Migration Studies

Aims & Scope

Migration shapes human society and inspires ground-breaking research efforts across many different academic disciplines and policy areas.

Migration Studies contributes to the consolidation of this field of scholarship, developing the core concepts that link different disciplinary perspectives on migration.

To this end, the journal welcomes full-length articles, research notes, and reviews of books, films and other media from those working across the social sciences in all parts of the world.

Priority is given to methodological, comparative and theoretical advances.

The journal also publishes occasional special issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.004

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4798

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	528

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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 effect of income and immigration policies on international migration

  Citation: 345

  Authors: Francesc, Giovanni

• From lifestyle migration to lifestyle<i>in</i>migration: Categories, concepts and ways of thinking

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Michaela, Karen

• Beyond the insider–outsider divide in migration research

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Jørgen, Marta Bivand, Rojan

• The failures of ‘immigrant integration’: The gendered racialized production of non-belonging

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Anna C.

• A geography of extra-territorial citizenship: Explanations of external voting †

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Michael

• What happens post-deportation? The experience of deported Afghans

  Citation: 121

  Authors: L., N.

• Migrant agency: Negotiating borders and migration controls

  Citation: 119

  Authors: ÄŠetta

• The happiness of international migrants: A review of research findings

  Citation: 119

  Authors: M.

• When refugees stopped being migrants: Movement, labour and humanitarian protection

  Citation: 116

  Authors: K.

• Happiness and 'economic migration': A comparison of Eastern European migrants and stayers

  Citation: 113

  Authors: D.

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