Journal profile · LAW
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
ISSN 0924-0519 · eISSN 2214-7357 · Stichting Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.19; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 170 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 19 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is published by Stichting Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Law and Human Rights, Human Rights and Development and Global Peace and Security Dynamics, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is a leading open access and peer-reviewed human rights journal that publishes the latest evolutions in the promotion and protection of … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editor-in-chief Katharine FortinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 20, Australia 2, Switzerland 2, United States 1, Japan 1 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences18.9%
- Human Rights and DevelopmentSocial Sciences16.8%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences12.6%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences11.5%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences4.2%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences4%
- Historical and Contemporary Political DynamicsArts and Humanities3.9%
- Ombudsman and Human RightsSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 196OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,660 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 27 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 36 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 68 |
| 2022 | 27 | 15 | 136 |
| 2021 | 24 | 16 | 210 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
170 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 170 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- perspectiveAuthors are invited to send their papers for possible publication in the Netherland Quarterly of Human Rights. The Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR) …Length not stated
- scholarly articlesThe Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR) publishes scholarly articles on human rights issues and the promotion and protection of human rights in interna…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data sharing encouraged Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. NQHR is participating in a Subscribe to Open (S2O) pilot. S2O is an approach to converting subscription journals to open access (OA) which makes OA publis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints accepted Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- Stichting Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten
- ISSN
- 0924-0519
- Electronic ISSN
- 2214-7357
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
What CAS zone is Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.19; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights?
The publisher reports about 170 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (20), Australia (2) and Switzerland (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights open access, and what is the APC?
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .