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D-Index
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Citations
4591
World Ranking
247
National Ranking
181

Kitty Calavita 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 Kitty Calavita sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 101 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kitty Calavita 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 Kitty Calavita 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: 31 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Overview

Kitty Calavita is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the field of social sciences, with particular attention to cultural studies, sociology and political science, and health. The work concentrates on topics related to immigration, labor dynamics, intercultural education, racism, and human rights.

Their recent published paper is titled Contradicciones estructurales en la política de inmigración los casos de la Europa del Sur y de los Estados Unidos, published in 2024 in the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. This publication has received citations reflecting engagement within the academic community.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields of study include:

  • Cultural Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Health

Key research topics are:

  • Immigration and Intercultural Education
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Migration, Racism, and Human Rights

Calavita's work has been recognized by their election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2010, reflecting a formal acknowledgment within their professional community.

Best Publications

  • Immigrants at the Margins: Law, Race, and Exclusion in Southern Europe

    Kitty Calavita

  • Immigrants at the Margins

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  • Contested States: Law, Hegemony and Resistance.

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  • The New Politics of Immigration: “Balanced-Budget Conservatism” and the Symbolism of Proposition 187

    Kitty Calavita

  • Immigration, Law, and Marginalization in a Global Economy: Notes from Spain

    Kitty Calavita

  • Big Money Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis

    Davita Silfen Glasberg;Kitty Calavita;Henry N. Pontell;Robert H. Tillman

  • A `Reserve Army of Delinquents': The Criminalization and Economic Punishment of Immigrants in Spain

    Kitty Calavita

  • The Paradoxes of Race, Class, Identity, and “Passing”: Enforcing the Chinese Exclusion Acts, 1882-1910

    Kitty Calavita

  • “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: Deregulation, Crime, and Crisis in the Savings and Loan Industry

    Kitty Calavita;Henry N. Pontell

  • U.S. Immigration Law and the Control of Labor: 1820-1924

    Kitty Calavita

  • The Demise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration: A Case Study in Symbolic Action

    Kitty Calavita

  • Invitation to Law and Society

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  • The Savings and Loan Debacle, Financial Crime, and the State

    K. Calavita;R. Tillman;H. N. Pontell

  • Gender, Migration, and Law: Crossing Borders and Bridging Disciplines

    Kitty Calavita

  • The Contradictions of Immigration Lawmaking: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Kitty Calavita

  • The state and white-collar crime: Saving the savings and loans

    Kitty Calavita;Henry N. Pontell

  • SAVINGS AND LOAN FRAUD AS ORGANIZED CRIME: TOWARD A CONCEPTUAL TYPOLOGY OF CORPORATE ILLEGALITY*

    Kitty Calavita;Henry N. Pontell

  • Corporate crime and criminal justice system capacity: Government response to financial institution fraud

    Henry N. Pontell;Kitty Calavita;Robert Tillman

  • Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration, and the I.N.S.

    Rodolfo O. De La Garza;Kitty Calavita

  • Employer Sanctions Violations: Toward a Dialectical Model of White-Collar Crime

    Kitty Calavita

  • The Savings and Loan Debacle of the 1980s: White-Collar Crime or Risky Business?*

    William K. Black;Kitty Calavita;Henry N. Pontell

  • Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic

    Kitty Calavita;Valerie Jenness

  • Inside the Pyramid of Disputes: Naming Problems and Filing Grievances in California Prisons

    Kitty Calavita;Valerie Jenness

  • Nationalism and Exclusion of Migrants: Cross-National ComparisonsNationalism and Exclusion of Migrants: Cross-National Comparisons, edited by GijsbertsMérove, HagendoornLouk, and ScheepersPeerAldershot, Hants, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. 296 pp. $94.95 cloth. ISBN: 0-7546-3993-2.

    Kitty Calavita

  • U.S. Immigration Law and the Control of Labor: 1820-1925.

    Marjorie S. Zatz;Kitty Calavita

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie Jenness
Valerie Jenness University of California, Irvine
Frank D. Bean
Frank D. Bean University of California, Irvine

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