In recent decades, there has been an increase in scientific interest in women’s migration, reflecting the globalisation of migration flows and increased gender sensitivity in research. The aim is to explore the mapping of the scientific field devoted to women’s migration through analysis to identify key trends, thematic areas, and international scientific collaborations. The Scopus database covering the period from 1979 to 2025 is used as an empirical base. The sample includes 860 articles selected based on relevant keywords related to women’s migration. Drawing on a dataset of 860 peer-reviewed articles from the Scopus database spanning 1979–2025, the analysis employs advanced bibliometric tools including VOSviewer and Bibliometrix (R package). The study examines publication dynamics, prolific authors and journals, influential countries, citation patterns, and co-occurrence networks of keywords. The results reveal six dominant thematic areas: labour migration, gender discrimination, marital migration, cultural norms, socio-economic mobility, and structural barriers. The findings reveal six dominant thematic clusters: labour migration, gender discrimination, marital migration, cultural norms, socio-economic mobility, and structural barriers. The United States (298 articles), the United Kingdom (170), and Canada (79) emerged as the most productive contributors. While research is primarily concentrated in North America and Europe, academic interest is steadily increasing in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Latin America. This article will guide future research by providing a scientific map of studies that are at the intersection of migration and gender issues.
Lodhi et al. (Mon,) studied this question.