Demography

Aims & Scope

Since its founding in 1964, the population research journal Demography has mirrored the vitality, diversity, high intellectual standard, and wide impact of the field on which it reports.

Demography presents the highest-quality original research of scholars in a broad range of disciplines that includes anthropology, biology, economics, geography, history, psychology, public health, sociology, and statistics.

The journal encompasses a wide variety of methodological approaches to population research.

Its geographic focus is global, with articles addressing demographic matters from around the planet.

Its temporal scope is broad, as represented by research that explores demographic phenomena from past to present and reaching toward the future.

Demography is the flagship journal of the Population Association of America.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.6
2024	3.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.363

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	158

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1056

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1201

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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
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• A theory of migration

  Citation: 2734

  Authors: Everett S.

• The impact of heterogeneity in individual frailty on the dynamics of mortality

  Citation: 1798

  Authors: James W., Kenneth G., Eric

• Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition

  Citation: 1011

  Authors: Sara

• Maternal employment and time with children: Dramatic change or surprising continuity?

  Citation: 795

  Authors: Suzanne M.

• The role of public health improvements in health advances: The twentieth-century United States

  Citation: 767

  Authors: David, Grant

• The long arm of childhood: The influence of early-life social conditions on men’s mortality

  Citation: 743

  Authors: Mark D., Bridget K.

• Does Marriage Matter?

  Citation: 719

  Authors: Linda J.

• Paradox lost: Explaining the hispanic adult mortality advantage

  Citation: 662

  Authors: Alberto, Elizabeth

• Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels?

  Citation: 636

  Authors: Heather, Kelly

• Trends in educational assortative marriage from 1940 to 2003

  Citation: 636

  Authors: Christine R., Robert D.

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