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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 35 Citations 9,271 54 World Ranking 3948 National Ranking 1992

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Awards & Achievements

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Anthropology
  • Public health

Leo R. Chavez mainly focuses on Immigration, Cervical cancer, Gender studies, Family medicine and Settlement. His Immigration study introduces a deeper knowledge of Law. His study in the field of Citizenship and Prosperity also crosses realms of Atmosphere and Vitality.

His work carried out in the field of Cervical cancer brings together such families of science as Odds ratio, Marital status and Health care. His studies deal with areas such as Sexual intercourse, Disease and Gynecology as well as Family medicine. The Settlement study combines topics in areas such as External migration, Mexican americans, Power and Social group.

His most cited work include:

  • The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation (743 citations)
  • Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society (400 citations)
  • Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation (274 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Immigration, Family medicine, Gender studies, Ethnic group and Demography. His study on Immigration is covered under Law. Leo R. Chavez combines subjects such as Cultural consensus analysis and Gynecology with his study of Family medicine.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Identity, Liminality, Psychiatry, Power and Settlement. His work on Acculturation as part of his general Ethnic group study is frequently connected to Family planning, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. Leo R. Chavez has researched Demography in several fields, including Odds ratio, Propensity score matching and Gerontology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Immigration (57.41%)
  • Family medicine (18.52%)
  • Gender studies (16.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2019)?

  • Cancer (9.26%)
  • Immigration (57.41%)
  • Propensity score matching (3.70%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Leo R. Chavez mostly deals with Cancer, Immigration, Propensity score matching, Internal medicine and Ovarian cancer. His Cancer research focuses on Gynecology and how it connects with Cultural consensus analysis, Family medicine, Breast cancer and Latina immigrants. His work is dedicated to discovering how Cultural consensus analysis, Cervical cancer are connected with Physical stress and other disciplines.

Leo R. Chavez integrates Immigration with Subjective well-being in his research. In his work, Odds ratio is strongly intertwined with Demography, which is a subfield of Propensity score matching. His Internal medicine study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Guideline and Oncology.

Between 2013 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Impact of National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers on ovarian cancer treatment and survival. (66 citations)
  • Sociodemographic Disparities in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Survival and Adherence to Treatment Guidelines (61 citations)
  • MIGRANTS AND SETTLERS: A COMPARISON OF UNDOCUMENTED MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES (28 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Anthropology
  • Public health

Leo R. Chavez focuses on Hazard ratio, Odds ratio, Humanities, Geography and Genealogy. Hazard ratio combines with fields such as Propensity score matching, Proportional hazards model, Quartile, Pacific islanders and Demography in his research. His Odds ratio research includes elements of Survival rate, Gynecology, Gerontology and Ovarian cancer.

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Best Publications

The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation

Leo R. Chavez.
(2008)

2351 Citations

Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society

Leo R. Chavez.
(1997)

1363 Citations

Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation

Leo R. Chavez.
(2001)

928 Citations

"Awakening to a Nightmare". Abjectivity and illegality in the lives of undocumented 1.5-Generation Latino immigrants in the United States

Roberto G. Gonzales;Leo R. Chavez.
Current Anthropology (2012)

447 Citations

The Influence of Fatalism on Self-Reported Use of Papanicolaou Smears

Leo R. Chavez;F. Allan Hubbell;Shiraz I. Mishra;R. Burciaga Valdez;R. Burciaga Valdez.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (1997)

281 Citations

The power of the imagined community: the settlement of undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States

Leo R. Chavez.
American Anthropologist (1994)

267 Citations

Outside the imagined community: undocumented settlers and experiences of incorporation

Leo R. Chavez.
American Ethnologist (1991)

257 Citations

Structure and Meaning in Models of Breast and Cervical Cancer Risk Factors: A Comparison of Perceptions among Latinas, Anglo Women, and Physicians

L R Chavez;F A Hubbell;J M McMullin;R G Martinez.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly (1995)

247 Citations

Settlers and Sojourners: The Case of Mexicans in the United States

Leo R. Chavez.
Human Organization (1988)

201 Citations

Influence of beliefs about cervical cancer etiology on pap smear use among Latina immigrants

Juliet M McMullin;Israel De Alba;Leo R Chávez;F Allan Hubbell.
Ethnicity & Health (2005)

177 Citations

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