About the journal
Migration Studies is an international refereed, online only journal dedicated to advancing scholarly understanding of the determinants, processes and outcomes of human migration in all its manifestations.
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High Impact Research
High Impact Research
Keep up to date with the latest research your peers are reading and citing, with a collection of the most cited articles published in Migration Studies in recent years.
Special Issues
Migration Studies regularly publishes impactful, topical special collections – browse our special collections here.
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
Explore a collection of leading refugee studies research from Oxford University Press books, journals, and online resources. This collection covers a diverse breadth of regions and topics, including climate migrants, asylum policy in rich democracies, and the impact of COVID-19 on refugees.
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Published on the OUPblog
Schrödinger’s immigrant
Getting rid of Schrödinger’s immigrant. Read the blog post from Migration Studies' Editor-in-Chief, Alan Gamlen.
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Migration Studies Prize for Best Article
Congratulations to Marie Laurence Flahaux and Simona Vezzoli on winning the 2018 Migration Studies Prize for Best Article for their paper, 'Examining the role of border closure and post-colonial ties in Caribbean migration'.
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