2026 Rainer Bauböck: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	47	295	261	9	8	199	12167

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Rainer Bauböck is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy, focusing primarily on social sciences with a substantial body of work in sociology, political science, and international relations. Their research spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, law, general health professions, and demography.

The main thematic areas of Bauböck's work cover migration, refugees, and integration, migration and labor dynamics, political philosophy and ethics, Asian geopolitics and ethnography, employment and welfare studies, diaspora and transnational identity, as well as migration, health, and trauma.

Bauböck's publication record includes a range of recent papers concentrating on migration studies and citizenship issues. Selected papers include:

Cities vs States: Should Urban Citizenship Be Emancipated from Nationality? (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
The ethics of migration policy dilemmas (2022), published in Migration Studies
The elusive triple win: addressing temporary labour migration dilemmas through fair representation (2022), published in Migration Studies
Sanctuary, firewalls, regularisation: three inclusive responses to the presence of irregular migrants (2023), published in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Bauböck regularly publishes in several venues, most notably:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Migration Studies
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citizenship Studies
Soziologische Revue

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Julia Mourão Permoser, Martin Ruhs, Jelena Džankić, Bronwen Manby, and Liav Orgad, reflecting a collaborative approach within migration and citizenship scholarship.

Bauböck has also contributed to books published by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks, including titles such as "Migration und Staatsbürgerschaft" (2021) and "Flucht und Asyl - internationale und österreichische Perspektiven" (2021).

Best Publications

Transnational Citizenship: Membership and Rights in International Migration

Rainer Bauböck

1914
Citations
Towards a political theory of migrant transnationalism

Rainer Bauböck

1025
Citations
Diaspora and transnationalism : concepts, theories and methods

Rainer Bauböck;Thomas Faist

869
Citations
Stakeholder Citizenship and Transnational Political Participation. A Normative Evaluation of External Voting

Rainer Bauböck

540
Citations
Expansive Citizenship—Voting beyond Territory and Membership

Rainer Bauböck

523
Citations
Reinventing Urban Citizenship

Rainer Baubock

461
Citations
Migration and Citizenship : Legal Status, Rights and Political Participation

Rainer Bauböck

383
Citations
The Oxford handbook of citizenship

Ayelet Shachar;Rainer Bauböck;Irene Bloemraad;Maarten Peter Vink

381
Citations
The rights and duties of external citizenship

Rainer Bauböck

325
Citations
Studying Citizenship Constellations

Rainer Bauböck

280
Citations
Citizenship configurations: Analysing the multiple purposes of citizenship regimes in Europe

Maarten Peter Vink;Maarten Peter Vink;Rainer Bauböck

216
Citations
The integration of immigrants

Rainer Bauböck

213
Citations
Global Justice, Freedom of Movement and Democratic Citizenship

Rainer Bauböck

207
Citations
"Nach Rasse und Sprache verschieden": Migrationspolitik in Österreich von der Monarchie bis heute

Rainer Bauböck

160
Citations
International Migration, Immobility and Development. Multidisciplinary Perspectives.

Rainer Baubock;Tomas Hammar;Grete Brochmann;Kristof Tamas

133
Citations
A multilevel puzzle: Migrants’ voting rights in national and local elections

Jean-Thomas Arrighi;Rainer Bauböck

123
Citations
Refugee Protection and Burden‐Sharing in the European Union

Rainer Bauböck

123
Citations
Temporary migrants, partial citizenship and hypermigration

Rainer Bauböck

120
Citations
Morphing the Demos into the right shape. Normative principles for enfranchising resident aliens and expatriate citizens

Rainer Bauböck

118
Citations
The challenge of diversity: integration and pluralism in societies of immigration.

Rainer Bauböck;Agnes Heller;Aristide R. Zolberg

102
Citations
Citizenship Policies in the New Europe

Rainer Bauböck;Bernhard Perchinig;Wiebke Sievers

86
Citations
From aliens to citizens : redefining the status of immigrants in Europe

Rainer Bauböck

84
Citations
Acquisition and Loss of Nationality. Policies and Trends in 15 European Countries. Volume 1: Comparative Analyses

R. Bauböck;E. Ersbøll;C.A. Groenendijk;H. Waldrauch

61
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten Peter Vink Maastricht University

Joseph H. Carens University of Toronto

Peter Scholten Erasmus University Rotterdam

Will Kymlicka Queen's University

Irene Bloemraad University of British Columbia

Thomas Faist Bielefeld University

Jan Willem Duyvendak University of Amsterdam

Christian Joppke University of Bern

Tariq Modood University of Bristol

Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

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