Ethnic and Racial Studies

Aims & Scope

Ethnic and Racial Studies aims to be the leading journal for the analysis of the role of race, racism, ethnicity, migration and forms of ethno-nationalism.

These social phenomena are at the heart of many of the major social and political issues in the modern world.

As the leading journal in these areas we seek to provide an interdisciplinary academic forum for the presentation of research and theoretical analysis, drawing particularly on sociology, social policy, anthropology, political science, international relations, geography, history, social psychology and cultural studies.

We welcome contributions from leading and established scholars and early careers researchers who are producing cutting edge empirical and theoretical work in our main areas of interest in all areas of the world.

Our global orientation is evidenced in the wide range of articles we publish by scholars from all over the world as well as in the variety of special issues we produce.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4542

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1675

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.036

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	125

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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

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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.

• Super-diversity and its implications

  Citation: 3364

  Authors: Steven

• The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field

  Citation: 1288

  Authors: Alejandro, Luis E., Patricia

• The ‘diaspora’ diaspora

  Citation: 1103

  Authors: Rogers

• Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America*

  Citation: 978

  Authors: Herbert J.

• Conceiving and researching transnationalism

  Citation: 940

  Authors: Steven

• Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States

  Citation: 881

  Authors: Richard

• From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial stratification in the USA

  Citation: 653

  Authors: Eduardo

• Between nationalism and civilizationism: the European populist moment in comparative perspective

  Citation: 635

  Authors: Rogers

• Spectacles of migrant ‘illegality’: the scene of exclusion, the obscene of inclusion

  Citation: 612

  Authors: Nicholas

• Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations

  Citation: 577

  Authors: Joane

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