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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Canadian and Australian Immigration Policy Trends: An Institutional Isomorphic Comparative Historical Analysis	133
Book Review: On Transits and Transitions	47
Dreaming of a Remittance House: Understanding Transnational Housing Aspirations	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.	32
Global Evidence on the Relative Importance of Nonfinancial Drivers of International Migration Intentions	30
Why do Citizens Criminalize Migrants? Experimental Evidence from a Multi-Role Country, Mexico	26
The Impacts of Syrian Refugees on Natives’ Health Outcomes	24
Crossing Boundaries: Ethnic Trust Network and Expanded Social Engagement Among North Korean Refugees in London	24
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.	22
Regulating the Undesirable: Statusless Women in Israel	21
Age at Migration and the Political Integration of Immigrants — Evidence From a Sibling Analysis	19
How Much Does Migration Affect Labor Supply in Europe? Methodological Insights and Contemporary Evidence from the European Union and Selected European Countries	17
Digital Nomadism and the Emergence of Digital Nomad Visas: What Policy Objectives Do States Aim to Achieve?	17
Countering Brain Drain through Circulation and Linkage: Illustrations and Lessons from China and India	16
Resilient Remittances? Examining Immigrant Remittances from the United States to Latin America During Covid-19	16
The Inflow of Refugees and Educational Attainment of U.S. Natives: Evidence from the Mariel Boatlift	16
Travel Bloggers as ‘Digital Nomads’–How Can Understanding This Lifestyle Migration Help us to Think About the Future of Work, Migration and Technology?	16
Exclusionary Contexts Frustrate Cultural Integration: Migrant Acculturation Into Support for Gender Equality in the Labor Market in Western Europe	15
Book Review: The EU Migrant Generation in Asia HofHelena. 2022. The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 264 pages. GBP 85	15
Book Review: The Opportunity Trap	14
Partner Choice and Economic Outcomes among the Children of Immigrants	13
Then and Now: Romanian Returnees Contemplating Future Migration	13
Trust in Transit: External Migration Control and Migrants’ Perceptions of Humanitarian Borderwork in the Sahel	13
The Evolution of the Returns to Schooling for Refugees and Other Immigrants in the United States	13
Public Support for Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Case of North Koreans in the Republic of Korea	12

Subjectivity in Welfare Mobilities: Rethinking Welfare as a Structure, a Process, and an Experience	11
Immigration and Fertility in the United States	11
Immigration and New Firm Formation – Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Setting in Germany	11
Isolated from Home, Trapped by Remittances: How Isolation Leads to Affective and Moral Pressures on North Korean Remittances	11
Web Scraping for Migration, Mobility, and Migrant Integration Studies: Introduction, Application, and Potential Use Cases	11
Book Review: Everyday Futures CanizalesStephanie L.O'ConnorBrendan H.2025. Everyday Futures: Language as Survival for Indigenous Youth in Diaspora. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 240 pp., $26.00	11
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.	10
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.	10
The Realization of Short-Term Fertility Intentions Among Immigrants and Children of Immigrants in Norway and Sweden	10
Migration Governance in Pakistan: Institutional Challenges and Data Gaps	10
Does City Size Affect International Migrants and Native-Born Workers Differently? Exploring Inequalities in Unemployment and Occupations Across Spanish Cities	10
Climate Change, Violence, and Remittance Flows in Mexico	10
Participation in Social Movement and Emigration Intention: A Study of Hong Kong Social Movement in 2019	10
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	10
Transnational Parenthood and Migrant Subjective Well-Being in Italy	10
Introduction: Philippine Labor Migration 50 Years Later	9
Who Wants to Leave? Global Survey Evidence on How Individual Emigration Aspirations Differ Between Peaceful and Conflict-Affected Contexts	9
Legal Status Categorization, Transitions, Starting Points as Employment Stratifying Mechanisms: Evidence from US Student-Migrant-Workers	9
Book Review: Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan	9
Religion, Ideology, and Political Parties’ Positions on Refugees in South Asia and the Middle East	8
Why Are Children of Immigrants Less Geographically Mobile? Examining the Role of Economic Disadvantage and Family Networks	8
Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency	8
Childbearing Across Immigrants and Their Descendants in Sweden: The Role of Generation and Gender	8
Borders Start With Numbers: How Migration Data Create “Fake Illegals”	8
Migration Aspirations and Adolescents’ Ideal age at Union Formation in Western Mexico	8
Marriage Channels, Temporal Inequality, and Migration Decision-Making Agency: Vietnamese Marriage Migrants in Asia	8
Mediating Mobility in West Africa: Improvisation, Culture, and Volatility in Migration Infrastructures	8
How Do Immigration Policies Affect Voter Support for Low-Skilled Immigrants? Evidence from a Survey Experiment	8
Economic Assimilation of the “Third Generation”: An Intergenerational Mobility Perspective	8
Local Turn Through International Networking: Istanbul's Migration City Diplomacy	8
Capacity and Priority: Explaining the Regulatory Roles of Labor Brokers in China's Newly Established Guestworker Program	8
A Migratory Ecosystem: Legibility, Visibility, and the Role of Organizations in Ecuador	8
Beyond the Economics Versus Culture Divide: Neoliberal Migration Policy	8
Immigration and the Boundaries of Black Political Subjecthood in Argentina and Chile	8
Quarantine Ships as Spaces of Bordering: The Securitization of Migration Policy in Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Does Self-Employment Contribute to Immigrants’ Economic Integration? Examining Patterns of Self-Employment Exit in Belgium	7
Book Review: Searching for Sweetness: Women's Mobile Lives in China and Lesotho	7
Contesting Boundaries and Navigating Identities: Second-Generation Adult Children from Cross-Border Marriages in Taiwan	7
Are Healthcare Systems Failing Immigrants? Transnational Migration and Social Exclusion in the Workers’ Compensation Process in Québec	7
No Safe Place: Violence among Unaccompanied Refugee Children Seeking Asylum in Kenya	7
The Political Ecology of Philippine Migration in a Changing Climate	7
Book Review: The Refugee System	7
The Perpetual Influence of Historical Trauma: A Broad Look at Indigenous Families and Communities in Areas Now Called the United States and Canada	6
Change in Administration, Change in Deportation Worry? Analyzing the Reduction of U.S. Latinos’ Worries About Deportation from 2019 to 2021	6
Book Review: Social Networks and Migration RyanL., 2023. Social Networks and Migration: Relocations, Relationships and Resources. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 214 page, £27.99.	6
Refugee Return without Refoulement : Rethinking State Strategies to Evade Asylum Norms	6
Taking Care of Others and the Self through Islamic Funeral Service in Berlin	6
Point of Reference: A Multisited Exploration of African Migration and Fertility in France	6
Book Review: Did You Say “Migrant”? MistiaenV. 2025. Did You Say “Migrant”? Media Representations of People on the Move. Éditions del’Université de Bruxelles. 300 pp. €31.00	6
Dragons Soaring to Success – Zodiac Sign, Education, and Wages of Immigrants from Chinese Societies in Germany	6

Review Essay: Refugee Economies: Forced Displacement and DevelopmentThe Global Governed? Refugees as Providers of Protection and AssistanceThe Wealth of Refugees: How Displaced People Can Build Econom	6
The Uncertainty of Forced Displacement: How Language and Violence Shaped Displacement Trajectories During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine	6
Population Innumeracy and Anti-Immigrant Violence: The Case of South Africa	6
The Development and Dismantling of Fragmented Protection: Rohingya Refugee Experiences of Fragmented Governance Across India	6
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).	6
Book Review: Hopelessly Alien LouisCorsino. 2024. Hopelessly Alien . The Italian Immigration Experience in Chicago Heights. Albany, NY: State University of New York Pres	5
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,	5
Family Matters: The Impact of National Policies on Asylum Destinations	5
Judicial Framing and Immigration Policymaking: Israel's Policy toward Self-Claiming Palestinian Informers	5
Book Review: Outsourcing Control	5
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	5
Does It Pay Off? Understanding Subjective Employment Mobility of European Physicians in Germany	5
The Glaring Gap: Undervalued and Unrecognized Knowledges and Expertise in International Migration Research	5
With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-Standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Out-Group Trust in Russia	5
Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of US Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note	5
Imposed Invisibility: Unraveling Identities Through Negotiations of Categories among People Raised in Germany by Polish Parents	5
Does Time Since Arrival have an Effect on Immigrants’ Preferences for Vocational Education and Training Programs in Switzerland?	5
Book Review: The Cost of Belonging: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing‘s Koreatown	5
Why Has Migration Research So Little Impact? Examining Knowledge Practices in Migration Policy Making and Migration Studies	4
The Migration Intersections Grid: An Organizing Framework for Migration Research in and through the Twenty-first Century	4
How Social Networks Shape Refugee Movements in Wartime: Evidence from the Russian Attack on Ukraine	4
Book Review: Exit	4
Public Belief in the “Great Replacement Theory”	4
Book Review: Argonauts of West Africa	4
Book Review: Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorship	4
Toward a Neoliberal Regime of Belonging?: Rethinking Contemporary Statelessness Governance in Thailand	4
The Elusiveness of Life: Birth Outcomes Among Venezuelan Migrant Mothers in Colombia	4
Digital Nomads in Conversation: Reddit-based Analysis and the Future of Nomadic versus Migrant Career Journeys	4
Can We See Their ID? Measuring Immigrants’ Legal Trajectory: Lessons From a French Survey	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	4
Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications	4
Badante or Bride? Patterns of Female Migration in Italy, Japan, Korea, and Spain	4
Book Review: The Rohingya: An Ethnography of 'Subhuman' Life	4
Book Review: Visiting Immigration Detention	4
Forced Migrants’ Agency in a Life Course Approach—A Conceptual Proposal and Empirical Illustration	4
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.	4
The Value of Illegality: Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador and the (Re)Entrenchment of Neoliberal Capitalism	4
Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico	4
Of Rice and Men: Rice Consumption-Based Estimates of Undocumented Persons in Malaysia	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
Why Do People Migrate? Fresh Takes on the Foundational Question of Migration Studies	4
Review Essay: Moving Beyond the Migration State	4
Book Review: New year, new plans for IMR’s book review section	4
U.S. Sanctuary Policies and Mexicans’ Migration Preferences: A Conjoint-Experimental Study	4
Transnational City Networks on Migration and Integration and Local Collaborative Governance: Establishing the Nexus	4
The Refugee Paradox During Wartime in Europe: How Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees are (not) Alike	4