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Refuge

CanadaCultural Studies (Q1); Demography (Q2); Geography, Planning and Development (Q2); Political Science and International Relations (Q2); Sociology and Political Science (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
37H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.454SJR (2025)
1996-2025Coverage

About Refuge

Refuge is a scholarly journal published by York University Libraries. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.454 and H-index of 37.

Coverage: 1996-2025. Research categories: Cultural Studies (Q1); Demography (Q2); Geography, Planning and Development (Q2); Political Science and International Relations (Q2); Sociology and Political Science (Q2).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-12-19. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesFrench, English
Licence optionsCC BY-NC
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationPortico, Scholars Portal
Reported submission-to-publication time32 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since1981 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0229-5113, 1920-7336
ISSN-L0229-5113
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationYork University
Publisher country codeCA
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,764
Citations recorded in OpenAlex11,483
OpenAlex H-index46
Years represented in OpenAlex1969–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Migration, Refugees, and Integration; Migration, Health and Trauma; Migration and Labor Dynamics; Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography; Global Peace and Security Dynamics; Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees.

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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