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Journal of Migration and Health

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1972

ISSN2666-6235eISSN2666-6235

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.994

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.388

Total Worksi

405

Total Citationsi

4,569

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Demography; Health (social science); Infectious Diseases; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 80 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications405

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-6235 / 2666-6235

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

931

2020

1.6k

2021

1.2k

2022

869

2023

325

2024

183

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

Health (social science)Q1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceDemographyInfectious DiseasesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Health and TraumaRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchMigration and Labor DynamicsCOVID-19 and Mental HealthGlobal Health Workforce IssuesEducation and experiences of immigrants and refugeesEmployment and Welfare StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchSex work and related issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Migration and Health

Is Journal of Migration and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Migration and Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Journal of Migration and Health?

Journal of Migration and Health 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 1.75.

Is Journal of Migration and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Migration and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Migration and Health?