Non-OA Journals

This table (updated Oct. 2025) provides information about the green and hybrid open access policies for traditionally published, subscription-based forced migration-related journals. The hyperlinks lead to 1) the journal homepage; 2) the publisher's self-archiving policy; and 3) more details about a publisher's hybrid OA option. As the table indicates, most publishers allow a postprint version of an article to be deposited online (check the fine print for where), although usually after an embargo period has passed. This can range anywhere from 6 months to two years. However, eight of the journals have no embargo periods at all for depositing postprints in repositories, while another seven permit a postprint to be made available immediately on an author's personal web page. The table also shows that most publishers offer a hybrid option for their journals, with APCs ranging from US$2500 to US$5399. Note that OUP is now quoting APCs for its four titles in either GBP or EUR; conversions to US$ (done on 15 October 2025) are indicated below for comparative purposes. Six titles surpass $4000, with the Journal of Refugee Studies topping the list with an APC of $5399.

Journal
Publisher
Deposit postprint?*
SS&H embargo period?*
Hybrid option available? APCs?
Disasters
Wiley
Yes
24 months for author site or IR/SR
Yes; $3590
European J. of Migration & Law
Brill
Yes
Zero for IR/SR or author site
Yes; $2695
Humanity: An International J. of Human Rights, Humanitarianism & Development +
Univ. of Pennsylvania Press
Yes (and also published version)
Zero for postprint; 12 months for publisher PDF
No
International J. of Migration & Border Studies
Inderscience
Yes
12 months for IR/SR; 24 months for ASN
Yes; $2500 (spec. rate for 2025)
International J. of Migration, Health & Social Care
Emerald
Yes
Zero for IR/SR or author site
Yes; $4105
International J. of Refugee Law
Oxford Univ. Press
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR
Yes; £3148 ($4210)
International Migration
Wiley
Yes
12 months for author site or IR/SR
Yes; $3500
International Migration Review
Sage Journals
Yes
Zero
Yes; $3650
International Review of the Red Cross** +
Cambridge Univ. Press
Yes
Zero for IR/SR or author site
Yes; $3550
J. of Ethnic & Migration Studies
Taylor & Francis
Yes
Zero for author site; 18 months for IR/SR
Yes; $4390
J. of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Taylor & Francis
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR
Yes; $3650
J. of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law
Bloomsbury Professional
Yes
Zero for postprint
N/A
J. of International Humanitarian Legal Studies
Brill
Yes
Zero for IR/SR or author site
Yes; $2695
J. of International Migration & Integration
Springer
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR
Yes; $3190
J. of Refugee Studies
Oxford Univ. Press
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR 
Yes; €4642 ($5399)
J. on Migration & Human Security**
Sage Journals
Yes
Zero 
Yes; $3400
Migration Studies
Oxford Univ. Press
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR
Yes; €4150 ($4826)
Refugee Survey Quarterly
Oxford Univ. Press
Yes
Zero for author site; 12 months for IR/SR
Yes; €3944 ($4587)
*Follow links for fine print. Policies often stipulate where postprints can or cannot be deposited and embargo periods may be different if articles result from funder-mandated research. 
**These titles are a combination bronze & hybrid open access; articles in the IRRC and JMHS are free to read, but authors can also choose a hybrid option that provides more reuse rights. See the OA Journals table for more info.
+These titles have announced that all articles published in 2025 will be open access. If this continues to be the case in subsequent years, they will be shifted over to the OA Journals table!
Acronyms:
- APCs = Article Processing Charges
- ASN = Academic Social Network (e.g., Academia.edu, ResearchGate, etc.)
- IR = Institutional Repository
- SR = Subject Repository
- SS&H = Social Sciences & Humanities