Zai Liang

3.4k citations
69 papers · 2.3k · h-index 25

Impact in

    • Migration and Labor Dynamics
    • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
    • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
    • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Demography top 1%

Papers in

Zai Liang

66 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Zai Liang
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.7k
  • Demography 423
  • Political Science and International Relations 683
  • Gender Studies 239
  • Safety Research 168
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Zai Liang, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1 2004354
2 2005175
3 2001174
4 2014171
5 2016135
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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions
2005106
7 199690
8 199781
9 201378
10 199474
11 198965
12 200254
13 201647
14 200441
15 199939
16
200138
17 200837
18 199837
19 200435
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND TEMPORARY MIGRATION: THE CASE OF SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, CHINA*
199931

About Zai Liang

Zai Liang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Demography, Gender Studies and General Health Professions, having authored 69 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (54 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (29 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (25 papers), Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (13 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (9 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (6 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (6 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sociology and Political Science (1.7k citations), Demography (423 citations), Political Science and International Relations (683 citations), Gender Studies (239 citations) and Safety Research (168 citations). Zai Liang has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Frequent co-authors include Yiu Por Chen, Michael J. White, Zhen Li, Douglas S. Massey, Qian Song, Jianguo Liu, Naomi Ito, Zhiyun Ouyang, Xiaohong Chen and Guangming He. Their work appears in journals such as Chinese Sociological Review, International Migration Review, Social Science Research, International Migration and Population Research and Policy Review.

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