Journal profile · DEMOGRAPHY
Migration Letters
ISSN 1741-8984 · eISSN 1741-8992 · Migration Letters & The London Publishers
Migration Letters: fully open access; 3 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Migration Letters is published by Migration Letters & The London Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Migration and Labor Dynamics and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity, together about 60.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): DEMOGRAPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences24.2%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences20.8%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences15.5%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences5%
- Migration, Racism, and Human RightsSocial Sciences5%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences2.9%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences2.7%
- Italian Social Issues and MigrationSocial Sciences2.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | Q2 | 47/135 | 65th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q2 | 360/779 | 53rd |
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for editorial reasons on 19 December 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 195OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,391 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 568 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 944 |
| 2024 | 212 | 212 | 1,001 |
| 2023 | 465 | 465 | 759 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 652 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 661 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Migration Letters & The London Publishers
- ISSN
- 1741-8984
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-8992
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Migration Letters
Which databases index Migration Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Migration Letters is indexed in Scopus.
Is Migration Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Migration Letters is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .