| Immigrant America: A Portrait A Portes, RG Rumbaut University of California Press, 2006 | 7885 | 2006 |
| Legacies: The story of the immigrant second generation A Portes, RG Rumbaut Univ of California Press, 2001 | 6556 | 2001 |
| Ethnicities: Children of immigrants in America RG Rumbaut, A Portes University of California Press, Russell Sage, 2001 | 2827* | 2001 |
| The crucible within: Ethnic identity, self-esteem, and segmented assimilation among children of immigrants RG Rumbaut International Migration Review 28 (4), 748-794, 1994 | 1963 | 1994 |
| Ages, Life Stages, and Generational Cohorts: Decomposing the Immigrant First and Second Generations in the United States RG Rumbaut International Migration Review 38 (3), 1160-1205, 2004 | 1111 | 2004 |
| Assimilation and its discontents: Between rhetoric and reality RG Rumbaut International Migration Review 31 (4), 923-960, 1997 | 894 | 1997 |
| The second generation in early adulthood (special issue) A Portes, R Rumbaut Ethnic and racial studies 6, 2005 | 796* | 2005 |
| Growing Up American. The New Second Generation RG Rumbaut, A Portes | 672* | 1996 |
| Ethnic minorities and mental health WA Vega, RG Rumbaut Annual Review of Sociology 17, 351-383, 1991 | 658 | 1991 |
| On the frontier of adulthood: Theory, research, and public policy RA Settersten Jr, FF Furstenberg, RG Rumbaut University of Chicago Press, 2008 | 625 | 2008 |
| Ties that Bind: Immigration and Immigrant Families RG Rumbaut Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on U.S. Immigrants, 3-46, 1997 | 608* | 1997 |
| Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues RG Rumbaut, PG Min Sage Focus Editions, 232-269, 1995 | 506* | 1995 |
| The Adaptation of Southeast Asian Refugee Youth: A Comparative Study. RG Rumbaut, K Ima Washington, DC: US Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1988 | 493 | 1988 |
| The agony of exile: A study of the migration and adaptation of Indochinese refugee adults and children. RG Rumbaut Refugee Children: Theory, Research, and Practice, 53-91, 1991 | 479* | 1991 |
| Fertility and adaptation: Indochinese refugees in the United States RG Rumbaut, JR Weeks International Migration Review 20 (2), 428-466, 1986 | 469* | 1986 |
| Introduction: The Second Generation and the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study A Portes, RG Rumbaut Ethnic and Racial Studies 28 (6), 983-999, 2005 | 422 | 2005 |
| On the frontier of adulthood: Emerging themes and new directions FF Furstenberg Jr, RG Rumbaut, RA Settersten Jr On the frontier of adulthood: Theory, research, and public policy, 3-25, 2005 | 369 | 2005 |
| The new Californians: Comparative research findings on the educational progress of immigrant children RG Rumbaut California's Immigrant Children: Theory, Research, and Implications for …, 1995 | 364 | 1995 |
| Passages to Adulthood: The Adaptation of Children of Immigrants in Southern California RG Rumbaut Children of Immigrants: Health, adjustment, and public assistance, 1999 | 362* | 1999 |
| Growing up is harder to do FF Furstenberg Jr, S Kennedy, VC McLoyd, RG Rumbaut, ... Contexts 3 (3), 33-41, 2004 | 354 | 2004 |