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 Zhenchao Qian sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 86 publications — 7th percentile
7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
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 Zhenchao Qian sits on this spectrum.
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.
Zhenchao Qian is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans fields such as sociology and political science, demography, gender studies, clinical psychology, and reproductive medicine.
The main topics addressed in Qian's research include family dynamics and relationships, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, migration and labor dynamics, demographic trends and gender preferences, racial and ethnic identity research, migration, health and trauma, and aspects of gender, labor, and family dynamics.
Qian's publication record includes papers in several academic journals. Notable recent papers authored by Qian include:
Other papers from the dataset reflect collaborative research in related fields, such as:
Frequent co-authors include researchers such as Daniel T. Lichter, Trevon D. Logan, Haoming Song, Xinyan Cao, and Yoonyoung Choi, with several joint publications reflecting interdisciplinary collaboration.
Qian's work appears in a variety of venues, with multiple publications in the RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.
Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter
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Zhenchao Qian;Samuel H. Preston
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Daniel T. Lichter;Zhenchao Qian;Leanna M. Mellott
Zhenchao Qian;Sampson Lee Blair
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Daniel T. Lichter;Zhenchao Qian
Zhenchao Qian;Sampson Lee Blair;Stacey D. Ruf
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Sampson Lee Blair;Zhenchao Qian
Hui Zheng;Dmitry Tumin;Zhenchao Qian
Douglas B. Downey;James W. Ainsworth;Zhenchao Qian
Christie D. Batson;Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter
Martha L. Crowley;Daniel T. Lichter;Zhenchao Qian
Yue Qian;Zhenchao Qian
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Zhenchao Qian;Daniel T. Lichter;Leanna M. Mellott
Daniel T. Lichter;Zhenchao Qian;Martha L. Crowley
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