About the Journal

The Quarterly on Refugee Problems – AWR Bulletin (QRP) is the official journal of the Association for the Study of the World Refugee Problem (AWR) for the dissemination of findings on migration issues. It fosters the global, interdisciplinary discourse between academics and practitioners to provide theoretical and practical answers to questions related to forced or voluntary migration.

QRP proudly looks back to publishing tradition dating back until 1954. Since 2022 the QRP is published as an open access, double-blind peer reviewed online journal in English language and hosted by the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Germany. The regular due dates for the issues are March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year.

Its predecessor was named “Integration” (1954-1962) and transferred into the “AWR Bulletin - Vierteljahresschrift für Flüchtlingsfragen/Revue triestrielle des problèmes des réfugiés/Quarterly on Refugee Problems/Rivista trimestrale sui problemi die rifugiati” (1963-2003 published by Wilhelm-Braumüller Verlagsbuchhandlung, Vienna; 2004-2012 published by Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin). 2013-2021 its publication was suspended.

Aims and scope

QRP combines high quality, peer reviewed scientific articles and application oriented contributions from the field with the intention to create the necessary impact and momentum needed to solve the related practical problems. Since its establishment about seven decades ago, it has been a pioneer international journal uniting scholars and practitioners from all fields. QRP provides a unique platform for a holistic analysis of one of the most pressing topics on the humanitarian and political agenda.

Following an interdisciplinary approach, QRP welcomes related contributions from the following categories:

  • Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Cultural Studies
  • Ecology and Environment
  • Economics
  • Education and Pedagogics
  • Engineering
  • Gender and Queer Studies
  • Geography
  • Health
  • Information Technology
  • Law
  • Management and Business
  • Museology
  • Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation
  • Philosophy
  • Political Sciences
  • Religious Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Statistics

Open Access Policy

Since its relaunch in 2022, the Quarterly on Refugee Problems has been published open access and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. The journal supports the idea of making scientific information available free of charge, fast, and usable from anywhere. In this way, QRP builds a bridge from the renowned printed editions to a new, innovative form of publication.

Authors do not have to pay a fee to publish in QRP.

Ethics

QRP maintains an editorial policy of strict independence. Neither the Editor-in-Chief, the Editorial Team, nor the Publisher, the Association for the Study of the World Refugee Problem (AWR) respectively the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), take responsibility for the views expressed by authors in their contributions.

A conflict of interest is construed as a personal involvement in a case or other matter being reported; a meaningful financial interest in the matter, or a connection with an author, including personal relationships or direct academic competition, that might raise the question of bias in reviewing and judging work submitted for publication.

Editors will refrain from participating in the evaluation and selection of articles as to which they may be reasonably perceived to have a conflict of interest. Similarly, outside reviewers will be expected to refrain from participating in the evaluation and selection of articles as to which they may be reasonably perceived to have a conflict of interest, and they will be advised that, by agreeing to review a submission, they are warranting that they are aware of no such conflict and are committing themselves to the .

When a court case is the focus of an article published in the QRP, the author will declare any involvement he or she may have had in the case (as advocate, judge, or litigant) in a footnote on the title page. Similarly, any such involvement by the QRP Editors will be disclosed.

Authors are asked to declare any financial support related to their papers published in the QRP in a footnote. To meet funding requirements authors are required to name their funding sources, or state if there are none, during the submission process. Authors are responsible for all funding agency compliance and the accuracy of information you provided in relation to their article. QRP shall not be responsible for checking in that regard.

Authors are required to be transparant when using AI and AI-assisted technologies for the writing process by disclosing it in an introductory footnote.

By submitting an article for publication the authors confirm that

  • they are the corresponding/submitting authors and hold the respective rights to submit and publish it as well as to transfer these rights to QRP;
  • the manuscript is original, previously unpublished, no duplication, free from plagiarism and has not been submitted to any other journal (otherwise, an explanation is included in "Comments to the Editor").

While self-citation and requests for citations might be justified for legitimate scientific purposes, QRP regards citation manipulation to increase citation counts for personal gain as a violation of publication ethics. Penalties may include removal of concerned members of the Editorial Team or Board of Reviewers or rejection of submissions.

Articles found to be in violation of a copyright or containing plagiarized material or other research misconduct shall be subject to retraction or correction. Corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies will be utilized when needed. Concerned authors might be barred from future publications.

Any concerns regarding the integrity of published contributions will be thoroughly investigated by the Editors (Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editors). Accused or potentially involved persons are excluded from the investigation but given an opportunity to respond to allegations and be heard. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, QRP reserve the right

  • to reject submissions not published yet;
  • to issue corrections, addendums, editorial notes or expressions of concerns for or rertract published contributions;
  • to notify the institution the authors are affiliated with
  • to exclude members of the Editorial Team or the Board of Reviewers.

Complaints

Concerns related to potential misconduct by authors, reviewers or members of the Editorial Team shall be directed to the Editor-in-Chief.

Concerns related to potential misconduct by members of the Editor-in-Chief and appeals against decisions by the Editors related to an investigation of possible misconduct shall be directed to the Ombudsaman for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice of the Technical Universty of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt.

Copyright

The copyright notice can be found here.

ISSN

ISSN: 2750-7882 (online, since 2022) | 0001-2947 (print, before 2022)