2026 Yun-han Chu: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	28	1352	1	128	4773

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Political Science

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Overview

Yun-han Chu was affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan. Their main academic focus was within the Social Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, as well as some work in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Communication.

Their research contributed to several key topics, including:

China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
International Maritime Law Issues
Economic Zones and Regional Development
Chinese History and Philosophy
Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

The scholar's recent publications covered a range of political and social issues. Notable papers included:

A Lost Decade for Third-Wave Democracies? (2020), published in Journal of democracy
Values in Crisis International (SUF edition) (2021), published in AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive
Trading Democracy for Governance (2021), published in Journal of democracy
Voices from within: Tracing Chinese Public Perceptions of Democracy in the New Era (2024), published in Journal of Chinese Political Science
Maritime Territorial Disputes and China's Soft Power in East Asia (2021), published in Journal of Contemporary China

They published primarily in journals such as:

Journal of democracy
Journal of Chinese Political Science
Journal of Contemporary China
AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive
Solar Physics

Frequent collaborators in their research included Min-Hua Huang, Yu-tzung Chang, Hsin-Che Wu, Kai-Ping Huang, and Marta Lagos.

Best Publications

Corruption and Trust: Exceptionalism in Asian Democracies?

Eric C C Chang;Yun Han Chu

646
Citations
Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies

Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Yun-han Chu;Hung-mao Tien

526
Citations
Political Development in 20th-Century Taiwan: State-Building, Regime Transformation and the Construction of National Identity

Yun-han Chu;Jih-wen Lin

274
Citations
How East Asians view democracy

Yun-han Chu

264
Citations
State structure and economic adjustment of the East Asian newly industrializing countries

Yun-han Chu

194
Citations
Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

Yun-Han-A.-N. Chu;Michael Bratton;Marta Lagos;Sandeep Shastri

184
Citations
Taiwan's National Identity Politics and the Prospect of Cross-Strait Relations

Yun-han Chu

168
Citations
How People View Democracy: Halting Progress in Korea and Taiwan

Yun-han Chu;Larry Diamond;Doh Chull Shin

161
Citations
Identifying sources of democratic legitimacy: A multilevel analysis

Min-hua Huang;Yu-tzung Chang;Yun-han Chu;Yun-han Chu

161
Citations
Conflict Displacement and Regime Transition in Taiwan: A Spatial Analysis

Tse-Min Lin;Yun-Han Chu;Melvin J. Hinich

157
Citations
Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives

Adrian Marriage;Larry Diamond;Marc F. Plattner;Yunhan Chu

129
Citations
A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey

Yun-Han Chu;Andrew Van de Ven

117
Citations
9. China Democratic Values Supporting an Authoritarian System

Tianjian Shi;Yun-han Chu;Larry Diamond;Andrew J. Nathan

113
Citations
Authoritarian Nostalgia in Asia

Yu-tzung Chang;Yun-han Chu;Chong-Min Park

109
Citations
Building Democracy in Taiwan

Hung Mao Tien;Yun-han Chu

96
Citations
Sources of Regime Legitimacy and the Debate over the Chinese Model

Yun-han Chu

90
Citations
The political economy of Taiwan's mainland policy

Yun‐han Chu

76
Citations
Southeast Asia: Sources of Regime Support

Alex Chang;Yun-han Chu;Bridget Welsh

71
Citations
Confucianism and Democratic Values in Three Chinese Societies

Yu-Tzung Chang;Yun-Han Chu;Frank Tsai

54
Citations
Solving an Asian Puzzle

Yun-han Chu;Min-hua Huang

44
Citations
How East Asians View the Rise of China

Yun-han Chu;Liu Kang;Min-hua Huang

39
Citations
Consenting to Lose or Expecting to Win? Inter-temporal Changes in Voters’ Winner–Loser Status and Satisfaction with Democracy

Eric Chang;Yun-han Chu;Wen-chin Wu

31
Citations
A lost decade for third-wave democracies?

Yun-han Chu;Yun-han Chu;Kai-Ping Huang;Marta Lagos;Robert Mattes

25
Citations
1. Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia

Yun-han Chu;Larry Diamond;Andrew J. Nathan;Doh Chull Shin

20
Citations
The Quality of Democracy in South Korea and Taiwan: Subjective Assessments from the Perspectives of Ordinary Citizens *

Doh Chull Shin;Yun-han Chu

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Diamond Stanford University

Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University

Marc F. Plattner National Endowment for Democracy

Eric C. Chang Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Michael Bratton Michigan State University

Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde

Thomas Carothers Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Russell J. Dalton University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of Yun-han Chu

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