Journal profile
Australian Population Studies
ISSN 2208-8482 · University of Melbourne · Australia
Australian Population Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 7, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Population Studies is published by University of Melbourne. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management, Census and Population Estimation and Migration and Labor Dynamics, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Demography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Australian Population Studies is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal containing short, high-quality papers on Australian population issues. Its aim is to be the leading outlet for Australian population research. The scope of the journal spans the full range of topics in demography and population studies, but contributions should focus on Australia and be written for a wide-ranging readership. In addition to traditional research topics, the editors invite submissions on prominent contemporary population matters, real-world applied research, and policy-relevant issues. Reports of case studies, new demographic datasets, and public domain code/software are encouraged.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementSocial Sciences12.6%
- Census and Population EstimationMathematics9.6%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.2%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences5.2%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics4.4%
- demographic modeling and climate adaptationDecision Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 73 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 55 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 56 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- commentarycluding references and acknowledgments) Commentaries up to 2,000 words (excluding references and acknowledgments) Ethics All submimain text ≤ 2,000 words
- research papertopics should be explained. Word limits Research Papers up to 4,000 words (excluding references and acknowledgments) DemoGraphics upmain text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright
- Authorship Authorship
All named authors of a paper must have contributed to the text of that paper, and not just be supervisors or funders of the research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and reproduction
All work in Australian Population Studies is copyright of the author(s) and is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence 3.0 Australia (CC BY-NC 3.0 AU). You may share and reproduce work for non-commercial purposes but appropriate credit must be given to the authors of the work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Melbourne
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2208-8482
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 1 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Population Studies
How long does peer review take at Australian Population Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Australian Population Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Australian Population Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Population Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Australian Population Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Population Studies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .