Zai Liang

3.4k total citations
69 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Zai Liang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Zai Liang has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 25 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 17 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Zai Liang's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (54 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (29 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (25 papers). Zai Liang is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (54 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (29 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (25 papers). Zai Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Zai Liang's co-authors include Yiu Por Chen, Michael J. White, Zhen Li, Douglas S. Massey, Qian Song, Jianguo Liu, Naomi Ito, Xiaohong Chen, Zhiyun Ouyang and Guangming He and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Child Development and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Zai Liang

66 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zai Liang United States 25 1.7k 683 423 239 235 69 2.3k
Frederick D. Weil United States 11 1.4k 0.8× 604 0.9× 173 0.4× 76 0.3× 280 1.2× 33 2.2k
Barbara Entwisle United States 31 1.4k 0.8× 247 0.4× 474 1.1× 561 2.3× 312 1.3× 87 3.0k
Darren Smith United Kingdom 32 1.7k 1.0× 296 0.4× 624 1.5× 151 0.6× 279 1.2× 75 2.9k
Tom Slater United Kingdom 25 1.6k 0.9× 411 0.6× 179 0.4× 78 0.3× 204 0.9× 74 3.6k
Elizabeth Fussell United States 26 2.1k 1.2× 174 0.3× 351 0.8× 143 0.6× 184 0.8× 47 2.9k
Colin Murray United Kingdom 20 1.4k 0.9× 476 0.7× 124 0.3× 114 0.5× 194 0.8× 110 2.4k
Gudrun Østby Norway 20 1.2k 0.7× 398 0.6× 229 0.5× 179 0.7× 146 0.6× 48 1.7k
Roger Jeffery United Kingdom 23 718 0.4× 329 0.5× 149 0.4× 362 1.5× 229 1.0× 101 1.8k
Ronald Skeldon United Kingdom 34 3.0k 1.8× 731 1.1× 1.1k 2.7× 101 0.4× 373 1.6× 133 4.0k
Idean Salehyan United States 29 3.8k 2.2× 1.3k 2.0× 371 0.9× 191 0.8× 242 1.0× 50 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zai Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zai Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zai Liang

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

All Works

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Liang, Zai, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous effects of return migration on children's mental health and cognitive outcomes. Social Science Research. 122. 103041–103041. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai. (2023). From Chinatown to Every Town. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai, et al.. (2023). Parental migration, children and family reunification in China. Population Space and Place. 29(5). 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Feinuo & Zai Liang. (2021). Parental migration and anemia status of children in China. Social Science & Medicine. 270. 113680–113680. 7 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai, et al.. (2021). Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship in the United States: temporal and spatial dimensions. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 49(11). 2855–2876. 1 indexed citations
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Yue, Zhongshan, Zai Liang, Qian Wang, & Xinyin Chen. (2020). The impact of parental migration on depression of children: new evidence from rural China. Chinese Sociological Review. 52(4). 364–388. 18 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai & Feinuo Sun. (2020). The lasting impact of parental migration on children's education and health outcomes: The case of China. Demographic Research. 43. 217–244. 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Youqin, Qian Song, Ran Tao, & Zai Liang. (2016). Migration, Family Arrangement, and Children's Health in China. Child Development. 89(2). e74–e90. 47 indexed citations
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Lu, Yao, et al.. (2013). Emigration from China in Comparative Perspective. Social Forces. 92(2). 631–658. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Yu, Andrés Viña, Wu Yang, et al.. (2013). Effects of conservation policies on forest cover change in giant panda habitat regions, China. Land Use Policy. 33. 42–53. 78 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai, et al.. (2013). MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES. Asian Population Studies. 9(2). 124–141. 30 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai, et al.. (2008). Cumulative Causation, Market Transition, and Emigration from China. American Journal of Sociology. 114(3). 706–737. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weimin, et al.. (2004). Labor migration: A New Income Growth Point in Rural China. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai. (2004). PATTERNS OF MIGRATION AND OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA. Development and Society. 33(2). 251–274. 16 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai. (2001). Risk analysis and computation of flood control capacity for river levee. Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute. 1 indexed citations
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Kyle, David & Zai Liang. (2001). Migration Merchants: Human Smuggling from Ecuador and China. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 22 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai. (1999). FOREIGN INVESTMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND TEMPORARY MIGRATION. Development and Society. 28(1). 115–137. 19 indexed citations
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Liang, Zai. (1999). FOREIGN INVESTMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND TEMPORARY MIGRATION: THE CASE OF SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, CHINA*. Development and Society. 28. 31 indexed citations

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