Yong Cai

1.5k total citations
18 papers, 832 citations indexed

About

Yong Cai is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Cai has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 832 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Gender Studies, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Yong Cai's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (15 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (10 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 papers). Yong Cai is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (15 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (10 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 papers). Yong Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Yong Cai's co-authors include Feng Wang, Baochang Gu, Martin King Whyte, Feng Wang, Feng Wang, Zhenzhen Zheng, Ke Shen, William L. Parish, Michael Emch and Joseph D. Tucker and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Sociological Review and Annual Review of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Yong Cai

18 papers receiving 783 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Cai United States 12 506 414 381 209 89 18 832
Isabelle Attané France 16 619 1.2× 528 1.3× 251 0.7× 301 1.4× 107 1.2× 67 933
Lars Dommermuth Norway 13 363 0.7× 388 0.9× 539 1.4× 125 0.6× 105 1.2× 31 749
Zsolt Spéder Hungary 12 480 0.9× 524 1.3× 677 1.8× 113 0.5× 91 1.0× 43 943
Stuart Gietel‐Basten Hong Kong 19 471 0.9× 473 1.1× 574 1.5× 176 0.8× 247 2.8× 89 1.1k
Ann Evans Australia 16 342 0.7× 441 1.1× 484 1.3× 116 0.6× 101 1.1× 55 894
Kevin McQuillan Canada 10 288 0.6× 322 0.8× 310 0.8× 160 0.8× 134 1.5× 37 749
Edith Gray Australia 16 367 0.7× 342 0.8× 439 1.2× 162 0.8× 61 0.7× 52 745
Daniel Goodkind United States 19 601 1.2× 551 1.3× 316 0.8× 397 1.9× 151 1.7× 31 1.1k
Alessandro Rosina Italy 18 342 0.7× 547 1.3× 589 1.5× 102 0.5× 209 2.3× 93 1.1k
Nicoletta Balbo Italy 10 355 0.7× 424 1.0× 540 1.4× 104 0.5× 111 1.2× 21 854

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Cai

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Cai, Yong & Feng Wang. (2021). The Social and Sociological Consequences of China's One-Child Policy. Annual Review of Sociology. 47(1). 587–606. 44 indexed citations
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Shen, Ke, Yong Cai, Feng Wang, & Zhan Hu. (2021). Changing society, changing lives: Three decades of family change in China. International Journal of Social Welfare. 30(4). 453–464. 16 indexed citations
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Shen, Ke, Feng Wang, & Yong Cai. (2020). Government policy and global fertility change: a reappraisal. Asian Population Studies. 16(2). 145–166. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Yong & S. Philip Morgan. (2019). Persistent low fertility among the East Asia descendants in the United States: perspectives and implications. 2(4). 384–400. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Yong, et al.. (2019). Assisted reproductive technology use in the United States: a population assessment. Fertility and Sterility. 112(6). 1136–1143.e4. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Ke Shen, & Yong Cai. (2019). Expansion of public transfers in China: Who are the beneficiaries?. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 14. 100194–100194. 7 indexed citations
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Shen, Ke, Feng Wang, & Yong Cai. (2018). A Benevolent State Against an Unjust Society? Inequalities in Public Transfers in China. Chinese Sociological Review. 50(2). 137–162. 13 indexed citations
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Shen, Ke, Feng Wang, & Yong Cai. (2016). Patterns of inequalities in public transfers by gender in China. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 8. 76–84. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Baochang Gu, & Yong Cai. (2016). The End of China's One‐Child Policy. Studies in Family Planning. 47(1). 83–86. 116 indexed citations
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Whyte, Martin King, Feng Wang, & Yong Cai. (2015). Challenging Myths About China’s One-Child Policy. The China Journal. 74. 144–159. 80 indexed citations
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Cai, Yong. (2013). China's New Demographic Reality: Learning from the 2010 Census. Population and Development Review. 39(3). 371–396. 69 indexed citations
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Bien, Cedric H., Yong Cai, Michael Emch, William L. Parish, & Joseph D. Tucker. (2013). High Adult Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e71580–e71580. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Yong Cai, & Baochang Gu. (2013). Population, Policy, and Politics: How Will History Judge China's One‐Child Policy?. Population and Development Review. 38(s1). 115–129. 112 indexed citations
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Cai, Yong. (2010). China's Below‐Replacement Fertility: Government Policy or Socioeconomic Development?. Population and Development Review. 36(3). 419–440. 166 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zhenzhen, Yong Cai, Feng Wang, & Baochang Gu. (2009). BELOW-REPLACEMENT FERTILITY AND CHILDBEARING INTENTION IN JIANGSU PROVINCE, CHINA. Asian Population Studies. 5(3). 329–347. 78 indexed citations
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Cai, Yong. (2008). An assessment of China’s fertility level using the variable-r method. Demography. 45(2). 271–281. 51 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Yong Cai. (2004). Reply to Zhao: Early Chinese Bureaucratization in Comparative Perspective: Reply to Zhao. American Sociological Review. 69(4). 608–612. 2 indexed citations

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