Stephan Scheel

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stephan Scheel is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Scheel has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Demography and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Stephan Scheel's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (29 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (8 papers). Stephan Scheel is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (29 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (8 papers). Stephan Scheel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Stephan Scheel's co-authors include Evelyn Ruppert, Funda Ustek‐Spilda, Martina Tazzioli, Georgios Glouftsios, Matthias Leese, Sabine Heß, Irene Peano, Lorenzo Pezzani, Charles Heller and John Pickles and has published in prestigious journals such as Environment and Planning D Society and Space, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and Science Technology & Human Values.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Scheel

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

New Keywords: Migration and Borders 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2024 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. New Keywords: Migration and Borders
    2014 327 citations Maribel Casas‐Cortés, Sebastián Cobarrubias et al. Cultural Studies profile →
  2. Reinventing the politics of knowledge production in migration studies: introduction to the special issue
    2024 32 citations Nina Amelung, Stephan Scheel et al. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephan Scheel Germany 18 1.1k 310 237 159 87 38 1.2k
Elspeth Guild Netherlands 19 1.2k 1.1× 984 3.2× 198 0.8× 66 0.4× 92 1.1× 217 1.7k
Arun Kundnani United Kingdom 15 936 0.9× 285 0.9× 111 0.5× 86 0.5× 85 1.0× 23 1.1k
Rutvica Andrijasevic United Kingdom 17 842 0.8× 221 0.7× 187 0.8× 85 0.5× 104 1.2× 48 1.0k
Sergio Carrera Belgium 17 971 0.9× 981 3.2× 145 0.6× 60 0.4× 64 0.7× 204 1.5k
Franck Düvell United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.1× 323 1.0× 340 1.4× 265 1.7× 169 1.9× 43 1.3k
Godfried Engbersen Netherlands 15 987 0.9× 173 0.6× 176 0.7× 320 2.0× 197 2.3× 61 1.2k
Katja Franko Norway 15 977 0.9× 355 1.1× 290 1.2× 19 0.1× 117 1.3× 35 1.2k
Myria Georgiou United Kingdom 18 703 0.7× 120 0.4× 48 0.2× 354 2.2× 28 0.3× 48 1.0k
Koen Leurs Netherlands 15 601 0.6× 77 0.2× 69 0.3× 235 1.5× 32 0.4× 50 846
Janine Dahinden Switzerland 16 1.1k 1.0× 211 0.7× 155 0.7× 415 2.6× 108 1.2× 70 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Scheel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Scheel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Scheel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephan Scheel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephan Scheel 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 Stephan Scheel. Stephan Scheel 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
1.
Scheel, Stephan. (2025). Migrant struggles and moral economies of subversion: mimicry and opacity. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51(10). 2648–2667. 4 indexed citations
2.
Amelung, Nina, Stephan Scheel, & Rogier van Reekum. (2024). Reinventing the politics of knowledge production in migration studies: introduction to the special issue. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 50(9). 2163–2187. 32 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheel, Stephan, et al.. (2024). Engaging with Three Predicaments of Transnational Migration Research in the Postcolonial Condition. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 14(4). 1–1.
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Scheel, Stephan. (2024). Epistemic domination by data extraction: questioning the use of biometrics and mobile phone data analysis in asylum procedures. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 50(9). 2289–2308. 11 indexed citations
5.
Martin, Aaron, Gargi Sharma, Linnet Taylor, et al.. (2022). Digitisation and Sovereignty in Humanitarian Space: Technologies, Territories and Tensions. Geopolitics. 28(3). 1362–1397. 32 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan & Martina Tazzioli. (2022). Who is a Migrant? Abandoning the Nation-state Point of View in the Study of Migration. Goldsmiths (University of London). 1(1). 42 indexed citations
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Borrelli, Lisa Marie, et al.. (2021). Agency within Mobility: Conceptualising the Geopolitics of Migration Management. Geopolitics. 27(4). 1140–1167. 12 indexed citations
8.
Leese, Matthias, et al.. (2021). Data Matters: The Politics and Practices of Digital Border and Migration Management. Geopolitics. 27(1). 5–25. 59 indexed citations
9.
Ruppert, Evelyn & Stephan Scheel. (2021). Data Practices: Making Up a European People. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 36 indexed citations
10.
Scheel, Stephan. (2021). The politics of (non)knowledge in the (un)making of migration. Dialogues in Human Geography. 11(3). 520–522. 10 indexed citations
11.
Ruppert, Evelyn, et al.. (2020). Peopling Europe through Data Practices. 1 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan. (2020). Biopolitical bordering: Enacting populations as intelligible objects of government. European Journal of Social Theory. 23(4). 571–590. 15 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan, et al.. (2020). Doing statistics, enacting the nation: The performative powers of categories. Nations and Nationalism. 26(3). 576–593. 10 indexed citations
14.
Scheel, Stephan. (2019). Autonomy of Migration?. 88 indexed citations
15.
Scheel, Stephan. (2018). Recuperation through Crisis Talk. South Atlantic Quarterly. 117(2). 267–289. 15 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan. (2017). Real fake? Appropriating mobility via Schengen visa in the context of biometric border controls. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 44(16). 2747–2763. 34 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan, et al.. (2016). Transcending Methodological Nationalism through a Transversal Method? On the Stakes and Challenges of Collaboration. Goldsmiths (University of London). 2 indexed citations
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Scheel, Stephan. (2015). Das Konzept der Autonomie der Migration überdenken? – Yes Please! [Rethinking the Concept of Autonomy of Migration? – Yes Please!].. Goldsmiths (University of London). 2 indexed citations
19.
Casas‐Cortés, Maribel, Sebastián Cobarrubias, Nicholas De Genova, et al.. (2014). New Keywords: Migration and Borders. Cultural Studies. 29(1). 55–87. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheel, Stephan. (2013). Autonomy of Migration Despite Its Securitisation? Facing the Terms and Conditions of Biometric Rebordering. Millennium Journal of International Studies. 41(3). 575–600. 70 indexed citations

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