Nan Lin

34.1k total citations · 11 hit papers
157 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Nan Lin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Statistics and Probability and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Lin has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Statistics and Probability and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Nan Lin's work include Statistical Methods and Inference (19 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers). Nan Lin is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Inference (19 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers). Nan Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Nan Lin's co-authors include Walter M. Ensel, Alfred Dean, Peter V. Marsden, S. D. Berkowitz, Ronald S. Burt, Michael Lounsbury, Karen S. Cook, John C. Vaughn, Wen H. Kuo and Ronald S. Simeone and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, ACS Nano and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nan Lin

149 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Social Capital 1977 2026 1993 2009 2001 2001 2002 1999 1985 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. Social Capital
    2001 3.0k citations Nan Lin profile →
  2. Social capital a theory of social structure and action
    2001 2.9k citations Nan Lin profile →
  3. Social Capital: Theory and Research
    2002 1.6k citations Nan Lin et al. profile →
  4. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND STATUS ATTAINMENT
    1999 1.5k citations Nan Lin profile →
  5. Social Structure and Network Analysis.
    1985 1.3k citations Nan Lin et al. Social Forces profile →
  6. Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment
    1981 753 citations Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel et al. profile →
  7. Access to occupations through social ties
    1986 687 citations Nan Lin et al. profile →
  8. Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test
    1979 666 citations Nan Lin et al. profile →
  9. Inequality in Social Capital
    2000 582 citations Nan Lin profile →
  10. THE STRESS-BUFFERING ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT
    1977 562 citations Nan Lin et al. profile →
  11. Social Support, Life Events, and Depression
    1988 494 citations Nan Lin, Walter M. Ensel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nan Lin United States 43 10.4k 3.1k 2.6k 2.2k 2.2k 157 19.5k
Tom A. B. Snijders Netherlands 65 7.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 3.2k 1.5× 1.4k 0.6× 212 22.4k
James H. Fowler United States 65 8.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 2.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 195 23.3k
Thomas W. Valente United States 58 6.4k 0.6× 6.1k 2.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 2.1k 1.0× 232 25.0k
Barry Wellman Canada 63 12.0k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 6.8k 3.1× 178 21.3k
Thomas Luckmann Germany 29 10.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.8× 100 25.2k
Paul D. Allison United States 52 8.3k 0.8× 3.7k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 440 0.2× 108 27.2k
Joop J. Hox Netherlands 50 7.0k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 5.2k 2.4× 688 0.3× 140 26.5k
Mick P. Couper United States 60 8.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 216 15.1k
Klaus Krippendorff United States 34 7.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 583 0.2× 2.8k 1.3× 3.7k 1.7× 116 30.5k
Kathy Charmaz United States 44 10.5k 1.0× 7.1k 2.3× 1.8k 0.7× 4.0k 1.8× 1.2k 0.5× 92 34.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nan Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nan Lin 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 Nan Lin. Nan Lin 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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Bose, Sonali, Janet T. Holbrook, Nan Lin, et al.. (2025). Clinical Characteristics of Patients With COPD and Comorbid Depression and Anxiety: Data From a National Multicenter Cohort Study. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 12(1). 33–42. 1 indexed citations
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Bose, Sonali, Janet T. Holbrook, Nan Lin, et al.. (2024). Clinical Characteristics of Patients With COPD and Comorbid Depression and Anxiety: Data From a National Multicenter Cohort Study. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation. 12(1). 33–42. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, et al.. (2023). Sentiment Analysis of Tweets on Menu Labeling Regulations in the US. Nutrients. 15(19). 4269–4269. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, et al.. (2020). Nonparametric testing of lack of dependence in functional linear models. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234094–e0234094. 3 indexed citations
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Escallier, Krisztina, Yo‐El S. Ju, Nan Lin, et al.. (2019). Obstructive sleep apnoea, positive airway pressure treatment and postoperative delirium: protocol for a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 9(8). e026649–e026649. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, et al.. (2017). Transformation of Cry8-like gene and analysis of insect resistance in soybean (Glycine max). Zhongguo youliao zuowu xuebao. 39(2). 221–227.
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Gradwohl, Stephen, Arbi Ben Abdallah, Nan Lin, et al.. (2015). Intraoperative awareness risk, anesthetic sensitivity, and anesthetic management for patients with natural red hair: a matched cohort study. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 62(4). 345–355. 12 indexed citations
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Willingham, Mark D., Arbi Ben Abdallah, Stephen Gradwohl, et al.. (2014). Association between intraoperative electroencephalographic suppression and postoperative mortality. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 113(6). 1001–1008. 50 indexed citations
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Gradwohl, Stephen, Arbi Ben‐Abdallah, Nan Lin, et al.. (2013). Increased Risk of Intraoperative Awareness in Patients with a History of Awareness. Anesthesiology. 119(6). 1275–1283. 29 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, et al.. (2013). Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency : A Study of the United States, China and Taiwan. 121–149. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan. (2013). Reviews on Development of Soil Wind Erosion Models. World Sci-tech R & D. 1 indexed citations
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Whitlock, Elizabeth L., Alexander Villafranca, Nan Lin, et al.. (2011). Relationship between Bispectral Index Values and Volatile Anesthetic Concentrations during the Maintenance Phase of Anesthesia in the B-Unaware Trial. Anesthesiology. 115(6). 1209–1218. 86 indexed citations
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Bottros, Michael M., Ben Julian A. Palanca, George A. Mashour, et al.. (2011). Estimation of the Bispectral Index by Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology. 114(5). 1093–1101. 29 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan. (2011). Economy and health. Routledge eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Tao, Jian, et al.. (2011). Analyzing Longitudinal Item Response Data via the Pairwise Fitting Method. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 46(4). 669–690. 3 indexed citations
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Kertai, Miklós D., Nirvik Pal, Ben Julian A. Palanca, et al.. (2010). Association of Perioperative Risk Factors and Cumulative Duration of Low Bispectral Index with Intermediate-term Mortality after Cardiac Surgery in the B-Unaware Trial. Anesthesiology. 112(5). 1116–1127. 120 indexed citations
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So, Alvin Y., Nan Lin, & Dudley L. Poston. (2001). The Chinese triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong : comparative institutional analyses. Greenwood Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, John C. Vaughn, & Walter M. Ensel. (1981). Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment. Social Forces. 59(4). 1163–1163. 118 indexed citations

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