Zoua M. Vang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Zoua M. Vang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Zoua M. Vang has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Clinical Psychology and 11 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Zoua M. Vang's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (13 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers). Zoua M. Vang is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (13 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (9 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (6 papers). Zoua M. Vang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Mexico. Zoua M. Vang's co-authors include Alain Gagnon, David J. Roelfs, Eran Shor, Irma T. Elo, Jennifer F. Culhane, Carla Herrera, Feng Hou, Yvonne Chang, Karen Kobayashi and Sharon M. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Zoua M. Vang

31 papers receiving 805 citations

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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.

Are immigrants healthier than native-born Canadians? A systematic review of the healthy immigrant effect in Canada

2016 243 citations Zoua M. Vang, Alain Gagnon et al. Ethnicity and Health profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zoua M. Vang Canada	14	354	275	272	197	89	31	837
Tongtan Chantarat United States	12	189 0.5×	352 1.3×	342 1.3×	254 1.3×	36 0.4×	20	809
Ruqaiijah Yearby United States	10	178 0.5×	294 1.1×	420 1.5×	171 0.9×	49 0.6×	37	949
Homeira Sajjadi Iran	20	271 0.8×	213 0.8×	277 1.0×	123 0.6×	69 0.8×	87	960
Meredith Manze United States	15	213 0.6×	217 0.8×	233 0.9×	87 0.4×	82 0.9×	42	809
Giles Greene United Kingdom	16	136 0.4×	170 0.6×	292 1.1×	146 0.7×	204 2.3×	36	848
Sol Juárez Sweden	17	388 1.1×	243 0.9×	325 1.2×	255 1.3×	31 0.3×	80	903
Jennifer Malat United States	13	167 0.5×	374 1.4×	388 1.4×	120 0.6×	85 1.0×	15	929
Pranee C. Lundberg Sweden	18	235 0.7×	185 0.7×	193 0.7×	157 0.8×	62 0.7×	42	900
Patrick Brzoska Germany	17	339 1.0×	156 0.6×	460 1.7×	157 0.8×	70 0.8×	102	970
Lydia A. Isaac United States	6	132 0.4×	234 0.9×	380 1.4×	196 1.0×	73 0.8×	6	918

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Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2024). Keeping birth at home: Community and service provider visions for perinatal wellness and continued Inuit childbirth in Nunavik. Women and Birth. 37(6). 101839–101839. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Seungmi, Gabriel D. Shapiro, Edward Ng, Bilkis Vissandjée, & Zoua M. Vang. (2024). Birth and postnatal outcomes among infants of immigrant parents of different admission categories and parents born in Canada: a population-based retrospective study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 196(12). E394–E409. 1 indexed citations

Sarmiento, Iván, et al.. (2023). Giving birth in a good way when it must take place away from home: Participatory research into visions of Inuit families and their Montreal‐based medical providers. Birth. 50(4). 781–788. 5 indexed citations

Vang, Zoua M., Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez, Elizaveta Solomonova, et al.. (2023). Navigating the uncertainty: A novel taxonomy of vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295912–e0295912. 4 indexed citations

Vang, Zoua M. & Edward Ng. (2023). The impacts of COVID-19 on immigrants and the healthy immigrant effect: Reflections from Canada. Preventive Medicine. 171. 107501–107501. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Seungmi, et al.. (2023). Fifty years of evidence on perinatal experience among refugee and asylum-seeking women in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0287617–e0287617. 3 indexed citations

Vang, Zoua M., Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez, Elizaveta Solomonova, et al.. (2023). Institutional trust is a distinct construct related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2481–2481. 20 indexed citations

Vang, Zoua M., et al.. (2021). Pain and Functional Limitations Among Midlife and Older Canadians: The Role of Discrimination, Race, and Sense of Belonging. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 79(4). 7 indexed citations

Vang, Zoua M. & Yvonne Chang. (2018). Immigrants’ Experiences of Everyday Discrimination in Canada: Unpacking the Contributions of Assimilation, Race, and Early Socialization. International Migration Review. 53(2). 602–631. 32 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M., et al.. (2018). Interactions Between Indigenous Women Awaiting Childbirth Away From Home and Their Southern, Non-Indigenous Health Care Providers. Qualitative Health Research. 28(12). 1858–1870. 19 indexed citations

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Shor, Eran, David J. Roelfs, & Zoua M. Vang. (2017). The “Hispanic mortality paradox” revisited: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of life-course differentials in Latin American and Caribbean immigrants' mortality. Social Science & Medicine. 186. 20–33. 168 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M., et al.. (2016). Are immigrants healthier than native-born Canadians? A systematic review of the healthy immigrant effect in Canada. Ethnicity and Health. 22(3). 209–241. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vang, Zoua M.. (2016). Infant mortality among the Canadian-born offspring of immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada: a population-based study. Population Health Metrics. 14(1). 32–32. 14 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M., Irma T. Elo, & Makoto Nagano. (2015). Preterm birth among the hmong, other Asian subgroups and non-hispanic whites in California. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 15(1). 184–184. 7 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M., et al.. (2015). The Healthy Immigrant Effect in Canada: A Systematic Review. Scholarship@Western (Western University). 3(1). 4. 36 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Karen, et al.. (2015). Research Brief No. 24 - (IN)Visible Minorities in Canadian Health Data and Research. Scholarship@Western (Western University). 1(6). 12. 2 indexed citations

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Elo, Irma T., Zoua M. Vang, & Jennifer F. Culhane. (2014). Variation in Birth Outcomes by Mother’s Country of Birth Among Non-Hispanic Black Women in the United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 18(10). 2371–2381. 71 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M. & Irma T. Elo. (2013). Exploring the health consequences of majority–minority neighborhoods: Minority diversity and birthweight among native-born and foreign-born blacks. Social Science & Medicine. 97. 56–65. 14 indexed citations

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Vang, Zoua M.. (2010). Housing Supply and Residential Segregation in Ireland. Urban Studies. 47(14). 2983–3012. 18 indexed citations

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Waters, Mary C., et al.. (2007). The Challenges of Immigration to Race Based Diversity Policies in the United States. 1 indexed citations

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