YANJIE BIAN
Abbreviated C.V.
(Updated May 2022)
U.S. CONTACT INFORMATION
Dept of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 267 19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Tel: (612) 624-9554; Fax: (612) 624-7020
Email: bianx001@umn.edu
Homepage: https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/bianx001
CHINA CONTACT INFORMATION (During Summer Months)
Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xian Ning Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China; zip code: 710049.
Tel: (86-29) 8266-9178; Fax: (86-29) 8266-8281
Email: yjbian@xjtu.edu.cn
EDUCATION
1990 Ph.D. in sociology, State University of New York at Albany.
1984 M.A. in law (sociology), Nankai University, China.
1982 B.A. in philosophy, Nankai University, China.
1981 One-year coursework in sociology, Nankai University, China.
EMPLOYMENT
University of Minnesota, 1991-2000 Assistant and Associate Professor, 2006- Professor
Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2009- Director, Institute for Empirical Social Science Research
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1997-2006, Associate Professor, Professor, Chair Professor, Division Head, Associate Dean
Duke University, 1990-91 Postdoctoral Research Associate
State University of New York at Albany, 1986-90 Research and Teaching Assistant
Nankai University, University Lecturer, Department of Sociology
AREAS OF INTERESTS
Economic sociology, Sociology of guanxi, Social networks and social capital, Social stratification and mobility, Social structure and development of China
MAJOR EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS
2022-2024 National Foundation for Philosophy and Social Science Research, China, “A Study on Avoidance of Risk Spreading of Unorderly Capital Overinvestment” (Project #: 22ZDA053). RMB 600,000. Yue Chen as PI, one of co-PIs, May 2022-December 2024.
2021-2024 National Foundation for Philosophy and Social Science Research, China, “A Multidimensional Approach to Minimizing Unemployment Risks under the New Circumstance” (Project #: 21&ZD181). RMB 800,000. Shun Zhang as PI, Yanjie Bian as co-PI responsible for the topic on “Characteristics and Trends of Unemployment Risks under the New Circumstance”, November 2021-December 2024.
2021-2022 Department of Agriculture and Village of Shaanxi Provincial Government, “Modernizing Village Governance through the Construction of Agricultural and Village Information System,” PI and Co-PI: Yanjie Bian, Jianke Yang, and Chuntian Lu, RMB200,000.
2018-19 Shaanxi Provincial Free Trade Zone Projects, “Developmental Strategies for Human Exchanges of the One Belt and One Road Initiative”, PI with 4 co-PIs, RMB150,000 plus follow up funds of RMB200,000.
2017-19 Shaanxi Soft-Science Project, “A Study on Shaanxi Enterprises Going-Out under the One-Belt One-Road Strategy” (“Soft-Science” Project #: S2016KRM056). RMB 80,000, PI with 3 co-PIs, October 2017-Sept 2019
2016-17 Shaanxi Provincial Foundation of Social Science, Major Project, “Fighting Against Urban Poverty and Shaanxi Urban Community Governance” (Project #: 2016ZDA07). RMB 200,000, PI with 5 co-PIs, May 2016-Dec 2017
2014-16 National Foundation for Philosophy and Social Science Research, China, “Social Network Analysis Models in Multi-disciplinary Perspectives: The Positive and Negative Causal Effects of Interpersonal Social Networks on Resource Allocation” (Project #: 13&ZD177). RMB 800,000 (plus matching fund of RMB 240,000 from XJTU). PI, with 5 co-PIs, January 2014-December 2017. Additional allocation of RMB300,000 for added research work, Oct 2015.
2013-15 University of Saskatchewan of Canada Collaborative Project, “Community Cooperation and Interaction Research” (Project #: S2013WH011), RMB14,000 yuan.
2013-15 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, “Social networks and subjective wellbeing in Australia, China and the United Kingdom” (Project #: DP130100690), Au$309,362 (PI: Mark Western; Co-PIs Xianb Huang, Yanjie Bian, Yaojun Li)
2011-14 National Foundation for Philosophy and Social Science Research, China, “Mechanisms of Social Integration in the Dynamism of Social Stratification and Mobility” (Project #: 11AZD022). November 2011 – October 2014. RMB 250,000 (matching funds of 75,000). PI. Completed, approval received from the founding agency Dec 2016 (certified notice: 20162064).
2011-13 Economic and Social Research Council (Britain) and Natural Science Foundation (China), “Social Capital and Social Mobility in China and Britain” (Project #: 71071128). May 2011 – December 2012. 100,000 English pounds and RMB 100,000. Co-PI (with Yaojun Li, PI)
2004-07 The Hong Kong Research Grants Council – Central Allocation Grant. “General Social Survey of China.” March 2004 - February 2007. HK$3,800,000. CA03/04.HSS01. PI. With matching funds of HK$500,000 from HKUST.
2001-03 The Hong Kong Research Grants Council. “Social and Occupational Mobility of State Workers in Northeast China.” July 2001 - June 2004. HK$716,000. HKUST6007/01H. PI.
2000-03 The Hong Kong Research Grants Council. “Social Capital and Comparative Advantage: A Study of Chinese Firms.” July 2000 - June 2004. HK$1,108,817. HKUST6007/00H. PI.
1998-01 The Hong Kong Research Grants Council. “Social Networks and Job Searches in Mainland China and Hong Kong.” July 1998 - June 2001. HK$1,235,000. HKUST6052/98H. PI.
1997-00 The Henry Luce Foundation. "Urban Consumers and Material Culture in Four Metropolitan Regions of China." (Yanjie Bian, Deborah Davis, Shaoguang Wang) January 1997-June 2000. US$170,000.
1996-97 Washington Center for China Studies (Ford Foundation prime), "Chinese Economic Research Fellowship," for the project "Social Networks and Emergent Labor Markets in Tianjin and Shanghai." June 1996-June 1997. PI, US$18,500.
1992-95 National Science Foundation. "Access to Housing and Community Resources in a Chinese City." (John Logan and Yanjie Bian) November 1992-October 1995. US$161,000. NSF/SES-9209214.
SCHOLARLY IMPACT
Google Scholar Citation Indices All Since 2017, as of May 2022
Citations 15176 4207 (816 for 2021, 256 for 2022)
h-index 51 32
i10-index 102 70
Chinese Citation Index (CNKI) for Chinese Journal Articles, as of May 2022
Total downloads: 224,722 Per article downloads: 2,675
Total citations: 9,455 Per article citation: 113
h-index: 26 Citations/downloads ratio: 0.04
i10-index 45
Included in the 2021 Elsevier Most-Cited Chinese Researchers in Social Science
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Included in the 2017 Elsevier Most-Cited Chinese Researchers in Social Science
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Ranked Seventh in the 2016 Elsevier Most-Cited Chinese Researchers in Social Science
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Ranked Seventh in the 2015 Elsevier Most-Cited Chinese Researchers in Social Science
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Ranked Third in the 2014 Elsevier Most-Cited Chinese Researchers in Social Science
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Ranked in the top-ten list of highly cited books in sociology in China since 1978.
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BOOKS (21 Titles)
English Language
2022 Social Inequality in China. Edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Forthcoming.
2019 Social Capital, Social Support, and Stratification: An Analysis of the Sociology of Nan Lin. Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, and Nan Lin. U.K.: Elgar Publishing.
2019 Guanxi: How China Works. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
2018 Sage Handbook of Contemporary China, chief editors: Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier; associated editors: Yanjie Bian, Kerry Brown, Albert Hu, Pál Nyíri, Kristin Stapleton, Elizabeth Wishnick. New York: Sage Publications.
2006 The Management and Performance of China’s Domestic Private Firms: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives. Anne Tsui, Yanjie Bian, and Leonard Cheng (editors). New York: M.E. Sharpe.
1994 Work and Inequality in Urban China. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Chinese Language
2022 Introduction to Sociology, 2nd edition, Yanjie Bian Jianke Yang (editors). Beijing: Higher Education Press. Forthcoming.《社会学概论》，边燕杰、杨建科主编。北京：高等教育出版社。即将出版。
2022 The Sociology of Guanxi. Yanjie Bian and Jun Liu (co-editors), Encyclopedia of Chinese Sociology (Third Edition), Beijing: Chinese Social Science Academics Press. 《关系社会学》（边燕杰、刘军主编），《中国社会学大百科全书》（第三版）。北京：中国社会科学文献出版社。即将出版
2020 Shaanxi Cultural Resources and Their Utilities. Yanjie Bian (chief editor) and Liming Li, Lin Yang, and Wei Wang (associate editors). Xi’an: Xi’an Jiaotong University Press. 《陕西文化资源与利用研究》（边燕杰主编、李黎明、杨琳、王伟 副主编），西安：西安交通大学出版社。
2018 Environmental Sociology in China IV. Yanjie Bian and Chuntian Lu (editors). Beijing: Social Science Academic Press. 《中国环境社会学（第四辑）》（边燕杰、卢春天主编），北京：社会科学文献出版社。
2017 Social Networks and Labor Markets. Yanjie Bian and Shun Zhang. Beijing: Social Science Academic Press. 《社会网络与劳动力市场》（边燕杰、张顺），北京：社会科学文献出版社。
One of the top-ten books in 2017, recognized by Chinese Sociological Association.
第四届“中国社会学会年度好书推荐”十大好书，2018年7月。
2016 Western China in Transition: Development and Social Governance, Yanjie Bian and Li Zong (co-editors). Beijing: Social Science Press. 《转型中的西部中国：发展现状与社会治理》，边燕杰、宗力主编。北京：社会科学出版社。
2013 Introduction to Sociology, Yanjie Bian and Jieming Chen (co-editors), Yaping Luo and Jianke Yang (associate editors). Beijing: Higher Education Press.《社会学概论》，边燕杰、陈皆明主编、罗亚萍、杨建科副主编。北京：高等教育出版社。
2013 Western China Report. Yanjie Bian et al. Beijing: Social Science Press.《中国西部报告》（边燕杰等著），北京：社会科学出版社。
2012 Social Networks and Status Attainment: The 8-Chinese City Social Survey. Yanjie Bian et al. Beijing: Social Science Academic Press. 《社会学网络与地位获得》（边燕杰等著），北京：社会科学文献出版社。
2011 Relational Sociology: Theories and Research. Yanjie Bian (editor). Beijing: Social Science Academics Press. 《关系社会学：理论与研究》（边燕杰主编），北京：社会科学文献出版社。
2008 Institutional Transformation and the Dynamics of Social Stratification in Urban China. Li Lulu, and Yanjie Bian (editors). Beijing: Renmin University of China Press. 《制度转型与中国城镇社会分层的变迁》（李路路、边燕杰主编），北京：中国人民大学出版社。
2008 Social Stratification and Mobility: Overseas Researchers’ New Advancements and Analyses of China. Yanjie Bian, Xiaogang Wu, and Lulu Li (editors). Beijing: Renmin University of China. 《市场转型与社会分层流动：海外学者对中国分析的新进展》，边燕杰、吴晓刚、李路路主编，北京：中国人民大学出版社。
2004 Social Survey Research in Practice: Chinese Experiences and Analyses (Shehui Diaocha Shijian: Zhongguo Jingyan yu Fenxi). Yanjie Bian, Lulu Li, and He Cai. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (HK). 《社会调查实践：中国经验及分析》（边燕杰、李路路、蔡禾），香港：牛津大学出版社。
2002 Market Transition and Social Stratification: American Sociologists' Analyses of China (Shichang Zhuanxing yu Shehui Fenceng: Meiguo Shehuixuejia Fenxin Zhongguo). Yanjie Bian (editor), Hanlong Lu and Liping Sun (associate editors). Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing Company. This is a translation volume. 《市场转型与社会分层：美国学者分析中国》，边燕杰主编、卢汉龙、孙立平副主编，北京：生活·读书·新知三联书店。
2001 Survey Research in Chinese Societies: Methods and Findings (Zhongguo Shehui de Diaocha Yanjiu). Yanjie Bian, Edward Tu, and Alvin So (editors). Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (HK). 《华人社会的调查研究：方法与发现》，边燕杰、涂肇庆、苏耀昌主编，香港：牛津大学出版社。
1986 Fundamentals of Social Survey (Tuo Su, Tingya Liu, Yanjie Bian, Hongguang Bai), Science and Technology Press of Hunan Province, China. 《社会调查基础》，苏驼、刘廷亚、边燕杰、白红光著，长沙：湖南科技出版社。
MOST RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS (Since 2012)
English Language
2022 “Social Eating as a Favor Exchange Facilitator: New Survey Evidence from China.” (Yanjie Bian and Lingfeng He) Economic Sociology: Perspectives and Conversation, edited by Cheris Shun-ching Chan, invited article. Forthcoming.
2022 “The Persistent Power of Guanxi in Transitional China.” Pp. 93-111 in Informal Networks in International Business, edited by Sven Horak, New York: Emerald Publishing.
2022 “Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition.” The Sage Encyclopedia of Research Design, edited by Bruce B. Frey. Forthcoming. Accepted June 24, 2020.
2022 “Social Inequality in China – A Study of Causes, Manifestations and Consequences.” (Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian), Social Inequality in China, edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Forthcoming. Accepted November 15, 2020.
2022 “Regime Politicization and Communist Party Membership in China: 1949-2014” (Yanjie Bian and Yixue Zhang), Social Inequality in China, edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Forthcoming. Accepted July 15, 2020.
2022 “Social and Human Capitals in Occupational Attainment: 1964-2014” (Yanjie Bian and Cheng Cheng), Social Inequality in China, edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. Forthcoming. Accepted July 15, 2020.
2022 “Understanding Guanxi in Reform-Era China.” Chapter 3 in Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society, edited by Kevin Latham. London: Routledge. Forthcoming. Accepted Nov 10, 2018.
2021 “Social Capital: An Update” (Nan Lin and Yanjie Bian), pp. 596-611 Personal Networks: Classic Readings and New Directions in Ego-centric Analysis edited by Mario L. Small, Brea L. Perry, Bernice Pescosolido, and Edward Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press.
2021 “A Relational Image of Chinese Bureaucracy”, Management and Organization Review 17 (4): 683-689.
2021 “Parental ‘Love’ on Time: Strength and Timing in Homeownership Transfer” (Lei Zhang and Yanjie Bian), Journal of Housing and Built Environment 36 (1): 113-129. Online version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-019-09688-6.
2020 “Mental Health of Chinese Online Networkers under Covid-19: A Sociological Analysis of Survey Data.” (Yang Xiao, Yanjie Bian, & Lei Zhang) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 8843, online version: doi:10.3390/ijerph17238843.
2020 “The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China.” (Yanjie Bian, Xiaolei Miao, Xiaolin Lu, Xulei Ma, and Xiaoxian Guo), International Journal of Sociology 50 (5): 419-433. doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2020.1802141
2020 “Epidemic-Specific Social Capital and its Impact on Physical Activity and Health Status.” Journal of Sport and Health Science 9: 426-429. doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.07.009
2020 “Informal Networks: Dark Sides, Bright Sides, and Unexplored Dimensions” (Sven Horak, Fida Afiouni, Yanjie Bian, Alena Ledeneva, Maral Muratbekova-Touron, and Carl Fey), Management and Organization Review 16 (3): 511-542.
2020 “Elective Affinity between Guanxi Favouritism and Market Rationality: Guanxi Circles as Governance Structure in China’s Private Firms” (Yanjie Bian and Man Shuai). Asia Pacific Business Review 26 (2): 149-168.
Reprint in book format: Guanxi in Contemporary Chinese Business: The Persistent Power of Social Networking, edited by Jane Nolan and Chris Rowley, London: Routledge (2021). ISBN: 978-0-367-64504-5.
2020 “The ISSP 2017 Social Networks and Social Resources Module.” (Marlène Sapin, Dominique Joye, Christof Wolf & in collaboration with Johannes Andersen, Yanjie Bian, Ali Carkoglu, Yang-Chi Fu, Ersin Kalaycioglu, Peter V. Marsden, and Tom W. Smith), International Journal of Sociology 50(1): 1-25.
2020 “Social Bonding and Subjective Wellbeing: Findings from the 2017 ISSP Module.” (Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, and Yayi Gao), International Journal of Sociology 50(1): 26-47.
2019 “Nan Lin and the Sociology of China.” Pp. 136-157 in Social Capital, Social Support, and Stratification: An Analysis of the Sociology of Nan Lin. Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, and Nan Lin. U.K.: Elgar Publishing.
2019 “Local Embeddedness, Corporate Social Capital, and Chinese Enterprises: The Case of Shaanxi FDI Firms.” (Yanjie Bian, Juan Xie, Yang Yang, and Mingsong Hao) Chinese Management Studies 13(4): 860-876.
2019 “Social Networks and Subjective Wellbeing in Australia: New Evidence from a National Survey.” (Xianbi Huang, Mark Western, Yanjie Bian, Yaojun Li, Rochelle Côté, Yangtao Huang), Sociology 53(2): 401-421.
2018 “Social Networks and Subjective Well-being: A Comparison of Australia, Britain, and China,” (Yanjie Bian, Mingsong Hao, and Yaojun Li), Journal of Happiness Studies 19(8): 2489–2508.
2018 “The Prevalence and the Increasing Significance of Guanxi.” The China Quarterly 235: 597-621. Lead article of the issue.
2018 “The Influence of Hukou and College Education in China’s Labour Market.” (Yang Xiao and Yanjie Bian) Urban Studies 55(7) 1504–1524.
2018 “Income Inequality and Class Stratification.” (Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Yinghui Li, Yipeng Hu, and Na Li) Pp. 1022-1041 in Sage Handbook of Contemporary China, edited by Weiping Wu and Mark Frazier. New York: Sage Publications.
2018 “More than Double Jeopardy: An intersectional analysis of persistent income disadvantages of Chinese female migrant workers,” (Yixuan Wang, Cheng Cheng, Yanjie Bian) Asian Journal of Women's Studies 24(2): 246-269.
2018 “The Structure of Labor Markets in the U.S. and China: Social Capital and Guanxi.” (Nancy DiTomaso and Yanjie Bian) Management and Organization Review 14(1): 5-36. Lead article of the issue.
2018 “The Causal Effect of Social Capital on Income: A New Analytic Strategy,” (Jing Shen and Yanjie Bian), Social Networks 54: 82–90.
2018 “More or Less Guanxi: Trust Is 60% Network Context, 10% Individual Difference” (Ronald Burt, Yanjie Bian, and Sonja Opper) Social Networks 54: 12–25.
2017 “Professional Career Opportunities for Rural College Students—An Empirical Analysis Based on the Chinese General Social Survey,” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Xiao), Chinese Education & Society 50: 1–12. Lead article of the issue.
2017 “The Comparative Significance of Guanxi.” Management and Organization Review 13(2): 261-267.
2017 “Occupational Interactions and Income Level: A Social Capital Study Using the First-Order Difference Method.” (Weifeng Liu, Yunsong Chen, Yanjie Bian) The Journal of Chinese Sociology 4(1): 3-20. DOI: 10.1186/s40711-017-0052-7.
2017 “East Asian Social Networks” (Yanjie Bian and Ken’ichi Ikeda) An expanded and updated version for the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, co-edited by Reda Alhajj & Jon Rokne. New York: Springer. Online publication: DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_60-1.
2016 “The Social Capital for Self-Employment in Transitional China.” (Yanjie Bian and Wenbin Wang) Pp. 21-35 in Rethinking Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Greater China: Is Guanxi Still Important? Edited by Jenn-Hwan Wang and Ray-May Hsung. London and New York: Routledge.
2016 “Education and Career Mobility under China’s Market Economy: A Pre- and Post-Reform Comparative Analysis.” (Jianghua Yang, Cheng Cheng, and Yanjie Bian). Pp. 247-265 in Spotlight on China: Changes in Education under China’s Market Economy, edited by Shibao Guo and Yan Guo. Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
2015 “The Guanxi Influence on Occupational Attainment in Urban China.” (Yanjie Bian and Xianbi Huang), Chinese Journal of Sociology 1(3): 307-332. Lead article.
2015 “Institution-Spanning Social Capital and its Income Returns in China” (Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Wenbin Wang, and Cheng Cheng) Pp. 344-357 in Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Social Capital, edited by Yaojun Li, Routledge.
2015 “Job-Search Networks and Wage Attainment in China: A Comparison of Job Changers and Non-Changers.” (Xianbi Huang and Yanjie Bian). International Journal of Japanese Sociology 24(1): 5-19.
2015 “Beyond the Strength of Social Ties: Job Search Networks and Entry-Level Wage in Urban China.” (Yanjie Bian and Xianbi Huang). American Behavioral Scientist 59(8): 961-976.
2015 “Felt-Suffering in China.” (Yanjie Bian and Jing Shen). Pp. 187-202 in World Suffering and Quality of Life, edited by Ronald E. Anderson, Springer.
2015 “Subjective Wellbeing of Chinese People: A Multifaceted View” (Yanjie Bian, Lei Zhang, Jianke Yang, Xiaoxian Guo, Ming Lei). Social Indicators Research 121: 75-92.
2015 “Information and Favoritism: The Network Effect on Wage Income in China.” (Yanjie Bian, Xianbi Huang, and Lei Zhang). Social Networks 40: 129-138.
2014 “Urban-Rural Housing Inequality in Transitional China” (Yanjie Bian and Chuntian Lu). Pp. 179-201 in Analyzing China’s Population, edited by Isabelle Attané and Baochang Gu. Springer.
2014 “East Asian Social Networks” (Yanjie Bian and Ken’ichi Ikeda) Pp. 417-433 in The Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, co-edited by Reda Alhajj & Jon Rokne. New York: Springer.
2014 “Corporate Social Capital in Guanxi Culture” (Yanjie Bian and Lei Zhang). Research in the Sociology of Organizations 40: 417-439.
2013 “Chinese Social Stratification and Social Mobility”. Pp. 232-263 in A Scholarly Review of Chinese Studies in English during the Last Thirty Years (in the series of Asia Past & Present: New Research from AAS, Number 11), edited by Haihui Zhang, Zhaohui Xue, Shuyong Jiang, and Gary Lance Lugar. New York: The Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
2012 “The Chinese General Social Survey (2003-2008): Sample Designs and Data Evaluation” (Yanjie Bian and Lulu Li), Chinese Sociological Review 45(1): 70-97.
2012 “Network Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Environmentalism: Findings from Chinese General Social Survey.” Pp. 37-53 in Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia, edited by Amita Daniere and Hy Luong. London and New York: Routledge.
2012 “Ethnic Networking in the Transnational Engagement of Chinese American Scientists.” (Xiao-e Sun and Yanjie Bian) Asian Perspective 36: 435-461.
Third prize, Shaanxi Provincial
Chinese Language
2022 “Towards a Legal Order of Online Rights Protection: The Force of Social Capital” (Xuewang Wang and Yanjie Bian), Fujian Forum, forthcoming. “迈向依法有序的网络维权：个体社会资本的力量” (边燕杰、王学旺)，《福建论坛》即将发表。
2022 “Theoretical Structure and Practical Significance of Sport Social Capital.” (Yanjie Bian and Xiaolin Lu) Journal of Shanghai University of Sports No. 4: 1-11. Lead article. “体育社会资本的理论建构和现实意义”（边燕杰、鲁肖麟）。《上海体育学院学报》，第4期第1-11页。本期首篇。
2022 “Position vs. Relation: The Effect of Social Capital Mobilization on Labor Market Returns.” (Zhangbo Yang, Cheng Cheng, and Yanjie Bian) Sociological Review of China 10(2): 145-164. “职位先定与关系先定：社会资本搜寻方式对劳动力市场回报的影响研究”（杨张博、程诚、边燕杰），《社会学评论》，第10卷第2期：145-164页。
2021 “Dual Mechanisms of Epidemic Control: Governmental Policies and Online Network Participation.” (Xiaolin Lu and Yanjie Bian) Journal of Jiangsu Social Sciences 319 (6): 61-71. “疫情风险治理的双重动力——政府防控措施与网络公众参与”（鲁肖麟、边燕杰）。《江苏社会科学》总319卷2021年第6期61-71页。
2021 “The Effects of Online Fitness and Online Social Networking on Covid-10 Control: An Empirical Analysis of Big Data from Seven Countries.” (Yanjie Bian and Xiaolin Lu) Journal of Xi’an University of Sports 38(6): 641-651. “在线健身与网络社交的新冠疫情防控效应——基于全球七国相关大数据的实证分析”（边燕杰、鲁肖麟）,《西安体育学院学报》第38卷第6期641-651页。
2021 “Social Capital and Responsive Resistance to Epidemic Risk.” (Bian Yanjie, Miao Xiaolei, Lu Xiaolin, Ma Xulei, & Guo Xiaoxian), Social Science Journal of Wuhan University 74 (5): 156-168. “社会资本与疫情风险的应对”（边燕杰、缪晓雷、鲁肖麟、马旭蕾、郭小弦）,《武汉大学学报》第74卷第5期156-168页。
2021 “Foster People-to-People Bonds through Human Communications” (Yanjie Bian et al), Social Science Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University 41 (03): 43-63. “以人文交流促进与中亚的民心相通”（边燕杰、贺力、王伟、张钦、蒋维乐等），《西安交通大学学报》第41卷第3期43-63页。
2021 “Social Capital and Rural Governance: The Coordinating Role of Kinship and Friendship Connections” (Yanjie Bian and Xuewang Wang), Henan Social Sciences, 03: 92-100.“社会资本与乡村法治：亲友联系的协调作用”（边燕杰、王学旺），《河南社会科学》第3期92-100页。
2021 “The Causal Effect and Mechanism of Institution-Spanning Social Capital on Self-Employment Income” (Wenbin Wang, Yang Xiao, and Yanjie Bian), Journal of Sociological Studies No. 1: 137-159.“自雇群体跨体制社会资本的收入效应与作用机制”（王文彬、肖阳、边燕杰），《社会学研究》2021年第1期137-159页。
2020 “Epidemic-Specific Social Capital, Physical Activity, and Health Status.” (MIAO Xiaolei & BIAN Yanjie) Under review at Journal of Shanghai University of Sport 44（12）：1-12. “防疫社会资本、身体锻炼与身心健康”，（缪晓雷、边燕杰）《上海体育学院学报》第44卷第12期，第1-12页。本期首篇。
2020 “Anti-Epidemic Social Capital and Its Significance: An Empirical Analysis of Online Big Data from Seven Countries” (Yanjie Bian and Xiaolin Lu), Journal of Humanities 10: 1-12. Lead article of the number. “防疫社会资本及其效用—基于七国线上大数据的实证分析” (边燕杰、鲁肖麟)，《人文杂志》第10期第1-12页。本期首篇。
2020 “The Theorization of Anti-Epidemic Social Capital and Its Behavioral Implications” (Yanjie Bian, Xulei Ma, Xiaoxian Guo, Xiaolei Miao, and Xiaolin Lu), Social Science Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University 40（4）：1-11. “防疫社会资本的理论建构与行为意义” (边燕杰、马旭蕾、郭小弦、缪晓雷、鲁肖麟)，《西安交通大学学报》（社会科学版），第40卷40期（总162期）第1-11页。本期首篇。
2020 “Marketization and the Dynamics of Social Capital: 1999 to 2014” (Yanjie Bian, Xiaoxian Guo, and Xiaoguang Li), Open Times No. 4: 149-166. “市场化与社会资本的变迁，1999-2014”（边燕杰、郭小弦、李晓光），《开放时代》第4期，第149-166页。
2020 “Social Capital and Grassroots Sports.” Journal of Shanghai University of Sport 44(4): 1-11. “社会资本与大众体育”，《上海体育学院学报》，总第44卷，2020年第4期，第1-11页。该期首篇。
2020 “How to Explain the Increasing Trend of Guanxi?” (Yanjie Bian and Xiaolei Miao), Sociological Review 8 (1): 3-19. “如何解释关系作用的上升趋势？”（边燕杰、缪晓雷）《社会学评论》，总第8卷，第1期。该期首篇。
《中国社会科学文摘》2020年第7期转载。
《人大复印报刊资料》“社会学”2020年第1期转载。
2019 “Dual Powers of Virtual-Real Transformation in Social Networks.”(Yanjie Bian and Xiaolei Miao), Chinese Journal of Sociology 39 (6): 1-22. “论社会网络虚实转换的双重动力”，《社会》第39卷第6期，第1-22页，该期首篇。
《社会科学文摘》转载，2020年第1期第62-64页。
《人大复印报刊资料》“社会学”2020年第2期转载。
2019 “Guanxi Social Capital as a Mechanism of Cadre Promotion: An Empirical Analysis of Low-Ranking Judges” (Yanjie Bian and Xuewang Wang), Journal of Northwestern Normal University (Social Sciences) 56 (6): 15-22. “作为干部晋升机制的关系社会资本：对于基层法官的实证分析” (边燕杰、王学旺)，《西北师范大学学报》（社会科学版），第56卷第6期，第15-22页。
《新华文摘网络版》转载，2020年第02期，总第86期，第31-41页。
2019 “The Core Element of Chinese Mass Entrepreneurship: Entrep，reneurs’ Guanxi Embeddedness and Core Guanxi Circles” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Yang). Exploration and Contention 359 (9): 158-168. “中国大众创业的核心元素--创业者的关系嵌入与核心关系圈”（边燕杰、杨 洋），《探索与争鸣》，第359卷第9期，第158-168页。
2019 “The Sociology of Guanxi as the Subjective Discourse of China” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Yang), Journal of Humanities, No. 9: 23-34. “作为中国主体话语的关系社会学” (边燕杰、杨 洋)，《人文杂志》第9期，第23-34页。
2019 “Peer Effect and Body Weight of the Youth” (Xiaojuan Quan, Xiaowen Zhu, Chuntian Lu, and Yanjie Bian), No. 4: 24-33. “同伴效应与青少年体重”（权小娟、朱晓文、卢春天、边燕杰），《青年研究》第4期，第24-33页。
2019 “The Dual Effects of Social Networks on Job-Worker Matching: The Impact of Tie Strength on Extrinsic and Intrinsic Matching” (Yang Xiao and Yanjie Bian), Social Science Journal, Vol. 243, No. 4: 104-112. “社会网络对人职匹配的双重影响—基于关系强度和内外匹配的视角”(肖阳、边燕杰)，《社会科学辑刊》，第4期（总243），第104-112页。
2019 “Social Networks and Social Capital Research: Remarks by Guest Editor” Shandong Social Sciences Vol 285, No. 5: 46-46. “社会网络与社会资本研究：主持人语” , 《山东社会科学》第5期（总285），第46页。
2019 “The Mobilization of Social Capital in Occupational Mobility Process.” (Yanjie Bian and Yu Sun) Social Science Front No. 1: 232-239. “职业流动过程中的社会资本动员” (边燕杰、孙 宇), 《社会科学战线》第1期，第232-239页。
2018 “Forty Years of Chinese Sociological Development in the Reform Era.” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Yang) Social Science Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 6: 9-18. “改革开放40年中国社会学的发展历程”（边燕杰、杨洋）, 《西安交大学报》（社会科学版），第6期，第9-18页。
《社会科学文摘》转载，2018年12月52-54。
《高等学校文科学术文摘》转载，2019年第1期。
2018 “How Do Human Intelligence Networks Facilitate Chinese Corporations’ Internationalization? An Empirical Research Based on the Firms Going Abroad from Shaanxi.” (Juan Xie, Yang Yang, and Yanjie Bian) Journal of Intelligence Studies 37 (5): 176-181. “人际情报网络何以提升中国企业的国际竞争力？ ——基于陕西走出去企业的实证研究”（解娟、杨洋、边燕杰）, 《情报研究》总37卷，2018年第5期，第176-181页。
2018 “On the Cumulative Effect of Social Capital” (Yanjie Bian, Sun Yu, and Li Yinghui), Academics 204: 5-17. “论社会资本的累积效应”（边燕杰、孙宇、李颖晖）《学术界》，总第204期，2018年第5期，第5-17页。该期首篇。
2018 “Social Capital Outcomes of the Rural-Urban Boundary Spanning Marriage” (Qiang Lu and Yanjie Bian), Journal of Humanities 4: 114-121. “跨城乡婚姻的社会资本后果” (芦强、边燕杰)，《人文杂志》第4期，第114-121页。
《人大复印报刊资料》“社会学”2018年第7期全文转载。
2017 “Is Social Mobility Increasing Social Capital? An Analysis of Chinese General Social Survey” (Yanjie Bian and Qiang Lu), Seeker, no. 12, pp. 104-113. “跨阶层流动是否增加人们的社会资本？--基于中国综合社会调查的分析” (边燕杰、芦强)，《求索》，第12期，第103-112页。
《人大复印报刊资料》“社会学”2018年第4期全文转载。
2017 “Dig Local Knowledge, Develop Scientific Theory”, Journal of Humanities, No. 11, pp. 15-16. “挖掘本土知识, 创新科学理论”，《人文杂志》，11期，第15-16页。
2017 “On the International Codification of Local Knowledge in Sociology.” Journal of Sociological Studies, No. 5: 1-14. “论社会学本土知识的国际概念化”《社会学研究》第5期，1-14。该期首篇。
《新华文摘》全文转载，2017年第24期，第32-35页。
《人大复印报刊资料》全文转载，“社会学”2017年第12期。
《中国社会科学文摘》摘要，2017年12期，第127-128页。
《社会学文摘》全文转载，2018年第1期。
陕西省第十四届（2019年）哲学社会科学优秀成果奖论文类成果一等奖。
2017 “Favoritism as Causal Mechanisms in Occupational Status Attainment.” (Yu Sun, and Yanjie Bian) Journal of Social Science Front, no. 5: 189-199. “职业地位获得中的人情作用机制” (孙宇、边燕杰) ,《社会科学战线》第5期，第189-199页。
2017 “Between Virtual and Actual: The Generation of Social Capital from Cyberspace.” (Yanjie Bian and Ming Lei) Jilin University Journal of Social Science 57 (no. 3): 81-91. “虚实之间：社会资本从虚拟空间到实体空间的转换” (边燕杰、雷 鸣) ,《吉林大学学报》（社会科学），总第57卷，第3期，第81-91页。
2017 “Globalization and China’s Role in the Global Age.” Chinese Social Science Reviews 9 （1）：15-17.“全球化、中国立场、中国贡献”，《中国社会科学评价》，总第9期，2017年第1期，第15-17页。
2017 “A Comparative Analysis of Academic Performance of Urban and Rural College Students.” （Xiaojuan Quan and Yanjie Bian） Chinese Youth Research, no. 3: 88-93. “城乡大学生在校表现比较研究”(权小娟、边燕杰)《中国青年研究》第３期，第88-93页。
2016 “Bringing Indirect Ties Back In: The Role of Indirect Ties in Relational Resources and Entry-level Wage.” (Zhangbo Yang and Yanjie Bian). Journal of Social Science Front 258 (no. 12): 165-175. “找回间接关系：间接关系对关系资源和入职收入的影响研究”, 杨张博、边燕杰，《社会科学战线》，总第258期，2016年第12期，第165-175页。
2016 “Cultural Confidence and Theoretical Challenges.” Social Science Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University 139 (no. 5): 51-54. “以文化自信迎接理论挑战”，《西安交大学报》（社会科学版），第51-54页。
2016 “Cultural Confidence and the International Conceptualization of Local Knowledge.” Shaanxi Daily, Theory Page, October 10, page 4.“文化自信与本土知识的国际概念化”，《陕西日报》理论版第4页，10月9日。
2016 “Occupational Interaction and Income: A social capital study using the first-order difference analysis.” (Weifeng Liu, Yunsong Chen, Yanjie Bian), Journal of Sociological Studies, 182: 34-56. “中国人的职场交往与收入：基于差分方法的社会资本分析”(刘伟峰、陈云松、边燕杰)，《社会学研究》，第2期，总182期，34-56页。
2016 “Structural Characteristics of Subjective Wellbeing of Western Chinese Residents: An Analysis of Survey Data from Twelve Western Provinces.” (Jianke Yang, Ming Lei, Lei Zhang, and Yanjie Bian) Social Science Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University 36(3): 88-94. 中国西部居民主观幸福感的结构与特征——基于西部 12 省调查数据的分析, 杨建科， 雷鸣， 张磊， 边燕杰, 《西安交通大学学报》（社会科学版） 36 (3), 88-94 。
2016 “Happiness of Western Chinese Muslims and Its Influential Factors: A Group-Comparative Perspective.” (Ming Lei and Yanjie Bian) Journal of Humanities, No. 3, 107-115. “西部穆斯林的幸福观及影响因素：一个比较群体视角” (雷鸣、边燕杰)《人文杂志》第3期，107-115页。
2016 “Introduction.” (Li Zong and Yanjie Bian) Pp. i-iii in Western China in Transition: Development and Social Governance, edited by Yanjie Bian and Li Zong. Beijing: Social Science Press. “前言”（宗力、边燕杰），载《转型中的西部中国：发展现状与社会治理》，边燕杰、宗力主编。北京：社会科学出版社。
2016 “Western China’s Social Transformation and Social Governance.” (Jianke Yang and Yanjie Bian) Pp. 3-30 in Western China in Transition: Development and Social Governance, edited by Yanjie Bian and Li Zong. Beijing: Social Science Press. “中国西部社会转型与社会治理”（杨建科、边燕杰），载《转型中的西部中国：发展现状与社会治理》3-30页，边燕杰、宗力主编。北京：社会科学出版社。
2016 “Educational Attainment and the Trends of Its Impact on Career Placement: 1956-2009.” (Jianghua Yang, Cheng Cheng, and Yanjie Bian) Pp. 93-113 in Western China in Transition: Development and Social Governance, edited by Yanjie Bian and Li Zong. Beijing: Social Science Press. “ 教育获得及其对职业生涯的影响趋势（1956-2009）”(杨江华、程诚、边燕杰)，载《转型中的西部中国：发展现状与社会治理》93-113页，边燕杰、宗力主编。北京：社会科学出版社。
2016 “Definitions and Indicators of Middle Classes.” People’s Tribune (February). “关于中产阶层的各种定义及指标体系” 《人民论坛》2月刊：69-70页。
2015 “Theory-Oriented Empirical Research in Sociology.” Chinese Social Science Reviews 2:12-23. “理论导向的实证社会学研究”，《中国社会科学评价》，2015年第2期，第12-23页。
人民大学书报资料中心复印报刊资料C4《社会学》2015年第11期全文转载。
《实证社会科学》（第一卷），2016年6月，第47-64页，全文转载。
2015 “The Double Roles of State Enterprise Managers.” (Yanjie Bian and Ming Lei) Zhejiang Academic Journal 213（4）:197-203. “国有企业管理者的双重角色”(边燕杰、雷鸣)，《浙江学刊》总213期，2015年第4期，第197-203页。
全文转载于《中国思想政治工作与“三严三实”教育全书》，中共中央党校出版社，2016年出版。
2015 “Gender-Wage Gap in China’s Labor Market: A Social Capital Explanation.” (Cheng Cheng, Yixuan Wang, Yanjie Bian), Journal of Population Research, 39 (2), 3-16. “中国劳动力市场中的性别收入差异：一个社会资本的解释”（程诚、王奕轩、边燕杰），《人口研究》，总第39期 (第2期), 第3-16页。
陕西省第十三次（2017年）哲学社会科学优秀成果奖论文类成果三等奖。
2015 “The College Educated Rural Migrants and Their Career Opportunities.” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Xiao). Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences) 129 (no. 1): 1-7. “农村大学生的职业生涯机遇”（边燕杰、肖阳），《西安交通大学学报》（社会科学版），第1期（总第129期），第1-7页。该期首篇。
Reported on Chinese media: 2016年5月20日央广网报道；2016年5月20日新浪网报道；2016年5月20日中国青年报报道；2016年5月20日大众网转载；2016年5月20日凤凰财经网转载；2016年5月20日中国新闻网转载；2016年5月24日搜狐网转载。
English translation “Professional Career Opportunities for Rural College Students—An Empirical Analysis Based on the Chinese General Social Survey” appeared at Chinese Education and Society 50 (2017): 1–12, edited by Postiglione, G. A., Taylor & Francis Press.
陕西省第十三次（2017年）哲学社会科学优秀成果奖论文类成果三等奖。
2015 “Social Eating and Drinking Networks and Their Social Exchange Functions: A Comparative Analysis of China, Japan, and Korea.” (Yanjie Bian and Xiaoxian Guo). Academic Exchange 251 (no. 2): 152-159. “餐饮网社交功能的中日韩比较”（边燕杰、郭小弦），《学术交流》，总第251期，2015年第2期，第152-159页。
2015 “Analyzing the Corrosive and Differential Roles of Social Eating in Political Trust: The Side Effects of Guanxi Capital.” (Yunsong Chen and Yanjie Bian), Chinese Journal of Sociology 52 (no. 1): 92-120.“饮食社交对政治信任的侵蚀及差异分析：关系资本的“副作用”（陈云松、边燕杰），《社会》，第1期，第92-120页。
2014 “Social Capital and the Reproduction of Inequality: The Case of Income Differential between Rural Migrants and Urban Workers.” (Cheng Cheng and Yanjie Bian), Chinese Journal of Sociology 34 (4) 67-90. “社会资本与不平等的再生产：以农民工业城市职工的收入差距为例”（程诚、边燕杰）,《社会》，第4期，第67-90页。
2019年陕西省高等学校人文社会科学优秀成果论文一等奖。
2014 “Institutional Transformation and the Hukou Status: Pattern of Change in “Peasant-to-Urbanite Transfers and their Micro-Level Mechanisms.” (Yanjie Bian and Yinghui Li) Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University (Social Science Edition) 54 (4): 124-134. 体制转型与户籍身份转化:“农转非”微观影响机制的时代变迁 (边燕杰、李颖晖)，中山大学学报（社会科学版），54卷（第4期）：124-134页。
2014 “Subjective Wellbeing in China and Britain” (Yanjie Bian and Yang Xiao), Journal of Sociological Research. “中英主观幸福感比较研究”（边燕杰、肖阳）《社会学研究》第2期，第22-42页。
全文转载：《社会学文摘》2014年第3期。
CGSS文献展播，2018年1月12日，中国综合社会调查CGSS。
2015年度陕西高校人文社会科学研究优秀成果论文三等奖。
2014 “Class Reproduction and Intergenerational Inheritance.” (Yanjie Bian & Qiang Lu) People’s Tribute, No. 2 (January, middle number), pp. 20-23. “阶层再生产与代际资源传递”（边燕杰、芦强）《人民论坛》，1月中旬刊，第20-23页。
全文转载：《决策探索》2014年，第 37-39页。
2014 “Educational Attainment and Its Impact on Career Placement: 1956-2009.” (Jianghua Yang, Cheng Cheng, and Yanjie Bian) Youth Research no. 5. 杨江华、程诚、边燕杰，教育获得及其对职业生涯的影响（1956-2009），《青年研究》，2014年第5期，第1-11页。该期首篇。
2013 “On the International Conceptualization of Local Knowledge.” In Selection of Papers from the Fifth World Forum on China Studies. “本土知识的国际概念化”，《第五届中国学世界论坛论文选》。
2013 “The Formation of Social Networks: An Occupational Exchange Perspective.” (Mingsong Hao, Yanjie Bian), China Studies 18: 110-128. “社会网络资源的形塑: 职业交往的视角” (郝明松、边燕杰) 《中国研究》总第18期: 110-128页。
2013 “Two Dimensional Social Networks and Their Distributions: A China-Britain Comparison” (Yanjie Bian and Mingsong Hao). Journal of Sociological Research （2）:78-97. “二重社会网络及其分布的中英比较”（边燕杰、郝明松）《社会学研究》，第2期，78-97页。
全文转载：《社会学文摘》2013年第3期。
陕西省人文社会科学优秀成果论文三等奖， 2015年。
2013 “Guanxi Culture and Guanxi Social Capital” (Yanjie Bian and Lei Zhang), Journal of Humanities no. 1: 107-113. “论关系文化与关系社会资本”（边燕杰、张磊）《人文杂志》，第1期，第107-113页。
2012 “A Social Network Model of Job-Search Processes: Testing the Guanxi Effect Hypothesis.” Chinese Journal of Sociology, no. 3:24-27. “求职过程的社会网络模型：检验关系效应假设”（边燕杰、张文宏、程诚）《社会》第3期，第24-37页。
2012 “Sector-Crossing Social Capital and Its Impact on Wage Income” Chinese Social Sciences. (Yanjie Bian, Wenbin Wang, Lei Zhang, and Cheng Cheng) No. 2:110-126. “跨体制社会资本及其收入回报” （边燕杰、王文彬、张磊、程诚）,《中国社会科学》，第二期，第110-126页。
第七届教育部优秀科研成果奖（人文社科）论文二等奖，2015年。
陕西省人文社会科学优秀论文一等奖，2013年。
