Adrian Zenz

464 total citations
15 papers, 175 citations indexed

About

Adrian Zenz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian Zenz has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 175 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Adrian Zenz's work include China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (15 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (9 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (5 papers). Adrian Zenz is often cited by papers focused on China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (15 papers), Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (9 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (5 papers). Adrian Zenz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Adrian Zenz's co-authors include James Leibold and Andrew Martín Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, The China Quarterly and Journal of Contemporary China.

In The Last Decade

Adrian Zenz

15 papers receiving 155 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adrian Zenz United States 7 155 122 40 23 7 15 175
Christopher E. Goscha Canada 9 182 1.2× 110 0.9× 19 0.5× 11 0.5× 3 0.4× 31 212
Benjamin Soares Netherlands 7 130 0.8× 99 0.8× 78 1.9× 7 0.3× 14 2.0× 10 167
Maya Chadda United States 5 73 0.5× 128 1.0× 33 0.8× 9 0.4× 1 0.1× 12 157
Dietrich Reetz Germany 5 94 0.6× 74 0.6× 43 1.1× 19 0.8× 22 3.1× 16 140
Abigail Green United Kingdom 8 65 0.4× 69 0.6× 13 0.3× 14 0.6× 5 0.7× 11 131
Kenton Clymer United States 7 72 0.5× 43 0.4× 25 0.6× 12 0.5× 5 0.7× 32 123
Nur Bi̇lge Criss Türkiye 7 95 0.6× 107 0.9× 6 0.1× 6 0.3× 8 1.1× 22 158
Christopher Schmidt‐Nowara United States 6 61 0.4× 28 0.2× 47 1.2× 30 1.3× 2 0.3× 29 127
John D. Klier United Kingdom 8 107 0.7× 88 0.7× 13 0.3× 35 1.5× 3 0.4× 31 159
Gilles Veinstein France 7 72 0.5× 78 0.6× 50 1.3× 6 0.3× 4 0.6× 49 139

Countries citing papers authored by Adrian Zenz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adrian Zenz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adrian Zenz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adrian Zenz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adrian Zenz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Adrian Zenz. Adrian Zenz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Zenz, Adrian. (2024). Innovating Repression: Policy Experimentation and the Evolution of Beijing’s Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang. Journal of Contemporary China. 34(152). 328–349. 1 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian. (2023). The conceptual evolution of poverty alleviation through labour transfer in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Central Asian Survey. 42(4). 649–673. 2 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian. (2023). Coercive Labor in the Cotton Harvest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Uzbekistan. Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 56(2). 1–32. 4 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian & James Leibold. (2019). Securitizing Xinjiang: Police Recruitment, Informal Policing and Ethnic Minority Co-optation. The China Quarterly. 242. 324–348. 23 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian. (2018). ‘Thoroughly reforming them towards a healthy heart attitude’: China’s political re-education campaign in Xinjiang. Central Asian Survey. 38(1). 102–128. 93 indexed citations
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Fischer, Andrew Martín & Adrian Zenz. (2017). The Limits to Buying Stability in Tibet: Tibetan Representation and Preferentiality in China's Contemporary Public Employment System. The China Quarterly. 234. 527–551. 8 indexed citations
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Leibold, James & Adrian Zenz. (2016). Beijing's Eyes and Ears Grow Sharper in Xinjiang. Foreign Affairs. 3 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian. (2013). 'Tibetanness' Under Threat?. 11 indexed citations
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Zenz, Adrian. (2010). Beyond Assimilation: The Tibetanisation of Tibetan Education in Qinghai. Inner Asia. 12(2). 293–315. 7 indexed citations

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