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Comparative Migration Studies

SwitzerlandDemography (Q1); Geography, Planning and Development (Q1); Law (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1); Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
3.3Impact Factor (2025)
45H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.158SJR (2025)
2013-2026Coverage

About Comparative Migration Studies

Comparative Migration Studies is a scholarly journal published by SpringerOpen. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.158 and H-index of 45.

Coverage: 2013-2026. Research categories: Demography (Q1); Geography, Planning and Development (Q1); Law (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1); Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 3.3 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Sanam Roohi PhD; Peter Scholten PhD (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1240 EUR; 1490 USD; 1040 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationLOCKSS, CLOCKSS, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time13 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2015 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2214-594X, 2214-8590
ISSN-L2214-594X
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Nature
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex599
Citations recorded in OpenAlex14,325
OpenAlex H-index57
Years represented in OpenAlex2013–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Migration and Labor Dynamics; Migration, Refugees, and Integration; Diaspora, migration, transnational identity; Migration, Health and Trauma; Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy; Employment and Welfare Studies.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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