Journal profile · LAW
International Journal of Refugee Law
ISSN 0953-8186 · eISSN 1464-3715 · Oxford University Press
International Journal of Refugee Law: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,954; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Refugee Law is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration, Racism, and Human Rights, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Immigration Law and Human Rights, together about 67% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration, Racism, and Human RightsSocial Sciences29.1%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences19%
- Immigration Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences19%
- Gender and Women's RightsSocial Sciences7.3%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences6.9%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- European Law and MigrationSocial Sciences4.2%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences1.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 318/1162 | 72nd |
| Demography | Q2 | 49/140 | 65th |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q3 | 261/432 | 39th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 542OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 36.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 41.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,109 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 14 | 547 |
| 2025 | 50 | 12 | 1,226 |
| 2024 | 33 | 11 | 1,260 |
| 2023 | 42 | 15 | 2,523 |
| 2022 | 33 | 14 | 1,453 |
| 2021 | 48 | 13 | 1,591 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,998 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0953-8186
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-3715
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Refugee Law
What CAS zone is International Journal of Refugee Law in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Refugee Law is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Refugee Law?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Refugee Law is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Refugee Law open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Refugee Law is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,954.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .