Scholar
Yiqing Xu
Google Scholar ID: eUlyRJ4AAAAJ
Department of Political Science, Stanford University
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,183
H-index
23
i10-index
31
Publications
20
Co-authors
26
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Publications in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Nature Human Behaviour, among other academic outlets
- - Awards/Fellowships:
- - 2025, Political Analysis Editors’ Choice (paper) for 2024, Society for Political Methodology (SPM)
- - 2025, Best Statistical Software Award (fect), SPM
- - 2025, Honorable Mention for the Gosnell Prize (paper) for the best work in political methodology presented at any political science conference in 2024, SPM
- - 2024-25, W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- - 2024, Emerging Scholar Award, SPM
- - 2024, Honorable Mention for the Becky Morton and Tom Carsey Excellence in Mentoring Award, SPM
- - 2024, Best Statistical Software Award (interflex), SPM
- - 2020, Miller Prize (paper) for the best work appearing in Political Analysis in 2019, SPM
- - 2018, Miller Prize (paper) for the best work appearing in Political Analysis in 2017, SPM
- - 2018, Political Analysis Editors’ Choice (paper) for 2017, SPM
- - 2016, Best Article Award (paper) for the best work appearing in American Journal of Political Science in 2015
- - 2014, John T. Williams Dissertation Prize, SPM
- - 2010, MIT Presidential Fellowship
Research Experience
- - Taught at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) from July 2016 to September 2019
- - Associate Director of the Stanford Causal Science Center (SC2)
- - Faculty Affiliate to the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI), Stanford Center for Open and REproducible Science (CORES), Stanford King Center on Global Development, Stanford Center for East Asia Studies (CEAS), and the 21st Century China Center (21CCC) at UCSD
Education
- - Ph.D. in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2016
- - M.A. in Economics from the National School of Development (NSD) at Peking University, 2010
- - B.A. in Economics from Fudan University, 2007
Background
- - Research Interests: Political methodology and comparative politics, focusing on China
- - Background: Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stanford University
