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Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Routledge · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1556-2956

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.802

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.126

Total Worksi

809

Total Citationsi

12,773

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography; Ethnic Studies; Sociology; Geography, Planning and Development; Health (social science).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications809

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1556-2956

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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?

English

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

728

2019

733

2020

738

2021

517

2022

477

2023

168

2024

143

2025

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

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

DemographyEthnic StudiesSociology

Scopus Categories

DemographyGeography, Planning and DevelopmentHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationMigration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Health and TraumaDiaspora, migration, transnational identityMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyEducation and experiences of immigrants and refugeesEmployment and Welfare StudiesRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Is Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies: 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 Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies?

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 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 1.44.

Is Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies?