International Journal of Human Rights

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Human Rights covers an exceptionally broad spectrum of human rights issues: human rights and the law, race, religion, gender, children, class, refugees and immigration.

In addition to these general areas, the journal publishes articles and reports on the human rights aspects of: genocide, torture, capital punishment and the laws of war and war crimes.

To encourage debate, the editors publish Forum pieces and discussion papers from authorative writers in the field.

They also welcome comments, reflections, thematic essays and review articles and critical surveys of the literature.

The journal is essential reading for academics and students of political science and international law, officers in relevant NGOs, lawyers, politicians and civil servants, human rights activists, and the interested general public.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10853

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	479

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.535

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

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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.

• The social and human rights models of disability: towards a complementarity thesis

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Anna, Angharad E.

• Conceptualising children and young people’s participation: examining vulnerability, social accountability and co-production

  Citation: 142

  Authors: E. Kay M.

• Strengthening legal protection against discrimination by algorithms and artificial intelligence

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Frederik J.

• The ‘solution’ is now the ‘problem:’ wind energy, colonisation and the ‘genocide-ecocide nexus’ in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Alexander

• Squeezing civic space: restrictions on civil society organizations and the linkages with human rights

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Antoine

• Humanitarian Intervention and State Sovereignty

  Citation: 99

  Authors: M.

• Economic growth, full employment and decent work: the means and ends in SDG 8

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Diane F.

• Strengths and weaknesses in a human rights-based approach to international development – an analysis of a rights-based approach to development assistance based on practical experiences

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Morten, Hans-Otto

• A child’s right to participate: Implications for international child protection

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Tara M.

• ‘A slow industrial genocide’: tar sands and the indigenous peoples of northern Alberta

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Jennifer, Damien

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