• Publications

    Social Determinants of Health | Health Behavior | Social and Political Trust

    26 peer-reviewed journal articles with

    • 7 articles in the Top 15% journals
    • 12 articles in Q1 and 7 articles in Q2 journals (83% of my publications in English-language journals)
    • 7 articles in Q1 journals as the first author and 2 articles in Q1 journals as the corresponding author (75% of Q1 publications)
    • 3 articles in CSSCI journals

    (Journal ranking quantile based on Journal Citation Report 2023)

     

     

    * denotes corresponding author

    Theme I. Social Determinants of Health

    1. Lin, F., Jin, L., & Chen, X. (Forthcoming). Digitalization, psychological well-being, and the third-level digital divide: A survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Journal of Medical Internet Research. [SCI; 2023 IF: 5.8; 5-year IF: 6.7; #9/174 (95thpercentile) in Health Care Sciences & Services]
    2. Jiang, Z., Chen, Z., & Chen, X.* (2023). Candidate gene-environment interactions in substance abuse: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 18(10): e0287446. [SCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.9; 5-year IF: 3.3; #31/134 (77thpercentile) in Multidisciplinary Sciences] [PDF]
    3. Han, Y., Chen, X., & Chung, R. Y. N. (2023). Sense of control as a mediator of the association between social capital and health inequality in China. Preventive Medicine, 166, 107382. [SCI Q1; 2023 IF: 4.3; 5-year IF: 4.2; #47/403 (88.5th percentile) in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health] [PDF]
    4. Lin, F., Chen, X., (co-first), Cheng, E.W. (2022). Contextualized impacts of an infodemic on vaccine hesitancy: Evidence from six societies. Information Processing and Management, 59(5):103013. [SCI & SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 7.4; 5-year IF: 7.3; #7/160 (96thpercentile) in Information Science & Library Science] [PDF]
    5. Chen, X., Lin, F., Gao, H., & Zou, Y. (2022). Stratified changes in emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal survey of residents in Hubei province, China. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 110959. [SCI & SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 3.5; 5-year IF: 3.7; #75/276 (73rd percentile) in Psychiatry] [PDF]
    6. Chen, X., Lin, F., & Cheng, E.W. (2022). Stratified impacts of infodemic during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey in 6 Asian jurisdictions. Journal of Medical Internet Research,24(3): e31088. [SCI; 2023 IF: 5.8; 5-year IF: 6.7; #9/174 (95thpercentile) in Health Care Sciences & Services] [PDF]
    7. Chen, X., Gao, H., & Shu, B. (2022). Effects of changes in physical and sedentary behaviors on mental health and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China. PLoS ONE. [SCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.9; 5-year IF: 3.3; #31/134 (77thpercentile) in Multidisciplinary Sciences] [PDF]
    8. Jin, L., Chen, X.*, Lin, F., Zou, Y., & Gao, H. (2022). Does education matter for psychological recovery amidst the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from a panel survey in Hubei, China. Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 35(1):101-110. [SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 2.3; 5-year IF: 3.8; #73/218 (67thpercentile) in Psychology, Multidisciplinary] [PDF]
    9. Gao, H., Chen, X.*, & Zou, Y. (2022). Bull's eye or typhoon eye? Psychological distress and associated factors in Wuhan and surrounding areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Mental Health. [SCI Q2; 2023 IF: 3.3;5-year IF: 3.3; #85/276 (69th percentile) in Psychiatry] [PDF]
    10. Chen, X.*, Zou, Y., & Gao, H. (2021). Role of neighborhood social support in stress coping and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Hubei, China. Health & Place, 69, 102532. [SCI & SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 3.8; 5-year IF: 4.6; #67/403 (83.5th percentile) in Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health] [PDF]
    11. Chen, X., Gao, H., Zou, Y., & Lin, F. (2020). Changes in psychological well-being, attitude and information-seeking behavior among people at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of residents in Hubei province, China. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, E201:1-10. [SCI Q2; 2023 IF: 2.5; 5-year IF: 2.6; 157/403 (61th percentile) in Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health] [PDF]
    12. Gao, H., Zou, Y., & Chen, X. (2020). A comparative study of residents’ responses between the epicenter and the surrounding areas in Hubei province during the COVID-19 outbreak. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 32(8), 447-449 [SCI & SSCI Q3; 2023 IF:1.4; 5-year IF: 1.6; #295/403 (27th percentile) in Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health] [PDF]

    Theme II. Health Risk and Deviant Behavior

    1. Chen, X.* (2021). Strain, school segregation, and delinquency among migrant adolescents in China. Asian Journal of Criminology, 16, 357–376. [SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 1.8; 5-year IF: 1.9; #31/113 (73th percentile) in Criminology & Penology] [PDF]
    2. Chen, X., & Zhong, H. (2021). Development and crime drop: A time-series analysis of crime rates in Hong Kong in the last three decades. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 65(4), 409-433. [SSCI Q3; 2023 IF: 1.3; 5-year IF: 1.7; #61/113 (46.5thpercentile) in Criminology &Penology] [PDF]
    3. Chen, X., & Cheung, Y. W. (2020). School characteristics, strain, and adolescent delinquency: A test of macro-level strain theory in China. Asian Journal of Criminology, 15(1), 65-86. [SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 1.8; 5-year IF: 1.9; #31/113 (73thpercentile) in Criminology & Penology] [PDF] --2021 Asian Criminological Society Best Article Award
    4. Chen, X., Mo, P.K, Li, J., & Lau, J.T.F (2020). Factors associated with drug use among HIV-Infected men who have sex with men in China. Aids and Behavior, 24(6):1612-1620. [SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.7; 5-year IF: 3.3; #12/46 (75thpercentile) in Social Sciences, Biomedical] [PDF]
    5. Mo, P. K., Chen, X., Lam, E. H., Li, J., Kahler, C. W., & Lau, J. T. (2020). The moderating role of social support on the relationship between anxiety, stigma, and intention to use illicit drugs among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Aids and Behavior, 24(1):55-64. [SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.7; 5-year IF: 3.3; #12/46 (75thpercentile) in Social Sciences, Biomedical] [PDF]
    6. Cheung, N.W.T., Cheung, Y. W., & Chen, X. (2016). Permissive attitude towards drug use, life satisfaction, and continuous drug use among psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 26(2), 60-69. [Scopus-Cite Score: 1.6, #391/567 (31th percentile), Psychiatry and Mental Health] [PDF]
    7. Chen, X., & Zhong, H. (2014). The relationship between substance use and criminal involvement. In Jianhong Liu et al. (eds.), New Encyclopedia of China against Drugs (in Chinese). Beijing, China: People’s Publishing House. Pp: 198-222.
    8. Zhong, H., & Chen, X. (2013). Crime, victimization, and criminal policy in Hong Kong. Journal of Guangxi University (Philosophy and Social Science) (in Chinese), 35(4): 62-68. [CSSCI]
    9. Chen, X.*, & Zhong, H. (2013). Delinquency and crime among immigrant youth—An integrative review of theoretical explanations. Laws, 2(3): 210–232. [ESCI Q1; 2023 IF:1.3; 80/421 (81thpercentile), Law] [PDF]
    10. Chen, X., & Zhong, H. (2012). Strain, negative emotions, and delinquency of migrant adolescents. Issue on Juvenile Crimes and Delinquency (in Chinese), 5:22-33. [CSSCI]
    11. Chen, X. (2012). Social capital and deviant behavior of left-behind adolescents in rural China. Zhejiang Social Sciences (in Chinese), 189(5): 86-93. [CSSCI]

     

    Theme III. Social and Political Trust

    1. Lu, Y., Chen, X., Huang, Y. C., & Lin, F. (2024). Measuring up in a pandemic: information attention, source credibility, and public evaluation of the government COVID-19 response in mainland China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 17(2), 170–188.[SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 2.1; 5-year IF: 3.4; #59/227 (74thpercentile) in Communication] [PDF]
    2. Chen, X., Lin, F., & Wu, A.M. (2023). Why Hong Kong People Rebel: The role of economic frustration, political discontent and national identity in non-institutional political participation in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research. 1-20. [SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.8; 5-year IF: 3.2; #28/263 (89.5thpercentile) in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary] [PDF]
    3. Chen, X., Liu, Y., & Zhong, H. (2023). Generalized trust among rural-to-urban migrants in China: Role of relative deprivation and neighborhood context. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 94, 101784. [SSCI Q1; 2023 IF: 2.4; 5-year IF: 2.7; #36/263 (86.5thpercentile) in Social Sciences,Interdisciplinary] [PDF]
    4. Fong, E., Shibuya, K., & Chen X. (2019). Migration among East and Southeast Asian economies. International Migration, 58 (4): 69-84. [SSCI Q2; 2023 IF: 1.6; 5-year IF: 2.1; #21/49(58th percentile) in Demography] [PDF]