Min Zhou

20.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
139 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Min Zhou is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Min Zhou has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 38 papers in Demography and 20 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Min Zhou's work include Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (71 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (66 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (33 papers). Min Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (71 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (66 papers) and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (33 papers). Min Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Min Zhou's co-authors include Alejandro Portes, Carl L. Bankston, Jennifer Lee, John Logan, Peter D. Kwong, Jan Lin, Jiannbin Lee Shiao, Yang Sao Xiong, Mia Tuan and Yoshinori Kamo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Min Zhou

130 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

The New Second Generation... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1997 1997 1999 2004 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants
    1993 3.2k citations Alejandro Portes, Min Zhou profile →
  2. Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation
    1997 881 citations Min Zhou profile →
  3. Growing Up American: The Challenge Confronting Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants
    1997 706 citations Min Zhou profile →
  4. Growing up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States.
    1999 538 citations Min Zhou, Carl L. Bankston et al. Social Forces profile →
  5. Revisiting Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Convergencies, Controversies, and Conceptual Advancements
    2004 527 citations Min Zhou profile →
  6. The Asian American Achievement Paradox
    2015 434 citations Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou profile →
  7. Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave.
    1996 372 citations Min Zhou et al. Social Forces profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Min Zhou 10.6k 2.7k 2.6k 1.6k 1.2k 139 12.9k
Marta Tienda 5.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 673 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 186 7.7k
Rubén G. Rumbaut 7.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 130 9.1k
Steven Vertovec 7.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 3.7k 1.4× 520 0.3× 752 0.6× 119 10.6k
Stephen Castles 8.6k 0.8× 853 0.3× 2.8k 1.1× 847 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 148 10.6k
Christian Dustmann 8.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 649 0.4× 2.3k 2.0× 188 11.9k
Barry R. Chiswick 8.4k 0.8× 977 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 557 0.4× 2.0k 1.7× 237 10.3k
Tariq Modood 5.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 936 0.4× 386 0.2× 593 0.5× 260 7.9k
Nina Glick Schiller 11.0k 1.0× 735 0.3× 6.4k 2.4× 588 0.4× 842 0.7× 114 13.5k
Colleen Ward 5.8k 0.5× 2.9k 1.1× 558 0.2× 1.9k 1.2× 654 0.5× 155 11.8k
Joe R. Feagin 6.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 384 0.1× 714 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 186 9.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Min Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Min Zhou

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Portes, Alejandro & Min Zhou. (2025). Segmented assimilation: some reflections on a three-decade concept. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 48(8). 1642–1650. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min. (2025). A Study on the Application of DIE in Junior High School English Teaching from the Perspective of the PAD Class Model. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature. 13(5). 30–39. 1 indexed citations
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Zhan, Shaohua & Min Zhou. (2024). Involuntary transnationalism and regulated precarity: Lived experiences of skilled Chinese and Indian migrants in Singapore. International Migration. 63(3). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bei, Sheng Jiao, Min Zhou, & Yuan Zhou. (2024). Effects of urban green space landscape pattern on flood retention efficiency from "urban-block" scale perspective.. PubMed. 35(2). 533–542. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoqing, et al.. (2023). Evolution trend and hot topic measurement of climate migration research under the influence of climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Zhan, Shaohua, et al.. (2020). New dynamics of multinational migration: Chinese and Indian migrants in Singapore and Los Angeles. Geographical Research. 58(4). 365–376. 2 indexed citations
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Nazareno, Jennifer, et al.. (2018). Global dynamics of immigrant entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 25(5). 780–800. 50 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min. (2018). The Cultural Politics of Conspicuous Consumption in China. 38(3). 57. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Jennifer & Min Zhou. (2017). Why class matters less for Asian-American academic achievement. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 43(14). 2316–2330. 44 indexed citations
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Huang, Yaping & Min Zhou. (2016). A Study on the Characteristics, Mechanism and Strategy of Manufacturing Space Economy in Wuhan Metropolitan Area. 64. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaosong, Gengli Zhao, Huixia Yang, Chun­yan Shi, & Min Zhou. (2016). Analysis of incidence and risk factors of preterm birth in 15 urban hospitals in China. Zhonghua weichan yixue zazhi. 19(6). 456–461. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min. (2015). The Transcription of Identities. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min. (2015). The Transcription of Identities. transcript Verlag eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaosong, et al.. (2015). Risk factors for preterm birth: a case-control study in rural area of western China.. PubMed Central. 8(3). 4527–32. 14 indexed citations
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Loury, Glenn C., Glenn C. Loury, Glenn C. Loury, et al.. (2005). Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Bankston, Carl L. & Min Zhou. (1997). The social adjustment of Vietnamese American adolescents : Evidence for a segmented-assimilation approach. Social Science Quarterly. 78(2). 508–523. 69 indexed citations
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Bankston, Carl L., Stephen J. Caldas, & Min Zhou. (1997). The Academic Achievement of Vietnamese American Students: Ethnicity as Social Capital. Sociological Focus. 30(1). 1–16. 34 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min & John Logan. (1991). In and Out of Chinatown: Residential Mobility and Segregation of New York City's Chinese. Social Forces. 70(2). 387–387. 42 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min. (1989). The enclave economy and immigrant incorporation in New York City's Chinatown. U.M.I. (University Microfilms International) Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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