Rachel Murphy

1.8k total citations
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rachel Murphy is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Murphy has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Rachel Murphy's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (13 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 papers). Rachel Murphy is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (13 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (10 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (6 papers). Rachel Murphy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Rachel Murphy's co-authors include Ran Tao, Vanessa L. Fong, Ran Tao, Mingxing Liu, Wang Juan, David Johnson, Ran Tao, Xuehui An, Loretta Baldassar and Owen Conlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Population and Development Review, Journal of Rural Studies and Geoforum.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Murphy

25 papers receiving 953 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachel Murphy United Kingdom 16 739 426 201 191 143 26 1.1k
Bruce Bradbury Australia 17 501 0.7× 111 0.3× 154 0.8× 227 1.2× 131 0.9× 64 1.1k
Philip Verwimp Belgium 17 838 1.1× 207 0.5× 201 1.0× 159 0.8× 384 2.7× 31 1.4k
Caroline Osella United Kingdom 18 826 1.1× 357 0.8× 198 1.0× 203 1.1× 59 0.4× 34 1.2k
Suzanne Shanahan United States 10 621 0.8× 351 0.8× 79 0.4× 158 0.8× 41 0.3× 18 894
Farzana Afridi India 13 444 0.6× 114 0.3× 89 0.4× 232 1.2× 343 2.4× 43 1.1k
Patrícia Justino United Kingdom 20 847 1.1× 254 0.6× 73 0.4× 115 0.6× 373 2.6× 82 1.4k
Irma Clots‐Figueras United Kingdom 10 390 0.5× 346 0.8× 142 0.7× 546 2.9× 111 0.8× 19 1.1k
Patrizio Piraino South Africa 14 560 0.8× 117 0.3× 92 0.5× 81 0.4× 67 0.5× 27 820
Mary M. Kritz United States 18 1.2k 1.6× 140 0.3× 446 2.2× 127 0.7× 71 0.5× 58 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rachel Murphy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rachel Murphy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Murphy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Descending asymmetry in proximate, mobile and digital care: Chinese older people grandparenting across distance within China and overseas. The Sociological Review. 73(4). 807–825. 4 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Why do Rural Migrant Mothers in Urban China Digitally Monitor Their Children?. Gender & Society. 39(1). 91–119. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2022). What does ‘left behind’ mean to children living in migratory regions in rural China?. Geoforum. 129. 181–190. 11 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2021). Education and Repertoires of Care in Migrant Families in Rural China. Comparative Education Review. 66(1). 102–120. 3 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2021). The gendered reflections of stayers in China’s migrant sending villages. Journal of Rural Studies. 88. 317–325. 6 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2015). Parents' Migration and Children's Subjective Well‐being and Health: Evidence from Rural China. Population Space and Place. 22(8). 766–780. 38 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2014). Study and School in the Lives of Children in Migrant Families: A View from Rural Jiangxi, China. Development and Change. 45(1). 29–51. 41 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2014). Effects of Parents' Migration on the Education of Children Left Behind in Rural China. Population and Development Review. 40(2). 273–292. 138 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2012). Civil Society and Media in China. 66–75. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2011). Son Preference in Rural China: Patrilineal Families and Socioeconomic Change. Population and Development Review. 37(4). 665–690. 142 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel & David Johnson. (2009). Education and development in China – Institutions, curriculum and society. International Journal of Educational Development. 29(5). 447–453. 17 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2006). Domestic Migrant Remittances in China. 7 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel, et al.. (2006). Lineage networks, land conflicts and rural migration in late socialist China. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 33(4). 612–645. 21 indexed citations
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Fong, Vanessa L. & Rachel Murphy. (2005). Chinese Citizenship: Views from the Margins. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 52 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2003). Fertility and Distorted Sex Ratios in a Rural Chinese County: Culture, State, and Policy. Population and Development Review. 29(4). 595–626. 34 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2002). How Migrant Labor is Changing Rural China. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 184 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2000). Migration and Inter-household Inequality: Observations from Wanzai County, Jiangxi. The China Quarterly. 164. 965–982. 15 indexed citations
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Murphy, Rachel. (2000). Return Migration, Entrepreneurship and Local State Corporatism in Rural China: The experience of two counties in south Jiangxi. Journal of Contemporary China. 9(24). 231–247. 49 indexed citations

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