In this paper, we study the properties of the q-numerical ranges \(W_q(T)\) for an operator \(T\in {\mathcal L}(\mathcal H)\) . In particular, if \(T^{*}\) is similar to T or \(T^{-1}\) via an invertible operator \(X\in \mathcal {L}(\mathcal H)\) , respectively, where \(0\not \in \overline{W_q(X^{-1})}\) , we investigate the spectrum of T and properties of T. Moreover, we prove that if T is compact and \(0\in W_q(T)\) , then \(W_q(T)\) is closed. Furthermore, we study about the continuity of \(\overline{W_q(\cdot )}\) and the Hausdorff distance. Finally, we consider properties of q-numerical ranges for special classes of operators.