Qinfeng Zhu

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 648 citations indexed

About

Qinfeng Zhu is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Qinfeng Zhu has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 648 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Communication, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Qinfeng Zhu's work include Social Media and Politics (21 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (5 papers). Qinfeng Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (21 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (5 papers). Qinfeng Zhu collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Netherlands and China. Qinfeng Zhu's co-authors include Marko M. Škorić, Natalie Pang, Debbie Goh, Fei Shen, Jih‐Hsuan Tammy Lin, Nojin Kwak, Brian E. Weeks, Zhongjun Tang, Li Zhou and Karolina Koç-Michalska and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, NeuroImage and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Qinfeng Zhu

26 papers receiving 609 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Social media and citizen engagement: A meta-analytic review

2015 289 citations Marko M. Škorić, Qinfeng Zhu et al. New Media & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qinfeng Zhu Hong Kong	10	494	415	131	112	59	31	648
Dam Hee Kim United States	12	482 1.0×	448 1.1×	85 0.6×	130 1.2×	70 1.2×	29	635
Daniel S. Lane United States	15	558 1.1×	546 1.3×	121 0.9×	123 1.1×	86 1.5×	35	765
Aaron S. Veenstra United States	10	410 0.8×	318 0.8×	131 1.0×	66 0.6×	28 0.5×	22	558
John H. Parmelee United States	10	549 1.1×	312 0.8×	125 1.0×	66 0.6×	81 1.4×	22	691
Matthew J. Kushin United States	10	667 1.4×	528 1.3×	140 1.1×	106 0.9×	59 1.0×	20	824
Bente Kalsnes Norway	12	484 1.0×	286 0.7×	148 1.1×	109 1.0×	37 0.6×	26	642
Elizabeth Stoycheff United States	12	351 0.7×	397 1.0×	134 1.0×	99 0.9×	33 0.6×	23	565
Cornelia Mothes United States	13	464 0.9×	442 1.1×	79 0.6×	82 0.7×	51 0.9×	23	700
David Schwieder United States	5	330 0.7×	542 1.3×	306 2.3×	93 0.8×	39 0.7×	7	769
Bruce Etling United States	12	418 0.8×	382 0.9×	143 1.1×	118 1.1×	82 1.4×	16	650

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qinfeng Zhu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Qinfeng, Tai‐Quan Peng, & Xinzhi Zhang. (2025). How Do Individual and Societal Factors Shape News Authentication? Comparing Misinformation Resilience Across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and the United States. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 31(2). 497–519. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Qinfeng, Yao Shen, Guojun Xu, et al.. (2025). 7 Tesla multimodal MRI dataset of ex-vivo human brain. Scientific Data. 12(1). 845–845. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinzhi, Tai‐Quan Peng, & Qinfeng Zhu. (2025). Social Media Misinformation Wars: How Message Features, Political Cynicism, and Conspiracy Beliefs Shape Government-Led Public Health Debunking Effectiveness. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 103(1). 161–193. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Chengjie, Ziyang Yu, Yu Yin, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal changes of blood-brain barrier and transcytolemmal water exchange permeability in Alzheimer's disease mice: A non-contrast MRI study. NeuroImage. 310. 121141–121141. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhiyong, Qinfeng Zhu, Sihui Li, et al.. (2025). Layer‐Dependent Effect of Aβ‐Pathology on Cortical Microstructure With Ex Vivo Human Brain Diffusion MRI at 7 Tesla. Human Brain Mapping. 46(7). e70222–e70222.

Liang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Examining Active News Avoidance Across Countries: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis of News Interests, News Trust, and Press Freedom. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 103(1). 369–393.

Xu, Guojun, Zhiyong Zhao, Qinfeng Zhu, et al.. (2024). Myelin water imaging of in vivo and ex vivo human brains using multi‐echo gradient echo at 3 T and 7 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 93(2). 803–813.

Zhu, Qinfeng & Marko M. Škorić. (2023). When politics is personal: Curating safe spaces through disconnection on instant messaging platforms. Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 22(1). 98–112. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Qinfeng, et al.. (2022). Safe spaces? Grounding political talk in WhatsApp groups. New Media & Society. 26(9). 5423–5444. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhiyong, Lei Zhang, Qinfeng Zhu, et al.. (2022). Layer‐specific microstructural patterns of anterior hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease with ex vivo diffusion MRI at 14.1 T. Human Brain Mapping. 44(2). 458–471. 7 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhaocheng, et al.. (2022). Focus prediction of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in biological tissues based on magnetic resonance images. Applied Acoustics. 197. 108927–108927. 5 indexed citations

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Liang, Fan, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Flagging Propaganda Sources on News Sharing: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Twitter. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 28(4). 909–928. 3 indexed citations

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Steidel, Charles C., Eric W. Peng, Jason Fucik, et al.. (2022). Design and development of WFOS, the Wide-Field Optical Spectrograph for the Thirty Meter Telescope. Institutional Repository of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics). 7014. 74–74. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qinfeng & Marko M. Škorić. (2021). Political implications of disconnection on social media: A study of politically motivated unfriending. New Media & Society. 24(12). 2659–2679. 22 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qinfeng & Marko M. Škorić. (2021). From Context Collapse to “Safe Spaces”: Selective Avoidance through Tie Dissolution on Social Media. Mass Communication & Society. 24(6). 892–917. 21 indexed citations

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Kwak, Nojin, Daniel S. Lane, Qinfeng Zhu, Slgi S. Lee, & Brian E. Weeks. (2020). Political Rumor Communication on Instant Messaging Platforms: Relationships With Political Participation and Knowledge. International journal of communication. 14. 20. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qinfeng, Marko M. Škorić, & Tai‐Quan Peng. (2018). Citizens' Use of the Internet and Public Service Delivery. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 5(3). 32–42. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qinfeng. (2015). Citizen-Driven International Networks and Globalization of Social Movements on Twitter. Social Science Computer Review. 35(1). 68–83. 9 indexed citations

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Škorić, Marko M. & Qinfeng Zhu. (2015). Social Media and Offline Political Participation: Uncovering the Paths From Digital to Physical. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 28(3). 415–427. 33 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qinfeng & Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen. (2012). Social Interactions in Video Game Playing: Motives, Interaction Homophily, and Social Capital.

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