Australian Journal of Human Rights

Aims & Scope

The Australian Journal of Human Rights (AJHR) is Australia’s first peer reviewed journal devoted exclusively to human rights development in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and internationally.

The journal aims to raise awareness of human rights issues in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region by providing a forum for scholarship and discussion.

The AJHR examines legal aspects of human rights, along with associated philosophical, historical, economic and political considerations, across a range of issues, including aboriginal ownership of land, racial discrimination and vilification, human rights in the criminal justice system, children’s rights, homelessness, immigration, asylum and detention, corporate accountability, disability standards and free speech.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20356

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	68

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.214

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• What's so ‘critical’ about critical disability studies?

  Citation: 368

  Authors: Helen, Russell

• Global supply chains and human rights: spotlight on forced labour and modern slavery practices

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Justine, Gregory

• Disabling criminology: conceptualising the intersections of critical disability studies and critical criminology for people with mental health and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Leanne, Eileen, Phillip

• Regulating transparency on human rights and modern slavery in corporate supply chains: the discrepancy between human rights due diligence and the social audit

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Jolyon, Justine

• The three Ds of welfare reform: disability, disgust and deservingness

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Karen, Barbara

• Everything is Dangerous: Some Post-structural Tools for Rethinking the Universal Knowledge Claims of Human Rights Law

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Dianne

• ‘Refugee woman’: a dangerous label

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Eileen, Emma

• Land rights and Aboriginal voices

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Gary, Tim

• “We might not be citizens but we are still people”: Australia’s disregard for the human rights of international students during COVID-19

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Bassina, Laurie

• ‘She was there if I needed to talk or to try and get my point across’: specialist advocacy for parents with intellectual disability in the Australian child protection system

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Susan, Margaret, Angela, Leanne

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