Nancy López

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Nancy López is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy López has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Education and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Nancy López's work include Critical Race Theory in Education (10 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 papers). Nancy López is often cited by papers focused on Critical Race Theory in Education (10 papers), Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 papers). Nancy López collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Mexico. Nancy López's co-authors include Verónica N. Vélez, Nichole M. Garcia, Vivian L. Gadsden, Melissa Binder, Melina Juárez, Edward D. Vargas, Howard Hogan, Lisa Cacari Stone, Mario A. Rivera and Richard Greggory Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Political Science Quarterly and Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education.

In The Last Decade

Nancy López

25 papers receiving 854 citations

Hit Papers

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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. QuantCrit: rectifying quantitative methods through critical race theory
    2017 292 citations Nichole M. Garcia, Nancy López et al. Race Ethnicity and Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy López United States 14 443 362 151 107 106 31 903
Alan Smith United Kingdom 18 679 1.5× 550 1.5× 136 0.9× 196 1.8× 121 1.1× 59 1.4k
Tamela McNulty Eitle United States 17 591 1.3× 592 1.6× 221 1.5× 172 1.6× 195 1.8× 36 1.2k
Katherine Irwin United States 15 344 0.8× 136 0.4× 223 1.5× 255 2.4× 133 1.3× 35 822
Karen Carver United States 14 532 1.2× 358 1.0× 179 1.2× 148 1.4× 104 1.0× 20 1.2k
Maxine Seaborn Thompson United States 14 355 0.8× 266 0.7× 231 1.5× 161 1.5× 71 0.7× 19 882
Kurt J. Bauman United States 11 246 0.6× 212 0.6× 212 1.4× 71 0.7× 52 0.5× 18 705
Michael Shiner United Kingdom 21 555 1.3× 169 0.5× 374 2.5× 310 2.9× 123 1.2× 35 1.3k
Karlijn Massar Netherlands 18 395 0.9× 93 0.3× 241 1.6× 263 2.5× 123 1.2× 69 1.3k
Larry Nackerud United States 13 295 0.7× 118 0.3× 349 2.3× 278 2.6× 59 0.6× 51 747
Steven Sek‐yum Ngai Hong Kong 19 328 0.7× 294 0.8× 131 0.9× 320 3.0× 316 3.0× 83 904

Countries citing papers authored by Nancy López

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy López

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy López

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nancy López. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nancy López based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nancy López. Nancy López is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Irizarry, Yasmiyn, et al.. (2025). Black and Some Other Race: Examining Shifts in the Black Latino Population in the Census Bureau’s 2020 Race Question. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 12(2). 238–258.
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2019). Black Latina Womanhood: From Latinx Fragility to Empowerment and Social Justice Praxis. Women's studies quarterly. 47(3-4). 321–327. 13 indexed citations
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Cuevas, Adolfo G., Kasim Ortiz, Nancy López, & David R. Williams. (2018). Assessing racial differences in lifetime and current smoking status & menthol consumption among Latinos in a nationally representative sample. Ethnicity and Health. 25(5). 759–775. 1 indexed citations
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Garcia, Nichole M., Nancy López, & Verónica N. Vélez. (2017). QuantCrit: rectifying quantitative methods through critical race theory. Race Ethnicity and Education. 21(2). 149–157. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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You, Amy S., Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh, Lorena Lerner, et al.. (2017). Association of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 with Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort. Cardiorenal Medicine. 7(2). 158–168. 31 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2017). Making the invisible visible: advancing quantitative methods in higher education using critical race theory and intersectionality. Race Ethnicity and Education. 21(2). 180–207. 110 indexed citations
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López, Nancy & Vivian L. Gadsden. (2016). Health Inequities, Social Determinants, and Intersectionality. NAM Perspectives. 6(12). 112 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2015). Actividad laboral de médicos egresados de la Universidad de Chile generaciones 2007 a 2010: análisis según sede y año de egreso. Revista médica de Chile. 143(10). 1286–1294. 1 indexed citations
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Carriedo, Ángela, et al.. (2013). [Use of social marketing to increase water consumption among school-age children in Mexico City].. PubMed. 55 Suppl 3. 388–96. 11 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2013). Control del Hipertenso, un desafío no resuelto: Avances logrados en Chile mediante el Programa de Salud Cardiovascular. Revista chilena de cardiología. 32(2). 85–96. 5 indexed citations
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López, Nancy. (2013). Killing two birds with one stone? Why we need two separate questions on race and ethnicity in the 2020 census and beyond. Latino Studies. 11(3). 428–438. 21 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2013). Leadership and Accountability in American Indian Education: Voices from New Mexico. American Journal of Education. 119(4). 539–564. 15 indexed citations
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Enriquez, Maithe, et al.. (2010). Silence Is Not Golden: Invisible Latinas Living with HIV in the Midwest. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 12(6). 932–939. 10 indexed citations
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López, Nancy. (2008). Antiracist Pedagogy and Empowerment in a Bilingual Classroom in the U.S., circa 2006. Theory Into Practice. 47(1). 43–50. 15 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (2004). Creating alternative discourses in the education of Latinos and Latinas : a reader. P. Lang eBooks.
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López, Nancy. (2000). The Missing Link: Latinos and Educational Opportunity Programs. Equity & Excellence in Education. 33(3). 53–58. 7 indexed citations
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Hernández, Ramona, et al.. (1997). Dominican Studies: Resources and Research Questions. CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York). 1 indexed citations
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López, Nancy, et al.. (1997). Estudio comparativo entre técnicas gráficas y test de Rorschach en una población de adolescentes parasuicidas. Jornadas de ADEIP sobre psicodiagnóstico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Noviembre de 1995. 40–44.
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Balán, Jorge, et al.. (1977). Burguesías y gobiernos provinciales en la Argentina: La política impositiva de Tucumán y Mendoza entre 1873 y 1914. Desarrollo Económico. 17(67). 391–391. 11 indexed citations

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