Nicholas Vargas

700 total citations
20 papers, 506 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Vargas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Vargas has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 506 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Cultural Studies and 4 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Vargas's work include Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (8 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 papers). Nicholas Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 papers), Critical Race Theory in Education (8 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 papers). Nicholas Vargas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovenia. Nicholas Vargas's co-authors include Markus H. Schafer, Kevin Stainback, Anning Hu, G. Cristina Mora, Matthew T. Loveland, Jori Sechrist, Karl Pillemer, J. Jill Suitor, Roberto G. Gonzales and Shannon Gleeson and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Forces, Annual Review of Sociology and Social Problems.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Vargas

18 papers receiving 490 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Vargas United States 12 389 142 75 70 50 20 506
Margarita Mooney United States 13 532 1.4× 218 1.5× 102 1.4× 66 0.9× 42 0.8× 27 704
Barbara Burton United States 5 278 0.7× 133 0.9× 76 1.0× 37 0.5× 58 1.2× 10 469
Sunera Thobani Canada 9 397 1.0× 75 0.5× 57 0.8× 28 0.4× 66 1.3× 21 542
Nikki Khanna United States 11 512 1.3× 120 0.8× 23 0.3× 82 1.2× 28 0.6× 17 627
Nimmi Hutnik United Kingdom 11 333 0.9× 84 0.6× 43 0.6× 147 2.1× 42 0.8× 18 516
Janet Batsleer United Kingdom 12 213 0.5× 96 0.7× 51 0.7× 72 1.0× 81 1.6× 32 506
Patricia Snell United States 6 319 0.8× 108 0.8× 246 3.3× 46 0.7× 22 0.4× 9 454
Rogelia Pe‐Pua Australia 10 251 0.6× 79 0.6× 23 0.3× 110 1.6× 57 1.1× 11 440
Brian Starks United States 10 218 0.6× 195 1.4× 53 0.7× 38 0.5× 26 0.5× 19 373
Adriana Aubert Spain 14 138 0.4× 368 2.6× 39 0.5× 39 0.6× 40 0.8× 38 569

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Vargas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization. Annual Review of Sociology. 51(1). 377–400.
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Vargas, Nicholas, G. Cristina Mora, & Shannon Gleeson. (2021). Race and Ideology in a Pandemic: White Privilege and Patterns of Risk Perception during COVID-19. Social Problems. 70(1). 219–237. 9 indexed citations
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Mora, G. Cristina, et al.. (2021). Who Identifies as “Latinx”? The Generational Politics of Ethnoracial Labels. Social Forces. 100(3). 1170–1194. 29 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Latinx faculty representation and resource allocation at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Race Ethnicity and Education. 23(1). 39–54. 40 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Threatening Places or Diverse Spaces: Divergent Constructions of Florida Puerto Ricans across Twitter and Newspaper Articles. Sociological Inquiry. 90(1). 101–122. 7 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2018). Racing to Serve or Race-ing for Money? Hispanic-serving Institutions and the Colorblind Allocation of Racialized Federal Funding. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 5(3). 401–415. 47 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas. (2018). Racial Expropriation in Higher Education: Are Whiter Hispanic Serving Institutions More Likely to Receive Minority Serving Institution Funds?. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 4. 22 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas. (2017). Ideological Whitening: does skintone shape colour-blind ideology adherence for Latina/os?. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41(14). 2407–2425. 3 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2016). Latino Congregations and Youth Educational Expectations. Sociology of Religion. 77(2). 171–192. 5 indexed citations
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Schafer, Markus H. & Nicholas Vargas. (2016). The Dynamics of Social Support Inequality: Maintenance Gaps by Socioeconomic Status and Race?. Social Forces. 94(4). 1795–1822. 60 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2016). Racial Identity Contestation: Mapping and Measuring Racial Boundaries. Sociology Compass. 10(8). 718–729. 37 indexed citations
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Hu, Anning & Nicholas Vargas. (2015). Economic consequences of horizontal stratification in postsecondary education: evidence from urban China. Higher Education. 70(3). 337–358. 34 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas & Kevin Stainback. (2015). Documenting Contested Racial Identities Among Self-Identified Latina/os, Asians, Blacks, and Whites. American Behavioral Scientist. 60(4). 442–464. 56 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas, et al.. (2015). Transnational patterns among Asian American and Latina/o American children of immigrants from Southern California. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 42(7). 1177–1198. 11 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas. (2015). LATINA/O WHITENING?. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race. 12(1). 119–136. 70 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas. (2013). Off white: colour-blind ideology at the margins of whiteness. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 37(13). 2281–2302. 29 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas & Markus H. Schafer. (2012). Diversity in action: Interpersonal networks and the distribution of advice. Social Science Research. 42(1). 46–58. 5 indexed citations
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Vargas, Nicholas & Matthew T. Loveland. (2011). Befriending the “Other”: Patterns of Social Ties between the Religious and Non-Religious. Sociological Perspectives. 54(4). 713–731. 20 indexed citations
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Sechrist, Jori, J. Jill Suitor, Nicholas Vargas, & Karl Pillemer. (2010). The Role of Perceived Religious Similarity in the Quality of Mother-child Relations in Later Life: Differences Within Families and Between Races. Research on Aging. 33(1). 3–27. 22 indexed citations

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