The Journal of the History of Sexuality is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1990 and published by the University of Texas Press.

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is indexed and/or abstracted in America: History and Life, Bibliography of the History of Art, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Historical Abstracts, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, MLA Directory of Periodicals, MLA International Bibliography, and Social Sciences Citation Index.

[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 0.487, ranking it 10th out of 72 journals in the category "History"[2] and 102nd out of 138 journals in the category "Sociology".

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