example of website reference:
Womensaid (2016) What is domestic abuse, 15th August. https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/
Management Board
Marianne Hester, Editor-in-Chief; Chair in Gender, Violence & International Policy, University of Bristol, UK
Nadia Aghtaie, Co-Editor; University of Bristol, UK
Geetanjali Gangoli, Co-Editor; Durham University, UK
Jade Levell, University of Bristol, UK
Natasha Mulvihill, Co-Editor; University of Bristol, UK
William Turner, Co-Editor; University of Bristol, UK
Emma Williamson, Co-Editor; University of Bristol, UK
Liz Kelly, Consulting Editor; London Metropolitan University, UK
Sylvia Walby, Consulting Editor; City, University of London, UK
Nazand Begikhani, Regional Editor - Middle East; University of Bristol, UK
Anjali Dave, Regional Editor - South Asia; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Walter DeKeseredy, Regional Editor - North America; West Virginia University, USA
Cristhie Mella, Regional Editor - Latin America; Catholic University of Temuco and La Frontera University, Chile
Marceline Naudi, Regional Editor - Europe; University of Malta
Evan Stark, Regional Editor - North America; Rutgers University, USA
Lis Bates, Associate Editor; Open University, UK
Rosa Logar, Associate Editor - Policy Link; WAVE/GREVIO
Sarika Seshadri, Associate Editor - Practice Link, Women's Aid, UK
Jo Todd, Associate Editor - Practice link; Respect, UK
Nicole Westmarland, Chair of Board - Durham University, UK
Julia Mortimer, Publisher; Bristol University Press and Policy Press, UK
Editorial Advisory Board
Debra Allnock, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Loraine Bacchus, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Christine Barter, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Lois Bibbings, University of Bristol, UK
Joanne Conaghan, University of Bristol, UK
Maddy Coy, University of Florida, USA
Catherine Donovan, Durham University, UK
Viveka Enander, Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Maria Eriksson, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Gene Feder, University of Bristol, UK
Rachel Fenton, University of Exeter, UK
David Gadd, The University of Manchester, UK
Aisha Gill, University of Roehampton, UK
Kelsey Hegarty, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Juha Holma, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Sara Hossain, Lawyer Supreme Court, Bangladesh
Emma Howarth, University of East London, UK
Indira Jaising, Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative, India
Barbara Kavemann, Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Nida Kirmani, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Renate Klein, The University of Maine, USA
Nancy Lombard, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Katinka Lünnemann, Verwey-Jonker Institute, Netherlands
Finn Mackay, University of the West of England, UK
Ellen Malos, University of Bristol, UK
Karen Morgan, University of Bristol, UK
Janice Ristock, University of Manitoba, Canada
Amanda Robinson, Cardiff University, UK
Renee Romkens, Atria, Netherlands
Lynnmarie Sardinha, University of Bristol, UK
Tina Skinner, University of Bath, UK
Nicky Stanley, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Eszter Szilassy, University of Bristol, UK
Bo Wagner Sørensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Qihua Ye, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
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