Biao Xiang

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Biao Xiang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Biao Xiang has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Biao Xiang's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (30 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (21 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (17 papers). Biao Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (30 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (21 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (17 papers). Biao Xiang collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and China. Biao Xiang's co-authors include Johan Lindquist, Brenda S. A. Yeoh, J. C. Laurence, Wei Shen, Mika Toyota, Weiqiang Lin, Jiaxi Tang, Ting Tan, Frank N. Pieke and Yu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Biao Xiang

66 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Migration Infrastructure 2012 2026 2016 2021 2014 2012 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Migration Infrastructure
    2014 424 citations Biao Xiang, Johan Lindquist profile →
  2. Opening the Black Box of Migration: Brokers, the Organization of Transnational Mobility and the Changing Political Economy in Asia
    2012 285 citations Johan Lindquist, Biao Xiang et al. Pacific Affairs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Biao Xiang Germany 22 1.9k 803 596 297 226 72 2.6k
Adrian Favell United Kingdom 21 1.8k 0.9× 958 1.2× 458 0.8× 239 0.8× 46 0.2× 78 2.4k
Harald Bauder Canada 31 2.1k 1.1× 532 0.7× 357 0.6× 612 2.1× 63 0.3× 94 2.8k
Craig Jeffrey United Kingdom 28 1.7k 0.9× 803 1.0× 313 0.5× 249 0.8× 438 1.9× 72 2.6k
Thomas Faist Germany 32 4.3k 2.2× 1.0k 1.3× 2.3k 3.8× 414 1.4× 120 0.5× 142 5.1k
Patricia Landolt Canada 19 3.0k 1.6× 329 0.4× 1.4k 2.4× 456 1.5× 71 0.3× 30 3.7k
Gurminder K. Bhambra United Kingdom 26 1.9k 1.0× 954 1.2× 155 0.3× 158 0.5× 351 1.6× 65 2.9k
Noël B. Salazar Belgium 22 2.1k 1.1× 258 0.3× 842 1.4× 187 0.6× 178 0.8× 101 2.7k
Cynthia Enloe United States 26 3.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.8× 287 0.5× 165 0.6× 250 1.1× 101 4.9k
Michael Peter Smith United States 22 1.1k 0.6× 397 0.5× 521 0.9× 109 0.4× 66 0.3× 76 1.8k
Robert K. Schaeffer United States 10 1.1k 0.6× 643 0.8× 176 0.3× 95 0.3× 190 0.8× 29 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Biao Xiang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Biao Xiang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Biao Xiang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Biao Xiang. The network helps show where Biao Xiang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Biao Xiang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Biao Xiang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Biao Xiang 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 Biao Xiang. Biao Xiang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Lan, Chen Hou, Leo Y. Luo, et al.. (2025). Confining graphite-like carbon into ultrathin layered iron silicate for notably enhanced photo-Fenton catalysis: Mechanism insight and DFT calculation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 371. 125281–125281. 8 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao, et al.. (2025). Exploring Livable Communities in Urban Renewal: Case Study of China’s Metropolises. Buildings. 15(22). 4072–4072.
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Xiang, Biao. (2025). Double alienation: regrounding critical consciousness in troubling times. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 26(5). 781–797.
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Wang, Lan, Yue Wang, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of N-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated Fe3C/Fe nanoparticles with dual-reaction centers for highly effective Fenton-like degradation of organic pollutants. Surfaces and Interfaces. 49. 104388–104388. 11 indexed citations
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Tang, Jiaxi, et al.. (2021). Pollution Status and Ecological Risk Assessment of Perfluorinated Compounds in the Liao River Basin and Surrounding. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 30(7). 1447. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao, Xingxing Wang, Gang Wu, et al.. (2021). The force effects of two types of polyethylene terephthalate glyc-olmodified clear aligners immersed in artificial saliva. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10052–10052. 12 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao & Johan Lindquist. (2018). Postscript: Infrastructuralization: Evolving Sociopolitical Dynamics in Labour Migration from Asia. Pacific Affairs. 91(4). 759–773. 4 indexed citations
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Barabantseva, Elena, et al.. (2015). Introduction to "Governing Marriage Migrations: Perspectives from Mainland China and Taiwan". eScholarship (California Digital Library). 15(15). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2010). The Social Production of Hierarchy and What We Can Do about It.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Pieke, Frank N. & Biao Xiang. (2010). Legality and Labor : Chinese Migratory Workers in Great Britain. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 3. 15–38. 2 indexed citations
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Pieke, Frank N. & Biao Xiang. (2009). Legality and labour: Chinese migration, neoliberalism and the state in the UK and China. Geopolitics History and International Relations. 1(1). 11–45. 10 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2008). Transplanting Labor in East Asia. 77(77). 175–186. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2007). Global "Body Shopping". Princeton University Press eBooks. 111 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2006). Global Body Shopping: An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry (In-formation). Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2005). Relaciones internacionales y migraciones transnacionales: el caso de China. Revista CIDOB d Afers Internacionals. 8. 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Biao. (2004). Towards an emigration study: a south perspective. Economic and political weekly. 39(34). 3798. 2 indexed citations
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Laurence, J. C. & Biao Xiang. (1998). Native Place, Migration and the Emergence of Peasant Enclaves in Beijing. The China Quarterly. 155. 546–581. 228 indexed citations

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