Journal of Women, Politics & Policy


The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge covering women's political roles. It was established in 1980 and changed from Women & Politics to its current name in 2005. The editor-in-chief is Heidi Hartmann.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index and Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 1.500, ranking it 15th out of 45 journals in the category "Women's Studies".