The ''Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies'' is an

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published by

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2018

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of 2.297, ranking it 2nd out of 18 journals in the category "Ethnic Studies" and 4th out of 29 journals in the category "Demography".

History

It was previously called ''New Community''. It was first published in 1971 as the quarterly journal of the Community Relations Commission, predecessor of the U.K.’s Commission for Racial Equality.

Sheila Patterson Sheila Patterson (''née'' Caffyn; 30 March 1918 – 21 June 1998) was a British social anthropologist who specialised in race, immigration, and race and ethnic relations. She undertook research in South Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom. F ...

edited New Community from 1971 until 1988 when Malcolm Cross was appointed editor. In 1994 the journal was given a comparative European focus and was re-launched in 1998 with an international editorial board under its current title. In 2000 JEMS was relocated to the Centre for Migration Research at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

when first Russell King (from 2001) and subsequently Paul Statham (from 2014) became editors.

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Sussex Centre for Migration Research
Human migration Political science journals Routledge academic journals Ethnic studies journals Demography journals Journals published between 13 and 25 times per year {{poli-journal-stub