Ngai Pun

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Ngai Pun is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ngai Pun has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 42 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 24 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ngai Pun's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (33 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (20 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (19 papers). Ngai Pun is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (33 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (20 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (19 papers). Ngai Pun collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United Kingdom. Ngai Pun's co-authors include Chris Smith, Jenny Chan, Lu Huilin, Chris King‐Chi Chan, Chau‐kiu Cheung, Mark Selden, Ramón Flecha, Ngai‐Ling Sum, Steven Sek‐yum Ngai and Agnes S. Ku and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and The International Journal of Human Resource Management.

In The Last Decade

Ngai Pun

116 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ngai Pun Hong Kong	26	2.0k	1.3k	593	537	482	119	3.2k
Kim Voss United States	14	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	486 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	377 0.8×	34	3.2k
Claus Offe Germany	31	2.1k 1.1×	2.5k 2.0×	447 0.8×	517 1.0×	361 0.7×	132	4.9k
Jan Willem Duyvendak Netherlands	29	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	344 0.6×	171 0.3×	183 0.4×	157	3.7k
Marco Giugni Switzerland	31	3.2k 1.6×	2.3k 1.8×	239 0.4×	333 0.6×	445 0.9×	123	4.7k
Frank Bechhofer United Kingdom	30	1.8k 0.9×	709 0.6×	403 0.7×	366 0.7×	182 0.4×	96	3.5k
Suzanne Staggenborg United States	21	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	243 0.4×	435 0.8×	405 0.8×	52	3.8k
Susan Olzak United States	27	2.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	227 0.4×	168 0.3×	299 0.6×	57	3.6k
William I. Robinson United States	26	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	164 0.3×	358 0.7×	232 0.5×	108	3.0k
Wendy Larner United States	27	1.3k 0.7×	951 0.7×	296 0.5×	241 0.4×	191 0.4×	68	3.2k
Aldon Morris United States	19	2.5k 1.2×	840 0.7×	253 0.4×	272 0.5×	137 0.3×	68	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ngai Pun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ngai Pun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ngai Pun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Qian, Z. Jason & Ngai Pun. (2025). Mirror China: Chinese nationalism, American populism and their ideological transference. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 26(3). 439–455. 1 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai, Bryant P. H. Hui, & Anita Koo. (2023). Youth work, prosocial behaviour, and micro-foundation of working-class solidarity among vocational school students in China. Journal of Education and Work. 36(5). 393–407. 1 indexed citations

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Koo, Anita, Bryant P. H. Hui, & Ngai Pun. (2020). Gender ideologies of youth in post-socialist China: their gender-role attitudes, antecedents, and socio-psychological impacts. Chinese Sociological Review. 52(5). 487–514. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, Chris & Ngai Pun. (2018). Class and Precarity: An Unhappy Coupling in China’s Working Class Formation. Work Employment and Society. 32(3). 599–615. 37 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai. (2016). Migrant Labor in China: Post-Socialist Transformations. 9 indexed citations

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Chan, Jenny, Ngai Pun, & Mark Selden. (2015). Interns or workers? China’s student labor regime. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 1(1). 69–98. 11 indexed citations

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Chan, Jenny, Ngai Pun, & Mark Selden. (2015). Interns or Workers? China's Student Labor Regime. Japan focus. 13(50). 3 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai, et al.. (2014). Worker–intellectual unity: Trans-border sociological intervention in Foxconn. Current Sociology. 62(2). 209–222. 19 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai & Jenny Chan. (2012). Global Capital, the State, and Chinese Workers. Modern China. 38(4). 383–410. 131 indexed citations

10.

Ngai, Steven Sek‐yum, Chau‐kiu Cheung, & Ngai Pun. (2012). Effects of service use, family social capital and school social capital on psychosocial development among economically disadvantaged secondary school students in Hong Kong. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 17(2-3). 131–148. 11 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai & Yi Xu. (2011). Legal Activism or Class Action?. China Perspectives. 2011(2). 9–17. 6 indexed citations

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Ngai, Steven Sek‐yum, et al.. (2010). Building Reciprocal Partnerships for Service-Learning: The Experiences of Hong Kong Secondary School Teachers. Child & Youth Services. 31(3-4). 170–187. 5 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai & Xiaomin Yu. (2008). When Wal‐Mart and the Chinese dormitory labour regime meet: a study of three toy factories in China. China Journal of Social Work. 1(2). 110–129. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun Chung & Ngai Pun. (2007). Neoliberalization and privatization in Hong Kong after the 1997 financial crisis. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 7(2). 65–92. 24 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai, et al.. (2005). Differential Effects of Service Experience and Classroom Reflection on Service-Learning Outcomes: a study of university students in Hong Kong. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 12(3). 231–250. 4 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai, et al.. (2005). Paradoxes of Ethical Transnational Production: Codes of Conduct in a Chinese Workplace. Competition & Change. 6 indexed citations

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Cheung, Chau‐kiu & Ngai Pun. (2004). Humanist Approaches to Youth Development in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong. Journal of Social Service Research. 31(2). 1–24. 12 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai & Kim-ming Lee. (2002). Locating Globalization: The Changing Role of the City-state in Post-handover Hong Kong. 2(1). 1–28. 13 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai. (1999). Becoming Dagongmei: the Politics of Identity and Difference in Reform China. The China Journal. 12 indexed citations

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Pun, Ngai. (1996). Children and Youth Center Services in the Eyes of Chinese Youth in Hong Kong. 4(3). 13–35. 3 indexed citations

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