OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Comparative Migration Studies is 7. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
International student mobility, Covid-19, and the labour market: a scoping review	64
Translocal vulnerability of temporary rural–rural labor migrant-sending households in Quarit district, Northwestern Ethiopia	51
Polish immigrants and their children in Canada and Sweden, employment status and income patterns	34
Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas	27
The impact of COVID-19 on the social and cultural integration of international students: a literature review	27
A voluntary-sector meeting place as a site for interpreting and ‘doing’ integration: a case of later-life Russian-speaking migrants	25
Students or internationals? Divergent patterns of governing international student mobility in Germany and the United Kingdom	21
Immigrants and refugees, tourists and vagabonds: why and how they integrate differently	20
Bridging the citizenship law implementation gap: a typology for comparative analysis	19
Bridging the state and market logics of refugee labour market inclusion – a comparative study on the inclusion activities of German professional chambers	19
The discourse and practices of Polish migration policy during the COVID-19 pandemic – economisation as a form of emergency governance	19
Between here and there: comparing the worry about the pandemic between older Italian international migrants and natives in Switzerland	18
The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective	18
Economic self-reliance or social relations? What works in refugee integration? Learning from resettlement programmes in Japan and the UK	18
Conquering the labour market: the socioeconomic enablement of refugee women in Austria	17
Social remittances during COVID-19: on the “new normality” negotiated by transnational families	17
The membership of parties abroad: a case study of the UK	16
Between meeting quotas and following the duty-bound heart: navigating the formidable dilemma of refugee protection in the EU	15
Struggles for democracy: strategies and resources of initiatives for non-citizen voting rights at local levels in Europe	15
Immigrant political participation is associated with more positive majority immigration attitudes across European countries and Swiss cantons	14
The tie that binds? A comparison of ethnicity-based party ties among emigrated and resident citizens	13
Innocence and danger at the border: migrants, “Bad” mothers, and the nation’s protectors	12
“Crossing borders, connecting cultures”: an introduction to the special issue	12
Seeking asylum in Scandinavia: a comparative analysis of recent restrictive policy responses towards unaccompanied afghan minors in Denmark, Sweden and Norway	12
Instead of ‘writing against’ and discarding ‘immigrants’ integration, why not reconceptualize integration as a wicked concept?	12

Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants	12
The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers	11
Correction to: “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”: an introduction to the special issue	11
The populist far right paradox: the identification of the enemy and its exceptions in the immigration policies of the Meloni government in Italy	11
Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Global migration governance from below in times of COVID-19 and “Zoomification”: civil society in „invited “ and „invented “ spaces	10
The return of the state: how European governments regulate labour market competition from migrant workers	10
Health-related lifestyle behaviours and healthcare utilisation among adolescent immigrants in Europe	10
Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia	10
Differences in migrants’ reason for migration and subjective well-being: not so different after all	9
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar	9
The role of geographical distance in transnational institutional engagement of the Czech diaspora: a comparative study	9
The impact of partisan politics on migration policies: the case of healthcare provision for refugees by German states	9
Labor migration, remittances, and the economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council region	9
Motivations in transition: destination choices of inter-provincial migration among Chinese older adults	8
Who supports refugees? Diversity assent and pro-refugee engagement in Germany	8
Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan	8
Political party offers of representation for minority voters: advertising in Chinese-language newspapers in New Zealand	8
Building paper bridges: adapting citizenship and immigration regimes to international displacement	8
Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway	8
The student migration transition: an empirical investigation into the nexus between development and international student migration	8
Migration agencies’ visual performance within the Border spectacle. The case of EU and Canadian institutions	8
Going beyond the ‘typical’ student? Voicing diversity of experience through biographical encounters with migrant students in Portugal	8
‘Firm but fair’? Migrant children’s rights through dramaturgy and nation branding in Norway and the UK	7
Towards a precise and reflexive use of migration-related terminology in quantitative research: criticism and suggestions	7
Comparing the racialization of Central-East European migrants in Japan and the UK	7
Decision-making and the trajectories of young Europeans in the London region: the planners, the dreamers, and the accidental migrants	7
How does immigration affect anti-immigrant sentiment, and who is affected most? A longitudinal analysis of the UK and Japan cases	7