Migration Studies
Last updated ISSN 2049-5838
Migration Studies is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,466.
Is your paper a fit?
The surest way to know is to compare your own abstract against what this journal has actually been publishing, rather than against its aims-and-scope page. Paste your abstract and Journal Hunt will tell you how close Migration Studies is — and show you journals like it.
What it publishes
Recent work in Migration Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2049-5838, 2049-5846 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,466 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 711 |
| Publishing since | 2009 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/migration |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
Journals like Migration Studies
Other established journals in social sciences, if this one is not the right home for your paper:

