Ivan Light

8.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
83 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Ivan Light is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan Light has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Demography and 11 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Ivan Light's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (54 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (28 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (11 papers). Ivan Light is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (54 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (28 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (11 papers). Ivan Light collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Israel. Ivan Light's co-authors include Claudia Der‐Martirosian, Edna Bonacich, Susan Olzak, Léo‐Paul Dana, Roger Daniels, Mark A. Haskell, Roger Waldinger, Carolyn Rosenstein, Mehdi Bozorgmehr and Georges Sabagh and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Ivan Light

76 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Ethnic Enterprise in America 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 1994 1972 1984 1974 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Ethnic Enterprise in America
    1972 642 citations Ivan Light profile →
  2. The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict.
    1994 640 citations Ivan Light et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  3. Ethnic Enterprise in America: Business and Welfare among Chinese, Japanese and Blacks.
    1972 361 citations Ivan Light et al. International Migration Review profile →
  4. Immigrant and ethnic enterprise in North America*
    1984 352 citations Ivan Light Ethnic and Racial Studies profile →
  5. Ethnic Enterprise in America
    1974 343 citations Ivan Light et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ivan Light 4.8k 1.9k 1.0k 858 627 83 5.6k
Roger Waldinger 5.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 545 0.6× 552 0.9× 132 5.9k
Edna Bonacich 3.7k 0.8× 694 0.4× 848 0.8× 311 0.4× 397 0.6× 74 4.5k
Christian Bjørnskov 3.2k 0.7× 668 0.3× 999 1.0× 260 0.3× 2.0k 3.2× 194 6.3k
Janet W. Salaff 1.5k 0.3× 932 0.5× 210 0.2× 534 0.6× 233 0.4× 64 2.8k
Alnoor Ebrahim 2.1k 0.4× 450 0.2× 257 0.3× 538 0.6× 306 0.5× 40 3.7k
Josef Brüderl 891 0.2× 1.3k 0.7× 404 0.4× 582 0.7× 908 1.4× 62 2.9k
Mustafa F. Özbilgin 1.6k 0.3× 427 0.2× 171 0.2× 1.4k 1.6× 168 0.3× 179 4.2k
Dennis R. Young 1.8k 0.4× 357 0.2× 179 0.2× 430 0.5× 328 0.5× 101 2.4k
Frank Bechhofer 1.8k 0.4× 243 0.1× 244 0.2× 384 0.4× 225 0.4× 96 3.5k
Yvonne Benschop 1.4k 0.3× 603 0.3× 104 0.1× 1.2k 1.4× 153 0.2× 74 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ivan Light

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ivan Light

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan Light

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ivan Light. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ivan Light 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 Ivan Light. Ivan Light 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
1.
Light, Ivan & Edna Bonacich. (2023). Immigrant Entrepreneurs. 1 indexed citations
2.
Light, Ivan. (2023). Ethnic Enterprise in America.
3.
Light, Ivan & Léo‐Paul Dana. (2020). Entrepreneurs and Capitalism since Luther. Lexington Books. 2 indexed citations
4.
Light, Ivan, et al.. (2016). Transnational Iranian entrepreneurs in the import/export industry of Los Angeles. International Journal of Business and Globalisation. 16(3). 304–304. 3 indexed citations
5.
Light, Ivan, Shahamak Rezaei, & Léo‐Paul Dana. (2013). Ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the international carpet trade: an empirical study. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 18(2). 125–125. 19 indexed citations
6.
Light, Ivan & Léo‐Paul Dana. (2013). Boundaries of Social Capital in Entrepreneurship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations
7.
Light, Ivan. (2010). Federal/State Cost Sharing of Immigrant Welfare. California Journal of Politics and Policy. 2(1). 1–23. 3 indexed citations
8.
Light, Ivan, et al.. (2008). Mexican Migration Networks in the United States, 1980–2000. International Migration Review. 42(3). 704–728. 27 indexed citations
9.
Light, Ivan. (2004). Empresarios inmigrantes de Asia en la era de la globalización. 371–382. 1 indexed citations
10.
Light, Ivan. (2004). Social Capital's Unique Accessibility. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
11.
Light, Ivan, et al.. (2002). Transnationalism and American Exports in an English-Speaking World . International Migration Review. 36(3). 702–725. 39 indexed citations
12.
Light, Ivan. (2002). Immigrant Place Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, 1970–99. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 26(2). 215–228. 52 indexed citations
13.
Light, Ivan. (2001). The Chicago School and the Ethnic Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
14.
Light, Ivan & Michel S. Laguerre. (2001). The Global Ethnopolis: Chinatown, Japantown, and Manilatown in American Society. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(5). 499–499. 20 indexed citations
15.
Razin, Eran & Ivan Light. (1998). Ethnic Entrepreneurs in America's Largest Metropolitan Areas. Urban Affairs Review. 33(3). 332–360. 77 indexed citations
16.
Light, Ivan, Stanley Lieberson, & Mary C. Waters. (1990). From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America.. Social Forces. 68(3). 992–992. 65 indexed citations
17.
Light, Ivan & Edna Bonacich. (1988). Immigrant Entrepreneurs. 384 indexed citations
18.
Light, Ivan & Roger Waldinger. (1987). Through the Eye of the Needle: Immigrants and Enterprise in New York's Garment Trades. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(6). 803–803. 257 indexed citations
19.
Light, Ivan. (1984). Immigrant and Ethnic Enterprise in North America. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
20.
Light, Ivan. (1984). Immigrant and ethnic enterprise in North America*. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 7(2). 195–216. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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