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Alejandro Portes

Active 1968–2019

72
Papers
56,891
Citations
70
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Citations

Citations per year for Alejandro Portes1916: 2 citations1967: 1 citations1969: 1 citations1970: 4 citations1971: 3 citations1972: 4 citations1973: 3 citations1974: 3 citations1975: 3 citations1976: 8 citations1977: 3 citations1978: 5 citations1979: 1 citations1980: 3 citations1981: 6 citations1982: 3 citations1983: 5 citations1984: 5 citations1985: 4 citations1986: 7 citations1987: 16 citations1988: 3 citations1989: 22 citations1990: 9 citations1991: 9 citations1992: 20 citations1993: 21 citations1994: 49 citations1995: 28 citations1996: 37 citations1997: 57 citations1998: 68 citations1999: 77 citations2000: 74 citations2001: 143 citations2002: 125 citations2003: 184 citations2004: 188 citations2005: 241 citations2006: 190 citations2007: 195 citations2008: 190 citations2009: 221 citations2010: 240 citations2011: 211 citations2012: 155 citations2013: 113 citations2014: 128 citations2015: 115 citations2016: 96 citations2017: 97 citations2018: 68 citations2019: 155 citations2020: 151 citations2021: 135 citations2022: 74 citations2023: 40 citations2024: 74 citations2025: 31 citations2026: 2 citations1917–1966: no citations, so these years are not shown1968: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,539 citing papers, 45.5% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 330 citing papers, 9.8% of this breakdownCanada: 189 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownGermany: 135 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownAustralia: 130 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownNetherlands: 122 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownChina: 94 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSpain: 61 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownItaly: 61 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownSweden: 51 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownFrance: 48 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 31 citing papers, 0.9% of this breakdown
0%45.5%Other 17.5%

Institutions

Fields

  • Social Sciences64.8%
  • Business, Management and Accounting8.6%
  • Psychology6.6%
  • Health Professions6.2%
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
  • Computer Science2.5%
  • Other7.5%

Topics

  • Social Capital and Networks5.9%
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics5.5%
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy4.2%
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies3.5%
  • Homelessness and Social Issues3.2%
  • Health disparities and outcomes3%
  • Other74.7%

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  1. Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

    Authors: Alejandro Portes - Annual Review of Sociology 1998 cited by 11,924

  2. Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Julia Sensenbrenner - American Journal of Sociology 1993 cited by 3,486

  3. The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Min Zhou - Inequality in the 21st Century 1993 cited by 5,081

  4. Diversity, Social Capital, and Cohesion

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Erik Vickstrom - Annual Review of Sociology 2011 cited by 421

  5. The Educational and Early Occupational Attainment Process

    Authors: William H. Sewell, Archibald O. Haller, Alejandro Portes - American Sociological Review 1969 cited by 1,541

  6. Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation.

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Peter Evans - Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 1996 cited by 784

  7. Social Capital: Promise and Pitfalls of its Role in Development

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Patricia Landolt - Journal of Latin American Studies 2000 cited by 648

  8. Status Attainment Processes

    Authors: Archibald O. Haller, Alejandro Portes - Sociology of Education 1973 cited by 389

  9. City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami.

    Authors: Sharon Zukin, Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick - Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 1993 cited by 372

  10. Introduction: The Second Generation and the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut - Ethnic and Racial Studies 2005 cited by 320

  11. Dreams Fulfilled, Dreams Shattered: Determinants of Segmented Assimilation in the Second Generation

    Authors: William Haller, Alejandro Portes, Scott M. Lynch - Social Forces 2011 cited by 300

  12. Life on the edge: immigrants confront the American health system

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernández‐Kelly, Donald W. Light - Ethnic and Racial Studies 2011 cited by 125

  13. The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Patricia Landolt - Ethnic and Racial Studies 1999 cited by 2,213

  14. Immigrant America

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut - 2006 cited by 1,354

  15. Immigrant Enclaves: An Analysis of the Labor Market Experiences of Cubans in Miami

    Authors: Kenneth Wilson, Alejandro Portes - American Journal of Sociology 1980 cited by 1,269

  16. doi:https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007537902813

    Authors: Alejandro Portes - Sociological Forum 2000 cited by 1,123

  17. The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries.

    Authors: Michael P. Todaro, Alejandro Portes, Manuel Castells, Lauren Benton - Population and Development Review 1990 cited by 804

  18. Immigration Theory for a New Century: Some Problems and Opportunities

    Authors: Alejandro Portes - International Migration Review 1997 cited by 776

  19. Contemporary Immigration: Theoretical Perspectives on its Determinants and Modes of Incorporation

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, József Böröcz - International Migration Review 1989 cited by 729

  20. Conclusion: Theoretical Convergencies and Empirical Evidence in the Study of Immigrant Transnationalism

    Authors: Alejandro Portes - International Migration Review 2003 cited by 623

  21. Segmented assimilation on the ground: The new second generation in early adulthood

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernández‐Kelly, William Haller - Ethnic and Racial Studies 2005 cited by 621

  22. Introduction: the debates and significance of immigrant transnationalism

    Authors: Alejandro Portes - Global Networks 2001 cited by 618

  23. Latin American Class Structures: Their Composition and Change during the Neoliberal Era

    Authors: Alejandro Portes, Kelly M. Hoffman - Latin American Research Review 2003 cited by 616

  24. Immigrant America: A Portrait.

    Authors: Michael P. Todaro, Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut - Population and Development Review 1997 cited by 588