Migration and Labor Dynamics

Migration and Labor Dynamics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex dynamics of migration networks, including the impacts of immigration on labor markets, the role of remittances in development, the formation and influence of transnational families, and the effects of brain drain. It also delves into topics such as social networks, human capital, gender aspects of migration, and the broader implications of globalization.

Immigration
Remittances
Labor Market
Network Effects
Transnational Families
Human Capital
Gender and Migration
Social Networks
Brain Drain
Globalization

Research works: 38k
In the world top 10%: 3.8k
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +14%
Largest producer: United States

Migration and Labor Dynamics

Which countries lead Migration and Labor Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.7k and 680 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.7k works
2 United Kingdom 680 works
3 China 538 works
4 Germany 509 works
5 India 393 works
6 Australia 371 works
7 Canada 353 works
8 Indonesia 293 works
9 Türkiye 289 works
10 Italy 275 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States1,660 · 31.0%United Kingdom680 · 12.7%China538 · 10.0%Germany509 · 9.5%6 others listed1,975 · 36.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Migration and Labor Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Migration and Labor Dynamics research, followed by Tribhuvan University and National University of Singapore.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 76 works
2 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 42 works
3 National University of SingaporeSingapore 42 works
4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 39 works
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 35 works
6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 35 works
7 Leibniz AssociationGermany 34 works
8 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
9 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 31 works
10 Australian National UniversityAustralia 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Migration and Labor Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Migration and Labor Dynamics include Elie A. Akl, Martin McKee and Holger Jens Schünemann.

1 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
2 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
3 Holger Jens Schünemann Canada 214k citations
4 PAUL S. F. YIP China 196k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Migration and Labor Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Migration and Labor Dynamics is "Super-diversity and its implications" (Steven Vertovec, 2007), with 5,500 citations. Next come "A theory of migration" (4,481) and "E Pluribus Unum : Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture" (4,026).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Super-diversity and its implications Steven Vertovec · Ethnic and Racial Studies	27 Sep 2007	5,500
2	A theory of migration Everett S. Lee · Demography	Mar 1966	4,481
3	E Pluribus Unum : Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture Robert D. Putnam · Scandinavian Political Studies	Jun 2007	4,026
4	Migrant “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life Nicholas De Genova · Annual Review of Anthropology Review	10 Sep 2002	3,472
5	The Effect of Americanization on the Earnings of Foreign-born Men Barry R. Chiswick · Journal of Political Economy	Oct 1978	2,824

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Where is Migration and Labor Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Migration and Labor Dynamics research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 LondonUnited Kingdom 193 works
2 BeijingChina 115 works
3 Washington D.C.United States 108 works
4 ParisFrance 93 works
5 MelbourneAustralia 90 works
6 TorontoCanada 90 works
7 New YorkUnited States 88 works
8 SingaporeSingapore 76 works
9 MoscowRussia 76 works
10 IstanbulTürkiye 71 works

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Where is the best place to study Migration and Labor Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, University College London, Toronto Metropolitan University and Utrecht University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	78.8	20.6%	2.7×	35	+38.8%
2	Toronto Metropolitan UniversityCanada	77.5	19.1%	17.1×	29	+103.5%
3	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	75.3	20.0%	4.2×	24	+54.8%
4	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	71.8	21.0%	3.4×	39	-21.0%
5	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands	71.4	25.6%	3.3×	16	+29.7%
6	National University of SingaporeSingapore	71.1	16.3%	4.4×	42	-14.2%
7	London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom	69.4	18.7%	15.2×	29	-8.8%
8	University of MilanItaly	67.6	16.6%	4.5×	23	+48.7%
9	University of GroningenNetherlands	66.8	22.6%	4.0×	22	+2.3%
10	University of AmsterdamNetherlands	66.1	14.3%	5.7×	28	-4.0%
11	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	65.5	23.1%	1.7×	12	+45.9%
12	Qatar UniversityQatar	64.1	34.3%	3.6×	8	+77.0%
13	University of Hong KongChina	63.8	16.0%	2.9×	22	+59.8%
14	The University of MelbourneAustralia	63.5	14.2%	3.9×	35	+2.8%
15	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands	63.0	16.8%	5.8×	25	-7.5%
16	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom	62.6	8.4%	4.6×	23	+42.6%
17	University of MannheimGermany	61.3	20.5%	16.9×	13	+64.3%
18	Maastricht UniversityNetherlands	60.9	19.7%	5.5×	18	-2.0%
19	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany	60.8	30.6%	4.2×	12	+7.8%
20	University of HelsinkiFinland	60.4	11.4%	4.3×	24	+18.4%
21	Deakin UniversityAustralia	60.4	21.6%	5.1×	18	+12.2%
22	Princeton UniversityUnited States	60.4	26.3%	4.4×	16	-24.6%
23	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	60.0	15.5%	2.9×	20	+26.6%
24	University of GothenburgSweden	60.0	13.8%	5.3×	20	+39.6%
25	University of British ColumbiaCanada	59.8	16.4%	2.4×	23	+12.8%
26	The University of QueenslandAustralia	59.8	15.3%	2.8×	21	+41.5%
27	University of GhanaGhana	57.3	14.0%	9.1×	19	+22.6%
28	Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei	57.2	14.9%	18.4×	16	+91.0%
29	European University InstituteItaly	57.0	22.7%	23.3×	14	-35.3%
30	University of CopenhagenDenmark	56.9	15.8%	2.5×	19	+20.4%
31	Australian National UniversityAustralia	56.8	12.0%	7.5×	31	-8.5%
32	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	56.7	13.3%	2.8×	26	-18.8%
33	York UniversityCanada	56.6	21.5%	7.1×	21	-13.5%
34	University of TorontoCanada	56.5	12.3%	1.9×	31	-7.6%
35	Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain	56.4	19.1%	5.5×	9	+29.0%
36	Peking UniversityChina	56.3	21.1%	0.9×	14	+23.8%
37	University of SussexUnited Kingdom	56.2	11.7%	11.2×	22	-31.6%
38	Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina	56.2	25.5%	7.2×	8	+10.9%
39	University of BolognaItaly	55.5	9.7%	3.8×	26	+99.5%
40	Renmin University of ChinaChina	55.3	28.7%	4.5×	12	-2.6%
41	Tribhuvan UniversityNepal	53.4	0.5%	6.9×	42	+55.3%
42	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	52.2	21.5%	2.4×	14	-29.8%
43	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	51.7	9.8%	2.7×	17	+54.9%
44	Harvard UniversityUnited States	51.7	18.8%	0.6×	14	-3.2%
45	University of MinnesotaUnited States	51.4	26.0%	1.5×	9	+8.0%
46	Osnabrück UniversityGermany	49.3	14.1%	14.2×	11	+17.2%
47	RMIT UniversityAustralia	47.7	7.2%	4.4×	14	+22.1%
48	Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesSwitzerland	47.7	27.0%	28.0×	9	+1.5%
49	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	47.4	24.1%	1.2×	10	-6.1%
50	University of LondonUnited Kingdom	45.8	13.5%	11.2×	8	+45.2%
51	University of NeuchâtelSwitzerland	45.3	14.7%	23.8×	12	-43.5%
52	City University of Hong KongChina	42.7	12.9%	2.1×	10	+60.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Migration and Labor Dynamics, country by country

Is Migration and Labor Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Migration and Labor Dynamics.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Migration and Labor Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.046% in 2024.

Fractional works of Migration and Labor Dynamics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Migration and Labor Dynamics research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Migration and Labor Dynamics research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Migration and Labor Dynamics?

What are the most cited papers in Migration and Labor Dynamics?

Where is Migration and Labor Dynamics research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Migration and Labor Dynamics?

Is Migration and Labor Dynamics research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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