David Y. Yang

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

David Y. Yang is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Y. Yang has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David Y. Yang's work include Concrete Corrosion and Durability (19 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (16 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 papers). David Y. Yang is often cited by papers focused on Concrete Corrosion and Durability (19 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (16 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 papers). David Y. Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. David Y. Yang's co-authors include Dan M. Frangopol, Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, Yuyu Chen, Noam Yuchtman, Stefanie Stantcheva and Marcella Alsan and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

David Y. Yang

61 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic

2020 671 citations Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell et al. Journal of Public Economics profile →
Policy Experimentation in China: The Political Economy of Policy Learning

2025 21 citations Shaoda Wang, David Y. Yang Journal of Political Economy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Y. Yang United States	24	741	668	418	294	285	64	2.4k
Riyanti Djalante Japan	25	1.4k 1.9×	156 0.2×	513 1.2×	187 0.6×	111 0.4×	46	3.1k
Howard Kunreuther United States	27	988 1.3×	222 0.3×	718 1.7×	48 0.2×	51 0.2×	82	3.1k
Michael Greenberg United States	32	2.3k 3.0×	121 0.2×	502 1.2×	29 0.1×	72 0.3×	315	4.0k
Karen Fraser Wyche United States	12	2.4k 3.3×	464 0.7×	291 0.7×	20 0.1×	80 0.3×	23	4.5k
Thomas A. Birkland United States	24	1.5k 2.0×	178 0.3×	209 0.5×	36 0.1×	731 2.6×	63	2.6k
Ali Cheshmehzangi China	28	582 0.8×	93 0.1×	501 1.2×	228 0.8×	125 0.4×	210	3.4k
Benjamin D. Trump United States	25	363 0.5×	329 0.5×	254 0.6×	69 0.2×	37 0.1×	107	1.9k
Ronald W. Perry United States	35	4.5k 6.1×	421 0.6×	170 0.4×	56 0.2×	87 0.3×	105	6.0k
Richard Haigh United Kingdom	27	1.1k 1.5×	420 0.6×	179 0.4×	37 0.1×	36 0.1×	256	2.8k
Judith Petts United Kingdom	30	1.1k 1.5×	39 0.1×	213 0.5×	42 0.1×	143 0.5×	56	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Y. Yang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Shaoda & David Y. Yang. (2025). Policy Experimentation in China: The Political Economy of Policy Learning. Journal of Political Economy. 133(7). 2180–2228. 21 indexed citations breakdown →

Mensah, Michael O., et al.. (2025). Salary Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Among Assistant Professors at US Medical Schools. JAMA Network Open. 8(5). e259583–e259583.

Beraja, Martin, et al.. (2024). Government as Venture Capitalists in AI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Silva, Mauricio, Paolo Gardoni, Dimitri V. Val, et al.. (2024). Moving toward resilience and sustainability in the built environment. Structural Safety. 113. 102449–102449. 10 indexed citations

Pandey, Mahesh D., Celeste Viljoen, Katharina Fischer, et al.. (2024). Life safety in the Reliability-Based design and assessment of structures. Structural Safety. 113. 102453–102453. 5 indexed citations

Beraja, Martin, et al.. (2023). Exporting the Surveillance State Via Trade in AI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Beraja, Martin, David Y. Yang, & Noam Yuchtman. (2022). Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China. The Review of Economic Studies. 90(4). 1701–1723. 79 indexed citations

Yang, David Y.. (2022). Deep Reinforcement Learning–Enabled Bridge Management Considering Asset and Network Risks. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 28(3). 12 indexed citations

Bursztyn, Leonardo, Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, Noam Yuchtman, & Y. Jane Zhang. (2021). Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements. LSE Research Online. 3(2). 233–250. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y. & Dan M. Frangopol. (2021). Risk-based inspection planning of deteriorating structures. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 18(1). 109–128. 14 indexed citations

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Bursztyn, Leonardo & David Y. Yang. (2021). Misperceptions About Others. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Bordalo, Pedro, Marco Tabellini, & David Y. Yang. (2020). Stereotypes and Politics. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Allcott, Hunt, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, et al.. (2020). Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Public Economics. 191. 104254–104254. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allcott, Hunt, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, et al.. (2020). Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during COVID-19. SSRN Electronic Journal. 37 indexed citations

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Cheng, Minghui, David Y. Yang, & Dan M. Frangopol. (2020). Investigation of Effects of Time Preference and Risk Perception on Life-Cycle Management of Civil Infrastructure. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part A Civil Engineering. 6(1). 16 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y., et al.. (2020). Error analysis for approximate structural life-cycle reliability and risk using machine learning methods. Structural Safety. 89. 102033–102033. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Liang, David Y. Yang, & Dan M. Frangopol. (2020). Probabilistic cost-benefit analysis for service life extension of ships. Ocean Engineering. 201. 107094–107094. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y. & Dan M. Frangopol. (2020). Risk-Based Vulnerability Analysis of Deteriorating Coastal Bridges under Hurricanes Considering Deep Uncertainty of Climatic and Socioeconomic Changes. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part A Civil Engineering. 6(3). 14 indexed citations

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Yang, David Y. & Dan M. Frangopol. (2017). Evidence-based framework for real-time life-cycle management of fatigue-critical details of structures. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 14(5). 509–522. 23 indexed citations

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Crane, Keith, et al.. (2014). The Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policies in Commercial Aviation Manufacturing. Biotechnology Journal. 13(7). e1700739–e1700739. 8 indexed citations

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