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Peggy Levitt publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peggy Levitt sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 133 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Peggy Levitt D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

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

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 73 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peggy Levitt is affiliated with Wellesley College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the Social Sciences field, with a strong focus on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies, Education, Political Science and International Relations, and Cultural Studies.

Their research addresses a variety of topics including social and cultural dynamics, cultural industries and urban development, urban planning and governance, global education and multiculturalism, global educational policies and reforms, diaspora and transnational identity, as well as migration and labor dynamics.

Levitt has published papers in several journals, with frequent contributions to the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Journal of World Literature, Migration Studies, Political Science Today, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

  • Cultural policies in cities of the 'global South': a multi-scalar approach, 2020, International Journal of Cultural Policy
  • Becoming a 'Cultural Destination of Choice': lessons on vernacularization from Beirut and Buenos Aires, 2020, International Journal of Cultural Policy
  • Scale Shifting: New Insights into Global Literary Circulation, 2020, Journal of World Literature
  • Social welfare versus transnational social protection regimes: the changing roles of church and state, 2020, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • Cultures of Cultural Globalization: How National Repertoires and Political Ideologies Affect Literary and Artistic Circulation, 2023, Cultural Sociology

Levitt collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Ezequiel Saferstein, Pál Nyíri, Biao Xiang, Johan Lindquist, and Tim Oakes.

  • International Journal of Cultural Policy
  • Journal of World Literature
  • Migration Studies
  • Political Science Today
  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

  • Ezequiel Saferstein
  • Pál Nyíri
  • Biao Xiang
  • Johan Lindquist
  • Tim Oakes

The analysis of Levitt's work indicates a broad engagement with topics at the intersection of culture, migration, and governance, contributing to multiple disciplines within the social sciences.

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing simultaneity: a transnational social field perspective on society

    Peggy Levitt;Nina Glick Schiller

  • The Transnational Villagers

    Peggy Levitt

  • Transnational Migration Studies: Past Developments and Future Trends

    Peggy Levitt;B. Nadya Jaworsky

  • Social remittances: migration driven local-level forms of cultural diffusion.

    Peggy Levitt

  • The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation

    Peggy Levitt;Mary C. Waters

  • Social remittances reconsidered

    Peggy Levitt;Deepak Lamba-Nieves

  • Transnational migration: taking stock and future directions

    Peggy Levitt

  • International Perspectives on Transnational Migration: An Introduction:

    Peggy Levitt;Josh DeWind;Steven Vertovec

  • Vernacularization on the ground: local uses of global women's rights in Peru, China, India and the United States

    Peggy Levitt;Sally Merry

  • Roots and Routes: Understanding the Lives of the Second Generation Transnationally

    Peggy Levitt

  • Transnational migration and the redefinition of the state: Variations and explanations

    Peggy Levitt;Rafael de la Dehesa

  • “You Know, Abraham Was Really the First Immigrant”: Religion and Transnational Migration

    Peggy Levitt

  • God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape

    Peggy Levitt

  • Transnationalism and the Children of Immigrants in Contemporary New York

    Philip Kasinitz;John Mollenkopf;Mary C. Waters;Merih Anih

  • Law From Below: Women's Human Rights and Social Movements in New York City

    Sally Engle Merry;Peggy Levitt;Mihaela Şerban Rosen;Diana H. Yoon

  • Transnational social protection: setting the agenda

    Peggy Levitt;Jocelyn Viterna;Armin Mueller;Charlotte Lloyd

  • Local-level global religion : The case of U.S.-Dominican migration : Religion in global perspective

    Peggy Levitt

  • The Transnational Studies Reader: Intersections and Innovations

    Sanjeev Khagram;Peggy Levitt

  • Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging: The Institutional Character of Transnational Religious Life

    Peggy Levitt

  • Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in North America and Western Europe

    Peggy Levitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Sally Engle Merry
Sally Engle Merry New York University
Nina Glick Schiller
Nina Glick Schiller Max Planck Society
Mary C. Waters
Mary C. Waters Harvard University
Steven Vertovec
Steven Vertovec Max Planck Society
Nancy S. Landale
Nancy S. Landale Pennsylvania State University
Duncan Gallie
Duncan Gallie University of Oxford
Kathryn M. Neckerman
Kathryn M. Neckerman Columbia University
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Elaine Howard Ecklund Rice University
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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