Tianji Cai

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 777 citations indexed

About

Tianji Cai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Epidemiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianji Cai has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 777 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Tianji Cai's work include Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). Tianji Cai is often cited by papers focused on Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). Tianji Cai collaborates with scholars based in Macao, United States and China. Tianji Cai's co-authors include Guang Guo, Michael E. Roettger, Michael Niño, Hongyu Wang, Gabe Ignatow, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Yi Li, Yuying Tong, Glen H. Elder and Yisu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Tianji Cai

43 papers receiving 745 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.

  1. Targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9): from bench to bedside
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianji Cai Macao 16 266 169 130 99 96 51 777
Yu Lu United States 19 273 1.0× 276 1.6× 155 1.2× 80 0.8× 22 0.2× 61 1.0k
Liliana A. Ponguta United States 13 191 0.7× 304 1.8× 80 0.6× 36 0.4× 127 1.3× 27 1.1k
Fetene Tekle Netherlands 15 127 0.5× 145 0.9× 46 0.4× 61 0.6× 16 0.2× 29 837
Melinda Krakow United States 18 273 1.0× 42 0.2× 169 1.3× 144 1.5× 143 1.5× 42 873
M. Lyn Exum United States 20 492 1.8× 460 2.7× 114 0.9× 246 2.5× 38 0.4× 32 2.8k
David Owens United Kingdom 19 190 0.7× 80 0.5× 64 0.5× 46 0.5× 18 0.2× 61 1.3k
Paula Saukko United Kingdom 18 314 1.2× 97 0.6× 29 0.2× 27 0.3× 128 1.3× 42 983
Matthew Atkinson United States 12 371 1.4× 100 0.6× 69 0.5× 22 0.2× 37 0.4× 35 904
Tina Glasner Netherlands 10 133 0.5× 48 0.3× 51 0.4× 30 0.3× 36 0.4× 21 375
Kimberly A. Parker United States 17 428 1.6× 42 0.2× 59 0.5× 79 0.8× 59 0.6× 58 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tianji Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianji Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianji Cai

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

All Works

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Lan, Qing, Haonan Guo, & Tianji Cai. (2025). Modeling municipal solid waste generation in Macao: A synthetic approach. Chinese Journal of Sociology. 11(1). 101–120.
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Wu, Xiaogang, Yongjun Zhang, & Tianji Cai. (2024). Computational Social Science.
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Xia, Yiwei, et al.. (2024). Tip of The Iceberg? An Evaluation of the Non-uploaded Criminal Sentencing Documents in China. Asian Journal of Criminology. 19(3). 373–395. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Tianji, et al.. (2022). Does the crying baby always get the milk? An analysis of government responses for online requests. Chinese Sociological Review. 55(1). 96–125. 2 indexed citations
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Niño, Michael, Brittany N. Hearne, & Tianji Cai. (2021). Trajectories of COVID-19 vaccine intentions among U.S. adults: The role of race and ethnicity. SSM - Population Health. 15. 100824–100824. 31 indexed citations
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Cai, Tianji, et al.. (2020). Smuggling of drugs by body packing: Evidence from Chinese sentencing documents. International Journal of Drug Policy. 78. 102732–102732. 4 indexed citations
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Niño, Michael & Tianji Cai. (2020). Timing of parental incarceration and allostatic load: a developmental life course approach. Annals of Epidemiology. 43. 18–24. 14 indexed citations
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Xia, Yiwei, Tianji Cai, & Hua Zhong. (2019). Effect of Judges' Gender on Rape Sentencing: A Data Mining Approach to Analyze Judgment Documents. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 19(2). 125–149. 6 indexed citations
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Xie, Liyi, Xuhui Bao, Tianji Cai, et al.. (2019). Elevated Risk of Radiation Therapy–Associated Second Malignant Neoplasms in Young African-American Women Survivors of Stage I-IIIA Breast Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 105(2). 275–284. 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Tianji, Yiwei Xia, & Yisu Zhou. (2018). Generalized Inflated Discrete Models: A Strategy to Work with Multimodal Discrete Distributions. Sociological Methods & Research. 50(1). 365–400. 11 indexed citations
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Niño, Michael, et al.. (2017). Gender differences in trajectories of alcohol use from ages 13 to 33 across Latina/o ethnic groups. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 180. 113–120. 10 indexed citations
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Guo, Guang, Yi Li, Hongyu Wang, Tianji Cai, & Greg J. Duncan. (2015). Peer Influence, Genetic Propensity, and Binge Drinking: A Natural Experiment and a Replication. American Journal of Sociology. 121(3). 914–954. 32 indexed citations
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Niño, Michael, Tianji Cai, & Gabe Ignatow. (2015). Social isolation, drunkenness, and cigarette use among adolescents. Addictive Behaviors. 53. 94–100. 38 indexed citations
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Shen, Yuying, Dale E. Yeatts, Tianji Cai, Philip Q. Yang, & Cynthia M. Cready. (2013). Social Capital and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China. Research on Aging. 36(4). 497–521. 36 indexed citations
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Guo, Guang, et al.. (2008). Gene–environment interactions: Peers’ alcohol use moderates genetic contribution to adolescent drinking behavior. Social Science Research. 38(1). 213–224. 41 indexed citations
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Guo, Guang, Michael E. Roettger, & Tianji Cai. (2008). The Integration of Genetic Propensities into Social-Control Models of Delinquency and Violence among Male Youths. American Sociological Review. 73(4). 543–568. 148 indexed citations
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Cai, Tianji. (2004). Population Prediction from Statistics of Cancer Registration Data. 1 indexed citations

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