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Yanjie Bian 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 Yanjie Bian sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yanjie Bian 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 Yanjie Bian 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
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yanjie Bian is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the Social Sciences domain, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology. Their published work spans diverse intersecting topics, including health disparities and outcomes, social capital and networks, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, COVID-19 and mental health, China's socioeconomic reforms and governance, family business performance and succession, and international business and foreign direct investment (FDI).

  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Health
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • International Business and FDI

Bian has published several papers, including:

  • "Informal Networks: Dark Sides, Bright Sides, and Unexplored Dimensions" (2020) in Management and Organization Review
  • "The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China" (2020) in International Journal of Sociology
  • "Interplay of Sphingolipid Metabolism in Predicting Prognosis of GBM Patients: Towards Precision Immunotherapy" (2023) in Journal of Cancer
  • "The cellular signaling crosstalk between memory B cells and tumor cells in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cannot be overlooked: Their involvement in tumor progression and treatment strategy is significant" (2024) in Journal of Cancer
  • "Epidemic-specific social capital and its impact on physical activity and health status" (2020) in Journal of Sport and Health Science

Bian's work has appeared in a range of journals and venues with multiple publications in Management and Organization Review and Journal of Cancer. Other notable publication venues include the International Journal of Sociology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and the Journal of Sport and Health Science.

  • Management and Organization Review
  • Journal of Cancer
  • International Journal of Sociology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Sport and Health Science

In addition to articles, Bian has contributed to book publications, including a notable work titled Social Inequality in China published by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks in 2021.

  • Social Inequality in China (2021)

Bian's research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Lei Zhang and Yaojun Li, each having coauthored multiple papers. Other collaborators include Sven Horak, Fida Afiouni, and Alena Ledeneva.

  • Lei Zhang
  • Yaojun Li
  • Sven Horak
  • Fida Afiouni
  • Alena Ledeneva

Best Publications

  • Bringing strong ties back in: Indirect ties, network bridges, and job searches in China

    Yanjie Bian

  • Market transition and the persistence of power: The changing stratification system in urban China

    Yanjie Bian;John R. Logan

  • Chinese social stratification and social mobility

    Yanjie Bian

  • Work and inequality in urban China

    Yanjie Bian

  • Guanxi Networks and Job Mobility in China and Singapore

    Yanjie Bian;Soon Ang

  • Getting Ahead in Urban China

    Nan Lin;Yanjie Bian

  • Guanxi and the Allocation of Urban Jobs in China

    Yanjie Bian

  • Housing inequality in urban China in the 1990s

    John R. Logan;Yanjie Bian;Fuqin Bian

  • Gendered Resources, Division of Housework, and Perceived Fairness—A Case in Urban China

    Jiping Zuo;Yanjie Bian

  • Tradition and Change in the Urban Chinese Family: The Case of Living Arrangements*

    John R. Logan;Fuqin Bian;Yanjie Bian

  • Communist Party Membership and Regime Dynamics in China

    Yanjie Bian;Xiaoling Shu;John R. Logan

  • The Chinese General Social Survey (2003-8)

    Yanjie Bian;Lulu Li

  • Intergenerational relations in urban China: proximity contact and help to parents.

    Fuqin Bian;John R. Logan;Yanjie Bian

  • Market Transition and Gender Gap in Earnings in Urban China

    Xiaoling Shu;Yanjie Bian

  • The Prevalence and the Increasing Significance of Guanxi

    Yanjie Bian

  • Occupation, Class, and Social Networks in Urban China

    Yanjie Bian;Ronald L. Breiger;Deborah Davis;Joseph Galaskiewicz

  • China's Domestic Private Firms: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Management and Performance: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Management and Performance

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  • Information and favoritism: The network effect on wage income in China

    Yanjie Bian;Yanjie Bian;Xianbi Huang;Lei Zhang

  • Inequalities in Access to Community Resources in a Chinese City

    John R. Logan;Yanjie Bian

  • More or less guanxi: Trust is 60% network context, 10% individual difference

    Ronald S. Burt;Yanjie Bian;Yanjie Bian;Sonja Opper

  • The Structure of Labor Markets in the US and China: Social Capital and Guanxi

    Nancy DiTomaso;Yanjie Bian

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Logan
John R. Logan Brown University
Joseph Galaskiewicz
Joseph Galaskiewicz University of Arizona
Ronald S. Burt
Ronald S. Burt University of Chicago
Carl F. Fey
Carl F. Fey BI Norwegian Business School
Michael W. Morris
Michael W. Morris Columbia University
Anne S. Tsui
Anne S. Tsui Arizona State University
Yadong Luo
Yadong Luo University of Miami
Theodore P. Gerber
Theodore P. Gerber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Soon Ang
Soon Ang Nanyang Technological University
John Child
John Child University of Birmingham

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