| Are births underreported in rural China? Manipulation of statistical records in response to China’s population policies MG Merli, AE Raftery Demography 37 (1), 109-126, 2000 | 151 | 2000 |
| Has the Chinese family planning policy been successful in changing fertility preferences? MG Merli, HI Smith Demography 39 (3), 557-572, 2002 | 121 | 2002 |
| An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China W He, SA James, MG Merli, H Zheng American journal of public health 104 (1), e14-e22, 2014 | 89 | 2014 |
| Underreporting of births and infant deaths in rural China: Evidence from field research in one county of Northern China MG Merli The China Quarterly 155, 637-655, 1998 | 75 | 1998 |
| Mortality in Vietnam, 1979–1989 MG Merli Demography 35 (3), 345-360, 1998 | 57 | 1998 |
| Modelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in China: The role of sexual transmission MG Merli, S Hertog, B Wang, J Li Population Studies, 1-22, 2006 | 55 | 2006 |
| Systematic differences in risk behaviors and syphilis prevalence across types of female sex workers: a preliminary study in Liuzhou, China J Li, XS Chen, MG Merli, SS Weir, GE Henderson Sexually transmitted diseases 39 (3), 195-200, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| A comparison of respondent-driven and venue-based sampling of female sex workers in Liuzhou, China SS Weir, MG Merli, J Li, AD Gandhi, WW Neely, JK Edwards, ... Sexually transmitted infections 88 (Suppl 2), i95-i101, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| An empirical analysis of the impact of recruitment patterns on RDS estimates among a socially ordered population of female sex workers in China TJ Yamanis, MG Merli, WW Neely, FF Tian, J Moody, X Tu, E Gao Sociological methods & research 42 (3), 392-425, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Below replacement fertility preferences in Shanghai MG Merli, SP Morgan Population 66 (3), 519-542, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
| Masculine sex ratios, population age structure and the potential spread of HIV in China MG Merli, S Hertog Demographic Research 22, 63-94, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Socioeconomic background and war mortality during Vietnam’s wars MG Merli Demography 37 (1), 1-15, 2000 | 43 | 2000 |
| Adaptation of a political bureaucracy to economic and institutional change under socialism: The Chinese state family planning system MG Merli, Z Qian, HL Smith Politics & Society 32 (2), 231-256, 2004 | 41 | 2004 |
| Challenges to recruiting population representative samples of female sex workers in China using Respondent Driven Sampling MG Merli, J Moody, J Smith, J Li, S Weir, X Chen Social Science & Medicine 125, 79-93, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| The HIV/AIDS epidemic, kin relations, living arrangements, and the African elderly in South Africa MG Merli, A Palloni Aging in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for furthering research, 117-166, 2006 | 34 | 2006 |
| Brief report: Respondent-driven sampling estimators under real and theoretical recruitment conditions of female sex workers in china AM Verdery, MG Merli, J Moody, JA Smith, JC Fisher Epidemiology 26 (5), 661-665, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Implementation of a demographic and contraceptive surveillance system in four counties in North China HL Smith, T Ping, MG Merli, M Hereward Population Research and Policy Review 16, 289-314, 1997 | 32 | 1997 |
| Sampling migrants from their social networks: The demography and social organization of Chinese migrants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania MG Merli, A Verdery, T Mouw, J Li Migration studies 4 (2), 182-214, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Respondent driven sampling is an effective method for engaging methamphetamine users in HIV prevention research in South Africa SM Kimani, MH Watt, MG Merli, D Skinner, B Myers, D Pieterse, ... Drug and alcohol dependence 143, 134-140, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Sexual mixing in Shanghai: Are heterosexual contact patterns compatible with an HIV/AIDS epidemic? MG Merli, J Moody, J Mendelsohn, R Gauthier Demography 52 (3), 919-942, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
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