Feinian Chen

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Feinian Chen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Feinian Chen has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Health and 12 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Feinian Chen's work include Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (23 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers). Feinian Chen is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (23 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (14 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (14 papers). Feinian Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Philippines. Feinian Chen's co-authors include Pamela Paxton, Kenneth A. Bollen, Patrick J. Curran, James B. Kirby, Barbara Entwisle, Susan E. Short, Guangya Liu, J.R. Kirby, Yang Yang and Shengwei Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Feinian Chen

45 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Fixed Cutoff Points in RMSEA Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models

2008 1.2k citations Feinian Chen, Patrick J. Curran et al. Sociological Methods & Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feinian Chen United States	21	1.1k	569	558	497	477	46	3.4k
David Weiss United States	25	699 0.6×	1.4k 2.4×	571 1.0×	314 0.6×	426 0.9×	79	4.6k
Yuk Fai Cheong United States	24	647 0.6×	536 0.9×	483 0.9×	426 0.9×	161 0.3×	74	3.1k
Scott M. Lynch United States	26	848 0.8×	614 1.1×	452 0.8×	1.0k 2.0×	432 0.9×	66	3.5k
Ita G. G. Kreft United States	16	1.2k 1.1×	818 1.4×	520 0.9×	314 0.6×	168 0.4×	28	4.5k
Chia‐Huei Wu United Kingdom	39	1.1k 1.0×	2.0k 3.5×	867 1.6×	342 0.7×	378 0.8×	155	4.8k
Jacques A. Hagenaars Netherlands	17	897 0.8×	507 0.9×	781 1.4×	325 0.7×	129 0.3×	43	4.1k
Susan Hutchinson Canada	29	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 2.2×	440 0.8×	242 0.5×	308 0.6×	102	3.4k
Kazuo Yamaguchi United States	26	1.2k 1.1×	292 0.5×	864 1.5×	215 0.4×	614 1.3×	73	4.8k
Rebecca Weston United States	19	906 0.8×	851 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	779 1.6×	160 0.3×	37	3.4k
Andrew M. Parker United States	36	875 0.8×	633 1.1×	713 1.3×	677 1.4×	315 0.7×	159	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feinian Chen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2024). Adolescent gender beliefs in India: Does mothers’ empowerment matter?. Social Science Research. 127. 103132–103132.

Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2023). Aligning household decision-making with work and education: A comparative analysis of women’s empowerment. Demographic Research. 48. 513–548. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2022). Negative Life Events, Social Ties, and Depressive Symptoms for Older Adults in China. Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 774434–774434. 11 indexed citations

Luo, Weixiang & Feinian Chen. (2021). The Salience of Religion Under an Atheist State: Implications for Subjective Well-Being in Contemporary China. Social Forces. 100(2). 852–878. 9 indexed citations

Lei, Lei, Sonalde Desai, & Feinian Chen. (2020). Fathers' migration and nutritional status of children in India: Do the effects vary by community context?. Demographic Research. 43. 545–580. 13 indexed citations

Lin, Zhiyong, Sonalde Desai, & Feinian Chen. (2020). The Emergence of Educational Hypogamy in India. Demography. 57(4). 1215–1240. 28 indexed citations

Tong, Yuying, et al.. (2019). Spousal migration and married adults’ psychological distress in rural China: The roles of intimacy, autonomy and responsibility. Social Science Research. 83. 102312–102312. 20 indexed citations

Tong, Yuying, et al.. (2018). Living arrangements and older People's labor force participation in Hong Kong, 1986–2016. Social Science & Medicine. 229. 50–59. 15 indexed citations

Vikram, Kriti, Feinian Chen, & Sonalde Desai. (2018). Mothers' work patterns and Children's cognitive achievement: Evidence from the India Human Development survey. Social Science Research. 72. 207–224. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2018). Life Satisfaction of Cross-Border Marriage Migrants in South Korea. International Migration Review. 52(2). 597–634. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Shengwei & Feinian Chen. (2017). Women's employment trajectories during early adulthood in urban China: A cohort comparison. Social Science Research. 68. 43–58. 17 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Zachary, et al.. (2017). Functional limitation trajectories and their determinants among women in the Philippines. Demographic Research. 36. 863–892. 8 indexed citations

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Mair, Christine A., Feinian Chen, Guangya Liu, & Jonathan R. Brauer. (2016). Who in the World Cares? Gender Gaps in Attitudes toward Support for Older Adults in 20 Nations. Social Forces. 95(1). 411–438. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2015). Implications of Changes in Family Structure and Composition for the Psychological Well-Being of Filipino Women in Middle and Later Years. Research on Aging. 39(2). 275–299. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Feinian, et al.. (2014). Race/Ethnic Differentials in the Health Consequences of Caring for Grandchildren for Grandparents. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 70(5). 793–803. 69 indexed citations

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Liu, Guangya, Matthew E. Dupre, Danan Gu, Christine A. Mair, & Feinian Chen. (2012). Psychological well-being of the institutionalized and community-residing oldest old in China: The role of children. Social Science & Medicine. 75(10). 1874–1882. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Feinian, Yang Yang, & Guangya Liu. (2010). Social Change and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health over the Life Course in China: A Cohort Analysis. American Sociological Review. 75(1). 126–150. 149 indexed citations

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Bollen, Kenneth A., James B. Kirby, Patrick J. Curran, Pamela Paxton, & Feinian Chen. (2007). Latent Variable Models Under Misspecification: Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) Estimators. Sociological Methods & Research. 36(1). 48–86. 122 indexed citations

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Korinek, Kim, Feinian Chen, Soumya Alva, & Barbara Entwisle. (2006). Household Economic Transformation and Recent Fertility in Emerging Market Economies: China and Vietnam Compared*. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 37(2). 191. 11 indexed citations

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Short, Susan E., Feinian Chen, Barbara Entwisle, & Fengying Zhai. (2002). Maternal Work and Child Care in China: A Multi‐Method Analysis. Population and Development Review. 28(1). 31–57. 71 indexed citations

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