| Border lives: Fronterizos, transnational migrants, and commuters in Tijuana S Chávez Oxford University Press, 2016 | 114 | 2016 |
| Community, ethnicity, and class in a changing rural California town S Chavez Rural Sociology 70 (3), 314-335, 2005 | 101 | 2005 |
| Binational social networks and assimilation: A test of the importance of transnationalism T Mouw, S Chavez, H Edelblute, A Verdery Social problems 61 (3), 329-359, 2014 | 82 | 2014 |
| Navigating the US-Mexico border: the crossing strategies of undocumented workers in Tijuana, Mexico S Chávez Irregular Migrants, 50-67, 2013 | 51 | 2013 |
| Communication flows and the durability of a transnational social field AM Verdery, T Mouw, H Edelblute, S Chavez Social Networks 53, 57-71, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Shopping and working in the borderlands: enforcement, surveillance and marketing in Tijuana, Mexico M Murià, S Chávez Surveillance & Society 8 (3), 355-373, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Implications of social and legal status on immigrants' health in disaster zones E Fussell, L Delp, K Riley, S Chávez, A Valenzuela Jr American journal of public health 108 (12), 1617-1620, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
| The Sonoran Desert’s domestic Bracero programme: Institutional actors and the creation of labour migration streams S Chávez International Migration 50 (2), 20-40, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
| Occupational linguistic niches and the wage growth of Latino immigrants T Mouw, S Chavez Social Forces 91 (2), 423-452, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
| Identifying and measuring the lifelong human capital of “Unskilled” migrants in the Mexico-US migratory circuit J Hagan, JL Demonsant, S Chávez Journal on migration and Human Security 2 (2), 76-100, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| Gambling with life: Masculinity, risk, and danger in the lives of unauthorized migrant roofers S Chávez, CE Altman American journal of industrial medicine 60 (6), 537-547, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Fractured families, connected community: Emotional engagement in a transnational social network AM Silver, H Edelblute, T Mouw, S Chávez International Migration 56 (6), 153-168, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| Exposure to violence, coping strategies, and diagnosed mental health problems among adults in a migrant-sending community in Central Mexico CE Altman, BK Gorman, S Chávez Population Research and Policy Review 37, 229-260, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| Community perceptions of industrial risks before and after a toxic flood: the case of Houston and Hurricane Harvey KA Thomas, JR Elliott, S Chavez Sociological Spectrum 38 (6), 371-386, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| The mental well-being of Central American transmigrant men in Mexico CE Altman, BK Gorman, S Chávez, F Ramos, I Fernández Global Public Health 13 (4), 383-399, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Life on the edge: Balancing gendered and occupational identities among unauthorized Mexican migrant roofers S Chávez, HB Edelblute, E Korver-Glenn Qualitative Sociology 39, 125-146, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Occupational Enclaves and the Wage Growth of Latino Immigrants S Chavez, T Mouw, J Hagan under review, 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Emotion work and gender inequality in transnational family life S Chavez, R Paige, H Edelblute Journal of Family Issues 44 (3), 703-724, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Gender, migration and perceptions of HIV risk in Mexico TM Woods, CE Altman, S Chávez, BK Gorman Culture, Health & Sexuality 20 (12), 1333-1346, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| The Making of a Border Labor Migration System: Government Policies, Labor Markets, and Social Networks in Tijuana S Chávez Cornell University, 2007 | 5 | 2007 |
