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Yun-han Chu publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-han Chu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 128 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Yun-han Chu D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-han Chu sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

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

  • Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies

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

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

    Yun-han Chu;Jih-wen Lin

  • How East Asians view democracy

    Yun-han Chu

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

    Yun-han Chu

  • Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

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

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

    Yun-han Chu

  • How People View Democracy: Halting Progress in Korea and Taiwan

    Yun-han Chu;Larry Diamond;Doh Chull Shin

  • Identifying sources of democratic legitimacy: A multilevel analysis

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

  • Conflict Displacement and Regime Transition in Taiwan: A Spatial Analysis

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

  • Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Themes and Perspectives

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

  • A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey

    Yun-Han Chu;Andrew Van de Ven

  • 9. China Democratic Values Supporting an Authoritarian System

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

  • Authoritarian Nostalgia in Asia

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

  • Building Democracy in Taiwan

    Hung Mao Tien;Yun-han Chu

  • Sources of Regime Legitimacy and the Debate over the Chinese Model

    Yun-han Chu

  • The political economy of Taiwan's mainland policy

    Yun‐han Chu

  • Southeast Asia: Sources of Regime Support

    Alex Chang;Yun-han Chu;Bridget Welsh

  • Confucianism and Democratic Values in Three Chinese Societies

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

  • Solving an Asian Puzzle

    Yun-han Chu;Min-hua Huang

  • How East Asians View the Rise of China

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

  • 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

  • A lost decade for third-wave democracies?

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

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

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

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

    Doh Chull Shin;Yun-han Chu

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Andrew J. Nathan
Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University
Marc F. Plattner
Marc F. Plattner National Endowment for Democracy
Eric C. Chang
Eric C. Chang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Michael Bratton
Michael Bratton Michigan State University
Robert Mattes
Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde
Thomas Carothers
Thomas Carothers Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Russell J. Dalton
Russell J. Dalton University of California, Irvine
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Andrew H. Van de Ven University of Minnesota

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