Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana
ISSN 1980-8585 · eISSN 2237-9843 · Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios · Brazil
REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana is published by Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Migration, Racism, and Human Rights and Migration and Exile Studies, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REMHU publishes academic articles resulting from original research, whether theoretical or field-based, related to international migration, human mobility, and refuge in their diverse aspects. Its objective is to offer the academic world, thinkers, and those who shape migration and pastoral policies, interdisciplinary analyses on topics linked to contemporary human mobility at an international level. REMHU, following CSEM's own mission, prioritizes, in its studies and publications, the circulation of knowledge and studies that favor the defense and promotion of the human rights of people and peoples in mobility.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Roberto MarinucciPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 21, Portugal 3, Italy 2, Argentina 1 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences18.1%
- Migration, Racism, and Human RightsSocial Sciences14.4%
- Migration and Exile StudiesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences11.3%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences10%
- Venezuelan Migration and SocietySocial Sciences3.4%
- Italian Social Issues and MigrationSocial Sciences3%
- Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical GeographySocial Sciences2.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 482/744 | 35th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 1012/1530 | 33rd |
| Demography | Q3 | 95/140 | 32nd |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 679/876 | 22nd |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Latindex
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 686 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 174 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 319 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 406 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 423 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 400 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 314 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Adoption of Software and Use of Artificial Intelligence Resources
REMHU follows the guidelines from COPE and SciELO Brazil regarding the use of software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Technical resources and AI tools do not meet the requirements for authorship and therefore cannot be listed among the authors of submitted manuscripts. Authors can use AI tools for spelling and grammar checks, for producing images and graphics, or for bibliographic researc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contributions
If there are two or more authors, it's necessary to inform each author's contributions according to the Manuscript Submission Form (available at https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/32). There are two minimum authorship criteria: a. Active participation in the discussion of results; b. Review and approval of the final version of the work. A Any changes in the autho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
REMHU requests that editors, authors, and reviewers declare possible conflicts of interest when submitting or evaluating a manuscript. These conflicts can be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. If in doubt, authors and reviewers should include this information when submitting or accepting the evaluation of an article. For more information, we recommend checking the w…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
REMHU, Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, aware of its academic and social responsibility as a scientific journal, affirms its commitment to ethics and the quality of its publications, from submission to publication of texts. This commitment aligns with the principles found in the Codes of Ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors retain their copyrights and grant the journal the right of first publication. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0). License, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that authorship is recognized and the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
REMHU follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open Access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any u…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
REMHU publishes national and international contributions (in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, or French) with the aim of offering extensive interdisciplinary studies and in-depth analyses on topics related to contemporary human mobility at an international level, such as migrations, refugees, human trafficking, environmental displacement, migratory policies and legislation, assistance and su…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Adoption of Similarity Check Software
All manuscripts submitted to the journal undergo an initial screening by the Editor-in-Chief, who assesses for the absence of plagiarism or improper use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We use Plagiarism Checker and CopySpider software to identify misconduct. Manuscripts that don't comply will be automatically rejected, and the authors may face sanctions determined by the Editorial Board. REMHU em…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
REMHU accepts manuscripts previously deposited on a non-commercial preprint server (like SciELO Preprints, SocArxiv, Advance, or EmeRI), provided they haven't been simultaneously submitted for peer review to another journal. The author must inform the editors of this at the time of submission, complete and attach the Open Science Compliance Form along with the files submitted for evaluation, and p…
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
- Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1980-8585
- Electronic ISSN
- 2237-9843
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana
How long does peer review take at REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (21), Portugal (3) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana open access, and what is the APC?
REMHU Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .