OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Attenuated Governance in Australia’s Offshore Immigration Detention Regime: How Financial Mismanagement Can Achieve Government Goals	25
Following AENEAS’ Route: Unpacking Two Decades of Migration-Related Measures in EU Development Funds	22
Weakening Practices Amidst Progressive Laws: Refugee Governance in Latin America during COVID-19	21
Is the Return Process a Stressful Event? Reintegration, Mental Health and Gender Dynamics	18
Efforts in Mainstreaming Gender into Uganda’s Refugee Settlement Policy Approach	17
Navigating Crisis: Violence, Mobility, and Gendered Experiences of Unaccompanied Venezuelan Adolescents	15
Asset Building among U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: The Role of Initial Legal Status	14
Rapid Evolution of Refugee Policy in Poland: Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Focusing Event	14
Social Navigation of Asylum Seekers: Journeying through Host/Transit Countries amid Changing Political Conditions	11
Differentiated Integration Among the Stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Camps	11
The Local Solidarity Network in the Reception of Female Ukrainian Refugees’ Influx of 2022	10
Construction of Fear of the Other as an Electoral Strategy in European Politics: The Case of France and Sweden	10
Financing Externalisation: The Role That EU Funds Play in Shaping the Turkish Asylum and Migration Policies	10
Is Germany Missing Out or Catching Up? Gender Inequality and the German Skilled Immigration Act	10
“ Immigrant Invasions to the South American Tiger ”: Immigration Representations in Chilean Newspapers (1991–2001)	9
Reconstructing Home: Housing Pathways and Settlement Strategies of Skilled Syrian Refugees in Fatih District, Istanbul	8
What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse	8
Does Canada’s Express Entry System Meet the Challenges of the Labor Market?	8
Agency as Capabilities: Ambivalent Processes of (Dis)Empowerment Among Latin American Female Domestic Workers in Andalusia, Spain	8
TheDisplacement Economies Framework	8
Refugees’ Contributions to Resettlement and the Challenges They Face: A Capability Approach to Resettlement Practice	8
A Strategy Typology: Unearthing How U.S.-Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits Contribute to Immigrant Inclusion Outcomes	8
Determinants of Refugees’ Identification with Country of Origin and Host Country and Their Naturalization Intentions: Evidence from Germany	8
The Illusion of Choice: Governing Suffering in West African Migration to Morocco	7
Exploring the Joint Role of Outgroup Identification and Empathic Concern in Reducing Perceived Immigrant Threat and Motivating Pro-Immigrant Collective Action	7

Sustainability and Resilience in Migration Governance for a Post-pandemic World	7
The Well-Being of Forced Migrants in Finland: A Capabilities Approach-Based Examination	7
The Bordering Practices of Canadian Newspapers (2011-2022): “Canada is the Hope of the World”	7
‘Still Stood Adamant and Strong to Chase My Dream’ : Sense of Identity and Resilience among Hazara Youth following Childhood Experiences of Forced Migration	7
Crafting Individual Resilience Through Social Capital in Times of Conflict: A Qualitative Study on Ukrainian Refugees in Germany	7
The Effect of Bilateral Agreements on Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry in Israel	7
Host Communities and Elderly Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Discourse of Conflict and Peaceful Co-Existence	6
The Battleground of Migration Politics in Prague Amid the (Poly)Crisis	6
Pretending to be Domestic Workers to be ‘Legal’. Uneven Performances of Deservingness Within Italy’s Labour Migration Regime	6
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia	6
Transferring Skills but Not Progressing: Labour Market Trajectories of intra-European West-to-West Movers	6
Managing Migration Through Foreign Aid in Mexico and Central America: The Role of U.S. Conditionality on Mexico’s Migration Policies	5
Dispositional Gratitude Trajectories of Syrian Origin Young Adults in the Netherlands	5
Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050	5
Selectivity in Migration Governance in the South American Mercosur: Selecting-by-Origin, Selecting-by-Merit, or Not Selecting at All?	5
Transnational or Not: COVID Pandemic and Chinese Academic Migrants	5
Desi but Liberal Men : Pakistani Brides Navigating Marriage, Migration and Integration Between Family and State	5
“How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?” Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran	5
Protestant Churches’ Space-Sharing with Immigrant Congregations	5
Safeguarding Through Exit: How Security Governance Relates to the Surge of Asylum Seekers	5
The Mediating Role of Binding Moral Foundations and Perceived Realistic and Symbolic Threats on the Relationship between Need for Cognitive Closure and Prejudice against Migrants	5
Digitally Navigating New Spaces: How ICTs Are Empowering Three Sgaw Karen Families in the Rural US	5
“It Has Been a Breath of Fresh Air” Participants’ Perception of the Impact of Self-Reliance Intervention Among Urban Refugees	5
Understanding the Settlement and Retention of Humanitarian Migrants in Australia: Comparing Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Areas	5
Framing Migration and Migrants Through Border Crises: The Case of Ceuta and Melilla	5
Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’	5
Immigrant Work and the Production of Italian Agrifood: The Variants of Subordinate Integration	5
Introduction: Towards a New Migration and Asylum Research Agenda for the Americas	5
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid	4
Restrictive North versus Permissive South? Revisiting Dominant Narratives on the Evolution of the Refugee Regime	4
Migration Governance Through Funding: Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Perspectives	4
The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program	4
Transnationalism and Social Control of Female Chechen Refugees: Comparative Analysis of Women Fleeing Domestic Violence and Political Persecution	4
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes: An Institutionalist Analysis of Italian Labor Immigration Regulations 1990–2020	4
Examining Determinants of Employers’ Attitudes toward Hiring Immigrant Workers: Evidence from an Employer Survey	4
Migration Management and Responsibility Sharing with Afghanistan Through EU Funding?	4
Mobility of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in the Strait of Gibraltar: An Approach Based on Organized Crime	4
From Funding to Financing: Complementary Pathways, Refugee Finance and the Emergence of the Refugee Entrepreneur	4
Refugees and (Im)Migrants: (Re)Conceptualizing and (Re)Contextualizing Migration in the Media	4
Digital Networking Among Thai Bar Girl Brokers: Navigating the Infrastructure of Mobility and the Circulation of Affect	4
The Cruel Optimism of Work Permits: Vulnerabilities and Deportability Among Rejected Asylum-Seekers and International Students Pursuing Track Changes in Sweden	4