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Migration Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2049-5838eISSN2049-5846

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.007

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.909

Total Worksi

679

Total Citationsi

10,023

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications679

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-5838 / 2049-5846

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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

1.2k

2019

747

2020

572

2021

495

2022

430

2023

284

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.

DemographyQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Demography

Scopus Categories

DemographyGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationDiaspora, migration, transnational identityMigration, Health and TraumaMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyEmployment and Welfare StudiesClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Frequently asked questions about Migration Studies

Is Migration Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Migration 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 Migration Studies?

Migration 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 1.47.

Is Migration Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Migration Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Migration Studies?