About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) publishes the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, together with articles on ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. Contributions to the journal, which are all fully refereed, are especially welcome when they are the result of original empirical research that makes a clear contribution to the field of migration
JEMS has a long-standing interest in informed policy debate and contributions are welcomed which seek to develop the implications of research for policy innovation, or which evaluate the results of previous initiatives. The journal is also interested in publishing the results of theoretical work. Potential contributors may find detailed information on submission on the 'Instructions for Authors' webpage.
Peer Review Policy
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 1.0M annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.395 (2023) SNIP
- 1.348 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 40 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 102 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 18 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 15% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Paul Statham - Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Deputy Editor
James Hampshire - Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Rahsaan Maxwell - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
In-house Associate Editors
Laura Cleton - Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Aleksandra Lewicki - Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Laura Morosanu - Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Nicole Ostrad - ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway & Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Merlin Schaeffer - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Reinhard Schweitzer - SCMR University of Sussex; University of Vienna, Austria
Sarah Scuzzarello - Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
Bingyu Wang - Nankai University, China
Associate Editors
Adrian Favell - University of Leeds, UK
Marc Helbling - WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany
Peggy Levitt - Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA
Editorial Board
Leila Hadj Abdou - University of Vienna, Austria, and European University Institute, Italy
Richard Alba - City University of New York, USA
Joaquín Arango - Complutense University, Spain
Rainer Bauböck - European University Institute (EUI), Italy
Michaela Benson - Goldsmiths, UK
Pieter Bevelander - MIM, Malmö University, Sweden
Erik Bleich - Middlebury College, USA
Rogers Brubaker - UCLA, USA
Jørgen Carling - PRIO, Norway
Elaine Chase - University College London Institute of Education, UK
Susanne Y. P. Choi - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Michael Collyer - University of Sussex, UK
Ilse Derluyn - Ghent University, Belgium
Antje Ellermann - University of British Columbia, Canada
Marta Bivand Erdal - Peace Research Institute Oslo, (PRIO), Norway
Els de Graauw - Baruch College, City University of New York, USA
Christian Joppke - University of Bern, Switzerland
Irena Kogan - University of Mannheim, Germany
Ruud Koopmans - WZB Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany
Jonathan Laurence - Boston College, USA
Magdalena Nowicka - Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Eva Østergaard-Nielsen - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Yinni Peng - Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Katia Pilati - University of Trento, Italy
Sureeporn Punpuing - Mahidol University, Thailand
Mirna Safi - Sciences Po, France
Nando Sigona - University of Birmingham, UK
Ronald Skeldon - University of Sussex, UK and Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Sirijit Sunant - Research for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol, Thailand
Van C Tran - Columbia University, USA
Roger Waldinger - University of California Los Angeles, USA
Jolanda van der Noll - FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
Brenda Yeoh - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Min Zhou - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
In-house Editorial Assistant
Nicole Ostrand - ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway & Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, UK
JEMS
Sussex Centre for Migration Research
University of Sussex
Falmer, BRIGHTON
East Sussex BN1 9SJ
UK
Tel.: + 44 (0) 1273 877778
Fax: + 44 (0) 1273 873158
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.sussex.ac.uk/migration
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is indexed in Applied Social Science Index Abstracts; British Humanities Index; CSA Sustainability Abstracts; Social Care Online (SCIE); Educational Research Abstracts Online; Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography GEOBASE; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); International Development Abstracts; International Political Science Abstracts; ISI Social Science Citation Index; SCOPUS; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
16 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (1998 - current)
Formerly known as
- New Community (1972 - 1997)
- Community (1971 - 1971)
JEMS Call for Special Issue proposals 2024
The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) is pleased to announce the 2024 call for Special Issue Proposals. This call is open to Special Issues that bring together high-quality, cutting-edge original research. JEMS is an intentionally “broad church”: we publish on topics relating to all forms of migration, ethnic relations and diversity, and their consequences, from a range of perspectives, disciplines, and covering many regions of the globe. Please explore the JEMS website to gauge our scope and see examples of published Special Issues.
Within the JEMS portfolio we see Special Issues as an opportunity for a group of scholars to advance knowledge in a specific relevant research field. Editorial introductions are expected to be full article length agenda-setters that specify how the contributions advance a field of migration and ethnic relation research. You should flag up your “idea” for how your research advances the state-of-the-art when outlining the rationale for your collection in the proposal. We also request a significant degree of coherence between the contributions, that is helped by cross-referencing, and working towards a common overall aim. Our primary criteria for selecting Special Issues are quality and originality. Proposals on innovative and novel research fields as well as on topics and regions of the world that tend to be under-represented will be favourably received. We welcome proposals by scholars from the Global South.
The JEMS Editorial team solicits high-quality proposals that will be evaluated in a competitive procedure. Proposals, which should be maximum 4000-words long, must adhere the guidelines outlined below. All completed Special Issue proposals should be sent by email to [email protected] by June 30th, 2024.
Guidelines for Special Issue Proposals
The Editorial team will consider the pool of Special Issue proposals received by this deadline and select those they consider to be of the highest quality. Selection will be based on which proposals in their judgement have most potential considering:
- the “idea” for advancing a specific research field that brings a collection together
- the quality of the individual papers
- the proposed Special Issue’s degree of coherence as a collection
- the potential for the proposed Special Issue to deliver on promises to be an original creative contribution that advances knowledge in a field.
We welcome proposals by scholars from the Global South.
Proposals should be a maximum of 4,000 words long in total and include the following:
- Full contact details and a short biography of the Guest Editor(s).
- A proposed title for the Special Issue.
- A rationale for the core “idea” behind the Special Issue. This should address the theoretical and substantive empirical contribution of a Special Issue, the basis for its claim to originality, its relationship to existing literature and how it will advance knowledge, and its importance to the interdisciplinary field of ethnic and migration studies. As a general guideline, the rationale should be set out in about 1,000 words.
- A list of contributors, with institutional affiliations, and a quick note confirming they have committed to the Issue.
- Titles and a couple of lines on each paper.
- Details on the origin of the proposal, e.g., a workshop, conference, research project, research network. Individual contributions will usually have been, or be due to be discussed with a forum, e.g., workshop or conference session.
- The stage of development of the proposed issue, including clear milestones for its completion. In particular please specify proposed deadlines for:
- Submission of first drafts by individual authors to Guest Editors
- Submission of revised papers to Guest Editors following one external review per paper
- Submission of the draft Special Issue to the Editorial team for collective external review by JEMS prior to final decision. Please note we expect formal submission of the draft within two years of acceptance.
Review Procedure for Accepted Special Issues
Once a proposal has been accepted, Guest Editors are responsible for liaising with their authors and the JEMS editorial team throughout the process of paper submission and review. We encourage Guest Editors to ensure that as far as possible, the milestones for submission and re-submission of papers put forward in the original proposal are followed, although we recognise that some delays may be unavoidable. We expect the draft of a Special Issue to be submitted to JEMS [email protected] within two years of acceptance, though circumstances that may require extensions can be discussed with the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Paul Statham ([email protected]), where possible well in advance. After acceptance of a Special Issue, the SI remains exclusive to JEMS until a decision on publication is made.
In the first instance, Guest Editors should contact their authors to ask them to submit their articles. Once they have received an article, the Guest Editors select one external anonymous reviewer for each paper, sending reviewers the Special Issue proposal, a standardised review form that can provided by the JEMS editorial team, and an anonymised version of the paper. Having received the comments from reviewers, Guest Editors should liaise with authors and make recommendations with regard to any revisions to be implemented, including those recommended by the external reviewer. Authors then resubmit their revised version to the Guest Editors with a note documenting the changes that have been made in responses to requested changes. In the meantime, the Guest Editors will write their original article-length agenda-setting introduction. They are welcome to gain feedback from colleagues on this if they wish to, but this is not a requirement, as the introduction is a core focus of the external anonymous review that is commissioned by JEMS. Please note that as a minimum benchmark to ensure coherence across the Special Issue, we require the introduction to cite all contributions, and each contribution to cite the introduction, and where possible other contributions.
Once all revised papers have been received by the Guest Editors, and they are satisfied with the contributions, they should send the entire collection of revised articles, and introduction, as well as the external reviews and author response letters to the JEMS Editorial team at [email protected] in electronic form (Word).
As long as the collection is submitted to the JEMS team no more than two years following acceptance of the proposal (expect with prior agreement), the Editorial team will then send the whole issue out to an external reviewer for a collective review. This will include an assessment of the coherence and integrity of the collection as a Special Issue and a focus on the contribution of the introduction to advancing the field and specifying the contribution of the collection. Our reviewer provides an evaluation to the Editorial team who will then report back to the Guest Editors with a view on the collection. Guest Editors will address any comments arising at this stage, before the Editorial team makes a final decision with regard to publication.
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