Nancy Foner

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nancy Foner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Foner has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Demography and 12 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Nancy Foner's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (57 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (48 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (23 papers). Nancy Foner is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (57 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (48 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (23 papers). Nancy Foner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Nancy Foner's co-authors include Richard Alba, Nicholas Van Hear, Joanna Dreby, Jeffrey G. Reitz, David M. Reimers, D. T. Herbert, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Steven J. Gold and Philip Kasinitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Foner

115 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Immigrant Religion in the U.S. and Western Europe: Bridge... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Immigrant Religion in the U.S. and Western Europe: Bridge or Barrier to Inclusion?
    2008 413 citations Nancy Foner, Richard Alba International Migration Review profile →

Peers

Nancy Foner
Yến Lê Espiritu United States
Pyong Gap Min United States
Loretta Baldassar Australia
Helen Rose Ebaugh United States
Pierrette Hondagneu‐Sotelo United States
Patricia R. Pessar United States
Mónica Boyd Canada
Irene Bloemraad United States
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas United States
Peter Hopkins United Kingdom
Yến Lê Espiritu United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy Foner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Foner

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All Works

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Foner, Nancy. (2025). Superdiversity and transnationalism: past, present, and future in an ever-changing America. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48(9). 1752–1761. 1 indexed citations
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Statham, Paul & Nancy Foner. (2024). Assimilation and integration in the twenty-first century: where have we been and where are we going? Introduction to a special issue in honour of Richard Alba. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 50(1). 4–26. 5 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2023). Black Caribbean youth in transatlantic perspective. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 47(3). 528–534. 1 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2023). The Other Side of Immigration: The Post-1965 Transformation of American Society. Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. 20(4). 76–84. 1 indexed citations
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Bertossi, Christophe, Jan Willem Duyvendak, & Nancy Foner. (2022). Introduction : Nativisme et nostalgie. Temporalités et politiques de la race et de l’ethnicité en Europe et aux États-Unis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2.
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Bertossi, Christophe, Jan Willem Duyvendak, & Nancy Foner. (2022). Introduction: Nativism and nostalgia. Temporalities in the politics of race and ethnicity in Europe and the US. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2.
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Foner, Nancy. (2022). One Quarter of the Nation. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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Alba, Richard & Nancy Foner. (2015). Strangers No More. Princeton University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2015). Mobility Trajectories and Family Dynamics: History and Generation in the New York Immigrant Experience. Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies. 18(1-2). 24–43. 1 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2014). Reflections on reflections about the future of ethnicity. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 37(5). 786–789. 3 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy & Roger Waldinger. (2012). New York and Los Angeles as Immigrant Destinations: Contrasts and Convergence. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2007). Engagements Across National Borders, Then and Now. Fordham law review. 75(5). 2483. 6 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (2005). Wounded city : the social impact of 9/11. 47 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (1999). Anthropology and the Study of Immigration. American Behavioral Scientist. 42(9). 1268–1270. 17 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy, et al.. (1989). New Immigrants in New York. The American Historical Review. 94(3). 890–890. 101 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (1985). Race and Color: Jamaican Migrants in London and New York City. International Migration Review. 19(4). 708–727. 56 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (1984). Ages in Conflict. Columbia University Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Foner, Nancy. (1973). Status and power in rural Jamaica. A study of educational and political change. 172. 16 indexed citations

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