Karen Jacobsen

2.0k total citations
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Karen Jacobsen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Jacobsen has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Clinical Psychology and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Karen Jacobsen's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (4 papers). Karen Jacobsen is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (4 papers). Karen Jacobsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Egypt. Karen Jacobsen's co-authors include Loren B. Landau, Jeff Crisp, Sharon Stanton Russell, William Stanley, Helen Young, Thomas G. McGuire, Liisa H. Malkki, Justin B. Hollander, Margaret Green and Michael P. Todaro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Population and Development Review and International Migration Review.

In The Last Decade

Karen Jacobsen

31 papers receiving 928 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Jacobsen United States 13 862 339 262 162 97 35 1.1k
Jeff Crisp United Kingdom 16 607 0.7× 215 0.6× 235 0.9× 87 0.5× 126 1.3× 53 874
Barbara E. Harrell-Bond United Kingdom 16 865 1.0× 261 0.8× 329 1.3× 128 0.8× 77 0.8× 47 1.2k
Katy Long United Kingdom 13 873 1.0× 262 0.8× 274 1.0× 87 0.5× 79 0.8× 26 1.0k
Alexander Betts United Kingdom 27 1.4k 1.6× 347 1.0× 618 2.4× 136 0.8× 95 1.0× 94 1.8k
Oliver Bakewell United States 16 1.3k 1.5× 226 0.7× 242 0.9× 148 0.9× 78 0.8× 54 1.6k
Naohiko Omata United Kingdom 14 488 0.6× 165 0.5× 129 0.5× 85 0.5× 54 0.6× 49 623
Tanya Basok Canada 18 885 1.0× 151 0.4× 186 0.7× 341 2.1× 50 0.5× 63 1.2k
Mats Utas Sweden 12 785 0.9× 87 0.3× 219 0.8× 86 0.5× 36 0.4× 45 996
Gaim Kibreab United Kingdom 19 761 0.9× 134 0.4× 399 1.5× 55 0.3× 36 0.4× 53 985
Melissa Siegel Netherlands 17 716 0.8× 135 0.4× 74 0.3× 115 0.7× 75 0.8× 70 924

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Jacobsen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Jacobsen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jacobsen, Karen, et al.. (2025). Navigating the curriculum and languages in Kenyan education: Empowering preservice teachers in a multilingual context. International Journal of Educational Development. 117. 103377–103377.
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Jacobsen, Karen, et al.. (2024). Urban policy responses to climate hazards in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. City and Environment Interactions. 24. 100162–100162. 4 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen, et al.. (2023). Climate Change and Urban Migration in Sub-Saharan African Cities: Impacts and Governance Challenges. 1. 20–32. 8 indexed citations
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Zademach, Hans‐Martin, et al.. (2021). Reckoning with Reality : Five Key Findings from the Finance in Displacement Studies, a Research Initiative facilitated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Open Society Foundations. Publication Server of the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt).
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Jacobsen, Karen. (2017). Refugees in towns: experiences of integration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen, et al.. (2011). African refugees in Israel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Green, Margaret, et al.. (2008). Invisible in Thailand: documenting the need for protection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (2006). Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Urban Areas: A Livelihoods Perspective. Journal of Refugee Studies. 19(3). 273–286. 128 indexed citations
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Landau, Loren B. & Karen Jacobsen. (2005). The value of transparency, replicability and representativeness. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Jacobsen, Karen & Loren B. Landau. (2005). Recommendations for urban refugee policy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (2005). Refugee Manipulation: War, Politics, and the Abuse of Human Suffering. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 38(2). 385. 6 indexed citations
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Landau, Loren B. & Karen Jacobsen. (2004). Refugees in the new Johannesburg. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 27 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen & Loren B. Landau. (2003). The Dual Imperative in Refugee Research: Some Methodological and Ethical Considerations in Social Science Research on Forced Migration. Disasters. 27(3). 185–206. 335 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (2002). Can refugees benefit the state? Refugee resources and African statebuilding. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 40(4). 577–596. 103 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (2000). Report. A framework for exploring the political and security context of refugee populated areas. Refugee Survey Quarterly. 19(1). 3–22. 18 indexed citations
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Crisp, Jeff & Karen Jacobsen. (1998). Refugee camps reconsidered. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 42 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (1996). Factors Influencing the Policy Responses of Host Governments to Mass Refugee Influxes. International Migration Review. 30(3). 655–655. 38 indexed citations
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Jacobsen, Karen. (1996). Factors Influencing the Policy Responses of Host Governments to Mass Refugee Influxes . International Migration Review. 30(3). 655–678. 103 indexed citations
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Russell, Sharon Stanton, Karen Jacobsen, & William Stanley. (1990). International migration and development in sub-Saharan Africa. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 38 indexed citations

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