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African Human Mobility Review

University of the Western Cape · South Africa · Est. 2015

ISSN2410-7972

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.354

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.388

Total Worksi

201

Total Citationsi

742

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed on-line journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of human mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence-based research papers, AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications201

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2020

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of the Western Cape

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2410-7972

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

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2020

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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.

LawQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration and Labor DynamicsMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareLegal Issues in South AfricaDiaspora, migration, transnational identityHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesMigration, Health and TraumaSouth African History and CultureHuman Rights and Development

Frequently asked questions about African Human Mobility Review

Is African Human Mobility Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Human Mobility Review: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 African Human Mobility Review?

African Human Mobility Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.354.

Is African Human Mobility Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Human Mobility Review is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.