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Gender & Society Template

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About the Gender & Society format

Gender & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Gender Politics and Representation, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Gender, Feminism, and Media. Over its lifetime it has published 3,098 papers, which have received 147,305 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Gender & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inGender Politics and Representation Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender, Feminism, and Media Work-Family Balance Challenges Gender Diversity and Inequality
ISSN0891-2432
Citation impact (2-yr)1.02
h-index173
i10-index1,151
Top institutions publishing hereThe University of Texas at Austin
Journal websitegas.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Gender & Society per year

146
2014
89
2015
57
2016
85
2017
94
2018
91
2019
77
2020
92
2021
90
2022
73
2023
82
2024
79
2025

Citation impact of Gender & Society by publication year

2.3K
2014
2.8K
2015
1.4K
2016
1.8K
2017
2.2K
2018
1.4K
2019
1.1K
2020
2.2K
2021
661
2022
352
2023
159
2024
49
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Gender & Society

Hegemonic Masculinity

Raewyn Connell, James W. Messerschmidt · 28 Oct 2005

The concept of hegemonic masculinity has influenced gender studies across many academic fields but has also attracted serious criticism. The authors trace the origin of the concept in a convergence of ideas in the early 1980s and map the ways it was applied when research on men and masculinities expanded. Evaluating the principal criticisms, the…

8,993 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Doing Gender

Candace West, Don H. Zimmerman · 1 Jun 1987

The purpose of this article is to advance a new understanding of gender as a routine accomplishment embedded in everyday interaction. To do so entails a critical assessment of existing perspectives on sex and gender and the introduction of important distinctions among sex, sex category, and gender. We argue that recognition of the analytical independence…

8,694 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
HIERARCHIES, JOBS, BODIES:

Joan Acker · 1 Jun 1990

In spite of feminist recognition that hierarchical organizations are an important location of male dominance, most feminists writing about organizations assume that organizational structure is gender neutral. This article argues that organizational structure is not gender neutral; on the contrary, assumptions about gender underlie the documents and contracts used to construct organizations and to provide…

7,114 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Inequality Regimes

Joan Acker · 30 Jun 2006

In this article, the author addresses two feminist issues: first, how to conceptualize intersectionality, the mutual reproduction of class, gender, and racial relations of inequality, and second, how to identify barriers to creating equality in work organizations. She develops one answer to both issues, suggesting the idea of “inequality regimes” as an analytic approach to…

3,276 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
BARGAINING WITH PATRIARCHY

Deniz Kandiyoti · 1 Sep 1988

This article argues that systematic comparative analyses of women's strategies and coping mechanisms lead to a more culturally and temporally grounded understanding of patriarchal systems than the unqualified, abstract notion of patriarchy encountered in contemporary feminist theory. Women strategize within a set of concrete constraints, which I identify as patriarchal bargains. Different forms of patriarchy…

2,930 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Gender & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Gender & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Gender & Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Gender & Society use?
Gender & Society uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Gender & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Gender & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Gender & Society document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Gender & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Gender & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Gender & Society?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Gender & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Gender & Society template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Gender & Society template cost?
You can start writing in the Gender & Society template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Gender & Society PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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