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Journal on Migration and Human Security

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2330-2488

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-05-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

1.043

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.559

Total Worksi

361

Total Citationsi

6,217

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications361

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2330-2488

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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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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?

N/A

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

381

2019

547

2020

336

2021

130

2022

245

2023

167

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

Scopus Categories

DemographyGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationMigration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Health and TraumaEmployment and Welfare StudiesAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyMigration, Racism, and Human RightsEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationCanadian Policy and GovernanceHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal on Migration and Human Security

Is Journal on Migration and Human Security a predatory journal?

Journal on Migration and Human Security was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2020-05-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal on Migration and Human Security?

Journal on Migration and Human Security is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.043.

Is Journal on Migration and Human Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal on Migration and Human Security is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal on Migration and Human Security?