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International Journal on Minority and Group Rights

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 1993

ISSN1571-8115

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.229

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.569

Total Worksi

1,086

Total Citationsi

5,903

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Geography, Planning and Development; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,086

Publisher OrgBrill

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1571-8115

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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

253

2019

191

2020

204

2021

2022

104

2023

2024

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European and International Law StudiesMinority Rights and LanguagesHuman Rights and DevelopmentInternational Law and Human RightsPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAfrican history and culture analysisIndigenous Peoples' Rights and Law

Frequently asked questions about International Journal on Minority and Group Rights

Is International Journal on Minority and Group Rights a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal on Minority and Group Rights: 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 Journal on Minority and Group Rights?

International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 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 0.39.

Is International Journal on Minority and Group Rights indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal on Minority and Group Rights is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal on Minority and Group Rights?