Kevin Smets

1.0k total citations
48 papers, 485 citations indexed

About

Kevin Smets is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Smets has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 485 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 16 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Kevin Smets's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (17 papers), Turkey's Politics and Society (16 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (15 papers). Kevin Smets is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (17 papers), Turkey's Politics and Society (16 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (15 papers). Kevin Smets collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Kevin Smets's co-authors include Koen Leurs, Çiğdem Bozdağ, Myria Georgiou, Radhika Gajjala, Saskia Witteborn, Sofie Van Bauwel, Philippe Meers, Benjamin De Cleen, Łukasz Szulc and Robin Vandevoordt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Qualitative Inquiry and Media Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Smets

42 papers receiving 442 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Smets Belgium 11 356 135 127 114 35 48 485
Sandra Ponzanesi Netherlands 14 411 1.2× 172 1.3× 81 0.6× 110 1.0× 46 1.3× 58 600
Dana Diminescu France 9 360 1.0× 208 1.5× 58 0.5× 91 0.8× 15 0.4× 23 501
Jason Vincent A. Cabañes Philippines 8 255 0.7× 50 0.4× 40 0.3× 125 1.1× 33 0.9× 22 353
Ramaswami Harindranath Australia 10 200 0.6× 48 0.4× 24 0.2× 94 0.8× 61 1.7× 30 343
Vera Mironova United States 11 369 1.0× 102 0.8× 99 0.8× 85 0.7× 27 0.8× 33 449
Christian Karner United Kingdom 11 384 1.1× 40 0.3× 98 0.8× 61 0.5× 11 0.3× 36 500
Francesco Ragazzi Netherlands 12 567 1.6× 215 1.6× 251 2.0× 17 0.1× 13 0.4× 39 699
Christopher Claassen United Kingdom 13 373 1.0× 37 0.3× 363 2.9× 100 0.9× 47 1.3× 27 587
David Nolan Australia 11 209 0.6× 33 0.2× 56 0.4× 185 1.6× 33 0.9× 37 381
Amelia Johns Australia 12 263 0.7× 25 0.2× 37 0.3× 120 1.1× 60 1.7× 38 389

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Smets

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Smets

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All Works

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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2024). Bordering cinematic experiences: Emotional narratives in the Irish borderland. Emotion, space and society. 50. 101001–101001. 3 indexed citations
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Maeseele, Pieter, et al.. (2023). Media Capture and Journalism as Emotional Labor: How Do Media Professionals Manage Bureaucratic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?. Journalism Studies. 24(7). 876–895. 2 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Cultural Identity Performances on Social Media: A Study of Bolivian Students. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 304–321. 1 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Local associative media in Tunisia and the value of voice. The Journal of North African Studies. 27(5). 928–952. 5 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Anatomy of a precarious newsroom: precarity and agency in Syrian exiled journalism in Turkey. Media Culture & Society. 43(8). 1377–1394. 14 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin. (2019). Media and immobility: The affective and symbolic immobility of forced migrants. European Journal of Communication. 34(6). 650–660. 20 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, Koen Leurs, Myria Georgiou, Saskia Witteborn, & Radhika Gajjala. (2019). Editorial introduction. Media and migration: research encounters. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2018). Heterogeneity in Alternative Media Spheres: Oppositional Media and the Framing of Sectarianism in the Syrian Conflict. International journal of communication. 12. 19. 9 indexed citations
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Leurs, Koen & Kevin Smets. (2018). Five Questions for Digital Migration Studies: Learning From Digital Connectivity and Forced Migration In(to) Europe. Social Media + Society. 4(1). 143 indexed citations
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Bozdağ, Çiğdem & Kevin Smets. (2017). Understanding the Images of Alan Kurdi With “Small Data”: A Qualitative, Comparative Analysis of Tweets About Refugees in Turkey and Flanders (Belgium). International journal of communication. 11. 4046–4069. 31 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin. (2015). Cinemas of Conflict: A Framework of Cinematic Engagement with Violent Conflict, Illustrated with Kurdish Cinema. International journal of communication. 9. 22. 5 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2014). Diaspora organizations, imagined communities and the versatility of diaspora: The case of Former Yugoslav organizations in the Netherlands. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 18(1). 70–85. 9 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin. (2012). Connecting Islam and film culture: The reception of The Message (Ar Risalah) among the Moroccan diaspora. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 5 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2012). Diasporic Film Cultures from a Multi-level Perspective: Moroccan and Indian Cinematic Flows In and Towards Antwerp (Belgium). Critical Studies in Media Communication. 30(4). 257–274. 4 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin, et al.. (2011). A semi-public diasporic space: Turkish film screenings in Belgium. Communications. 36(4). 8 indexed citations
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Smets, Kevin. (2009). Turkish Cinema: identity, distance and belonging. Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television. 29(3). 407–409. 5 indexed citations

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