Yanjie Bian

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Yanjie Bian is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanjie Bian has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Yanjie Bian's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (23 papers), Social Capital and Networks (22 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (14 papers). Yanjie Bian is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (23 papers), Social Capital and Networks (22 papers) and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (14 papers). Yanjie Bian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Yanjie Bian's co-authors include John Logan, Fuqin Bian, Nan Lin, Jiping Zuo, Lulu Li, Mariah Mantsun Cheng, Martin King Whyte, Xianbi Huang, Lei Zhang and Qingzhang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yanjie Bian

89 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Bringing Strong Ties Back in: Indirect Ties, Network Brid... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Bringing Strong Ties Back in: Indirect Ties, Network Bridges, and Job Searches in China
    1997 832 citations Yanjie Bian profile →

Peers

Yanjie Bian
Lisa A. Keister United States
Erik Olín Wright United States
Andrew G. Walder United States
John D. McCarthy United States
Roland Robertson United Kingdom
Jeffrey L. Brudney United States
Victor Nee United States
Lester M. Salamon United States
Helmut K. Anheier Germany
Donatella della Porta Italy
Lisa A. Keister United States
Yanjie Bian
Citations per year, relative to Yanjie Bian Yanjie Bian (= 1×) peers Lisa A. Keister

Countries citing papers authored by Yanjie Bian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanjie Bian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanjie Bian

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

All Works

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Bian, Yanjie, et al.. (2025). Intergenerational living arrangements and older parents’ happiness in China: The role of family social capital. The Sociological Review. 73(4). 899–918. 1 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie, et al.. (2023). A matter of life and death: The power of personal networks for medical crowdfunding performance. Social Science & Medicine. 329. 115968–115968. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Xu‐Feng Huang, Zhengrui Li, et al.. (2023). Interplay of Sphingolipid Metabolism in Predicting Prognosis of GBM Patients: Towards Precision Immunotherapy. Journal of Cancer. 15(1). 275–292. 23 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie. (2020). Epidemic-specific social capital and its impact on physical activity and health status. Journal of sport and health science. 9(5). 426–429. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Cheng, et al.. (2018). More than double jeopardy: An intersectional analysis of persistent income disadvantages of Chinese female migrant workers. Asian Journal of Women s Studies. 24(2). 246–269. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Lixin, Ye Lin, Yanjie Bian, et al.. (2016). 14-3-3γ regulates cell viability and milk fat synthesis in lipopolysaccharide-induced dairy cow mammary epithelial cells. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 11(4). 1279–1287. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Lili, Ye Lin, Lixin Liu, et al.. (2016). Regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma on milk fat synthesis in dairy cow mammary epithelial cells. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 52(10). 1044–1059. 36 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie, Zhuoran Wang, Dan Li, et al.. (2014). MicroRNA-152 Regulates DNA Methyltransferase 1 and Is Involved in the Development and Lactation of Mammary Glands in Dairy Cows. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101358–e101358. 51 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie. (2010). Relational Sociology and its Disciplinary Status. Xi'an Jiaotong Daxue xuebao. 6 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie & Zhan‐Xin Zhang. (2004). Urban Elites and Income Differential in China: 1988–1995. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 5(1). 51–68. 2 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie. (2003). Sociological Research on Reform-Era China. Issues & Studies. 38(4). 139–174. 4 indexed citations
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Gold, T., Andrew B. Kipnis, Doug Guthrie, et al.. (2002). Social Connections in China. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 439 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie & Zhan‐Xin Zhang. (2002). Shichanghau yu Shouru Fenpei: Dui 1988 Nian he 1995 Nian Chengshi Zhuhu Shouru Diaocha de Fenxi (Marketization and Income Distribution: An Analysis of the 1988 and 1995 Urban Chinese Household Surveys). Social Sciences in China. 2 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie & Wenhong Zhang. (2001). Economic Regime, Social Networks, and Occupational Mobility (Jingji Tizhi, Shehui Wang Luo, yu Zhiye Liudong). 4 indexed citations
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Logan, John, Yanjie Bian, & Fuqin Bian. (1999). Housing inequality in urban China in the 1990s. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 23(1). 7–25. 223 indexed citations
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Bian, Yanjie. (1996). Chinese Occupational Prestige. International Sociology. 11(2). 161–186. 17 indexed citations

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