Journal profile · DEMOGRAPHY
Immigrants and Minorities
ISSN 0261-9288 · eISSN 1744-0521 · Taylor & Francis
Immigrants and Minorities: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 171 days to acceptance (32 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 31% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Immigrants and Minorities is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human auditory perception and evaluation, Educational Robotics and Engineering and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, together about 23.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Immigrants & Minorities , founded in 1981, provides a major outlet for research into the history of immigration and related studies. It seeks to deal with the complex themes involved in the construction of ’race’ and with the broad sweep of ethnic and minority relations within a historical setting. Its coverage is international and recent issues have dealt with studies on the USA, Australia, the Middle East and the UK. The journal also supports an extensive review section. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised referring by at least two anonymous referees . Book Reviews go through internal review by the Reviews Editor. Review essays go through internal review by the Reviews Editor and anonymous peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DEMOGRAPHY
Editor-in-chief Matthew StibbePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 19, United States 4, Germany 1, Canada 1, Australia 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science8%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences6.9%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences6.1%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences5.4%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Demography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Demography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLC, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), British Humanities Index, CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Environmental Science and Pollution Management Abstracts, Geobase, Human Resources Abstracts (Sage), Humanities International Index, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Race Relations Abstracts, Risk Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological AbstractsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.26Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.94Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 161OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 43,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 43,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,043 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 45 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 30 | 16 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 23 | 2 | 31 |
| 2021 | 18 | 3 | 51 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
171 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 90 days – 268 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (32 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 32 articles with submission and acceptance dates (81 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted5
- articleAll articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised referring by at least two anonymous referees.Length not stated
- book reviewBook Review | Published online: 17 Sep 2026Length not stated
- book reviewsBook Reviews go through internal review by the Reviews Editor.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 26 Aug 2026Length not stated
- review essaysReview essays go through internal review by the Reviews Editor and anonymous peer review.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Immigrants & Minorities is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy Model summary
All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised referring by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0261-9288
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-0521
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Immigrants and Minorities
What CAS zone is Immigrants and Minorities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Immigrants and Minorities is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Demography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Immigrants and Minorities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Immigrants and Minorities?
Based on the dates recorded on 32 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 171 days (interquartile range 90–268 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31% (2025). 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 JCR quartile is Immigrants and Minorities in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Immigrants and Minorities based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (19), United States (4) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Immigrants and Minorities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Immigrants and Minorities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Immigrants and Minorities open access, and what is the APC?
Immigrants and Minorities is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .