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Migration Origins

Migration Origins is a theoretical construct within the study of household migration that identifies and analyzes the socio-spatial, historical, and cultural conditions initiating migratory movements, distinguishing itself by integrating origin legends as epistemological resources to reconstruct the symbolic and material causes of migration.

387

Publications

20.7K

Citations

945

Authors

403

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

47

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Publications

387

Return to Aztlan: The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico.

Robert L. Bach, Douglas S. Massey, Rafael Alarcón et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 725 citations · Full text

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CHANGES IN THE BODILY FORM OF DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS

Franz Boas · American Anthropologist · 1912 · 554 citations · Full text

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Moving Europeans: migration in Western Europe since 1650

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 358 citations

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Return to Aztlan: The Social Process of International Migration from Western Mexico.

Clark S. Knowlton, Douglas Massey, Rafael Alarcón et al. · International Migration Review · 1989 · 331 citations

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1–5 of 387

Authors

945

  1. DS
    Douglas S. Massey

    Princeton University, United States

    5 publications · 2K citations

    5

    h-index

  2. JL
    James L. Watson

    McMaster University, Canada

    4 publications · 192 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. DH
    Dirk Hoerder

    University of Bremen, Germany

    4 publications · 163 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. GH
    Graeme Hugo

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    4 publications · 630 citations

    4

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  5. VY
    Virginia Yans‐McLaughlin

    4 publications · 159 citations

    4

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Institutions

403

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    442 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    809 citations

  4. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    184 citations

  5. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    710 citations

  6. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    316 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    241 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 19 publications · 2K citations

    16

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  2. International Migration Review

    IMR · 15 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 11 publications · 643 citations

    11

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  4. Man

    7 publications · 739 citations

    7

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  5. The Economic History Review

    6 publications · 223 citations

    6

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