Refugee Survey Quarterly

The Refugee Survey Quarterly is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that focuses on the challenges of forced migration from multidisciplinary and policy-oriented perspectives. Refugee Survey Quarterly provides a vehicle for wide-ranging analyses and exploration of forced migration related issues. The RSQ also acts as an authoritative forum for the dissemination of ideas and expertise between the academic community, policy- and decision-makers, and practitioners. Published four times a year, the RSQ publishes one thematic special issue each year, while the other three issues are open issues, publishing articles across a range of subjects and viewpoints. The Editor invites submissions of articles from a broad range of disciplines, which might include international relations, politics, law, history, geography, sociology, anthropology, economics, development studies and migration studies. Submitted articles can cover various areas from a policy and/or multidisciplinary perspective, including governance of migration, sociology of forced migration, the changing pattern and the historical evolution of the refugee regime or contemporary challenges of international protection, such as those raised by mixed migration, climate change, or post-conflict peace-building. All papers are submitted to a rigorous blind peer review process in order to ensure the high quality of the RSQ.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Geography, Planning and Development	1999	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2000	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2001	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2002	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2003	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2004	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2005	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	1999	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2000	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2001	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.105
2000	0.105
2001	0.101
2002	0.100
2003	0.104
2004	0.114
2005	0.126
2006	0.150
2007	0.126
2008	0.177
2009	0.120
2010	0.160
2011	0.254
2012	0.400
2013	0.470
2014	0.373
2015	0.361
2016	0.444
2017	0.492
2018	0.554
2019	0.442
2020	0.487
2021	0.454
2022	0.386
2023	0.409

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	0
2000	30
2001	46
2002	45
2003	23
2004	56
2005	63
2006	61
2007	54
2008	42
2009	10
2010	54
2011	19
2012	25
2013	25
2014	18
2015	21
2016	26
2017	23
2018	19
2019	19
2020	34
2021	22
2022	31
2023	17

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.250
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.017
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.065
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.091
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.099
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.115
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.222
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.331
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.712
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.880
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.699
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.230
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.101
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.278
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.636
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.607
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.736
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.747
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.606
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.849
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.017
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.061
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.048
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.092
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.106
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.124
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.153
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.236
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.687
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.939
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.478
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.118
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.031
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.586
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.485
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.525
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.708
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.413
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.022
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.025
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.050
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.078
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.344
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.712
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.886
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.620
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.884
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.846
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.957
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.469
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.262
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.605
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.321
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.071
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.132

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	2
Self Cites	2006	4
Self Cites	2007	1
Self Cites	2008	3
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	3
Self Cites	2011	4
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	10
Self Cites	2014	2
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	5
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	6
Self Cites	2020	3
Self Cites	2021	4
Self Cites	2022	7
Self Cites	2023	8
Total Cites	1999	1
Total Cites	2000	0
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	2
Total Cites	2004	7
Total Cites	2005	6
Total Cites	2006	13
Total Cites	2007	19
Total Cites	2008	22
Total Cites	2009	24
Total Cites	2010	25
Total Cites	2011	50
Total Cites	2012	57
Total Cites	2013	92
Total Cites	2014	102
Total Cites	2015	76
Total Cites	2016	66
Total Cites	2017	72
Total Cites	2018	111
Total Cites	2019	101
Total Cites	2020	93
Total Cites	2021	123
Total Cites	2022	106
Total Cites	2023	114

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.250
External Cites per document	2000	0.000
External Cites per document	2001	0.000
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.017
External Cites per document	2004	0.053
External Cites per document	2005	0.032
External Cites per document	2006	0.063
External Cites per document	2007	0.100
External Cites per document	2008	0.107
External Cites per document	2009	0.153
External Cites per document	2010	0.208
External Cites per document	2011	0.434
External Cites per document	2012	0.590
External Cites per document	2013	0.837
External Cites per document	2014	1.449
External Cites per document	2015	1.029
External Cites per document	2016	0.953
External Cites per document	2017	1.062
External Cites per document	2018	1.429
External Cites per document	2019	1.397
External Cites per document	2020	1.475
External Cites per document	2021	1.653
External Cites per document	2022	1.320
External Cites per document	2023	1.218
Cites per document	1999	0.250
Cites per document	2000	0.000
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.017
Cites per document	2004	0.061
Cites per document	2005	0.048
Cites per document	2006	0.092
Cites per document	2007	0.106
Cites per document	2008	0.124
Cites per document	2009	0.153
Cites per document	2010	0.236
Cites per document	2011	0.472
Cites per document	2012	0.687
Cites per document	2013	0.939
Cites per document	2014	1.478
Cites per document	2015	1.118
Cites per document	2016	1.031
Cites per document	2017	1.108
Cites per document	2018	1.586
Cites per document	2019	1.485
Cites per document	2020	1.525
Cites per document	2021	1.708
Cites per document	2022	1.413
Cites per document	2023	1.310

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	3.57
2005	0.00
2006	4.92
2007	1.85
2008	11.90
2009	10.00
2010	7.41
2011	10.53
2012	4.00
2013	0.00
2014	5.56
2015	9.52
2016	23.08
2017	21.74
2018	15.79
2019	21.05
2020	29.41
2021	0.00
2022	9.68
2023	11.76

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	9
Non-citable documents	2006	14
Non-citable documents	2007	19
Non-citable documents	2008	18
Non-citable documents	2009	16
Non-citable documents	2010	13
Non-citable documents	2011	11
Non-citable documents	2012	9
Non-citable documents	2013	10
Non-citable documents	2014	5
Non-citable documents	2015	6
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	4
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	4
Citable documents	2000	4
Citable documents	2001	30
Citable documents	2002	76
Citable documents	2003	121
Citable documents	2004	114
Citable documents	2005	115
Citable documents	2006	128
Citable documents	2007	161
Citable documents	2008	160
Citable documents	2009	141
Citable documents	2010	93
Citable documents	2011	95
Citable documents	2012	74
Citable documents	2013	88
Citable documents	2014	64
Citable documents	2015	62
Citable documents	2016	60
Citable documents	2017	61
Citable documents	2018	68
Citable documents	2019	67
Citable documents	2020	61
Citable documents	2021	72
Citable documents	2022	75
Citable documents	2023	86

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	3
Uncited documents	2000	4
Uncited documents	2001	30
Uncited documents	2002	76
Uncited documents	2003	119
Uncited documents	2004	108
Uncited documents	2005	118
Uncited documents	2006	134
Uncited documents	2007	165
Uncited documents	2008	158
Uncited documents	2009	138
Uncited documents	2010	90
Uncited documents	2011	77
Uncited documents	2012	48
Uncited documents	2013	50
Uncited documents	2014	24
Uncited documents	2015	28
Uncited documents	2016	31
Uncited documents	2017	31
Uncited documents	2018	20
Uncited documents	2019	30
Uncited documents	2020	25
Uncited documents	2021	33
Uncited documents	2022	33
Uncited documents	2023	37
Cited documents	1999	1
Cited documents	2000	0
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	2
Cited documents	2004	6
Cited documents	2005	6
Cited documents	2006	8
Cited documents	2007	15
Cited documents	2008	20
Cited documents	2009	19
Cited documents	2010	16
Cited documents	2011	29
Cited documents	2012	35
Cited documents	2013	48
Cited documents	2014	45
Cited documents	2015	40
Cited documents	2016	33
Cited documents	2017	34
Cited documents	2018	50
Cited documents	2019	38
Cited documents	2020	36
Cited documents	2021	39
Cited documents	2022	42
Cited documents	2023	50