Peer Review

The Open Gender Journal uses a variety of established academic quality assurance mechanisms. Authors, editors, and external reviewers work together to ensure the quality of articles through the peer review process. The form of review varies according to the type of article and can be found in the author guidelines for each section. 

The aim of the journal is to ensure a high level of transparency in the publication process. Authors can track the status of the publication process in the editorial system.

All manuscripts are first reviewed by the editorial team for formal suitability according to defined criteria. This includes the possibility of a plagiarism check.

Double-anonymous review

Contributions to the Research Articles section undergo a double-anonymous peer review process, also known by the ableist term "double-blind", which is now rejected by relevant organizations (see Aides 2020). In this form of review, at least two external reviewers assess the scientific quality of the article. The editorial team is aware of the heterogeneity of knowledge cultures within gender studies and takes this into account when selecting reviewers. The aim is to avoid favoring certain schools of thought and approaches, as well as doing justice to the diverse perspectives in and on the field.

Submitted manuscripts are completely anonymized prior to review, i.e. all references to the identity of the authors are removed. Contacts between researchers, as well as the availability of preprints and other forms of pre-publication, may affect the double-anonymous review process. We ask reviewers to be transparent about conflicts of interest in accordance with our ethical guidelines. The text of reviews will be made available to authors. By mutual agreement, reviewers may also receive the other review. 

Our reviewers 

The Open Gender Journal is a community project made possible by the dedication of many individuals. A particularly important role is played by the academics who support our journal through the peer review process. We would like to thank the reviewers listed here and all the others!

A
Marie Adam, Janin Afken, Petra Ahrens, Ina Alber-Armenat, Birgit Amman, Ina Alber-Armenat, Anna Antonakis

B
Corinna Bath, Gero Bauer, Persson Perry Baumgartinger, Yener Bayramoğlu, Cornelia Behnke, Claudia Berger, Ulrike Bergermann, Denise Bergold-Caldwell, Renate Bornberg, Sigrid Boysen, Markus Brunner, Stephanie Bung, Anna Buschmeyer

C
Isaura Castelao-Huerta

D
Gesa Dane, Nina Degele, Ayse Durakbasa

E
Åsa Ekvall, Waltraud Ernst

F
Hannelore Faulstich-Wieland, Maja Figge, Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, Natascha Frankenberg, Jane Freedman

G
Martina Gaisch, Karen Geipel, Urmila Goel, Lucas Gottzén, Jördis Grabow, Joris A Gregor, Inka Greusing, Dominique Grisard, Melanie Groß, Julia Gruhlich, Bontu Lucie Guschke

H
Hanna Hacker, Jutta Hartmann, Birgitt Haller, Tine Haubner, Maria Häusl, Ulrike Haß, Anke te Heesen, Eva Maria Hinterhuber, Felix Hoffmann, Barbara Holland-Cunz, Elisabeth Holzleithner, Katrin Horn, Susanne Huber

I
Susanne Ihsen

J
Carsten Junker

K
Ute Kalender, Eva Kalny, Marita Kampshoff, Helga Kelle, Christine M. Klapeer, Christian Klein, Eva Kocher, Christiane König, Tomke König, Brenda Kombo, Sabine Korstian, Felix Krämer, Helga Krüger-Kirn, Tanja Kubes, Edelgard Kutzner

L
Antje Langer, Mandi Larsen, Mechthild Leutner, Elizabeth Sara Lewis, Katharina Liebsch, Anke Lipinsky,
Martin Lücke

M
Fiona Mackay, Nina Mackert, Lisa Malich, Marion Mangelsdorf, Rafal Matuszewski, Stefanie Mayer, Isabel Mehl, Anna-Katharina Meßmer, Cornelia Möser, Mona Motakef, Beatrice Müller

N
Claudia Nikodem

O
Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, Aline Oloff, Barbara Orland

P
Annette Paatz, Almut Peukert, Axel Philipps, Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič, Jan Pinseler, Bianca Prietl, Carole Probst, Mathilde Provansal

R
Brigitte Ratzer, Lea Katharina Reiss, Thomas Renz, Julia Reuter, Christine Riegel, Birgit Riegraf, Katja Rothe, Jana Rückert-John, Clarissa Rudolph, Minna Kristiina Ruokonen-Engler, Uta Ruppert

S
Robin Saalfeld, Cornelia Schadler, Tanja Scheiterbauer, Manuela Scheuermann, Sarah Schilliger, Sonja Schillings, Utan Schirmer, Imke Schmincke, Sigrid Schmitz, Falko Schnicke, Franziska Schößler, Susanne Schötz, Susanne Schultz, Irina Schulzki, Mary Shnayien, Adrian de Silva, Heiko Stoff, Andrea Seier, Änne Söll, Constanze Spieß, Markus Stauff, Francesca Stella, Petra Sußner

T
Anita Thaler, Martina Thiele, Barbara Thiessen, Vanessa Eileen Thompson, Eva Tolasch, Stephan Trinkaus

U
Charlotte Ullrich

V
Dana-Sophia Valentiner, Christina von Braun, Heinz-Jürgen Voss

W
Karen Wagels, Lena Weber, Silke Wenk, Christa Wichterich, Volker Woltersdorff

Z
Michael Zander

If you would like to support the Open Gender Journal, you can register as a reviewer and edit your profile. We would also like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the freely accessible database of reviewers of the Margherita von Brentano Center. It supports journals in finding suitable and qualified persons for quality assurance of submitted articles.