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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 33 Citations 4,140 103 World Ranking 4957 National Ranking 293

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Awards & Achievements

2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative and insightful studies into surface interactions of spinpolarized atoms

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

Zheng Wu mainly focuses on Cohabitation, Demography, Mental health, Demographic economics and Population health. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Legal marriage and Cohabitation. Borrowing concepts from Residence, he weaves in ideas under Demography.

His Mental health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Spouse, Older caregivers and Clinical psychology. His Demographic economics research incorporates themes from Census, Fertility, Marital status and Interpersonal relationship. The concepts of his Population health study are interwoven with issues in Socioeconomic status, Race and health, Ethnic group and NEVER MARRIED.

His most cited work include:

  • “In Sickness and in Health”: Does Cohabitation Count? (203 citations)
  • The effects of marital and nonmarital union transition on health (179 citations)
  • Caregiver Stress and Mental Health: Impact of Caregiving Relationship and Gender (135 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Zheng Wu focuses on Demography, Cohabitation, Immigration, Gerontology and Socioeconomic status. The study incorporates disciplines such as Developed country, Fertility, Marital status, Remarriage and Depression in addition to Demography. He combines subjects such as Social change, Interpersonal relationship, General Social Survey and Demographic economics with his study of Cohabitation.

His Immigration study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Economic growth and Ethnic group. The various areas that Zheng Wu examines in his Gerontology study include Mental health, Social support and Population health. His study explores the link between Socioeconomic status and topics such as Public health that cross with problems in Social class and Health care.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Demography (40.20%)
  • Cohabitation (23.53%)
  • Immigration (17.65%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Demography (40.20%)
  • China (8.82%)
  • Ethnic group (13.73%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Demography, China, Ethnic group, Depression and Mental health. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Probit model, Cohabitation, Census and Endogamy. His Ethnic group research integrates issues from Social science, Social psychology, Socioeconomics and Religious discrimination.

His study in Depression is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Self-rated health and Internal migration. His research in Mental health intersects with topics in Life satisfaction and General Social Survey. His General Social Survey study combines topics in areas such as Adult population, Interpersonal relationship, Clinical psychology and Developmental psychology.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Marital and Cohabiting Union Dissolution in Middle and Later Life. (8 citations)
  • Widowhood and depression: a longitudinal study of older persons in rural China. (6 citations)
  • Children and the Mental Health of Older Adults in China: What Matters? (4 citations)

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Best Publications

The effects of marital and nonmarital union transition on health

Zheng Wu;Randy Hart.
Journal of Marriage and Family (2002)

259 Citations

Repartnering after first union disruption

Zheng Wu;Christoph M. Schimmele.
Journal of Marriage and Family (2005)

247 Citations

“In Sickness and in Health”: Does Cohabitation Count?

Zheng Wu;Margaret J. Penning;Michael S. Pollard;Randy Hart.
Journal of Family Issues (2003)

207 Citations

Immigrant status and unmet health care needs.

Zheng Wu;Margaret J. Penning;Christoph M. Schimmele.
Canadian Journal of Public Health-revue Canadienne De Sante Publique (2005)

199 Citations

Caregiver Stress and Mental Health: Impact of Caregiving Relationship and Gender

Margaret J. Penning;Zheng Wu.
Gerontologist (2016)

150 Citations

Cohabitation: An Alternative Form of Family Living

Zheng Wu.
(2001)

140 Citations

Race, ethnicity, and depression in Canadian society.

Zheng Wu;Samuel Noh;Violet Kaspar;Christoph M Schimmele.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2003)

139 Citations

Dissolution of premarital cohabitation in Canada.

Zheng Wu;T. R. Balakrishnan.
Demography (1995)

136 Citations

The Healthy migrant effect on depression: variation over time?

Zheng Wu;Christoph M. Schimmele.
Canadian Studies in Population (2005)

126 Citations

Home Ownership Patterns and Ethnicity in Selected Canadian Cities

T. R. Balakrishnan;Zheng Wu.
Canadian Journal of Sociology-cahiers Canadiens De Sociologie (1992)

115 Citations

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