Open Call

The editorial team of OPEN GENDER JOURNAL welcomes submissions of new research articles, discussion pieces, and reviews.

Through its thematic and disciplinary openness, the open access journal OPEN GENDER JOURNAL reflects the breadth and diversity of the scholarly field of intersectional gender studies. This encompasses various methodological and theoretical orientations, including but not limited to gender studies, queer studies, diversity studies, feminist studies, women's studies, disability studies, racism studies, classism studies, critical whiteness, post- and decolonial studies. OGJ is published by the German Gender Studies Association (Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien) in collaboration with four gender research centers in Germany and Austria.

OGJ publishes academic contributions in three sections:

  • Research articles that enrich the field in a high quality way.
  • Contributions in the Forum section that address current debates within gender studies and provide impulses for the development of the field
  • Reviews of (recent) publications from all areas of gender studies in the querelles-net section

Quality control

Research articles undergo a double-blind peer review process; contributions to the sections Forum and querelles-net are reviewed by the OGJ editorial staff. OGJ accepts only unpublished manuscripts.

Open Access

OGJ publishes all contributions under a free and open license (CC BY 4.0). In this way, authors can make their work freely available worldwide and at the same time fulfill any funding requirements for the accessible publication of research. OGJ relies on transparent editorial processes, waives publication fees entirely, and uses the latest electronic publishing technologies. OGJ publishes contributions on a rolling basis.

Submit articles

Research articles in German and English can be submitted at any time via the journal's website (full paper submission; max. 50.000 characters).

For contribution to the querelles-net review section and proposals for the Forum section, please contact the editorial office in advance. All contributions have to be aligned with our formal guidelines in the style guide.

We look forward to receiving your submissions,

The editorial team of the Open Gender Journal