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Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development

University of Pennsylvania Press · United States · Est. 2010

ISSN2151-4372
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.205
H-Indexi
37
SNIPi
0.833
Total Worksi
428
Total Citationsi
5,151
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.25
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Humanity is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern and contemporary world. An interdisciplinary enterprise, Humanity encourages relevant contributions from anthropology, economics, law, literature, history, philosophy, politics, public health, and sociology, as well as those contributions which seek to foster intersections between and among these disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2010
Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2024)
Total Publications428
Publisher OrgUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Pennsylvania Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2151-4372
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
29
279
2018
29
317
2019
30
201
2020
36
122
2021
27
79
2022
33
40
2023
23
13
2024
14
0
2025

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.

LawQ3
Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Issues

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical and Contemporary Political DynamicsInternational Law and Human RightsGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsHuman Rights and DevelopmentMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationInternational Development and AidPolitical Theology and SovereigntyTorture, Ethics, and LawJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPolitical Economy and Marxism

Frequently asked questions about Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development

Is Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development: 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 Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development?

Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development 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 0.25.

Is Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development?

Humanity is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern and contemporary world. An interdisciplinary enterprise, Humanity encourages relevant contributions from anthropology, economics, law, literature, history, philosophy, politics, public health, and sociology, as well as those contributions which seek to foster intersections between and among these disciplines.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref