Sainan Lin

723 total citations
27 papers, 475 citations indexed

About

Sainan Lin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Sainan Lin has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 475 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 9 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Sainan Lin's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (8 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 papers). Sainan Lin is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (8 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 papers). Sainan Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Sainan Lin's co-authors include Zhigang Li, Fulong Wu, Piper Gaubatz, Yue Shen, Zhilin Liu, Tingting Lu, Yan Guo, Shuangshuang Tang, Liang Qi and Xingjian Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Urban Studies, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes and Cities.

In The Last Decade

Sainan Lin

24 papers receiving 457 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sainan Lin China 12 311 120 87 85 77 27 475
Yushu Zhu Canada 14 326 1.0× 112 0.9× 157 1.8× 118 1.4× 91 1.2× 31 553
Meagan M. Ehlenz United States 12 178 0.6× 55 0.5× 101 1.2× 48 0.6× 50 0.6× 24 418
John J. Betancur United States 12 319 1.0× 65 0.5× 269 3.1× 83 1.0× 46 0.6× 24 562
Jack Layton United Kingdom 5 127 0.4× 62 0.5× 114 1.3× 87 1.0× 71 0.9× 6 394
Felipe Link Chile 12 221 0.7× 51 0.4× 269 3.1× 47 0.6× 82 1.1× 39 581
Adrienne La Grange Hong Kong 14 231 0.7× 69 0.6× 210 2.4× 60 0.7× 71 0.9× 24 534
Huimin Du Hong Kong 9 243 0.8× 88 0.7× 43 0.5× 38 0.4× 51 0.7× 17 311
Brandon Marc Finn United States 11 137 0.4× 65 0.5× 213 2.4× 50 0.6× 37 0.5× 21 382
Ximing Yue China 9 282 0.9× 185 1.5× 30 0.3× 46 0.5× 31 0.4× 21 588
Alan Berube United States 10 209 0.7× 34 0.3× 94 1.1× 76 0.9× 98 1.3× 18 446

Countries citing papers authored by Sainan Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sainan Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sainan Lin

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

All Works

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Lin, Sainan, et al.. (2025). Can we return good for evil? A meta‐analysis of social exclusion and prosocial behaviour. British Journal of Social Psychology. 64(2). e12879–e12879.
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Wang, Yu, Sainan Lin, & John I. Carruthers. (2024). Tracking the peacocks: a gravity analysis of the Chinese migration system, 1990–2020. The Annals of Regional Science. 74(1).
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Lin, Sainan, et al.. (2023). Migrants’ perceived social integration in different housing tenures in urban China. Geoforum. 139. 103693–103693. 28 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan, et al.. (2023). Potential and realized access to healthcare services in Wuhan Metropolitan Area, China. 3(1-2). 97–120. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Yan, et al.. (2023). Beyond destinations: Environmental perception and village attachment among stayers, outmigrants and returnees in rural China. Population Space and Place. 29(6). 5 indexed citations
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Guo, Yan, et al.. (2022). Spatio-temporal differentiation and driving mechanism of rurality in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. 自然资源学报. 37(2). 378–378. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Shuangshuang, Jing Zhou, Sainan Lin, & Xin Li. (2022). Where is my home? Sense of home among rural migrant women in contemporary China. Geoforum. 129. 131–140. 18 indexed citations
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Miao, Julie Tian, Nicholas A. Phelps, Zhigang Li, & Sainan Lin. (2021). De-industrialisation in the world’s factory: a microscopic analysis of the restructuring of Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO), Wuhan, China. International Development Planning Review. 44(1). 105–127.
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Lin, Sainan, et al.. (2020). Review of recent research on the impacts of residential mobility on health. 地理科学进展. 39(7). 1210–1223. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan, Fulong Wu, & Zhigang Li. (2020). Social integration of migrants across Chinese neighbourhoods. Geoforum. 112. 118–128. 55 indexed citations
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Phelps, Nicholas A., Julie Tian Miao, Zhigang Li, & Sainan Lin. (2020). From Socialist Subject to Capitalist Object: Industry Enclave Life Past and Present in Wuhan. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 45(1). 99–115. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan, Fulong Wu, & Zhigang Li. (2020). Beyond neighbouring: Migrants' place attachment to their host cities in China. Population Space and Place. 27(1). 48 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan & Zhigang Li. (2019). City profile: Wenzhou - A model city of transitional China. Cities. 95. 102393–102393. 11 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, et al.. (2018). Hierarchy, clusters, and spatial differences in Chinese inter-city networks constructed by scientific collaborators. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 28(12). 1793–1809. 12 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan, et al.. (2018). Community environmental satisfaction: its forms and impact on migrants’ happiness in urban China. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 16(1). 236–236. 19 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan & Zhigang Li. (2017). Residential satisfaction of migrants in Wenzhou, an ‘ordinary city’ of China. Habitat International. 66. 76–85. 44 indexed citations
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Lin, Sainan & Piper Gaubatz. (2015). New Wenzhou: Migration, metropolitan spatial development and modernity in a third-tier Chinese model city. Habitat International. 50. 214–225. 10 indexed citations

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