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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 70 759 661 359 306 211 25243

Yu Xie publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yu Xie between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yu Xie published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2012. 20 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2012. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 15 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 10 publications
1988 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yu Xie: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 5
1990 1
1991 2
1992 2
1993 1
1994 2
1995 2
1996 5
1997 3
1998 4
1999 4
2000 4
2001 0
2002 2
2003 8
2004 2
2005 6
2006 1
2007 15
2008 8
2009 4
2010 4
2011 9
2012 19
2013 11
2014 16
2015 19
2016 12
2017 11
2018 6
2019 7
2020 8
2021 12
2022 8
2023 13
2024 10
2025 10
Total 257
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Yu Xie publications per year - data summary

  • Yu Xie, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Princeton University, has 257 publications recorded across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1988 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2012 and 2015, with 19 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1988, 1990, 1993 and 2006, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 38 years in the span carries no publications at all (2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.9 per year counting only the 37 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 53 publications, 21% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1988-2000: 36 publications (2.8 per year); 2001-2013: 89 publications (6.8 per year); 2014-2025: 132 publications (11.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yu Xie 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 Yu Xie sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 204–213 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 211 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285 211
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Yu Xie publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Yu Xie, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Princeton University, records 211 publications - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Yu Xie, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Yu Xie ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Yu Xie 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 Yu Xie sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43 70
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Yu Xie D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Yu Xie, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from Princeton University, records 70 D-Index - the 90th percentile of the discipline.
  • 90% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Yu Xie, and about 10% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Yu Xie ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Yu Xie is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several key subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Demography, Education, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main research topics covered by Yu Xie include:

  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Yu Xie has published in a variety of academic journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Chinese Journal of Sociology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chinese Sociological Review
  • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
  • China Population and Development Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yu Xie include:

  • The influence of family background on educational expectations: a comparative study (2020, Chinese Sociological Review)
  • Economic growth, income inequality and life expectancy in China (2020, Social Science & Medicine)
  • Recent trends in the Chinese family: National estimates from 1990 to 2010 (2021, Demographic Research)
  • Is there a Chinese pattern of the second demographic transition? (2022, China Population and Development Studies)
  • Heterogeneous returns to college over the life course (2021, Science Advances)

Frequent collaborators include Jia Yu, Junming Huang, Qian He, Xi Song, and Yue Qian.

Yu Xie has received several honors, such as being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes

    Yu Xie;Kimberlee A. Shauman

  • Income inequality in today's China.

    Yu Xie;Yu Xie;Xiang Zhou

  • Who Benefits Most from College?: Evidence for Negative Selection in Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher Education

    Jennie E. Brand;Yu Xie

  • Sex differences in research productivity : New evidence about an old puzzle

    Yu Xie;Kimberlee A. Shauman

  • Educational expectations of Asian American youths : Determinants and ethnic differences

    Kimberly Goyette;Yu Xie

  • Marriage and Family in East Asia: Continuity and Change

    James M. Raymo;Hyunjoon Park;Yu Xie;Wei Jun Jean Yeung

  • Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality in Reform-Era Urban China

    Yu Xie;Emily Hannum

  • THE LOG-MULTIPLICATIVE LAYER EFFECT MODEL FOR COMPARING MOBILITY TABLES*

    Yu Xie

  • An introduction to the China family panel studies (CFPS)

    Yu Xie;Jingwei Hu

  • Asian-Americans' earnings disadvantage reexamined: The role of place of education

    Zhen Zeng;Yu Xie

  • Explaining Asian Americans’ academic advantage over whites

    Amy Hsin;Yu Xie

  • Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Observational Data

    Yu Xie;Jennie E. Brand;Ben Jann

  • Marriage and Cohabitation

    Arland Thornton;William G. Axinn;Yu Xie

  • The Racial Identification of Biracial Children with One Asian Parent: Evidence from the 1990 Census

    Yu Xie;Kimberly Goyette

  • Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation

    Yu Xie;James M. Raymo;Kimberly A. Goyette;Arland Thornton

  • Social mobility and the educational choices of Asian Americans

    Yu Xie;Kimberly Goyette

  • The sampling design of the China family panel studies (CFPS)

    Yu Xie;Ping Lu

  • BILINGUALISM AND THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF FIRST- AND SECOND-GENERATION ASIAN AMERICANS: ACCOMMODATION WITH OR WITHOUT ASSIMILATION?*

    Ted Mouw;Yu Xie

  • Does the market pay off? Earnings returns to education in Urban China

    Xiaogang Wu;Yu Xie

  • STEM Education.

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  • The effects of grandparents on children's schooling: evidence from rural China.

    Zhen Zeng;Yu Xie;Yu Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Arland Thornton
Arland Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William G. Axinn
William G. Axinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kathryn M. Yount
Kathryn M. Yount Emory University
Xiaobo Zhang
Xiaobo Zhang Peking University
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Magnus Johannesson
Magnus Johannesson Stockholm School of Economics
James M. Raymo
James M. Raymo Princeton University
David Cesarini
David Cesarini New York University
Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Valen E. Johnson
Valen E. Johnson Texas A&M University

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