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Social Sciences and Humanities
China
2023

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
82
Citations
43846
World Ranking
324
National Ranking
148

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award

Overview

Min Zhou is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Social Sciences, encompassing specialized subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Education, Clinical Psychology, and Urban Studies.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including Migration and Labor Dynamics, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, Diaspora, Migration, and Transnational Identity, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Socioeconomic Development in Asia, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Min Zhou has published numerous papers, with recent examples including:

  • "Divergent experiences and patterns of integration: contemporary Chinese immigrants in metropolitan Los Angeles, USA" (2021, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)
  • "The Usage of AI in Teaching and Students' Creativity: The Mediating Role of Learning Engagement and the Moderating Role of AI Literacy" (2025, Behavioral Sciences)

Other notable papers by different authors but within similar research venues include studies on migration and social mobility in the United States, as well as migration policy issues in Singapore.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Min Zhou include Shaohua Zhan, Carl L. Bankston, Shuang Liang, Peian Yao, and Stefano Follesa. The collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary approach to research topics related to migration, ethnicity, and social sciences.

Min Zhou frequently publishes in venues such as Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Chinese Overseas, AHFE International, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Cultures of Science, reflecting a focus on issues relating to ethnicity, migration, and social integration.

Best Publications

  • The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and its Variants

    Alejandro Portes;Min Zhou

  • Segmented assimilation: issues, controversies, and recent research on the new second generation.

    Min Zhou

  • Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States

    Min Zhou;Carl L. Bankston

  • GROWING UP AMERICAN: The Challenge Confronting Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants

    Min Zhou

  • Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave

    Min Zhou

  • Clinical characteristics of COVID-19-infected cancer patients: a retrospective case study in three hospitals within Wuhan, China.

    L. Zhang;F. Zhu;L. Xie;C. Wang

  • Revisiting ethnic entrepreneurship: Convergencies, controversies, and conceptual advancements

    Min Zhou

  • Social Capital and the Adaptation of the Second Generation: The Case of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans.

    Min Zhou;Carl L. Bankston

  • Temporal Changes of CT Findings in 90 Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Longitudinal Study.

    Yuhui Wang;Chengjun Dong;Yue Hu;Chungao Li

  • Community Forces, Social Capital, and Educational Achievement: The Case of Supplementary Education in the Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities

    Min Zhou;Susan S. Kim

  • The Asian American Achievement Paradox

    Jennifer Lee;Min Zhou

  • A chelator-free multifunctional [64Cu]CuS nanoparticle platform for simultaneous micro-PET/CT imaging and photothermal ablation therapy.

    Min Zhou;Rui Zhang;Miao Huang;Wei Lu

  • Gaining the upper hand: Economic mobility among immigrant and domestic minorities

    Alejandro Portes;Min Zhou

  • Copper sulfide nanoparticles as a new class of photoacoustic contrast agent for deep tissue imaging at 1064 nm.

    Geng Ku;Min Zhou;Shaoli Song;Qian Huang

  • The multifaceted American experiences of the children of Asian immigrants: Lessons for segmented assimilation

    Min Zhou;Yang Sao Xiong

  • Effects of minority-language literacy on the academic achievement of Vietnamese youths in New Orleans.

    Carl L. Bankston;Min Zhou

  • Self-Employment and the Earnings of Immigrants

    Alejandro Portes;Min Zhou

  • Social Capital as Process: The Meanings and Problems of a Theoretical Metaphor

    Carl L. Bankston;Min Zhou

  • Contemporary Chinese America: Immigration, Ethnicity, and Community Transformation

    Min Zhou;Alejandro Portes

  • Being well vs. doing well: Self-esteem and school performance among immigrant and nonimmigrant racial and ethnic groups

    Carl L. Bankston;Min Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Logan
John R. Logan Brown University
Leo R. Chavez
Leo R. Chavez University of California, Irvine
Frank D. Bean
Frank D. Bean University of California, Irvine

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