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Human Rights Review

Transaction Periodicals Consortium · Netherlands · Est. 1999

ISSN1524-8879eISSN1874-6306

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total28

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.3

H-Index

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.307

Total Works

1,002

Total Citations

7,880

2yr Mean Citedness

0.98

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Aims & Scope

Human Rights Review is an interdisciplinary journal which provides a scholarly forum in which human rights issues and their underlying empirical, theoretical and philosophical foundations are explored. The journal seeks to place human rights practices and policies within a theoretical perspective in order to link empirical research to broader human rights issues. Human Rights Review welcomes submissions from all academic areas in order to foster a wide-ranging dialogue on issues of concern to both the academic and the policy-making communities. The journal is receptive to submissions drawing from diverse methodologies and approaches including case studies, quantitative analysis, legal scholarship and philosophical discourse in order to provide a comprehensive discussion concerning human rights issues.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,002

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Transaction Periodicals Consortium

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1524-8879 / 1874-6306

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

LawQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Law and Human RightsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsHuman Rights and DevelopmentPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Conflict and GovernanceMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationTorture, Ethics, and LawAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyJudicial and Constitutional Studies