Migration, identity, and rights are significant issues of academic literature on Indian migrants that shape the sociopolitical discourse. However, there is limited research that analyses academic contributions related to this perspective. The present study attempts to fill that gap by evaluating global academic scholarship on Indian migration during the period 2000–2025. The study investigates publishing trends, prolific authors, sources of impact, active affiliations, and author’s keywords. The study analyzes 848 articles obtained from Scopus and Web of Science, using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer for data analysis and visualization. The results show that publication trends began to grow significantly after 2018. The most active sources are Contemporary South Asia and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The most prominent country was India, followed by the USA, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Keyword co-occurrence analysis examines major thematic clusters centered on “India,” “citizenship,” “identity,” “migration,” “Indian diaspora,” and “gender,” reflecting the evolving intellectual structure of the topic. The present study provides a comprehensive quantitative mapping of academic literature on Indian migrants and contributes to a deeper understanding of its development, thematic evolution, and research gaps, offering directions for future research.