Most cited papers in Chinese history and philosophy

Chinese history and philosophy

What are the most cited papers in Chinese history and philosophy?

The most cited paper in Chinese history and philosophy is "Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China" (Gabriella R. Montinola, Yingyi Qian, Barry R. Weingast, 1995), with 1,354 citations. Next come "Human Functioning and Social Justice" (1,195) and "Fermented beverages of pre- and proto-historic China" (1,098).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 204 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China Gabriella R. Montinola, Yingyi Qian, Barry R. Weingast · World Politics Open access	Oct 1995	1,354
2	Human Functioning and Social Justice Martha C. Nussbaum · Political Theory	May 1992	1,195
3	Fermented beverages of pre- and proto-historic China Patrick E. McGovern, Juzhong Zhang, Jigen Tang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access	8 Dec 2004	1,098
4	Revitalization Movements Anthony F. C. Wallace · American Anthropologist	Apr 1956	850
5	Policy Experimentation in China’s Economic Rise Sebastian Heilmann · Studies in Comparative International Development	26 Dec 2007	744
6	“New” and “Old” Civil Wars: A Valid Distinction? Stathis N. Kalyvas · World Politics	Oct 2001	644
7	Contingent Symbiosis and Civil Society in an Authoritarian State: Understanding the Survival of China’s Grassroots NGOs Anthony J. Spires · American Journal of Sociology	Jul 2011	636
8	Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers Millie Creighton · Pacific Affairs	Sep 1996	633
9	The Subject of Virtue: An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom James C. Laidlaw Open access	16 Dec 2013	620
10	The State, Land System, and Land Development Processes in Contemporary China George C. S. Lin, Samuel P. S. Ho · Annals of the Association of American Geographers	Jun 2005	610
11	Sovereignty Revisited Thomas Blom Hansen, Finn Stepputat · Annual Review of Anthropology Review	21 Jul 2006	576
12	A Critique of Hofstede’s Fifth National Culture Dimension Tony D. Fang · International Journal of Cross Cultural Management	Dec 2003	569
13	The Power of Instability: Unraveling the Microfoundations of Bargained Authoritarianism in China Ching Kwan Lee, Yonghong Zhang · American Journal of Sociology	May 2013	530
14	Mao’s China and After: A History of the People’s Republic. (A Revised and Expanded Edition of Mao’s China.) Heath B. Chamberlain · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1987	518
15	A State-Led Nationalism: The Patriotic Education Campaign in Post-Tiananmen China Suisheng Zhao · Communist and Post-Communist Studies	Sep 1998	516
16	National Humiliation, History Education, and the Politics of Historical Memory: Patriotic Education Campaign in China Zheng Wang · International Studies Quarterly	19 Nov 2008	506
17	Political Trust in Rural China Lianjiang Li · Modern China	Apr 2004	471
18	The Sociology of Philosophies Randall Collins · Philosophy of the Social Sciences	31 Dec 1998	471
19	Guanxi: principles, philosophies, and implications Yan Luo · Human Systems Management	Apr 1997	466
20	Lineage Organization in Southeastern China G. William Skinner · Pacific Affairs	Jun 1959	453
21	Neoliberal Governmentality and Neohumanism: Organizing Suzhi/Value Flow through Labor Recruitment Networks Yan Hairong · Cultural Anthropology Open access	Nov 2003	443
22	Geopolitics and discourse Practical geopolitical reasoning in American foreign policy Gearóid Ó Tuathail, John A. Agnew Book chapter	15 May 2017	440
23	Urban Transformation in China, 1949 – 2000: A Review and Research Agenda J. C. Laurence · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space	Sep 2002	431
24	Marketing and social structure in rural China G. William Skinner · Études rurales Open access	2002	426
25	Let Many Civil Societies Bloom: The Rise of Consultative Authoritarianism in China Jessica C. Teets · The China Quarterly	23 Jan 2013	418
26	Investment without democracy: Ruling-party institutionalization and credible commitment in autocracies Scott G. Gehlbach, Philip Keefer · Journal of Comparative Economics	May 2011	407
27	Buddhist Modernism and the Rhetoric of Meditative Experience Robert H. Sharf · Numen	1995	397
28	Discovering History in China. American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past Paul M. Evans · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1985	396
29	THE SOMATIC CHROMOSOMES IN MONGOLISM P.A. Jacobs · The Lancet	Apr 1959	389
30	The Cambridge History of China. Volume 10: Late Ch’ing, 1800-1911, Part I Thomas A. Metzger · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1980	387
31	Authoritarian Environmentalism Undermined? Local Leaders’ Time Horizons and Environmental Policy Implementation in China Sarah Eaton, Genia Kostka · The China Quarterly	9 May 2014	386
32	Neoliberalism reified: suzhi discourse and tropes of neoliberalism in the People's Republic of China Andrew B. Kipnis · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute	15 May 2007	384
33	Chinese Visions of World Order: Post-hegemonic or a New Hegemony? William A. Callahan · International Studies Review Open access	18 Nov 2008	367
34	The Mandate of Heaven and Performance Legitimation in Historical and Contemporary China Dingxin Zhao · American Behavioral Scientist	12 Oct 2009	366
35	Thinking from the Han: Self, Truth and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture. Bryan W. Van Norden · Pacific Affairs	Jun 2000	363
36	Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? The Silk Roads in World History David Christian · Journal of world history	Mar 2000	359
37	Changing Chinese values: Keeping up with paradoxes Guy Olivier Faure, Tony D. Fang · International Business Review Open access	Apr 2008	343
38	Gender and Internal Orientalism in China Louisa Schein · Modern China	1997	338
39	The Chinese Classics James Legge · University of Michigan Library Repository Open access	10 Jul 2009	331
40	Mao's war against nature: Politics and the environment in revolutionary China Judith Shapiro Open access	2023	331
41	Rightful Resistance Kevin J. O’Brien · World Politics	Oct 1996	328
42	Perverse Incentive Structure and Policy Implementation Gap in China's Local Environmental Politics Ran Ran · Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	28 Feb 2013	328
43	Four Theses in the Study of China’s Urbanization John R. P. Friedmann · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	Jun 2006	324
44	Revolution Postponed. Women in Contemporary China Delia Davin · Pacific Affairs	Dec 1986	314
45	Presumed domestication? Evidence for wild rice cultivation and domestication in the fifth millennium BC of the Lower Yangtze region Dorian Q. Fuller, Emma Harvey, Ling Qin · Antiquity	Jun 2007	312
46	The Tragedy of theNomenklatura: Career Incentives and Political Radicalism during China's Great Leap Famine James Kai‐sing Kung, Shuo Chen · American Political Science Review	Feb 2011	310
47	The emergence of agriculture in southern China 张弛, Hsiao‐chun Hung · Antiquity	Mar 2010	306
48	Between China and South Asia: A Middle Asian corridor of crop dispersal and agricultural innovation in the Bronze Age Chris J. Stevens, Charlene Murphy, Rebecca C. Roberts et al. · The Holocene Open access	2 Jun 2016	305
49	From Divergence to Convergence: Reevaluating the History Behind China's Economic Boom Loren Brandt, Debin Ma, Thomas G. Rawski · Journal of Economic Literature	Mar 2014	291
50	Chinese Conceptions of “Rights”: From Mencius to Mao—and Now Elizabeth J. Perry · Perspectives on Politics Open access	26 Feb 2008	288

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