Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration

Aims & Scope

Transitions aims to provide a platform that explores and investigates the complexities of transient migration and to map the experiences of the growing number of transient migrants as they engage and interact with communities that are linked both to their home and host nations.

The journal seeks to look at the ways in which transient migration affects individuals and communities in this transitional yet significant period.

Its scope includes, but is not limited to, themes of belonging, identity, networks, nation, culture, religion, race and ethnicity, gender and memory while incorporating the roles played by various platforms to facilitate these themes such as media, politics, policy, economy and the creative industries.

Transitions is a space for path-breaking discussions on what migration means for future scenarios/developments of mobility.

We are keen to feature papers that invite established and emerging scholars to think critically, creatively, experimentally and provocatively about where we stand with migration, transnationalism and mobilities.

We are also open to new and emerging research methodologies which draw on/include data collected by unconventional research designs, mixed-methods approaches, digital research or visual ethnography.

Articles are double-blind peer reviewed.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.267

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17860

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

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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

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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 mobile middle: Indian skilled migrants in Singapore and the ‘middling’ space between migration categories

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Michiel

• An unlikely stepping stone? Exploring how platform work shapes newcomer migrant integration

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Laura, Anna

• The relational work of international teachers: A case study of a Sino-foreign school

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Alex, Gary

• Hundreds of millions in suspension

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Biao

• Transient migrations: Intersectionalities, mobilities and temporalities

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Brenda S. A.

• Mapping themes for the well-being of low-skilled gig workers: Implications for digital platform design

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Emsie, Rachelle, Vanessa

• Unpacking ‘status migration’: The racialized status politics of ‘skill’ in French-Maghrebi expatriation to Dubai

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Jaafar

• From imagined community to imagined social space: The case of three international students

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Behnam, Ly

• Student migration and domestic improvisation: Transient migration through the experience of everyday laundry

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Sarah, John

• China as a ‘new frontier’: Neo-liberal aspirations, imaginaries and (dis-) enchantments of Swiss migrant professionals in mainland China

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Aldina

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