Umut Erel

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Umut Erel is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Umut Erel has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Demography and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Umut Erel's work include Migration, Refugees, and Integration (11 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 papers). Umut Erel is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Refugees, and Integration (11 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 papers). Umut Erel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Hong Kong. Umut Erel's co-authors include Tracey Reynolds, Louise Ryan, Erene Kaptani, Karim Murji, Maggie O’Neill, Jin Haritaworn, Christian Klesse, Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Nina Held and Esperanza Miyake and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Sociology and Ethnic and Racial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Umut Erel

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Migrating Cultural Capital: Bourdieu in Migration Studies 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Migrating Cultural Capital: Bourdieu in Migration Studies
    2010 412 citations Umut Erel Sociology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Umut Erel United Kingdom 17 1.1k 266 214 156 151 38 1.4k
Miri Song United Kingdom 22 1.2k 1.1× 241 0.9× 107 0.5× 142 0.9× 107 0.7× 54 1.4k
Frank Kalter Germany 22 967 0.9× 238 0.9× 141 0.7× 177 1.1× 104 0.7× 59 1.2k
Tomás R. Jiménez United States 18 1.4k 1.3× 241 0.9× 126 0.6× 184 1.2× 218 1.4× 33 1.7k
Janine Dahinden Switzerland 16 1.1k 1.0× 415 1.6× 211 1.0× 65 0.4× 108 0.7× 70 1.3k
George Yancey United States 19 1.3k 1.2× 178 0.7× 139 0.6× 175 1.1× 167 1.1× 55 1.6k
Anna C. Korteweg Canada 16 1.1k 1.0× 210 0.8× 420 2.0× 99 0.6× 125 0.8× 40 1.4k
Pei‐Chia Lan Taiwan 17 1.0k 0.9× 372 1.4× 191 0.9× 105 0.7× 185 1.2× 34 1.3k
Wout Últee Netherlands 19 1.0k 1.0× 425 1.6× 267 1.2× 122 0.8× 124 0.8× 50 1.4k
Jon Fox United Kingdom 20 1.3k 1.2× 296 1.1× 591 2.8× 96 0.6× 205 1.4× 46 1.8k
Anne‐Marie Fortier United Kingdom 16 803 0.7× 186 0.7× 184 0.9× 119 0.8× 111 0.7× 33 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umut Erel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umut Erel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Erel, Umut. (2021). Uncertain citizenship: Life in the waiting room. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 45(13). 2557–2559. 1 indexed citations
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Kaptani, Erene, Umut Erel, Maggie O’Neill, & Tracey Reynolds. (2020). Methodological Innovation in Research: Participatory Theater with Migrant Families on Conflicts and Transformations over the Politics of Belonging. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 19(1). 68–81. 10 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Maggie, Umut Erel, Erene Kaptani, & Tracey Reynolds. (2019). Borders, risk and belonging: Challenges for arts-based research in understanding the lives of women asylum seekers and migrants ‘at the borders of humanity’. Cork Open Research Archive (University College Cork). 10(1). 129–147. 38 indexed citations
4.
Erel, Umut, et al.. (2019). Enacting intersectional multilayered citizenship: Kurdish women’s politics. Gender Place & Culture. 27(4). 479–501. 7 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut & Louise Ryan. (2018). Migrant Capitals: Proposing a Multi-Level Spatio-Temporal Analytical Framework. Sociology. 53(2). 246–263. 95 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Tracey, Umut Erel, & Erene Kaptani. (2018). Migrant mothers: performing kin work and belonging across private and public boundaries. Families Relationships and Societies. 7(3). 365–382. 15 indexed citations
7.
Erel, Umut & Tracey Reynolds. (2017). Introduction: migrant mothers challenging racialized citizenship. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41(1). 1–16. 31 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut, Tracey Reynolds, & Erene Kaptani. (2017). Migrant mothers’ creative interventions into racialized citizenship. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41(1). 55–72. 36 indexed citations
9.
Nind, Melanie, Helen Kara, Umut Erel, et al.. (2017). Reflective commentaries. Qualitative Research. 17(3). 351–355. 2 indexed citations
10.
Erel, Umut, Tracey Reynolds, Erene Kaptani, & Maggie O’Neill. (2017). Practice Policy Briefing: Participatory Action Research - Engaging marginalised communities in policy and practice. 1 indexed citations
11.
Erel, Umut, et al.. (2016). Understanding the contemporary race–migration nexus. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39(8). 1339–1360. 99 indexed citations
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Ryan, Louise, Umut Erel, & Alessio D’Angelo. (2015). Migrant Capital: Networks, Identities and Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 16 indexed citations
13.
Erel, Umut & Tracey Reynolds. (2014). Research Note: Black Feminist Theory for Participatory Theatre with Migrant Mothers. Feminist Review. 108(1). 106–111. 7 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut. (2012). Introduction: Transnational Care in Europe--Changing Formations of Citizenship, Family, and Generation. Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society. 19(1). 1–14. 13 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut. (2012). Engendering transnational space: Migrant mothers as cultural currency speculators. European Journal of Women s Studies. 19(4). 460–474. 32 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut. (2011). Reframing migrant mothers as citizens. Citizenship Studies. 15(6-7). 695–709. 66 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut. (2010). Migrating Cultural Capital: Bourdieu in Migration Studies. Sociology. 44(4). 642–660. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
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Erel, Umut. (2009). Migrant Women Transforming Citizenship: Life-stories From Britain and Germany. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 39 indexed citations
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Erel, Umut, Lotta Arborelius, & Ernst Brodin. (2004). Increased cholecystokinin release in the rat anterior cingulate cortex during carrageenan-induced arthritis. Brain Research. 1022(1-2). 39–46. 9 indexed citations
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Morokvašić, Mirjana, Umut Erel, & Kyoko Shinozaki. (2003). Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries.Gender on the Move. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 312. 15 indexed citations

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