Alejandro Portes

67.2k total citations · 19 hit papers
307 papers, 41.4k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Portes is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Portes has authored 307 papers receiving a total of 41.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 62 papers in Demography and 24 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Portes's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (97 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (93 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (53 papers). Alejandro Portes is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (97 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (93 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (53 papers). Alejandro Portes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bolivia and Ireland. Alejandro Portes's co-authors include Min Zhou, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, William Haller, Patricia Landolt, Archibald O. Haller, Kenneth Wilson, Patricia Fernández‐Kelly, William H. Sewell and József Böröcz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Portes

282 papers receiving 34.4k citations

Hit Papers

Social Capital: Its Origins and Applicatio... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1998 1993 1993 1999 1969 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Peers

Alejandro Portes
Comparison fields: 5 of 173
  • Sociology and Political Science 31.0k
  • Demography 8.7k
  • Education 4.9k
  • General Health Professions 4.7k
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.8k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Portes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Portes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Portes based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Portes. Alejandro Portes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Immigrant America. A Portait
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La educación de los hijos de inmigrantes: efectos contextuales sobre los logros educativos de la segunda generación
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Immigration and Public Policy
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8 9
9 13
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La segunda generación en Madrid: un estudio longitudinal
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Migración y cambio social: algunas reflexiones conceptuales
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Migration and Development: A Conceptual Review of the Evidence
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Empleo y desigualdad urbanos bajo libre mercado: consecuencias del experimento neoliberal
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14
Capital social: origens e aplicações na sociologia contemporânea
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The Economic Sociology of Immigration: Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship breakdown →
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El neoliberalismo y la sociología del desarrollo: tendencias emergentes y efectos inesperados
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17 1
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Urbanización en Centroamérica
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Mariel refugees: six years after.
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