Justin Gest

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 740 citations indexed

About

Justin Gest is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Gest has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 740 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Justin Gest's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (19 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (19 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Justin Gest is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (19 papers), Migration, Refugees, and Integration (19 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Justin Gest collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Justin Gest's co-authors include Anna Boucher, Tyler Reny, Jeremy D. Mayer, Michael Hiscox, Mary Crock, Patrick McGovern, Brian Burgoon, Hillel Rapoport, Michel Beine and Eiko R. Thielemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Migration Review and Comparative Political Studies.

In The Last Decade

Justin Gest

29 papers receiving 667 citations

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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.

Roots of the Radical Right: Nostalgic Deprivation in the United States and Britain

2017 190 citations Justin Gest, Tyler Reny et al. Comparative Political Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin Gest United States	13	568	360	61	58	53	35	740
Rahsaan Maxwell United States	15	730 1.3×	391 1.1×	43 0.7×	85 1.5×	63 1.2×	35	895
Céline Teney Germany	15	367 0.6×	294 0.8×	51 0.8×	46 0.8×	21 0.4×	42	611
Wenfang Tang United States	11	446 0.8×	307 0.9×	46 0.8×	48 0.8×	20 0.4×	35	621
James Dennison Italy	15	557 1.0×	602 1.7×	41 0.7×	39 0.7×	64 1.2×	48	953
Anniken Hagelund Norway	13	403 0.7×	261 0.7×	111 1.8×	69 1.2×	77 1.5×	29	664
Robert M. Kunovich United States	15	698 1.2×	273 0.8×	81 1.3×	64 1.1×	62 1.2×	24	865
Mark Gibney United States	12	621 1.1×	311 0.9×	45 0.7×	33 0.6×	69 1.3×	49	812
Marco Martiniello Belgium	14	515 0.9×	209 0.6×	44 0.7×	122 2.1×	35 0.7×	60	679
Hana Brown United States	11	360 0.6×	114 0.3×	71 1.2×	45 0.8×	80 1.5×	27	477
Rafaela Dancygier United States	16	884 1.6×	626 1.7×	56 0.9×	61 1.1×	82 1.5×	28	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Gest

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All Works

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Gest, Justin, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Slow-Onset Climate Change on Migration Decisions. International Migration Review.

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Gest, Justin, et al.. (2025). Gray Area: Population Aging and Immigration Attitudes in Japan. PS Political Science & Politics. 1–8.

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Ferwerda, Jeremy, Justin Gest, & Tyler Reny. (2024). Nostalgic deprivation and populism: Evidence from 19 European countries. European Journal of Political Research. 64(3). 1506–1518. 2 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin, et al.. (2024). Migrant Rights Protections and Their Implementation in 45 Countries. International Migration Review. 1 indexed citations

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Reny, Tyler & Justin Gest. (2023). Viewers like you: the effect of elite co-identity reinforcement on U.S. immigration attitudes. Politics Groups and Identities. 12(5). 969–985.

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Gest, Justin. (2022). Majority Minority. 8 indexed citations

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Ferwerda, Jeremy & Justin Gest. (2020). Pull Factors and Migration Preferences: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa. International Migration Review. 55(2). 431–459. 20 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin, et al.. (2019). Protecting and Benchmarking Migrants’ Rights: An Analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Gest, Justin, et al.. (2019). Protecting and Benchmarking Migrants’ Rights: An Analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. International Migration. 57(6). 60–79. 6 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin. (2018). The Market Model: Immigration Regime Variation and Convergence in 30 Countries. 1 indexed citations

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Boucher, Anna & Justin Gest. (2018). Crossroads comparative immigration regimes in a world of demographic change. 12 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin. (2018). The White Working Class. Oxford University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Hainmueller, Jens, et al.. (2018). A randomized controlled design reveals barriers to citizenship for low-income immigrants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(5). 939–944. 35 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin, Tyler Reny, & Jeremy D. Mayer. (2017). Roots of the Radical Right: Nostalgic Deprivation in the United States and Britain. Comparative Political Studies. 51(13). 1694–1719. 190 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beine, Michel, Anna Boucher, Brian Burgoon, et al.. (2016). Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Beine, Michel, Brian Burgoon, Mary Crock, et al.. (2015). Measuring Immigration Policies: Preliminary Evidence from IMPALA. CESifo Economic Studies. 61(3-4). 527–559. 10 indexed citations

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Boucher, Anna & Justin Gest. (2014). Migration studies at a crossroads: A critique of immigration regime typologies. Migration Studies. 3(2). 182–198. 40 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin. (2014). Reluctant pluralists: European Muslims and essentialist identities. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38(11). 1868–1885. 6 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin. (2010). Apart: alienated and engaged Muslims in the West. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 20 indexed citations

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Gest, Justin. (2010). Avoiding Evasion: Implementing International Migration Policy. 2 indexed citations

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