Yan Chen

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Yan Chen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Chen has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 33 papers in Safety Research and 33 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Yan Chen's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (32 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (24 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (14 papers). Yan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (32 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (24 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (14 papers). Yan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yan Chen's co-authors include Sherry Xin Li, Tayfun Sönmez, Tracy Xiao Liu, Joseph A. Konstan, Dean S. Oliver, F. Maxwell Harper, Onur Kesten, Emre Ozdenoren, Gary Charness and Jiang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yan Chen

152 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Group Identity and Social Preferences 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Group Identity and Social Preferences
    2009 968 citations Yan Chen, Sherry Xin Li profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Chen China 29 1.8k 1.3k 1.3k 909 654 167 4.6k
Emir Kamenica United States 23 863 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 415 0.6× 38 4.0k
John Duffy United States 34 1.2k 0.7× 1000 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 976 1.1× 273 0.4× 209 4.6k
Dan Lovallo Australia 23 781 0.4× 587 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 113 0.2× 56 5.5k
Teck‐Hua Ho United States 43 2.6k 1.5× 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 1.8× 2.9k 3.2× 304 0.5× 109 9.2k
Zur Shapira United States 30 542 0.3× 729 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 106 0.2× 82 6.5k
Richard D. McKelvey United States 37 2.5k 1.4× 1.5k 1.2× 4.0k 3.1× 2.6k 2.9× 380 0.6× 73 8.7k
Andrew Postlewaite United States 38 1.3k 0.8× 937 0.7× 4.0k 3.1× 2.4k 2.6× 355 0.5× 187 6.5k
Felix Oberholzer‐Gee United States 22 673 0.4× 969 0.7× 1000 0.8× 169 0.2× 159 0.2× 66 3.6k
Andreas Diekmann Switzerland 31 687 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 537 0.4× 237 0.3× 385 0.6× 134 3.8k
Charles R. Plott United States 48 3.0k 1.7× 800 0.6× 5.1k 3.9× 2.7k 3.0× 329 0.5× 162 8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2025). Assessing the resilience of urban truck transport networks under the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of China. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 197. 104087–104087. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2024). Quantifying city freight mobility segregation associated with truck multi-tours behavior. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105699–105699. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Chunchun, et al.. (2024). Digital financial inclusion, analyst attention, and the green innovation in energy firms. Finance research letters. 67. 105947–105947. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2024). The Spatial Spillover Effect of OFDI on Energy Efficiency. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 31(3). 215–238.
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Khan, Mati Ullah, Hong Lin, Ishfaq Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Whey allergens: Influence of nonthermal processing treatments and their detection methods. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 20(5). 4480–4510. 35 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenquan, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the Impact of Mega-Sports Events on Urbanization Focusing on Land-Use Changes Using a Scenario-Based Model. Sustainability. 13(4). 1649–1649. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingwei, et al.. (2019). Overcoming liabilities of origin: Human resource management localization of Chinese multinational corporations in developed markets. Human Resource Management. 58(5). 543–561. 30 indexed citations
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Pan, Haozhi, Brian Deal, Yan Chen, & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings. (2018). A Reassessment of urban structure and land-use patterns: distance to CBD or network-based? — Evidence from Chicago. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 70. 215–228. 60 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Xitao Wen, Bo Yang, et al.. (2018). Optimization Framework for Minimizing Rule Update Latency in SDN Switches. ZTE communications. 16(4). 15–29. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Sherry Xin Li, Tracy Xiao Liu, & Margaret Shih. (2014). Which hat to wear? Impact of natural identities on coordination and cooperation. Games and Economic Behavior. 84. 58–86. 117 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2013). 基于所有权视角的企业创新理论框架与体系 [The Theoretical Framework and System of Innovation within Enterprises: Based on the Perspective of Ownership]. MPRA Paper.
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Li, Ye, Xiaodong Liu, & Yan Chen. (2012). Supplier Evaluation and Selection Using Axiomatic Fuzzy Set and DEA Methodology in Supply Chain Management. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems. 14(2). 215–225. 11 indexed citations
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Shoham, Yoav, Yan Chen, & Tim Roughgarden. (2011). Proceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Electronic commerce. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan. (2011). Empirically Research on the Energy Rebound Effect——Taking the Hubei Province Data for Example. Jingji wenti. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan. (2009). Teaching qualify evaluations of college teachers based on group consensus. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan. (2008). Incentive-compatible Mechanisms for Pure Public Goods: A Survey of Experimental Research. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 625–643. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2008). [Chemical constituents from Lespedeza virgata].. PubMed. 33(9). 1024–6. 1 indexed citations
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Ross, Alastair B., Wulf Becker, Yan Chen, Afaf Kamal‐Eldin, & Per Åman. (2005). Intake of alkylresorcinols from wheat and rye in the United Kingdom and Sweden. British Journal Of Nutrition. 94(4). 496–499. 36 indexed citations
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Chen, Ye-Sho, et al.. (2003). Online Data Mining in Franchising Supply Chain Management: A Demonstration in the Apparel Industry. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 73.
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Zhang, Jiahua, et al.. (1996). Studies on the mutagenicity of tamarind. 8(2). 91–94. 1 indexed citations

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