Elton Chan

695 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 474 citations indexed

About

Elton Chan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Elton Chan has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 474 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Elton Chan's work include Chinese history and philosophy (5 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 papers) and Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (3 papers). Elton Chan is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (5 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 papers) and Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (3 papers). Elton Chan collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Singapore and United States. Elton Chan's co-authors include Theresa Ryan Stueve, Mariam Nazir, Tyrone B. Hayes, Andrew Park and Daniel R. Buchholz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cities and City.

In The Last Decade

Elton Chan

8 papers receiving 451 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.

  1. Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis)
    2010 440 citations Tyrone B. Hayes, Mariam Nazir et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Elton Chan
Mariam Nazir Azerbaijan
Juliane Silberschmidt Freitas Brazil
Elizabeth Nicol United Kingdom
Britta Grillitsch Austria
Alan J. Hosmer United States
Kizar Ahmed Sumon Bangladesh
Francesca Trinchella Italy
Yi Ta Shao Taiwan
Juan Gabriel Correa-Reyes Mexico
Eli S.J. Thoré Belgium
Mariam Nazir Azerbaijan
Elton Chan
Citations per year, relative to Elton Chan Elton Chan (= 1×) peers Mariam Nazir

Countries citing papers authored by Elton Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elton Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Elton Chan. 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 Elton Chan. The network helps show where Elton Chan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elton Chan

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Chan, Elton. (2025). Towards Confucian Republicanism.
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Chan, Elton. (2023). Government-driven commodification of public space: The case of Kwun Tong Promenade, Hong Kong. Cities. 134. 104204–104204. 7 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2023). Take back our city: reclaiming shopping malls in Hong Kong. City. 27(5-6). 778–794. 4 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2020). Public space as commodity: social production of the Hong Kong waterfront. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning. 173(4). 146–155. 8 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2020). Reconciling Confucianism with rule of law: Confucianisation or self-restraint?. Asian Philosophy. 30(4). 275–294. 2 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2019). The Indispensability of Moral Cultivation in Confucian Politics. Dao. 18(2). 269–276. 3 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2019). “Defending Political Equality: A Confucian Democratic Response to Bai Tongdong’s Proposal of Hybrid Regime”. China review international. 26(3). 131–149. 1 indexed citations
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Chan, Elton. (2018). Huang Zongxi as a Republican: A Theory of Governance for Confucian Democracy. Dao. 17(2). 203–218. 6 indexed citations
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Hayes, Tyrone B., Mariam Nazir, Andrew Park, et al.. (2010). Atrazine induces complete feminization and chemical castration in male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(10). 4612–4617. 440 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chan, Elton. (2009). America's Pesticides. 13(1). 3 indexed citations

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