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Migrant Assimilation

Migrant Assimilation is a theoretical construct in the study of urban migration that denotes the process through which immigrants adopt the cultural norms, social practices, and institutional behaviors of the host society while diminishing adherence to their origin-based identities, thereby facilitating their integration into the broader social fabric.

731

Publications

59.3K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

518

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

108

Parents

Publications

731

The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants

Alejandro Portes, Min Zhou · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 1993 · 5.1K citations

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Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society

Peggy Levitt, Nina Glick Schiller · International Migration Review · 2004 · 2.7K citations

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Remaking the American mainstream: assimilation and contemporary immigration

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 2.5K citations

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Immigrant America: a portrait

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 2K citations

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Rethinking Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration

Richard Alba, Victor Nee · International Migration Review · 1997 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. MZ
    Min Zhou

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    8 publications · 5.6K citations

    8

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  2. KF
    Klaus F. Zimmermann

    IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Germany

    6 publications · 390 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. AF
    Amélie F. Constant

    Princeton University, United States

    5 publications · 386 citations

    5

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  4. RT
    Ronald Taft

    Monash University, Australia

    5 publications · 118 citations

    5

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  5. TR
    Tomás R. Jiménez

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 852 citations

    5

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1–5 of 1.1K

Institutions

518

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    964 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    3K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    676 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    388 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    692 citations

  8. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. International Migration Review

    IMR · 67 publications · 7K citations

    36

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  2. Ethnic and Racial Studies

    33 publications · 5K citations

    25

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 26 publications · 7.6K citations

    21

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 26 publications · 883 citations

    19

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  5. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 24 publications · 1.5K citations

    18

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