What Does Politics & Gender Publish? Trends, Methods, and Topics in Gender and Politics Research

Abstract

We draw on a comprehensive dataset of metadata about journal articles substantivelyrelated to gender and politics published in 37 political science journals through the endof 2023, including Politics & Gender, to characterize and compare trends over time andthe most prominent topics addressed by these journals. We show that the volume ofwork published by Politics & Gender has increased over time, has become increasinglyquantitative in nature, and tends to focus on questions related to women running forpolitical office and the nature of women’s political representation. These patternsclosely reflect broader tendencies in the gender and politics research published bygeneral interest political science journals. Other journals dedicated to research ongender and politics tend to publish more qualitative research on topics including carework, the diffusion of equality norms, and conflict.