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title: "China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 166 archived papers mentioned China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Feb 2024 (10)."
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# China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory.md)

Chinese household, ageing, health and social surveys.

- data category: China household and social surveys
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: China Health and Nutrition Survey, CHNS

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All China household and social surveys datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-and-social-surveys.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 166 archived papers mentioned China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Feb 2024 (10).
- China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) was mentioned in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #103 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (3).
- Most of them appeared in The Annals of Regional Science (1), Journal of Public Economics (1) and Resources Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) was mentioned in 222 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (106), health economics and policy (47) and finance (25).
- 40 of them were published in 2025, against 9 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (6), Centre for Economic Policy Research (6) and University of Technology Sydney (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were Ecological Economics (8), Review of World Economics (7) and World Development (6).
- The most-cited of them is “The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity: Evidence from China” (Journal of Development Economics, 2020), with 241 citations.
- Papers use China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (22), CEPII BACI (19) and OECD TiVA / ICIO (17); it has 49 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 68 | 47 | 51 | 166 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 22 | 25 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 67 | 40 | 48 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 8 |
| 2 | [Review of World Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-world-economics.md) | 7 |
| 3 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Empirical Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/empirical-economics.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [European Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-economic-review.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 4 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [Centre for Economic Policy Research](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-for-economic-policy-research.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [University of Technology Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-technology-sydney.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 4 |
| 6 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna | 4 |
| 7 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [The University of Melbourne](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-melbourne.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Universitat de València](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universitat-de-valencia.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universita-cattolica-del-sacro-cuore.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 42 |
| 2 | United States | 39 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 34 |
| 4 | Germany | 26 |
| 5 | Australia | 20 |
| 6 | Italy | 20 |
| 7 | France | 14 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 14 |
| 9 | Spain | 12 |
| 10 | Japan | 10 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 23 |
| 2 | China Health and Nutrition Survey | 16 |
| 3 | global value chains | 13 |
| 4 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 7 |
| 6 | [cross-national comparison](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cross-national-comparison.md) | 7 |
| 7 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [foreign direct investment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/foreign-direct-investment.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [developing countries](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/developing-countries.md) | 5 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 241 | 3.0 | [The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102461) | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | 2020-03-19 | Olivier Deschênes, Huixia Wang, Si Wang et al. |
| 2 | 98 | 2.8 | [The relationship between firm-level climate change exposure, financial integration, cost of capital and investment efficiency](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2023.102994) | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 2023-11-19 | Konstantina K. Agoraki, Maria Giaka, Dimitrios Konstantios et al. |
| 3 | 86 | 2.4 | [Cybersecurity threats in FinTech: A systematic review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.122697) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2023-11-22 | Danial Javaheri, Mahdi Fahmideh, Hassan Chizari et al. |
| 4 | 83 | 1.1 | [Does dietary knowledge affect household food waste in the developing economy of China?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101896) | [Food Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/food-policy.md) | 2020-04-27 | Shi Min, Xiaobing Wang, Xiaohua Yu |
| 5 | 72 | 2.9 | [Twenty-four years of empirical research on trust in AI: a bibliometric review of trends, overlooked issues, and future directions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02059-y) | [AI & Society](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ai-society.md) | 2024-10-02 | Michaela Benk, Sophie Kerstan, Florian von Wangenheim et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (22), CEPII BACI (19) and OECD TiVA / ICIO (17); it has 49 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 22 | 5.0 |
| [CEPII BACI](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cepii-baci.md) | Dataset | 19 | 23.7 |
| [OECD TiVA / ICIO](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oecd-tiva-icio.md) | Dataset | 17 | 26.4 |
| [IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/imf-data-ifs-weo-dots.md) | Dataset | 15 | 17.0 |
| [World Input-Output Database (WIOD)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-input-output-database-wiod.md) | Dataset | 14 | 20.9 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 11 | 2.5 |
| [Penn World Table](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/penn-world-table.md) | Dataset | 11 | 12.0 |
| [China Family Panel Studies (CFPS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-family-panel-studies-cfps.md) | Dataset | 10 | 5.1 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 10 | 0.9 |
| [S&P 500](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/s-p-500.md) | Dataset | 9 | 0.8 |
| [UN Comtrade](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/un-comtrade.md) | Dataset | 9 | 14.5 |
| [WITS / TRAINS tariff data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wits-trains-tariff-data.md) | Dataset | 9 | 2.8 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | [Asymmetric decentralization and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-026-01586-4) | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | Melissa Ziegler Rogers, Melissa Ziegler Rogers | Duke University; Claremont Graduate University |
| 2026-10-16 | [The welfare effects of explicit and implicit subsidies on fossil fuels](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105804) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Tim Kalmey, Sebastian Rausch, Jan Schneider | Centre for European Economic Research; Heidelberg University; ETH Zurich; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Supply chain security and global dependencies in the trade of phosphorus-related products](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.106064) | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | Peter Hirner, Matthias Raddant, Johann Fellner | TU Wien; The University of Tokyo; Keio University; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-health-and-nutrition-survey-chns

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-health-and-nutrition-survey-chns}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).