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International Migration

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1963

ISSN1468-2435

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.812

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

1.236

Total Worksi

3,693

Total Citationsi

65,444

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1963

Annual Volume~ 142 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,693

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-2435

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

152

2.4k

2019

131

2020

152

1.5k

2021

160

1.2k

2022

120

651

2023

152

415

2024

154

218

2025

105

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

DemographyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Demography

Scopus Categories

Demography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyDiaspora, migration, transnational identityMigration, Health and TraumaEmployment and Welfare StudiesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationSex work and related issuesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about International Migration

Is International Migration a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Migration: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Migration?

International Migration is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.26.

Is International Migration indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Migration is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Migration?