Zhenchao Qian

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Zhenchao Qian is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenchao Qian has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 32 papers in Demography and 30 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Zhenchao Qian's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (29 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (23 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (18 papers). Zhenchao Qian is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (29 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (23 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (18 papers). Zhenchao Qian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Zhenchao Qian's co-authors include Daniel T. Lichter, Sampson Lee Blair, Yue Qian, Samuel H. Preston, Dmitry Tumin, Martha Crowley, Hui Zheng, Christie D. Batson, José A. Cobas and Paul Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Journal of Epidemiology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

Zhenchao Qian

71 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Social Boundaries and Marital Assimilation: Interpreting ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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. Social Boundaries and Marital Assimilation: Interpreting Trends in Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage
    2007 438 citations Zhenchao Qian, Daniel T. Lichter American Sociological Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenchao Qian United States 34 2.8k 1.7k 1.4k 319 318 73 3.8k
Frances Goldscheider United States 42 4.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.9× 2.4k 1.8× 199 0.6× 374 1.2× 109 5.4k
Judith A. Seltzer United States 31 2.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 123 0.4× 339 1.1× 67 3.2k
Judith Treas United States 31 2.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 217 0.7× 589 1.9× 74 3.8k
Theodore N. Greenstein United States 22 2.6k 1.0× 856 0.5× 2.2k 1.6× 141 0.4× 373 1.2× 41 3.4k
Anne H. Gauthier Netherlands 26 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 268 0.8× 148 0.5× 96 3.3k
Laura Tach United States 26 1.4k 0.5× 803 0.5× 590 0.4× 339 1.1× 217 0.7× 53 2.4k
Nicholas H. Wolfinger United States 23 1.1k 0.4× 781 0.5× 819 0.6× 190 0.6× 376 1.2× 43 2.0k
Naomi Gerstel United States 36 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 937 0.7× 189 0.6× 551 1.7× 70 3.6k
Tim B. Heaton United States 34 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 866 0.6× 146 0.5× 591 1.9× 121 3.5k
Frank D. Bean United States 35 3.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 768 0.6× 403 1.3× 191 0.6× 139 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenchao Qian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenchao Qian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenchao Qian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zheng, Hui, et al.. (2025). Identifying the social mechanisms for multiracial-monoracial health disparities. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Xinyan & Zhenchao Qian. (2024). Division of household labor in urban China: Couples’ education pairing and co-residence with parents. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 92. 100941–100941. 1 indexed citations
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Sassler, Sharon, Katherine Michelmore, & Zhenchao Qian. (2018). Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond. Demography. 55(2). 511–534. 37 indexed citations
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Tian, Felicia F., Yue Qian, & Zhenchao Qian. (2018). Hukou Locality and Intermarriages in Two Chinese Cities: Shanghai and Shenzhen. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 56. 12–20. 15 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao, Daniel T. Lichter, & Dmitry Tumin. (2017). Divergent Pathways to Assimilation? Local Marriage Markets and Intermarriage Among U.S. Hispanics. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 80(1). 271–288. 29 indexed citations
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Hu, Anning & Zhenchao Qian. (2016). Does higher education expansion promote educational homogamy? Evidence from married couples of the post-80s generation in Shanghai, China. Social Science Research. 60. 148–162. 25 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao, et al.. (2015). Assimilation paths of immigrant children: Asian Indians and Filipinos compared. Chinese Journal of Sociology. 1(3). 356–379. 2 indexed citations
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Painter, Matthew A. & Zhenchao Qian. (2015). Wealth Inequality among New Immigrants. Sociological Perspectives. 59(2). 368–394. 15 indexed citations
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Qian, Yue & Zhenchao Qian. (2014). The gender divide in urban China: Singlehood and assortative mating by age and education. Demographic Research. 31. 1337–1364. 75 indexed citations
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Tsai, Ming‐Chang & Zhenchao Qian. (2014). Introduction to the Symposium of Manufacturing (Un)Happiness in East Asia: Work, Employment and Well-Being. Social Indicators Research. 121(1). 1–4. 4 indexed citations
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Qian, Yue & Zhenchao Qian. (2014). Work, Family, and Gendered Happiness Among Married People in Urban China. Social Indicators Research. 121(1). 61–74. 60 indexed citations
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Roscigno, Vincent J., et al.. (2013). Segmented Assimilation, Split Labor Markets, and Racial/Ethnic Inequality. American Sociological Review. 78(5). 897–924. 21 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao, et al.. (2010). Marriage Timing and Educational Assortative Mating. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 41(5). 661–691. 22 indexed citations
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Jacobs, David R., Zhenchao Qian, Jason T. Carmichael, & Stephanie L. Kent. (2007). Who Survives on Death Row? An Individual and Contextual Analysis. American Sociological Review. 72(4). 610–632. 31 indexed citations
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Guo, Lianying, et al.. (2006). Response to hepatocarcinoma Hca-F of mice immunized with heat shock protein 70 from elemene combo tumor cell vaccine.. PubMed. 3(4). 291–5. 6 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao, et al.. (2005). Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing, Marital Prospects and Mate Selection. Social Forces. 84(1). 473–491. 64 indexed citations
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Lichter, Daniel T., et al.. (2005). Poverty and Economic Polarization among America's Minority and Immigrant Children. 6 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao & José A. Cobas. (2003). Latinos’ mate selection: national origin, racial, and nativity differences. Social Science Research. 33(2). 225–247. 59 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhenchao. (1999). Who Intermarries? Education, Nativity, Region, and Interracial Marriage, 1980 and 1990. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 30(4). 579–597. 85 indexed citations
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Rong, Xing, et al.. (1996). Apoptosis of tumor cells in lectin-dependent lymphokine-activated killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Chinese Journal of Cancer Research. 8(1). 14–18. 1 indexed citations

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