OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Migration Review is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: On Transits and Transitions	109
Resilient Remittances? Examining Immigrant Remittances from the United States to Latin America During Covid-19	46
How Much Does Migration Affect Labor Supply in Europe? Methodological Insights and Contemporary Evidence from the European Union and Selected European Countries	37
Dreaming of a Remittance House: Understanding Transnational Housing Aspirations	25
Why do Citizens Criminalize Migrants? Experimental Evidence from a Multi-Role Country, Mexico	25
The Impacts of Syrian Refugees on Natives’ Health Outcomes	21
Digital Nomadism and the Emergence of Digital Nomad Visas: What Policy Objectives Do States Aim to Achieve?	21
Crossing Boundaries: Ethnic Trust Network and Expanded Social Engagement Among North Korean Refugees in London	21
Age at Migration and the Political Integration of Immigrants — Evidence From a Sibling Analysis	20
Book Review: In Search of Home KlementCamaj R.. (2025). The Migration of Albanians from Montenegro and Kosovo to the United States: In Search of Home. Oxford: Routledge. 173. $108.00.	20
Regulating the Undesirable: Statusless Women in Israel	19
Global Evidence on the Relative Importance of Nonfinancial Drivers of International Migration Intentions	18
Canadian and Australian Immigration Policy Trends: An Institutional Isomorphic Comparative Historical Analysis	18
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.	18
Immigration and New Firm Formation – Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Setting in Germany	17
Subjectivity in Welfare Mobilities: Rethinking Welfare as a Structure, a Process, and an Experience	17
Book Review: The Opportunity Trap	17
Book Review: The Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco	16
Web Scraping for Migration, Mobility, and Migrant Integration Studies: Introduction, Application, and Potential Use Cases	14
Travel Bloggers as ‘Digital Nomads’–How Can Understanding This Lifestyle Migration Help us to Think About the Future of Work, Migration and Technology?	13
The Inflow of Refugees and Educational Attainment of U.S. Natives: Evidence from the Mariel Boatlift	13
Partner Choice and Economic Outcomes among the Children of Immigrants	13
The Evolution of the Returns to Schooling for Refugees and Other Immigrants in the United States	13
Then and Now: Romanian Returnees Contemplating Future Migration	13
Public Support for Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Case of North Koreans in the Republic of Korea	13

Discrimination of Black and Muslim Minority Groups in Western Societies: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of Field Experiments	12
Exclusionary Contexts Frustrate Cultural Integration: Migrant Acculturation Into Support for Gender Equality in the Labor Market in Western Europe	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
Trust in Transit: External Migration Control and Migrants’ Perceptions of Humanitarian Borderwork in the Sahel	12
Book Reviews: Migration and Political Theory	12
Does City Size Affect International Migrants and Native-Born Workers Differently? Exploring Inequalities in Unemployment and Occupations Across Spanish Cities	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.	11
Migration Governance in Pakistan: Institutional Challenges and Data Gaps	10
Participation in Social Movement and Emigration Intention: A Study of Hong Kong Social Movement in 2019	10
Immigration and Fertility in the United States	10
Book Review: Everyday Activists GetrichC. M., 2025. Everyday Activists: Undocumented Immigrants’ Quest for Justice and Well-Being. New York: New York University Press. 285 Pages, $89.00.	9
The Realization of Short-Term Fertility Intentions Among Immigrants and Children of Immigrants in Norway and Sweden	9
Implications of the Rohingya Relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char, Bangladesh	9
Transnational Parenthood and Migrant Subjective Well-Being in Italy	9
Who Wants to Leave? Global Survey Evidence on How Individual Emigration Aspirations Differ Between Peaceful and Conflict-Affected Contexts	8
Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency	8
How Do Immigration Policies Affect Voter Support for Low-Skilled Immigrants? Evidence from a Survey Experiment	8
Migration Aspirations and Adolescents’ Ideal age at Union Formation in Western Mexico	8
Book Review: Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan	8
Why Are Children of Immigrants Less Geographically Mobile? Examining the Role of Economic Disadvantage and Family Networks	8
Economic Assimilation of the “Third Generation”: An Intergenerational Mobility Perspective	8
A Migratory Ecosystem: Legibility, Visibility, and the Role of Organizations in Ecuador	8
Quarantine Ships as Spaces of Bordering: The Securitization of Migration Policy in Italy During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Contesting Boundaries and Navigating Identities: Second-Generation Adult Children from Cross-Border Marriages in Taiwan	8
Religion, Ideology, and Political Parties’ Positions on Refugees in South Asia and the Middle East	7
Are Healthcare Systems Failing Immigrants? Transnational Migration and Social Exclusion in the Workers’ Compensation Process in Québec	7
Childbearing Across Immigrants and Their Descendants in Sweden: The Role of Generation and Gender	7
Immigration and the Boundaries of Black Political Subjecthood in Argentina and Chile	7
Capacity and Priority: Explaining the Regulatory Roles of Labor Brokers in China's Newly Established Guestworker Program	7
Borders Start With Numbers: How Migration Data Create “Fake Illegals”	7
Marriage Channels, Temporal Inequality, and Migration Decision-Making Agency: Vietnamese Marriage Migrants in Asia	7
Mediating Mobility in West Africa: Improvisation, Culture, and Volatility in Migration Infrastructures	7
Population Innumeracy and Anti-Immigrant Violence: The Case of South Africa	6
The Uncertainty of Forced Displacement: How Language and Violence Shaped Displacement Trajectories During Russia's Invasion of Ukraine	6
Does Self-Employment Contribute to Immigrants’ Economic Integration? Examining Patterns of Self-Employment Exit in Belgium	6
Book Review: The Refugee System	6
No Safe Place: Violence among Unaccompanied Refugee Children Seeking Asylum in Kenya	6
Family Matters: The Impact of National Policies on Asylum Destinations	6
The Glaring Gap: Undervalued and Unrecognized Knowledges and Expertise in International Migration Research	6
Collectivized Discretion: Seeking Explanations for Decreased Asylum Recognition Rates in Finland After Europe's 2015 “Refugee Crisis”	6
The Development and Dismantling of Fragmented Protection: Rohingya Refugee Experiences of Fragmented Governance Across India	6
Point of Reference: A Multisited Exploration of African Migration and Fertility in France	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
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
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
Change in Administration, Change in Deportation Worry? Analyzing the Reduction of U.S. Latinos’ Worries About Deportation from 2019 to 2021	6
Book Review: Searching for Sweetness: Women's Mobile Lives in China and Lesotho	6
The Perpetual Influence of Historical Trauma: A Broad Look at Indigenous Families and Communities in Areas Now Called the United States and Canada	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: 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
U.S. Sanctuary Policies and Mexicans’ Migration Preferences: A Conjoint-Experimental Study	5
Does It Pay Off? Understanding Subjective Employment Mobility of European Physicians in Germany	5
The Refugee Paradox During Wartime in Europe: How Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees are (not) Alike	5
Book Review: The Cost of Belonging: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing‘s Koreatown	5
Judicial Framing and Immigration Policymaking: Israel's Policy toward Self-Claiming Palestinian Informers	5
Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of US Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note	5
Book Review: Outsourcing Control	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
Book Review: Visiting Immigration Detention	5
Does Time Since Arrival have an Effect on Immigrants’ Preferences for Vocational Education and Training Programs in Switzerland?	5
Transnational City Networks on Migration and Integration and Local Collaborative Governance: Establishing the Nexus	5
Forced Migrants’ Agency in a Life Course Approach—A Conceptual Proposal and Empirical Illustration	5
With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-Standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Out-Group Trust in Russia	5
Imposed Invisibility: Unraveling Identities Through Negotiations of Categories among People Raised in Germany by Polish Parents	5
Book Review: Exit	4
Book Review: Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorship	4
Book Review: Argonauts of West Africa	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
Digital Nomads in Conversation: Reddit-based Analysis and the Future of Nomadic versus Migrant Career Journeys	4
Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications	4
Of Rice and Men: Rice Consumption-Based Estimates of Undocumented Persons in Malaysia	4
Book Review	4
Book Review: The Rohingya: An Ethnography of 'Subhuman' Life	4
Book Review: New year, new plans for IMR’s book review section	4
Immigration, Sanctuary Policies, and Public Safety	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
The Value of Illegality: Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador and the (Re)Entrenchment of Neoliberal Capitalism	4
Why Has Migration Research So Little Impact? Examining Knowledge Practices in Migration Policy Making and Migration Studies	4
Criminal Victimization of Central American Migrants in Transit Through Mexico	4
Public Belief in the “Great Replacement Theory”	4
Badante or Bride? Patterns of Female Migration in Italy, Japan, Korea, and Spain	4
Review Essay: Moving Beyond the Migration State	4
Can We See Their ID? Measuring Immigrants’ Legal Trajectory: Lessons From a French Survey	4
Why Do People Migrate? Fresh Takes on the Foundational Question of Migration Studies	4
The Migration Intersections Grid: An Organizing Framework for Migration Research in and through the Twenty-first Century	4
Emotional Earmarking: Insights into Remittances and Emotions from a Mixed Methods Study of Migrant Households in Rural Philippines	3
Extending Migrants’ Rights but Limiting Long-Term Settlement: Migrant Integration Policy Trends in EU and OECD Countries Between 2010 and 2019	3
Author Conversation: Sofya Aptekar and Cristina Dragomir	3
Are Visa-Based Dispersal Policies Effective in Attracting and Retaining Skilled Migrants in Rural Australia?	3
A Citizen Just Like You: The Role of Complex Contagion and Resemblance for Decisions to Naturalize	3
Cross-Era Gender Differences in Educational Attainment Among Second-Generation Immigrants	3
Embedding Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Solidarity Contexts: A Cross-European Study	3
Book Review: Algerian Women and Diasporic Experience	3
Climate Change, Drought, and Potential Environmental Migration Flows Under Different Policy Scenarios	3
The Social Inclusion of Migrants Between Policy and Practice: Lessons from Uruguay	3
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	3
Book Review: Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism	3
Book Review: License to Travel	3
Parenting from Abroad: Transnational Separation from a Child and Mental Health Among Immigrants in France	3
The 2016 United States Election and Financial Support to Migrant-Serving Legal-Aid Organizations	3
Theorizing Legitimacy in Migration Research	3
Book Review: African Football Migration	3
Book Review: Asylum as Reparation	3
How Social Networks Shape Refugee Movements in Wartime: Evidence from the Russian Attack on Ukraine	3
Reimagining “Integration” in the Light of the New Forms of Mobility	3
Spatial Segregation in Action? An Empirical Assessment of Population Concentration of Foreigners and Nationals in Italy, 2002–2018	3
Book Review: Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union	3
Uprooted Families: Caretaking, Belonging, and Inheritance During and After Displacement	3
Multidimensionality in the Integration of First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Europe: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation	3
Are They Still Aiming High? The Development of Educational Aspirations of Lower Secondary School Students With Immigrant Backgrounds in Germany	3
Forced Migration and the Politics of Belonging: Integration Policy, National Debates and Migrant Strategies	3
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	3
Jigsaw Migration: How Mixed Citizenship LGBTQ Families (Re)Assemble Their Fragmented Citizenship	3
Book Review: The Human Factor SinnerAlejandroCarrerasCèsarHoutenPieter. 2024. The Human Factor: The Demography of the Roman Province of Hispania Citerior/Tarraconensis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University P	3