As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Call for contributions; Comparative perspectives on migration, diversities and the pandemic.
CMS issued an open call for articles on the relation between migration and the pandemic. Prospective papers might examine the consequences of the pandemic for migrants and mobility across different regions and/or jurisdictions; compare policy responses and their effects across different cases; and consider the long-term consequences of the pandemic with regard to questions of diversity. Read more and submit online.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Call for Special Issues
CMS accepts proposals for special issues twice a year. Special issue proposals (as PDF files) can be sent to Karin Milovanovic (info@comparativemigrationstudies.org) and Esther Otten (Esther.Otten@springernature.com). Check out the full guidelines...
Articles
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Multilevel governance in trouble: the implementation of asylum seekers’ reception in Italy as a battleground
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Immigration policy mismatches and counterproductive outcomes: unauthorized migration to the U.S. in two eras
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(Dis)connecting migration: transnationalism and nationalism beyond connectivity
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Three sub-Saharan migration systems in times of policy restriction
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African migration: trends, patterns, drivers
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Solidarity in diverse societies: beyond neoliberal multiculturalism and welfare chauvinism
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How do refugees affect social life in host communities? The case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda
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Trade unions, immigration and immigrants in Europe revisited: Unions’ attitudes and actions under new conditions
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Family involvement and educational success of the children of immigrants in Europe. Comparative perspectives
Article Collections
Innovative strategies for the reception of asylum seekers and refugees in European cities: Multi-level governance, networks and local engagement
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 13 March 2020
Understanding International Migration in the 21st Century: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 4 September 2019
Externalization at work: Responses to Migration Polices from the Global South
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 22 March 2019
Mediterranean Migration Research: variable focal length
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 8 February 2019
Gendered dynamics of migration and transnational social protection
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 13 December 2018
Paper Clusters
NEW! CMS introduces a continuously call for Paper Clusters. A paper cluster has no more than 4 articles. Are you interested in submitting a proposal? Check out our guidelines.
Aims and scope
Comparative Migration Studies (CMS) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that provides a platform for articles that focus on comparative research in migration, integration, and race and ethnic relations. It presents readers with an extensive collection of comparative analysis, including studies between countries, groups, levels, and historical periods. CMS publishes research based on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies. Contributions cover a wide disciplinary angle across the social sciences and the humanities. We are looking for articles that push present understanding of migration integration, and race and ethnic relations in new conceptual, methodological, and empirical directions.
Topics include, but are not limited to: migration and integration in relation to citizenship, national identity, refugee and asylum policy, social movements (pro and anti-immigration), gender, racialization, whiteness, ethnic and religious diversity and (post)colonialism.
Most cited articles in 2019
Against ‘immigrant integration’: for an end to neocolonial knowledge production
by Willem Schinkel
From forced migration to forced arrival: the campization of refugee accommodation in European cities
by René Kreichauf
Rethinking immigration policy theory beyond ‘Western liberal democracies’
by Katharina Natter
Most popular articles published in 2019
How do refugees affect social life in host communities? The case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda
by Veronika Fajth et al.
How the different policies and school systems affect the inclusion of Syrian refugee children in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey
by Maurice Crul et al.
Young refugees in education: the particular challenges of school systems in Europe
by Claudia Koehler & Jens Schneider
Migration patterns and emigrants’ transnational activities: comparative findings from two migrant origin areas in Ethiopia
by Girmachew Adugna
Mare nostrum: the political ethics of migration in the Mediterranean
by Rainer Bauböck
Word limit
Submissions to Comparative Migration Studies should be between 8,000 and 9,000 words.
Commentary Series
Who needs integration? Debating a central, yet increasingly contested concept in migration studies
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 25 September 2018
Multiculturalism-Interculturalism
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 4 September 2017
Solidarity in diverse societies: Nationhood, immigration and the welfare state
Comparative Migration Studies
Collection first published: 20 June 2016
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
117 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
93 days to first decision for all manuscripts
237 days from submission to acceptance
88 days from acceptance to publicationUsage
160,241 downloads
913 Altmetric mentions
Citation Impact
1.893 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.923 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
3.0 - CiteScore
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