Journal profile
Journal of International Humanitarian Action
ISSN 2364-3412 · eISSN 2364-3404 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Journal of International Humanitarian Action: fully open access; APC about USD 1,990; median 206 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International Humanitarian Action is published by SpringerOpen. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Peacebuilding and International Security, Disaster Management and Resilience and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of International Humanitarian Action is an open access peer-reviewed journal for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and anyone moved to understand contemporary challenges, reflect critically on practices, and engage at humanitarian action’s leading edge. We welcome original academic and/or practice-informed contributions not only from scholars of international humanitarian law or practitioners of global nonprofit management, but also from myriad other areas spanning the social sciences and humanities and beyond. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: humanitarian ethics humanitarian protection application of international humanitarian law (IHL) humanitarian programming, monitoring, and evaluation education and training of humanitarian aid workers the Humanitarian-Development-Security Nexus governance, organization, and evolution of humanitarian systems best practices and knowledge-sharing in humanitarian action politics of humanitarian aid humanitarian technology psychosocial elements of humanitarian action The journal regularly publishes special collections that can be proposed by guest editors and discuss in detail pressing questions of humanitarian action. Given the diversity of our readership, the editors seek submissions that transcend disciplinary and sectional divisions and promote rigorous and inclusive discourse around the challenges, problems, and practices of humanitarian action.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Patrycja GrzebykPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 5, Germany 2, Poland 2, Ireland 2, Qatar 2 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences14.5%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences13.3%
- Historical and Contemporary Political DynamicsArts and Humanities12.2%
- Health and Conflict StudiesHealth Professions8.6%
- Migration, Racism, and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.4%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences5.1%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSSPublisher 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
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.54OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 313,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 209 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 593 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 682 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 571 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 560 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 376 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 302 |
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
206 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 145 days – 279 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (52 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,710 / USD 1,990 / GBP 1,490 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,390 / EUR 1,200 / GBP 1,040 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 790 / USD 1,040 / EUR 900 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,490 / USD 1,990 / EUR 1,710 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted3
- commentariesReports Research Articles CommentariesLength not stated
- reportsReports Research Articles CommentariesLength not stated
- research articlesReports Research Articles CommentariesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of International Humanitarian Action articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Creat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2364-3412
- Electronic ISSN
- 2364-3404
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Humanitarian Action
How long does peer review take at Journal of International Humanitarian Action?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 206 days (interquartile range 145–279 days); authors report an average review time of about 5 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of International Humanitarian Action based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (5), Germany (2) and Poland (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of International Humanitarian Action?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International Humanitarian Action is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of International Humanitarian Action open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International Humanitarian Action is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,990.
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: .