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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
Michael W. Morris
Michael W. Morris Columbia University
Soon Ang
Soon Ang Nanyang Technological University

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