Zihan Xu

Biographic Data

ID3920335
NAMEZihan Xu
GIVEN NAMESZihan
FAMILY NAMEXu
SIGNATUREXU Z
AFFILIATIONSBeijing Forestry University
ORCID0009-0000-5373-0953
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The Hidden Killer of Incentives? Understanding the Role of Administrative Burdens in Co-Production

    Yue Guo, Hao Huang et al.ARTICLEPublic Performance & Management…2026

    Co-production, defined as collaboration between citizens and government in delivering public services, can be enhanced through well-designed incentives. Although material (e.g., financial rewards) and non-material (e.g., social recognition) incentives have been widely studied, less attention has been given to how administrative burdens embedded in co-production—manifested as internal experiential costs and external procedural barriers—influence t…

  • Mediating role of exercise behavioral intention in the relationship between exercise self-efficacy and physical activity levels in vocational education students

    Open AccessZiyang Jing, Rongxuan Zhai et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: Social Cognitive Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior suggest that self-efficacy influences physical activity through behavioral intention; however, evidence in vocational students is scarce. Objective: This study examined whether exercise behavioral intention mediates the association between exercise self-efficacy and physical activity levels among vocational education students in Shanghai. Methods: A cross sectional survey was …

  • Uneven effects of land use change on bird habitats across climatic zones in the great lake basins

    Open AccessZihan Xu, Yiqi Xie et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2026

  • Scaling-informed natural submarkets

    Open AccessZihan Xu, Yunjie Feng et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning B Urban…2026

    Urban housing markets exhibit pronounced spatial heterogeneity shaped by multiple spatial factors, resulting in scaling characteristics and hierarchical structures typical of complex systems. These properties provide an alternative perspective for delineating housing market areas and interpreting inter-market linkages. This study introduces the concept of natural submarkets, defined as spatially contiguous housing clusters exhibiting both hierarc…

  • Exploring the cognitive interplay between multilingualism, inhibitory control and mind wandering

    Open AccessZihan Xu, Paola Bonifacci et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2026

    This study examined whether self-assessed multilingual proficiency and use of additional languages predict individual differences in inhibitory control (IC) and mind wandering (MW) among UK university students. Sixty-five participants completed a Go/No-Go task measuring response inhibition and the BMW-3 questionnaire, which assessed unintentional, intentional and meta-awareness dimensions of MW. Multilingualism was operationalised using a continu…

  • Unlocking Synergistic Outcomes

    Open AccessXiran Chen, Zihan Xu et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2026

    Great lake basins are important hotspots for biodiversity research, and constructing an ecological security pattern for multi‐species synergistic conservation is crucial for biodiversity enhancement. However, in ecological source identification, model parameter optimization that addresses species‐specific sensitivity to stressors remains limited. Taking the Dongting Lake (DTL) Basin as a case study, this research focused on birds and amphibians. …

  • Assessing Argument Quality in L2 Argumentative Writing

    Open AccessZihan Xu, Pu Liu et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Applied…2026

    Many existing rubrics for L2 argumentative writing prioritize form‐based linguistic accuracy and complexity while insufficiently addressing substantive argumentative rigor and effectiveness. This limitation is further complicated by cross‐cultural variation in rhetorical conventions and educational practices, which challenge the direct adaptation of predetermined assessment frameworks. This study developed and preliminarily validated an analytic …

  • Semiotization of meaning

    Open AccessZihan Xu, Xiu GaoARTICLESemiotica2026

    Inspired by Vidal and Campbell’s conceptualization of experiential translation, this study serves as an extension based on Li and Xu’s foray, which considers translation as a semiotic flourish transcending the limitation of language. Building upon the cultural functionality proposed by the above research, this study is grounded in the outward turn proposed by Sussan Basnett, situating translation within lived experiences and historical specificit…

  • Rhetorical affects in China’s digital consumer culture

    Open AccessZihan XuARTICLELanguage and Semiotic Studies2026References: 14

    This study contextualizes the Affective–Reflective Theory ( ART ) to analyze the melodrama pertinent to Yuhui Dong, a salesman from Dongfangzhenxuan ( East Buy ). The fiery contention between the fledgling commonalty epitomized by Yuhui Dong and the underlying capitals reified by Dongxu Sun (then-CEO of East Buy ) and Minhong Yu (CEO of New Oriental Education & Technology Group , the parent company of East Buy ) molded the rhetorical situation wi…

  • Multiscale landscape ecological risk response to natural and social factors in China

    Open AccessHualin Li, Shouhong Zhang et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2026References: 72

  • Afforestation or reclamation in great lake basins? An approach to enhance the synergy between food and ecological security

    Open AccessHuining Zheng, Jian Peng et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2026References: 62

  • Global, regional, and national burden of four major neurological diseases in women from 1990 to 2021

    Open AccessXiaofang Guo, Xinghua Liu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: The burden of neurological diseases in women is underestimated. This study aimed to estimate the pattern and trend of four major nervous system diseases in women. Methods: Utilizing data from the GBD Study 2021 on the incidence and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and idiopathic epilepsy in women from 1990 to 2021. We estimated trends by ag…

  • A mixed-methods study on collaborative health governance for older adults with mild cognitive impairment in Hangzhou, China

    Open AccessYiqi Kong, Zihan Xu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease, poses a critical public health challenge in aging populations. Current community-based MCI interventions are often fragmented, lacking effective collaboration among families, community workers, and physicians. This study aimed to construct a multi-agent collaborative governance model and propose optimization strategies for community-based MCI management. Meth…

  • Chinese word formation through the lens of 19th-Century French sinologists

    Zihan XuARTICLELanguage & History2025

    This study investigates how 19th-century French sinologists defined and classified Chinese words and analysed word formation, grounded in the linguistic theories of their time. By systematically synthesising three representative works, Rémusat’s Élémens de la grammaire chinoise (1822), Bazin’s Grammaire Mandarine (1856), and Perny’s Grammaire de la langue chinoise orale et écrite (1873), the research examines their interpretations of Chinese word…

  • Linking perceptions of ecological restoration projects’ impacts on ecosystem services and human well-being for achieving regional sustainability

    Open AccessPei Xia, Huining Zheng et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2025

  • Lake‐related ecosystem services facing social–ecological risks

    Open AccessPei Xia, Jian Peng et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2025

    Lakes are closely linked to human communities and offer a variety array of ecosystem services. In the context of climate change, increased human activities have disturbed the supply–demand balance of key ecosystem services in lakes, making them increasingly vulnerable to social–ecological risks. However, previous studies have not adequately explored the risks and challenges faced by lake ecosystem. The purpose of this study is to explain the curr…

  • Differential impact of general and abdominal obesity on the labor–bone health association

    Open AccessZiqi Li, Zihan Xu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Rural populations in low-resource settings often experience high physical labor demands and limited health awareness, increasing their vulnerability to skeletal disorders. While obesity is known to influence bone health, general and central adiposity may exert divergent effects. The interplay between labor exposure, obesity phenotypes, and bone health remains underexplored, particularly in structurally disadvantaged populations. We analyzed data …

  • Rethinking Democratic Norms in Responsiveness Theory

    Open AccessZihan XuARTICLEPolitical Studies Review2025References: 28

    Traditional responsiveness theories are grounded in democratic norms, which limit responsiveness to a unidirectional process and suggest it is a product of liberal democracy. These norms not only conflict with empirical findings but also fail to capture the richness of the concept of responsiveness. This article challenges these norms by proposing a new understanding of responsiveness. More specifically, this research takes into account the inter…

  • Breaking boundaries

    Open AccessYifan Lin, Jian Peng et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2025References: 44

  • Beyond “Made in China”

    Open AccessKe Li, Zihan XuARTICLESemiotica2025References: 57

    Current inter-disciplinarity has rendered it feasible to utilize implements and methodologies to navigate around the communication of fashion at textual as well as material levels, reified by inter-semiotic and cultural translation. Fashion communication, from the perspective of post-translation studies, is a process of cultural translation with visual symbols as its text, visual rhetoric as its core meaning system, and visual stylists as its tra…

  • My Parents and Me

    Open AccessYue Guo, Zihan Xu et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration2025References: 28

    This study investigates the intergenerational transmission mechanisms of policy feedback, focusing on how past policies influence citizens' behavioral intentions across generations in the context of China's fertility policy changes. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, we investigate how experiences with the one‐child policy affect individuals' intentions under the current pro‐natalist policy. Logistic regression analysis reveals that …

  • Rhetoric behind the digital screen

    Open AccessKe Li, Zihan XuARTICLEDigital Scholarship in the…2025References: 26

    Drawing on and recontextualizing Elizabeth Forbes’ theory regarding the quartile facets of a developing writer—(1) maker, (2) artist, (3) creator, and (4) performer, and Karen Lunsford’s approach of wayfinding—(1) worlds apart, (2) literacy in the wild, (3) ecologies and networks, and (4) transfer in writing studies, this study, inspired by the notion of affective economy and splinternet, offers a rhetorical quartet pertaining to the literary car…

  • The association between the sense of relative deprivation and depression among college students

    Open AccessJintao Liu, Zihan Xu et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

  • Applying production-possibility frontier based ecosystem services trade-off to identify optimal scenarios of Grain-for-Green Program

    Open AccessJian Peng, Xiaoyu Wang et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2024

  • Varying road network resilience of Chinese cities

    Open AccessYao Shen, Lefeng Liu et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning B Urban…2024

    China boasts a multitude of cities exhibiting distinctly spatial characteristics, leading to variations in resilience. While attention has been garnered in individual cities, comprehensive studies for the whole system are scarce. Visualising and comparing the variations of spatial resilience across cities prove valuable in understanding disparities among city systems in terms of their spatial development and resilience consequences. This research…