Melanie Griffiths

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 877 citations indexed

About

Melanie Griffiths is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Griffiths has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 877 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melanie Griffiths's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (19 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (15 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers). Melanie Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (19 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (15 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers). Melanie Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Melanie Griffiths's co-authors include Bridget Anderson, Nick Gill, Jennifer Allsopp, Stephanie J. Silverman, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Daniel Fisher, Sarah Woodhouse and Helen Stalford͌ and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geoforum and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Griffiths

26 papers receiving 817 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.

Out of Time: The Temporal Uncertainties of Refused Asylum Seekers and Immigration Detainees

2014 385 citations Melanie Griffiths Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Griffiths United Kingdom	13	723	333	199	137	101	29	877
Elżbieta M. Goździak United States	13	673 0.9×	206 0.6×	109 0.5×	89 0.6×	62 0.6×	51	780
Liza Schuster United Kingdom	18	1.2k 1.6×	477 1.4×	280 1.4×	298 2.2×	169 1.7×	36	1.3k
Deirdre Conlon United States	13	651 0.9×	198 0.6×	184 0.9×	85 0.6×	78 0.8×	23	747
Catherine Dauvergne Canada	14	665 0.9×	173 0.5×	157 0.8×	248 1.8×	62 0.6×	36	781
Maurice Stierl United Kingdom	15	693 1.0×	210 0.6×	76 0.4×	204 1.5×	71 0.7×	30	789
Leanne Weber Australia	17	788 1.1×	311 0.9×	121 0.6×	316 2.3×	32 0.3×	50	879
Anne McNevin Australia	12	565 0.8×	139 0.4×	86 0.4×	175 1.3×	86 0.9×	27	632
Eithne Luibhéid United States	11	709 1.0×	142 0.4×	109 0.5×	98 0.7×	95 0.9×	23	842
Nathalie Peutz United Arab Emirates	6	661 0.9×	205 0.6×	99 0.5×	171 1.2×	117 1.2×	15	749
Georgie Wemyss United Kingdom	8	413 0.6×	127 0.4×	117 0.6×	146 1.1×	49 0.5×	16	516

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All Works

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2026). A ‘temporal turn’? Proposing time as method. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 52(5). 1071–1097. 2 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2026). A Migration Studies Manifesto?. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 117(2). 190–193.

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2026). Where Now for Migration Studies? Problems, Purpose and Potential. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 117(2). 164–182.

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Griffiths, Melanie, et al.. (2024). “Unduly Harsh?”: An Empirical Examination of Best Interests Assessments in the Context of Parental Deportation. The International Journal of Children s Rights. 32(3). 690–720.

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2024). Epilogue: ‘Claiming Time’ Special Issue. Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale. 25(3). 1231–1247. 8 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2023). The emotional governance of immigration controls. Identities. 31(1). 82–103. 4 indexed citations

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Gill, Nick, Jennifer Allsopp, Andrew Burridge, et al.. (2022). Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals. Political Geography. 98. 102686–102686. 8 indexed citations

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Gill, Nick, Jennifer Allsopp, Andrew Burridge, et al.. (2021). The tribunal atmosphere: On qualitative barriers to access to justice. Geoforum. 119. 61–71. 12 indexed citations

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Gill, Nick, et al.. (2020). Experiencing asylum appeal hearings: 34 ways to improve access to justice at the first-tier tribunal. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 3 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2019). ‘My passport is just my way out of here’. Mixed-immigration status families, immigration enforcement and the citizenship implications. Identities. 28(1). 18–36. 17 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2017). Seeking asylum and the politics of family. Families Relationships and Societies. 6(1). 153–156. 4 indexed citations

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Gill, Nick, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths, & Jennifer Allsopp. (2015). Inconsistency in asylum appeal adjudication. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50. 52–54. 6 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2015). Book review: Moran, D., N. Gill & D. Conlon (eds.) (2013). Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention, Farnham: Ashgate. Cultural Geographies. 22(3). 9 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2014). Out of Time: The Temporal Uncertainties of Refused Asylum Seekers and Immigration Detainees. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 40(12). 1991–2009. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2014). Men and the Emotional World of Immigration Detention. Explore Bristol Research. 1 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2014). Who is who now? : truth, trust and identification in the British asylum and immigration detention system. 3 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2013). Living with Uncertainty. 1(3). 263–286. 56 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie, et al.. (2013). Migration, Time and Temporalities: Review and Prospect. COMPAS Research Resources Paper. Explore Bristol Research. 57 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2012). 'Vile liars and truth distorters’: Truth, trust and the asylum system. Anthropology Today. 28(4). 8–12. 23 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Melanie. (2012). Anonymous Aliens? Questions of Identification in the Detention and Deportation of Failed Asylum Seekers. Population Space and Place. 18(6). 715–727. 25 indexed citations

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