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Most cited papers in China's Global Influence and Migration

China's Global Influence and Migration

What are the most cited papers in China's Global Influence and Migration?

The most cited paper in China's Global Influence and Migration is "Strategy and Structure:" (Lynn Harold Vogel, Irma Patterson, 1986), with 3,529 citations. Next come "Borders, Border Regions and Territoriality: Contradictory Meanings, Changing Significance" (579) and "Boundaries as social processes: Territoriality in the world of flows" (487).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 113 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Strategy and Structure: Lynn Harold Vogel, Irma Patterson · Administration in Social Work 18 Jul 1986 3,529
2 Borders, Border Regions and Territoriality: Contradictory Meanings, Changing Significance James Thomas Anderson, Liam O’Dowd · Regional Studies Oct 1999 579
3 Boundaries as social processes: Territoriality in the world of flows Anssi Paasi · Geopolitics Jun 1998 487
4 Borders and Bordering David P Newman · European Journal of Social Theory May 2006 485
5 Inclusive globalization: unpacking China's Belt and Road Initiative Weidong Liu, Michael Dunford · Area Development and Policy 28 Sep 2016 440
6 African Shenzhen: China's special economic zones in Africa Deborah Bräutigam, Xiaoyang Tang · The Journal of Modern African Studies 11 Feb 2011 425
7 Henri Lefebvre on State, Space, Territory Neil Brenner, Stuart Elden · International Political Sociology Open access Dec 2009 412
8 Introduction: Turbulent Circulation: Building a Critical Engagement with Logistics Charmaine Chua, Martin Danyluk, Deborah Cowen et al. · Environment and Planning D Society and Space Open access Aug 2018 394
9 Understanding China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: beyond ‘grand strategy’ to a state transformation analysis Lee Jones, Jinghan Zeng · Third World Quarterly 20 Feb 2019 355
10 The Geopolitics of China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative Jean‐Marc F. Blanchard, Colin D. Flint · Geopolitics Open access 3 Apr 2017 330
11 China's second continent: How a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa Garret Brent · South African Journal of International Affairs 2 Oct 2015 303
12 Syrian Refugees and the Digital Passage to Europe: Smartphone Infrastructures and Affordances Marie Gillespie, Souad Osseiran, Margie Cheesman · Social Media + Society Open access 2018 297
13 Between Inclusion and Exclusion: On the Topology of Global Space and Borders Sandro Mezzadra, Brett Neilson · Theory Culture & Society Jul 2012 297
14 Raw Encounters: Chinese Managers, African Workers and the Politics of Casualization in Africa's Chinese Enclaves Ching Kwan Lee · The China Quarterly Sep 2009 296
15 Political Belonging in a Neoliberal Era: The Struggle of the Sans-Papiers Anne McNevin · Citizenship Studies Open access May 2006 295
16 The Geopolitics of Borders and Boundaries Henk van Houtum · Geopolitics Dec 2005 288
17 The geopolitics of connectivity, cooperation, and hegemonic competition: The Belt and Road Initiative Colin D. Flint, Cuiping Zhu · Geoforum 20 Dec 2018 286
18 Migrant Housing in Urban China Weiping Wu · Urban Affairs Review Sep 2002 273
19 “We are the border”: identity, exchange, and the state along the Bénin‐Nigeria border Donna K. Flynn · American Ethnologist May 1997 255
20 The Geopolitics of Migration and Mobility Jennifer Hyndman · Geopolitics Apr 2012 245
21 Nomadicity: anytime, anywhere in a disconnected world Leonard Kleinrock · Mobile Networks and Applications 13 Dec 1996 235
22 Friends and Interests: China's Distinctive Links with Africa Barry Sautman, Yan Hairong · African Studies Review Dec 2007 233
23 A Geography of Logistics: Market Authority and the Security of Supply Chains Deborah Cowen · Annals of the Association of American Geographers 9 Jun 2010 232
24 “Going Global in Groups”: Structural Transformation and China’s Special Economic Zones Overseas Deborah Bräutigam, Xiaoyang Tang · World Development 12 Nov 2013 223
25 Explaining the (Non-)Encampment of Syrian Refugees: Security, Class and the Labour Market in Lebanon and Jordan Lewis Turner · Mediterranean Politics Open access 2 Sep 2015 218
26 Emigration from China: A Sending Country Perspective Xiang Biao · International Migration Sep 2003 216
27 New African Choices? The Politics of Chinese Engagement Giles Mohan, Marcus Power · Review of African Political Economy Open access Mar 2008 211
28 From Campus Racism to Cyber Racism: Discourse of Race and Chinese Nationalism Yinghong Cheng · The China Quarterly Sep 2011 206
29 Nigerians in China: A Second State of Immobility Heidi Østbø Haugen · International Migration 25 Jan 2012 205
30 China in Africa Chris Alden · Survival Oct 2005 202
31 The Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers in China: ‘There is No Future as a Labourer; Returning to the Village has No Meaning’ Kam Wing Chan · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 8 Jul 2010 202
32 Beyond 'Dragon in the Bush': The Study of China Africa Relations David Clay Large · African Affairs Open access 4 Oct 2007 194
33 Factors associated with health-seeking behavior among migrant workers in Beijing, China Yingchun Peng, Chang Wen-hu, Haiqing Zhou et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access 19 Mar 2010 193
34 China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Views from the ground Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira, Galen Murton, Alessandro Rippa et al. · Political Geography Open access 3 Aug 2020 191
35 Chinese Narratives on “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts James D. Sidaway, Chih Yuan Woon · The Professional Geographer 31 Mar 2017 188
36 The eastern industrial zone in Ethiopia: Catalyst for development? Philip Giannecchini, Ian Taylor · Geoforum Open access 21 Nov 2017 185
37 Health of China's rural-urban migrants and their families: a review of literature from 2000 to 2012 Jin Mou, Sian Meryl Griffiths, Henry K. W. Fong et al. · British Medical Bulletin 19 May 2013 183
38 China’s urbanization in 1949–2015: Processes and driving forces Chaolin Gu, Lingqian Hu, Ian Gillespie Cook · Chinese Geographical Science 13 Sep 2017 182
39 The African Trading Community in Guangzhou: An Emerging Bridge for Africa–China Relations Adams B. Bodomo · The China Quarterly Sep 2010 181
40 Female Sri Lankan domestic workers in Lebanon: a case of ‘contract slavery’? Ray Jureidini, Nayla Moukarbel · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Jul 2004 179
41 The mental health status of Chinese rural–urban migrant workers Lu Li, Hongmei Wang, YE Xue-jun et al. · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 27 Jun 2007 179
42 Neo‐Nomadism: A Theory of Post‐Identitarian Mobility in the Global Age Anthony D’Andrea · Mobilities 15 Feb 2006 175
43 China's foreign policy towards Africa in the 1990s Ian Taylor · The Journal of Modern African Studies Sep 1998 174
44 Fragmentation and Mobilization: Domestic Politics of the Belt and Road in China Min Ye · Journal of Contemporary China 26 Feb 2019 171
45 Turbulent presents, precarious futures: urbanization and the deployment of global infrastructure Alan Wiig, Jonathan Silver · Regional Studies 8 Feb 2019 168
46 Three spaces of power: territory, networks, plus a topological twist in the tale of domination and authority John Allen · Journal of Power Aug 2009 168
47 After the red passport: towards an anthropology of the everyday geopolitics of entrapment in the EU's ‘immediate outside’ Stef Jansen · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 6 Nov 2009 166
48 Right-wing populism with Chinese characteristics? Identity, otherness and global imaginaries in debating world politics online Chenchen Zhang · European Journal of International Relations Open access 20 May 2019 162
49 Mental health of migrant workers in China: prevalence and correlates Daniel Fu Keung Wong, Xuesong He, Grace Leung et al. · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 8 Apr 2008 159
50 Going West and Going Out: discourses, migrants, and models in Chinese development Emily T. Yeh, Elizabeth Wharton · Eurasian Geography and Economics 3 May 2016 157

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