Irish Studies Review

Aims & Scope

Irish Studies Review is an indispensable resource for all those engaged in Irish studies and related disciplines.

Founded in 1992, it has become an important forum for the scholarly development of knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Irish studies and culture throughout the world.

It serves a wide range of disciplinary communities, including: history and archaeology; literary, cultural, gender, and media studies; politics and economics; and music and the arts.

Research published in the journal includes: -refereed articles- reviews and review articles on all aspects of Irish studies- topical debates and interviews.

Irish Studies Review aims to reflect the variety of perceptions current in the field, to support traditional disciplinary scholarship, and to promote multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches to the subject.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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.

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.

• ‘Home is where the heart is’? Understandings of ‘home’ among Irish-born return migrants from the United States

  Citation: 27

  Authors: David

• Asylum seekers, Ireland, and the return of the repressed

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Ronit

• Changing the Political Landscape: Murals and Transition in Northern Ireland

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Bill

• Border crossings: new approaches to the Irish border

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Catherine, Bryonie

• The Irish in Britain: Racism, incorporation and identity

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Mary

• Borderlands: spiritualism and the occult in<i>fin de siècle</i>and Edwardian Welsh and Irish horror

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Darryl

• ‘Generation Emigration’: the politics of (trans)national social reproduction in twenty-first-century Ireland

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Breda

• Punk music in Northern Ireland: the political power of ‘what might have been’

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Martin

• Emigration, return migration and surprise homecomings in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Eleanor, Diane

• Introduction

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Claire, Katie