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D-Index
104
Citations
107282
World Ranking
3
National Ranking
3

Alejandro Portes publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alejandro Portes sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 324 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Alejandro Portes D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alejandro Portes sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2010 - W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Alejandro Portes is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and operates primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Demography, General Social Sciences, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their research concentrates on several key topics:

  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Socioeconomic Development in Asia
  • Social Sciences and Policies
  • Politics and Society in Latin America

Frequently publishing in the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies, among other venues, Portes has contributed to various scholarly outlets, including:

  • Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • Population Review
  • Sociological Forum
  • Columbia University Press eBooks
  • Sustainability

Recent publications highlight a focus on urban development, migration, and ethnic studies. Notable papers include:

  • "A Tale of Three Cities: The Rise of Dubai, Singapore, and Miami Compared" (2020), published in Sustainability
  • "La nueva nación latina inmigración y la población hispana de los Estados Unidos" (2024), published in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • "Segmented assimilation: some reflections on a three-decade concept" (2025), published in Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • "Cities and migration" (2023), published in Ethnic and Racial Studies

Portes has also produced a book under the Columbia University Press titled Emerging Global Cities (2022).

Collaborations are frequent with several scholars, including Ariel C. Armony, Brandon P. Martínez, Ryan Bagwell, Min Zhou, and Larry Liu. Among these, collaborations with Ariel C. Armony stand out with nine joint works.

Alejandro Portes has received multiple distinctions throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2012)
  • W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association (2010)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)

Best Publications

  • Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

    Alejandro Portes

  • Immigrant America: A Portrait

    Alejandro Portes;Rubén G. Rumbaut

  • The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants

    Alejandro Portes;Min Zhou

  • Legacies : the story of the immigrant second generation

    Alejandro Portes;Rubén Gustavo Rumbaut

  • Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action1

    Alejandro Portes;Julia Sensenbrenner

  • The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field

    Alejandro Portes;Luis Eduardo Guarnizo;Patricia Landolt

  • Latin Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States

    Alejandro Portes;Robert L. Bach

  • The downside of social capital

    A. Portes;P. Landolt

  • Downsides of social capital.

    Alejandro Portes

  • Immigrant Enclaves: An Analysis of the Labor Market Experiences of Cubans in Miami

    Kenneth L. Wilson;Alejandro Portes

  • Immigration theory for a new century: some problems and opportunities.

    Alejandro Portes

  • Transnational entrepreneurs: An alternative form of immigrant economic adaptation

    Alejandro Portes;William J. Haller;Luis Eduardo Guarnizo

  • Assimilation and Transnationalism: Determinants of Transnational Political Action among Contemporary Migrants1

    Luis Eduardo Guarnizo;Alejandro Portes;William Haller

  • Contemporary immigration: theoretical perspectives on its determinants and modes of incorporation.

    Alejandro Portes;Jözsef Böröcz

  • The Two Meanings of Social Capital1

    Alejandro Portes

  • Labor, class, and the international system

    Alejandro Portes;John Walton

  • City on the Edge

    Alejandro Portes;Alex Stepick

  • Social Capital: Promise and Pitfalls of its Role in Development

    Alejandro Portes;Patricia Landolt

  • Introduction: the debates and significance of immigrant transnationalism

    Alejandro Portes

  • Conclusion: Theoretical Convergencies and Empirical Evidence in the Study of Immigrant Transnationalism

    Alejandro Portes

  • Segmented assimilation on the ground : The new second generation in early adulthood

    Alejandro Portes;Patricia Fernández-Kelly;William Haller

  • Immigrant America: A Portrait.

    Frank D. Bean;Alejandro Portes;Ruben G. Rumbaut

  • The Economic Sociology of Immigration: Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship

    Alejandro Portes

  • Latin Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States.

    Jose A. Cobas;Alejandro Portes;Robert L. Bach

Frequent Co-Authors

Rubén G. Rumbaut
Rubén G. Rumbaut University of California, Irvine
Min Zhou
Min Zhou University of California, Los Angeles
Donald W. Light
Donald W. Light Rowan University
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells University of Southern California
Scott M. Lynch
Scott M. Lynch Duke University
George J. Borjas
George J. Borjas Harvard University
Marta Tienda
Marta Tienda Princeton University
Cecilia Menjívar
Cecilia Menjívar University of California, Los Angeles
William H. Sewell
William H. Sewell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen Columbia University

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