Alex Stepick

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alex Stepick is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Stepick has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Demography and 7 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Alex Stepick's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (17 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (15 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (10 papers). Alex Stepick is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (17 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (15 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (10 papers). Alex Stepick collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. Alex Stepick's co-authors include Alejandro Portes, Carol Dutton Stepick, Robert M. Levine, Sharon Zukin, Karen Richman, G. Grenier, Peter V. Schaeffer, Marvin Dunn, Bryan R. Roberts and Louise Lamphere and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Alex Stepick

43 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami.

1995 377 citations Alejandro Portes, Alex Stepick et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Stepick United States	21	1.4k	366	284	233	198	45	1.8k
Maxine Baca Zinn United States	21	1.1k 0.8×	157 0.4×	248 0.9×	167 0.7×	259 1.3×	40	1.8k
Nazli Kibria United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	351 1.0×	156 0.5×	162 0.7×	175 0.9×	50	1.5k
Karen Pyke United States	17	1.3k 0.9×	371 1.0×	190 0.7×	235 1.0×	230 1.2×	18	1.8k
Yến Lê Espiritu United States	20	2.2k 1.5×	514 1.4×	256 0.9×	347 1.5×	290 1.5×	48	2.7k
Patricia Ζavella United States	17	1.3k 0.9×	340 0.9×	249 0.9×	145 0.6×	180 0.9×	52	1.8k
Ernestine Avila United States	2	1.9k 1.3×	749 2.0×	406 1.4×	163 0.7×	91 0.5×	2	2.2k
Patricia R. Pessar United States	19	2.3k 1.6×	1.0k 2.8×	318 1.1×	171 0.7×	123 0.6×	27	2.7k
Philip Kasinitz United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	258 0.7×	219 0.8×	141 0.6×	146 0.7×	70	1.7k
Mónica Boyd Canada	24	2.5k 1.7×	835 2.3×	525 1.8×	220 0.9×	191 1.0×	72	3.0k
Silvano M. Tomasi United States	10	1.9k 1.3×	510 1.4×	184 0.6×	184 0.8×	226 1.1×	29	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Stepick

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Stepick

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Stepick. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Stepick 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 Alex Stepick. Alex Stepick is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Stepick, Alex. (2020). The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century. Journal of American Ethnic History. 40(1). 94–95. 1 indexed citations

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Mahler, Sarah J., Terry Rey, & Alex Stepick. (2019). Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City. Rutgers University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Rey, Terry & Alex Stepick. (2013). Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami. 6 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex, et al.. (2013). False Promises: The Failure of Secure Communities in Miami-Dade County. PDXScholar (Portland State University). 5 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex, et al.. (2008). South Florida's Immigrant Youth and Civic Engagement: Major Engagement: Minor Differences. Applied Developmental Science. 12(2). 57–65. 81 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex. (2006). “There Is More to Life than a Glass of Water”: Immigration in the Contemporary United States. American Anthropologist. 108(2). 392–396. 3 indexed citations

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Richman, Karen & Alex Stepick. (2000). Pride against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States. International Migration Review. 34(2). 570–570. 114 indexed citations

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Min, Pyong Gap, et al.. (1998). New Pioneers in the Heartland: Hmong Life in Wisconsin. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 27(6). 624–624. 36 indexed citations

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Kasinitz, Philip, G. Grenier, & Alex Stepick. (1995). Miami Now! Immigration, Ethnicity, and Social Change.. Journal of American History. 81(4). 1825–1825. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Bryan R., Louise Lamphere, Alex Stepick, & G. Grenier. (1995). Newcomers in the Workplace: Immigrants and the Restructuring of the U.S. Economy. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 24(4). 322–322. 68 indexed citations

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Schaeffer, Peter V., Alejandro Portes, & Alex Stepick. (1994). City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami.. International Migration Review. 28(4). 894–894. 86 indexed citations

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Higgins, Michael J., et al.. (1993). Social Inequality in Oaxaca: A History of Resistance and Change.. Man. 28(4). 846–846. 41 indexed citations

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Murphy, Arthur D. & Alex Stepick. (1991). Oaxaca's Cycles of Conquest. Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development. 20(1). 99–107. 2 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex. (1991). The Haitian Informal Sector in Miami. City & Society. 5(1). 10–22. 3 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex & Carol Dutton Stepick. (1990). People in the Shadows: Survey Research among Haitians in Miami. Human Organization. 49(1). 64–77. 32 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex & Alejandro Portes. (1986). Flight into Despair: A Profile of Recent Haitian Refugees in South Florida. International Migration Review. 20(2). 329–350. 49 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex. (1983). New Perspectives on Immigrant Adaptation. 15(3). 15–26. 3 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex, et al.. (1982). Haitian refugees in the U.S.. 5 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex, et al.. (1982). Industrial Development and Migrant Labor in Latin America.. International Migration Review. 16(4). 911–911. 4 indexed citations

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Stepick, Alex. (1982). Haitians in Miami. An Assessment of their Background and Potential. Occasional Papers Series, Dialogues #12.. 1 indexed citations

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