Migration Letters (ML) is the only letter-type international journal in the field of migration studies and related
areas. ML aims to disseminate valuable research among academics, policy makers, and practitioners in the field
of migration.
Migration Letters is inviting papers on the following topics: migration and security, intra-rural migration,
conflict and migration, health and migration, trafficking, asylum migration, development and migration,
immigrant integration, return migration, psychology of migration, migration and SMEs, gender issues, migration
research and scholars.
Brief Guidelines for Submission:
Letters should be original unpublished accounts about 3,000 words or 9-11 printed journal pages in length,
excluding the footnotes and references. Submissions must be written in English and should be sent by e-mail
to the Editor at editor@migrationletters.com. Letters should be submitted as a single word file including all
material. Opinions expressed in letters are only those of authors and not necessarily those of editors or
publisher. Authors are personally responsible to obtain permission for reprint of previously published material
in other sources.
Notes in the text should be numbered seriatim and include information which is not appropriate in the main
text. Tables and figures should be integrated in the text and the copy editors may change the place of them
whenever necessary. The title page must include an abstract of about 100 words and 5 key words. Full contact
information with institutional affiliations must also be provided. Introduction, literature review and data should
be kept to a minimum unless it is essential to the paper. Manuscripts submitted to Migration Letters will not be
returned.
Format of the text should be as follows: all references to books, articles and other sources should be inserted
in the text; reference should contain the last name of the author, year of publication and pagination where
appropriate, e.g. (Green, 2003: 187); for co-authored sources, provide names for two authors if dual
authorship, for more than two authors use et al. after the first author’s name. For institutions, use
abbreviations. The reference list should be placed at the end of the text and must include only the sources
referred in the text. All items should be listed alphabetically by author and by year of publication. Italics must
be used for titles of books and journals.
Editorial Policy
All letters are refereed by the associate editors and/or external reviewers. The referees are expected to
provide supportive comments regarding their decisions. Following the receipt of the document in appropriate
format, it is expected to reach a decision within three months.
Migration Letters, Editor
Email: editor@migrationletters.com
Web: http://www.migrationletters.com
Migration Letters accept papers on a rolling basis. Now the number of issues per year is increased to 3 to be published in January, May and September.
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AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIGRATION STUDIES
ISSN: 1741-8984 e-ISSN: 1741-8992
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