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D-Index
40
Citations
5287
World Ranking
5436
National Ranking
83

Jianfa Shen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jianfa Shen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Jianfa Shen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jianfa Shen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jianfa Shen is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a focus on migration, regional economics, urban studies, and political science. Their research emphasizes the dynamics of migration and labor, China's socioeconomic reforms, and spatial analysis within urban and regional contexts.

Shen's work spans several main topics including:

  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Their publication record features recent papers such as:

  • "Towards a comprehensive understanding of intercity cooperation in China's city-regionalization: A comparative study of Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Guangzhou-Foshan city groups" (2021) in Land Use Policy
  • "Formation of City Regions from Bottom-up Initiatives: Investigating Coalitional Developmentalism in the Pearl River Delta" (2022) in Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • "Hukou transfer intention of rural migrants with settlement intention in China: How cities' administrative level matters" (2023) in Journal of Rural Studies
  • "Understanding Intercity Mobility Patterns in Rapidly Urbanizing China, 2015-2019: Evidence from Longitudinal Poisson Gravity Modeling" (2022) in Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • "Covid-19 and inter-provincial migration in China" (2020) in Eurasian Geography and Economics

Frequent co-authors in Shen's research include Chenglong Wang, Hengyu Gu, Haoyu Hu, Xianchun Zhang, and Ye Liu, reflecting collaborative work in areas such as migration studies and urban geography.

Their scholarly contributions are often published in key venues such as:

  • Cities
  • Population Space and Place
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • Habitat International
  • Applied Geography

Jianfa Shen's research intersects several subfields within social sciences, particularly:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Transportation
  • Urban Studies

This profile reflects a comprehensive scholarly output focused on urban and regional development, migration policies, and the socio-political dimensions of China's evolving city regions, supported by collaborative research and publications in multiple esteemed journals.

Best Publications

  • Scale, state and the city: Urban transformation in post-reform China

    Jianfa Shen

  • A study on inter-city cooperation in the Yangtze river delta region, China

    Xiaolong Luo;Jianfa Shen

  • Increasing internal migration in China from 1985 to 2005: Institutional versus economic drivers

    Jianfa Shen

  • Measuring the urban competitiveness of Chinese cities in 2000

    Yihong Jiang;Jianfa Shen

  • Jobs or Amenities? Location Choices of Interprovincial Skilled Migrants in China, 2000–2005

    Ye Liu;Jianfa Shen

  • A study of the temporary population in Chinese cities

    Jianfa Shen

  • State-Sponsored and Spontaneous Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta of South China, 1980-1998

    Jianfa Shen;Kwan-yiu Wong;Zhiqiang Feng

  • Governing global city regions in China and the West

    Ronald K. Vogel;H.V. Savitch;Jiang Xu;Anthony G.O. Yeh

  • Changing Patterns and Determinants of Interprovincial Migration in China 1985–2000

    Jianfa Shen

  • Rural development and rural to urban migration in China 1978-1990.

    Jianfa Shen

  • The working and living space of the ‘floating population’ in China

    Jianfa Shen;Yefang Huang

  • Why city-region planning does not work well in China: The case of Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou

    Xiaolong Luo;Jianfa Shen

  • Spatial patterns and determinants of skilled internal migration in China, 2000–2005†

    Ye Liu;Jianfa Shen

  • Dual-track urbanization in a transitional economy: The case of Pearl River Delta in South China

    Jianfa Shen;Zhiqiang Feng;Kwan-Yiu Wong

  • From school to university to work: migration of highly educated youths in China

    Ye Liu;Jianfa Shen;Wei Xu;Wei Xu;Guixin Wang

  • Urban and regional development in post-reform China: the case of Zhujiang delta

    Jianfa Shen

  • Cross-border connection between Hong Kong and mainland China under ‘two systems’ before and beyond 1997

    Jianfa Shen

  • Understanding dual‐track urbanisation in post‐reform China: conceptual framework and empirical analysis

    Jianfa Shen

  • Developing China's west : a critical path to balanced national development

    汝萬 楊;Jianfa Shen

  • Modelling Regional Migration in China: Estimation and Decomposition:

    J Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Boyle
Paul Boyle Swansea University
Peter Newman
Peter Newman Curtin University
Fulong Wu
Fulong Wu University College London
Anthony Gar-On Yeh
Anthony Gar-On Yeh University of Hong Kong
Hank V. Savitch
Hank V. Savitch University of Louisville
Fangzhu Zhang
Fangzhu Zhang University College London

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