OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Migration Review is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: An Address in Paris Mbodj-PouyeAïssatou. 2023. An Address in Paris: Emplacement, Bureaucracy, and Belonging in Hostels for West African Migrants. New York: Columbia University Press. $35.	166
Age at Migration and the Political Integration of Immigrants — Evidence From a Sibling Analysis	66
The Impacts of Syrian Refugees on Natives’ Health Outcomes	43
Book Review: In Search of Home Camaj R. Klement. (2025). The Migration of Albanians from Montenegro and Kosovo to the United States: In Search of Home. Oxford: Routledge. 173. $108.00.	41
Focus-Group Workshops as a Reciprocal Method of Research and Support: The Case of Volunteers Assisting Ukrainian Displaced Migrants	40
Why do Citizens Criminalize Migrants? Experimental Evidence from a Multi-Role Country, Mexico	38
Book Review: On Transits and Transitions	30
Regulating the Undesirable: Statusless Women in Israel	29
How Much Does Migration Affect Labor Supply in Europe? Methodological Insights and Contemporary Evidence from the European Union and Selected European Countries	27
Crossing Boundaries: Ethnic Trust Network and Expanded Social Engagement Among North Korean Refugees in London	24
Canadian and Australian Immigration Policy Trends: An Institutional Isomorphic Comparative Historical Analysis	22
Global Evidence on the Relative Importance of Nonfinancial Drivers of International Migration Intentions	22
Resilient Remittances? Examining Immigrant Remittances from the United States to Latin America During Covid-19	20
Dreaming of a Remittance House: Understanding Transnational Housing Aspirations	20
Digital Nomadism and the Emergence of Digital Nomad Visas: What Policy Objectives Do States Aim to Achieve?	20
The Evolution of the Returns to Schooling for Refugees and Other Immigrants in the United States	19
Book Review: The Opportunity Trap	19
Partner Choice and Economic Outcomes among the Children of Immigrants	19
The Inflow of Refugees and Educational Attainment of U.S. Natives: Evidence from the Mariel Boatlift	19
Travel Bloggers as ‘Digital Nomads’–How Can Understanding This Lifestyle Migration Help us to Think About the Future of Work, Migration and Technology?	18
Immigration and New Firm Formation – Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Setting in Germany	18
Book Review: The EU Migrant Generation in Asia Hof, Helena. 2022. The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 264 pages. GBP	17
Book Review: Homesick WaltonEmily. 2026. Homesick: Race and Exclusion in Rural New England. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 153 pages. $26.00.	15
Isolated from Home, Trapped by Remittances: How Isolation Leads to Affective and Moral Pressures on North Korean Remittances	15
Public Support for Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Case of North Koreans in the Republic of Korea	15

Book Review: Everyday Futures Canizales, Stephanie L. and O'Connor, Brendan H.2025. Everyday Futures: Language as Survival for Indigenous Youth in Diaspora. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 240 pp	15
Countering Brain Drain through Circulation and Linkage: Illustrations and Lessons from China and India	14
Subjectivity in Welfare Mobilities: Rethinking Welfare as a Structure, a Process, and an Experience	14
Then and Now: Romanian Returnees Contemplating Future Migration	14
Trust in Transit: External Migration Control and Migrants’ Perceptions of Humanitarian Borderwork in the Sahel	14
Web Scraping for Migration, Mobility, and Migrant Integration Studies: Introduction, Application, and Potential Use Cases	14
Migration Governance in Pakistan: Institutional Challenges and Data Gaps	13
The Impact of National Pride and Migrant Occupational Status on Attitudes Toward Settlement-Oriented Emigration: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in China	13
Book Review: The Shape of Belonging Ögtem-YoungÖzlem. 2024. The Shape of Belonging: For Unaccompanied Young Migrants. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 167 pp. Hardback £80.00.	12
Book Review: Everyday Activists C. M.Getrich, 2025. Everyday Activists: Undocumented Immigrants’ Quest for Justice and Well-Being. New York: New York University Press. 285 Pages, $89.00.	12
Immigration and Fertility in the United States	12
Book Review: Historias migratorias y educativas de estudiantes transfronterizos entre Estados Unidos y México Huerta Cordova, Vilma, Kleyn, Tatyana, and López Gopar, Mario Enrique. 2023. Historias mig	12
Climate Change, Violence, and Remittance Flows in Mexico	12
The Changing Job Instability of UK Immigrants at the Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity, 1992–2023	11
Participation in Social Movement and Emigration Intention: A Study of Hong Kong Social Movement in 2019	11
Book Review: The Migration Question TalaniL. S.RosinaM. (2025). The Migration Question: Politics, Economics and the Failure of Border Security. Oxford University Press. 316 pp. $46.98.	11
Legal Status Categorization, Transitions, Starting Points as Employment Stratifying Mechanisms: Evidence from US Student-Migrant-Workers	11
Who Wants to Leave? Global Survey Evidence on How Individual Emigration Aspirations Differ Between Peaceful and Conflict-Affected Contexts	11
Economic Assimilation of the “Third Generation”: An Intergenerational Mobility Perspective	10
Childbearing Across Immigrants and Their Descendants in Sweden: The Role of Generation and Gender	10
Migration Aspirations and Adolescents’ Ideal age at Union Formation in Western Mexico	10
Contesting Boundaries and Navigating Identities: Second-Generation Adult Children from Cross-Border Marriages in Taiwan	10
Capacity and Priority: Explaining the Regulatory Roles of Labor Brokers in China's Newly Established Guestworker Program	10
Book Review: Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan	10
Immigration and the Boundaries of Black Political Subjecthood in Argentina and Chile	9
Why Are Children of Immigrants Less Geographically Mobile? Examining the Role of Economic Disadvantage and Family Networks	9
Local Turn Through International Networking: Istanbul's Migration City Diplomacy	9
Are Healthcare Systems Failing Immigrants? Transnational Migration and Social Exclusion in the Workers’ Compensation Process in Québec	9
Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency	9
How Do Immigration Policies Affect Voter Support for Low-Skilled Immigrants? Evidence from a Survey Experiment	9
Beyond the Economics Versus Culture Divide: Neoliberal Migration Policy	9
Quarantine Ships as Spaces of Bordering: The Securitization of Migration Policy in Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Introduction: Philippine Labor Migration 50 Years Later	8
Mediating Mobility in West Africa: Improvisation, Culture, and Volatility in Migration Infrastructures	8
Book Review: Social Networks and Migration Ryan, L., 2023. Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 214 page, £27.99.	8
Religion, Ideology, and Political Parties’ Positions on Refugees in South Asia and the Middle East	8
The Political Ecology of Philippine Migration in a Changing Climate	8
Family Matters: The Impact of National Policies on Asylum Destinations	8
Borders Start With Numbers: How Migration Data Create “Fake Illegals”	8
Marriage Channels, Temporal Inequality, and Migration Decision-Making Agency: Vietnamese Marriage Migrants in Asia	8
A Migratory Ecosystem: Legibility, Visibility, and the Role of Organizations in Ecuador	8
Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin	7
Unauthorized Identity Craft: Rethinking “Fraud” in the Study of Migration	7
The Perpetual Influence of Historical Trauma: A Broad Look at Indigenous Families and Communities in Areas Now Called the United States and Canada	7
Population Innumeracy and Anti-Immigrant Violence: The Case of South Africa	7
Book Review: Lived Refuge NguyenVinh. 2023. Lived Refuge: Gratitude, Resentment, Resilience. Oakland: University of California Press. xviii+163 Pp., $34.95 (paperback), free (e-book).	7
Refugee Return without Refoulement : Rethinking State Strategies to Evade Asylum Norms	7
Governance Through Uncertainty and the Making of Mixed-Status Venezuelan Families in Chile and Colombia	7
The Development and Dismantling of Fragmented Protection: Rohingya Refugee Experiences of Fragmented Governance Across India	7
Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of US Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note	7

Book Review: The Refugee System	7
Book Review: Searching for Sweetness: Women's Mobile Lives in China and Lesotho	7
Dragons Soaring to Success – Zodiac Sign, Education, and Wages of Immigrants from Chinese Societies in Germany	7
The Glaring Gap: Undervalued and Unrecognized Knowledges and Expertise in International Migration Research	7
The Uncertainty of Forced Displacement: How Language and Violence Shaped Displacement Trajectories During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine	7
Book Review: Did You Say “Migrant”? V. Mistiaen 2025. Did You Say “Migrant”? Media Representations of People on the Move. Éditions del’Université de Bruxelles. 300 pp. €31.00	7
Change in Administration, Change in Deportation Worry? Analyzing the Reduction of U.S. Latinos’ Worries About Deportation from 2019 to 2021	7
No Safe Place: Violence among Unaccompanied Refugee Children Seeking Asylum in Kenya	7
The Elusiveness of Life: Birth Outcomes Among Venezuelan Migrant Mothers in Colombia	6
Book Review: Outsourcing Control	6
Forced Migrants’ Agency in a Life Course Approach—A Conceptual Proposal and Empirical Illustration	6
Book Review: Moved by Modernity SchewelKerilyn. 2025. Moved by Modernity: How Development Shapes Migration in Rural Ethiopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 275. $29.95.	6
Book Review: The Cost of Belonging: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing‘s Koreatown	6
Book Review: Intimate Strangers ToyotaTritia. 2023. Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 226 pp., $3	6
Judicial Framing and Immigration Policymaking: Israel's Policy toward Self-Claiming Palestinian Informers	6
Why People Migrate: Testing Socio-Psychological Explanations of Migration Aspirations, Plans, Preparations, and Irregularity	6
Book Review: Hopelessly Alien LouisCorsino. 2024. Hopelessly Alien . The Italian Immigration Experience in Chicago Heights. Albany, NY: State University	6
Does Time Since Arrival have an Effect on Immigrants’ Preferences for Vocational Education and Training Programs in Switzerland?	6
Book Review: Urban Refugees and Digital Technology Martin-ShieldsCharles. 2024. Urban Refugees and Digital Technology: Rethinking Integration in the Digital Age. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024,	6
Toward a Neoliberal Regime of Belonging?: Rethinking Contemporary Statelessness Governance in Thailand	6
Imposed Invisibility: Unraveling Identities Through Negotiations of Categories among People Raised in Germany by Polish Parents	6
U.S. Sanctuary Policies and Mexicans’ Migration Preferences: A Conjoint-Experimental Study	5
Book Review: The Rohingya: An Ethnography of 'Subhuman' Life	5
The Value of Illegality: Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador and the (Re)Entrenchment of Neoliberal Capitalism	5
Book Review: Undoing Nothing BoccagniPaolo. 2025. Undoing Nothing: Waiting for Asylum, Struggling for Relevance. Oakland: University of California Press. 226 pages, $34.95.	5
Why Has Migration Research So Little Impact? Examining Knowledge Practices in Migration Policy Making and Migration Studies	5
Migration Diplomacy as a Path to Taiwan's International Participation	5
With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-Standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Out-Group Trust in Russia	5
Segmented Network Embeddedness: Influence of Cultural Capital on Social Networks and Business Models Among Chinese Entrepreneurs in Ikebukuro, Tokyo	5
Book Review: “Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class.” HughesEllenWebberDon J.and ParryGlenn.2024. “Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class.” Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 191 pp.	5
Book Review: Visiting Immigration Detention	5
Review Essay: Moving Beyond the Migration State	5
Why Do People Migrate? Fresh Takes on the Foundational Question of Migration Studies	5
Book Review: Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorship	5
Book Review: Argonauts of West Africa	5
Workplace Arrangement and Language Acquisition of Immigrants	5
Book Review: Hearts of Freedom Duschinsky, Peter, Colleen Lundy, Michael J. Molloy, Allan Moscovitch, and Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe, 2025. Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees. Mont	5
Can We See Their ID? Measuring Immigrants’ Legal Trajectory: Lessons From a French Survey	5
Book Review: Young and Undocumented AlbarracínJulia. 2025. Young and Undocumented: Political Belonging in Uncertain Times. New York: New York University Press. 288 pages. $30.00.	5
Book Review: Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy LonerganGwyneth. 2025. Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women's Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK. Bristol University P	5
Book Review: Making Sanctuary Cities HumphrisRachel. 2025. Making Sanctuary Cities: Migration, Citizenship, and Urban Governance. Stanford: California: Stanford University Press. 208 pages. Paperback/	5
Digital Nomads in Conversation: Reddit-based Analysis and the Future of Nomadic versus Migrant Career Journeys	5
Public Belief in the “Great Replacement Theory”	5
Irregular and Forced Migration within Asia: Governance, Marginality, and Labor	5
The Refugee Paradox During Wartime in Europe: How Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees are (not) Alike	5
Transnational City Networks on Migration and Integration and Local Collaborative Governance: Establishing the Nexus	5
Book Review: Exit	4
Book Review: Sin Padres, Ni Papeles CanizalesStephanie L.2024. Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States. Oakland: University of California Press. 338. $29	4
Book Review: Sideways Migration Deborah Reed-Danahay 2025. Sideways Migration: Being French in London. New York: Routledge. 178 pp. £135.00.	4
Book Review: Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience	4
Unequal Penalties: The Relative Weight of Gender and Ethnic Disadvantage in Migrant Women's Labor Market Integration Across Western Europe	4
Spatial Segregation in Action? An Empirical Assessment of Population Concentration of Foreigners and Nationals in Italy, 2002–2018	4
China's International Migration from 1990 to 2020: A Panel Comparison Between Immigration and Emigration	4
Cross-Era Gender Differences in Educational Attainment Among Second-Generation Immigrants	4
Book Review: African Football Migration	4
Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications	4
Jigsaw Migration: How Mixed Citizenship LGBTQ Families (Re)Assemble Their Fragmented Citizenship	4
Book Review: Waiting for the Revolution to End Charlotte Al-Khalili. 2023. Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian displacement, time and subjectivity. London: UCL Press. 234 pp., Paperback £30.00.	4
Book Review: Global Warming and Mass Migration Soukharev, Boris. 2025. Global Warming and Mass Migration: Climate Change and Its Impact on Migration to the North. Cham: Springer. 356 pages. Paperback	4
Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico	4
Reimagining “Integration” in the Light of the New Forms of Mobility	4
Theorizing Legitimacy in Migration Research	4
Are They Still Aiming High? The Development of Educational Aspirations of Lower Secondary School Students With Immigrant Backgrounds in Germany	4
Book Review: The Human Factor Alejandro Sinner, Cèsar Carreras and Pieter Houten. 2024. The Human Factor: The Demography of the Roman Province of Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis. Oxford, UK: Oxford Un	4
The Social Inclusion of Migrants Between Policy and Practice: Lessons from Uruguay	4
Of Rice and Men: Rice Consumption-Based Estimates of Undocumented Persons in Malaysia	4
The Migration Intersections Grid: An Organizing Framework for Migration Research in and through the Twenty-first Century	4
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Book Review: Migrant Social Networks in Cape Town ChekeroTamuka. 2025. Resilient Social Networks and Mobility Strategies among Migrants in Cape Town. Bamenda: Langaa Research & Publishing Common I	4
Embedding Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Solidarity Contexts: A Cross-European Study	4
Forced Migration and the Politics of Belonging: Integration Policy, National Debates and Migrant Strategies	4
Book Review: Immigrant Integration in Southeast Europe Laura Elina Coşkun. (2025). Immigrant Integration in Southeast Europe: Policy and Outcomes in EU Member States and Candidate Countries. London: R	4
A Citizen Just Like You: The Role of Complex Contagion and Resemblance for Decisions to Naturalize	4
Book Review: Fragments of Home Scott-SmithTom. 2024. Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. 250 pages. Soft cover $28.00. Hard cover: $11	4
Book Review: Asylum as Reparation	4
How Social Networks Shape Refugee Movements in Wartime: Evidence from the Russian Attack on Ukraine	4