Most cited papers in Migration, Refugees, and Integration
What are the most cited papers in Migration, Refugees, and Integration?
The most cited paper in Migration, Refugees, and Integration is "Super-diversity and its implications" (Steven Vertovec, 2007), with 5,500 citations. Next come "E Pluribus Unum : Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture" (4,026) and "Methodological nationalism and beyond: nation–state building, migration and the social sciences" (3,715).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 579 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super-diversity and its implications Steven Vertovec · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 27 Sep 2007 | 5,500 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Methodological nationalism and beyond: nation–state building, migration and the social sciences Andreas Wimmer, Nina Glick Schiller · Global Networks | Oct 2002 | 3,715 |
| 4 | Migrant “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life Nicholas De Genova · Annual Review of Anthropology | 10 Sep 2002 | 3,472 |
| 5 | Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality JAMES G. FERGUSON, Akhil Gupta · American Ethnologist | Nov 2002 | 2,670 |
| 6 | Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return William Safran · Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies | Mar 1991 | 2,580 |
| 7 | Understanding Integration: A Conceptual Framework Alastair Ager, Adam J. Strang · Journal of Refugee Studies | 17 Apr 2008 | 2,470 |
| 8 | Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation NiCole T. Buchanan · Psychology of Women Quarterly | Jun 2011 | 1,770 |
| 9 | The ‘diaspora’ diaspora Rogers Brubaker · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 5 Nov 2004 | 1,725 |
| 10 | Public Attitudes Toward Immigration Jens Hainmueller, Daniel J. Hopkins · Annual Review of Political Science | 20 Feb 2014 | 1,699 |
| 11 | Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization Liisa H. Malkki · Cultural Anthropology | Aug 1996 | 1,675 |
| 12 | Refugees and Exile: From "Refugee Studies" to the National Order of Things Liisa H. Malkki · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 1995 | 1,650 |
| 13 | Geographies of responsibility Doreen Massey · Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography | Mar 2004 | 1,588 |
| 14 | The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries: A Multilevel Process Theory Andreas Wimmer · American Journal of Sociology | 2008 | 1,439 |
| 15 | The European Union and the Securitization of Migration Jef Huysmans · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies | Dec 2000 | 1,415 |
| 16 | Liminal Legality: Salvadoran and Guatemalan Immigrants' Lives in the United States Cecilia Menjívar · American Journal of Sociology | 2006 | 1,374 |
| 17 | Labor Market Competition and Individual Preferences Over Immigration Policy Kenneth F. Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Feb 2001 | 1,369 |
| 18 | What Triggers Public Opposition to Immigration? Anxiety, Group Cues, and Immigration Threat Ted A. Brader, Nicholas A. Valentino, Elizabeth Suhay · American Journal of Political Science | 29 Sep 2008 | 1,331 |
| 19 | Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States Richard Alba · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 5 Nov 2004 | 1,323 |
| 20 | Ethnicity without groups Rogers Brubaker · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 11 Nov 2004 | 1,303 |
| 21 | Predisposing Factors and Situational Triggers: Exclusionary Reactions to Immigrant Minorities Paul M. Sniderman, Louk Hagendoorn, Markus Prior · American Political Science Review | Feb 2004 | 1,264 |
| 22 | The limits to scale? Methodological reflections on scalar structuration Neil Brenner · Progress in Human Geography | Dec 2001 | 1,259 |
| 23 | Living with difference: reflections on geographies of encounter Gill Valentine · Progress in Human Geography | 9 May 2008 | 1,235 |
| 24 | Searching for Belonging – An Analytical Framework Marco Antonsich · Geography Compass | Jun 2010 | 1,226 |
| 25 | Discourse and the Denial of Racism Teun A. van Dijk · Discourse & Society | 1992 | 1,224 |
| 26 | Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants Cecilia Menjívar, Leisy J. Abrego · American Journal of Sociology | Mar 2012 | 1,211 |
| 27 | Attitudes toward Highly Skilled and Low-skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment Jens Hainmueller, Michael Hiscox · American Political Science Review | Feb 2010 | 1,203 |
| 28 | The Crucible Within: Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, and Segmented Assimilation among Children of Immigrants Rubén G. Rumbaut · International Migration Review | Dec 1994 | 1,164 |
| 29 | Educated Preferences: Explaining Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe Jens Hainmueller, Michael Hiscox · International Organization | Apr 2007 | 1,159 |
| 30 | European Opinion About Immigration: The Role of Identities, Interests and Information John M. Sides, Jack Citrin · British Journal of Political Science | 5 Jun 2007 | 1,156 |
| 31 | Spectacles of migrant ‘illegality’: the scene of exclusion, the obscene of inclusion Nicholas De Genova · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 24 May 2013 | 1,147 |
| 32 | A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework Hein de Haas · Comparative Migration Studies | 23 Feb 2021 | 1,082 |
| 33 | Refugees, migrants, neither, both: categorical fetishism and the politics of bounding in Europe’s ‘migration crisis’ Heaven Crawley, Dimitris Skleparis · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | 6 Jul 2017 | 1,076 |
| 34 | Biometric borders: Governing mobilities in the war on terror Louise Amoore · Political Geography | Mar 2006 | 1,056 |
| 35 | More Labels, Fewer Refugees: Remaking the Refugee Label in an Era of Globalization Roger Zetter · Journal of Refugee Studies | Jun 2007 | 1,031 |
| 36 | Anti-Immigrant Prejudice in Europe: Contact, Threat Perception, and Preferences for the Exclusion of Migrants Lauren M. McLaren · Social Forces | Mar 2003 | 1,024 |
| 37 | The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement Nicholas De Genova, Nathalie Peutz · Goldsmiths (University of London) | 2010 | 1,021 |
| 38 | Contested Citizenship: Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe John C. Torpey · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | Nov 2006 | 1,018 |
| 39 | Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market Devah Pager, Bart Bonikowski, Bruce Western · American Sociological Review | Oct 2009 | 1,016 |
| 40 | Compassion and Repression: The Moral Economy of Immigration Policies in France Didier Fassin · Cultural Anthropology | 5 Jul 2005 | 993 |
| 41 | Citizenship in flux: The figure of the activist citizen Engin F. Isin · Subjectivity | 27 Oct 2009 | 984 |
| 42 | Unpacking cosmopolitanism for the social sciences: a research agenda Ulrich Beck, Natan Sznaider · British Journal of Sociology | 28 Feb 2006 | 954 |
| 43 | The Hidden American Immigration Consensus: A Conjoint Analysis of Attitudes toward Immigrants Jens Hainmueller, Daniel J. Hopkins · American Journal of Political Science | 21 Nov 2014 | 928 |
| 44 | The lines that continue to separate us: borders in our `borderless' world David P Newman · Progress in Human Geography | Apr 2006 | 906 |
| 45 | Refugees and the Spread of Civil War Idean Salehyan, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch · International Organization | Apr 2006 | 904 |
| 46 | Modes of Immigration Politics in Liberal Democratic States Gary P. Freeman · International Migration Review | 1995 | 904 |
| 47 | Mobility justice: the politics of movement in an age of extremes Miloš N. Mladenović · Transport Reviews | 13 Aug 2019 | 856 |
| 48 | Collective Feelings Sara Ahmed · Theory Culture & Society | Apr 2004 | 849 |
| 49 | How economic, humanitarian, and religious concerns shape European attitudes toward asylum seekers Kirk C. Bansak, Jens Hainmueller, Dominik Hangartner · Science | 22 Sep 2016 | 832 |
| 50 | Comparative Analyses of Public Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration Using Multinational Survey Data: A Review of Theories and Research Alin M. Ceobanu, Xavier Escandell · Annual Review of Sociology | Jun 2010 | 825 |
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