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title: "Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS): papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 48 archived papers mentioned Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2026 (4)."
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# Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)

[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: Chinese General Social Survey, CGSS

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, 48 archived papers mentioned Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Jul 2026 (4).
- Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 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 (2) and Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (1), Small Business Economics (1) and Regional Science and Urban Economics (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) was mentioned in 60 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (21), health economics and policy (14) and finance (13).
- 15 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (3), Jilin University (3) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (7), SSM - Population Health (3) and Higher Education (2).
- The most-cited of them is “Measurement of relative welfare poverty and its impact on happiness in China: Evidence from CGSS” (China Economic Review, 2021), with 62 citations.
- Papers use Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) most often with China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (8), China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) (5) and CSMAR (5); it has 9 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

## 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 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 13 | 19 | 16 | 48 |

## 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [SSM - Population Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ssm-population-health.md) | 3 |
| 3 | [Higher Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/higher-education.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [International Journal for Equity in Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-for-equity-in-health.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Journal for Labour Market Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-for-labour-market-research.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 3 |
| 2 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 3 |
| 3 | [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-jiao-tong-university.md) | 3 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 3 |
| 5 | Bilkent University | 2 |
| 6 | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey | 2 |
| 7 | [China Agricultural University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/china-agricultural-university.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Zhejiang University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university-of-technology.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 32 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 8 |
| 3 | Germany | 7 |
| 4 | Turkey | 5 |
| 5 | Australia | 4 |
| 6 | Italy | 4 |
| 7 | Macao | 3 |
| 8 | Canada | 2 |
| 9 | France | 2 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 20 |
| 2 | [educational attainment](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/educational-attainment.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [older adults](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/older-adults.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [gender differences](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/gender-differences.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [social capital](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/social-capital.md) | 4 |
| 6 | social trust | 4 |
| 7 | China General Social Survey | 3 |
| 8 | formal institutions | 3 |
| 9 | [mediating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mediating-effect.md) | 3 |
| 10 | physical activity | 3 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62 | 1.0 | [Measurement of relative welfare poverty and its impact on happiness in China: Evidence from CGSS](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101687) | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 2021-08-24 | Jinxian Wang, Chen Wang, Sihao Li et al. |
| 2 | 44 | 1.9 | [Social Trust, Environmental Violations, and Remedial Actions in China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05818-5) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2024-11-13 | Yasir Shahab, Zhiwei Ye, Jia Liu et al. |
| 3 | 23 | 1.4 | [Fostering entrepreneurship: analyzing the influence of access to finance, innovation investment, educational attainment, infrastructure development, and regulatory environment](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-025-00557-z) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 2025-06-13 | Mushab Rashid, Muhammad Khalid Anser, Syed Tahir Hussain Shah et al. |
| 4 | 19 | 0.3 | [Economic growth and happiness in China: A Bayesian multilevel age-period-cohort analysis based on the CGSS data 2005–2015](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2021.09.018) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2021-09-29 | Yu‐Sung Su, Donald D. Lien, Yuling Yao |
| 5 | 19 | 0.5 | [Local happiness and corporate financial misconduct: Does happiness reduce organizational opportunistic behavior?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2023.107157) | [Journal of Accounting and Public Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-public-policy.md) | 2023-11-01 | Feiyang Cheng, Jing Liao, Xutang Liu et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) most often with China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) (8), China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) (5) and CSMAR (5); it has 9 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

*What papers use Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [China Family Panel Studies (CFPS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-family-panel-studies-cfps.md) | Dataset | 8 | 15.0 |
| [China Household Finance Survey (CHFS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-finance-survey-chfs.md) | Dataset | 5 | 9.8 |
| [CSMAR](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/csmar.md) | Dataset | 5 | 8.9 |
| [National Bureau of Statistics of China](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/national-bureau-of-statistics-of-china.md) | Dataset | 5 | 23.9 |
| [CNRDS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cnrds.md) | Dataset | 4 | 21.8 |
| [European Social Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/european-social-survey.md) | Dataset | 4 | 14.0 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 4 | 4.7 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 3 | 1.0 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 3 | 8.0 |

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

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [How does social trust influence household financial decisions: An explanation based on the “Mystery of Limited Participation”](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2026.103412) | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | Feifei Xia, Zhiguo Ding, Yuanzhu Ding | Jilin University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 2026-10-22 | [Business networks and the persistence of entrepreneurship: evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-026-01292-7) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | Han Wang, Neil Lee | University of Southampton; London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2026-10-20 | [Institutions and social attitudes: The origin and impact of state ownership preferences in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2026.104293) | [Regional Science and Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/regional-science-and-urban-economics.md) | Pengfei Li, Ming Lü | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/chinese-general-social-survey-cgss

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-chinese-general-social-survey-cgss,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/chinese-general-social-survey-cgss}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).