Kun Dai

776 total citations
53 papers, 469 citations indexed

About

Kun Dai is a scholar working on Education, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Dai has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 469 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Education, 27 papers in Communication and 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Kun Dai's work include International Student and Expatriate Challenges (27 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (21 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (13 papers). Kun Dai is often cited by papers focused on International Student and Expatriate Challenges (27 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (21 papers) and Higher Education Practises and Engagement (13 papers). Kun Dai collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Australia and China. Kun Dai's co-authors include Ian Hardy, Kelly Matthews, Xiaoyuan Li, Jaime García, Bob Lingard, Dely Lazarte Elliot, Thanh Pham, Vicente Reyes, Wenqin Shen and Peter Renshaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education and Educational Technology Research and Development.

In The Last Decade

Kun Dai

47 papers receiving 460 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Dai Hong Kong 15 303 226 181 79 51 53 469
Mackie Chase Canada 5 159 0.5× 136 0.6× 55 0.3× 43 0.5× 60 1.2× 10 318
Hannah Soong Australia 11 201 0.7× 77 0.3× 102 0.6× 118 1.5× 10 0.2× 37 302
Lucy Bailey Bahrain 12 267 0.9× 71 0.3× 104 0.6× 101 1.3× 17 0.3× 33 347
Roopa Desai Trilokekar Canada 10 317 1.0× 155 0.7× 215 1.2× 118 1.5× 32 0.6× 22 426
Melissa Whatley United States 10 189 0.6× 115 0.5× 70 0.4× 41 0.5× 23 0.5× 36 271
Bin Ai China 9 113 0.4× 49 0.2× 53 0.3× 34 0.4× 82 1.6× 37 256
Joellen E. Coryell United States 9 157 0.5× 41 0.2× 31 0.2× 45 0.6× 47 0.9× 35 285
Shun Wing Ng Hong Kong 9 177 0.6× 54 0.2× 77 0.4× 26 0.3× 16 0.3× 17 255
Pat Strauss New Zealand 9 165 0.5× 66 0.3× 23 0.1× 18 0.2× 74 1.5× 24 286
Sarjit Kaur Malaysia 15 297 1.0× 35 0.2× 42 0.2× 30 0.4× 111 2.2× 41 495

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Dai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Dai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Dai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun Dai 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 Kun Dai. Kun Dai 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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Dai, Kun, Xiaoyuan Li, & Guanglun Michael Mu. (2025). A Bourdieusian exploration of international students’ WeChatting experiences in China: a habitus of digital learning. Studies in Higher Education. 51(3). 565–578. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoyuan, et al.. (2025). Alternative Paths to a PhD? Factors Influencing Chinese Degree-seekers to Choose Southeast Asian Developing Countries as Learning Destination. Journal of Studies in International Education. 30(1). 120–140. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun, et al.. (2025). PhD journey in an academic ‘semi-periphery’: reflexive narrative of a Japanese student’s learning experience in China. Higher Education Research & Development. 44(5). 1079–1093. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun & Guanglun Michael Mu. (2024). Navigating across academic labour markets: a Bourdieusian reflexive narrative of a Chinese international doctoral graduate’s employment experiences. Higher Education Research & Development. 43(6). 1243–1258. 2 indexed citations
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Stahl, Garth, Guanglun Michael Mu, Hannah Soong, & Kun Dai. (2024). Mapping Transnational Habitus. 1 indexed citations
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Nam, Benjamin H., Alexander Scott English, & Kun Dai. (2024). Intercultural capital and ambiguous loss in in-between space: a digital ethnography of Anglo-Sino academic families amid China’s transformation into the post-pandemic era. Identities. 31(5). 645–664. 10 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun, et al.. (2024). Caught ‘in-between’: insights into international students’ doctoral thesis writing practices in China. Higher Education Research & Development. 44(2). 354–370. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun, et al.. (2023). Developing Intercultural Competence “at Home”. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun & Ian Hardy. (2023). Pursuing doctoral research in an emerging knowledge hub: an exploration of international students’ experiences in China. Studies in Higher Education. 48(6). 784–796. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Taoli, Lingyun Yu, Wenjing Wang, & Kun Dai. (2023). Employees in change: an exploration of academics’ perceived employee-organisation relationship in the reform of the tenure-track system in China. Studies in Higher Education. 49(11). 2066–2079. 7 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun, Ka Ho Mok, & Xiaoyuan Li. (2023). Mapping the historical development and landscape of research about transnational higher education: a scientometric analysis from comparative and international perspectives. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 1–19. 10 indexed citations
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Pham, Thanh, Kun Dai, & Eisuke Saito. (2023). Forms of agency enacted by international Ph.D. holders in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China to negotiate employability. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 55(2). 192–209. 10 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun, et al.. (2023). In-between worlds: Chilean university lecturers’ experiences of teaching transition between face-to-face and virtual reality contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Educational Technology Research and Development. 71(4). 1851–1867. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun & Dely Lazarte Elliot. (2022). ‘ Shi men ’ as key doctoral practice: understanding international doctoral students’ learning communities and research culture in China. Oxford Review of Education. 49(5). 588–603. 19 indexed citations
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Qi, Jing, Wenqin Shen, & Kun Dai. (2021). From Digital Shock to Miniaturised Mobility: International Students’ Digital Journey in China. Journal of Studies in International Education. 26(2). 128–144. 10 indexed citations
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Dai, Kun. (2009). Construction on Teaching Quality Evaluation Index System of College Physical Education Teacher. 2 indexed citations

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