| Future fertility in low fertility countries S Basten, T Sobotka, K Zeman World population and human capital in the twenty-first century, 39-146, 2014 | 191 | 2014 |
| Reexamining China's fertility puzzle: Data collection and quality over the last two decades G Zhang, Z Zhao Population and Development Review 32 (2), 293-321, 2006 | 154 | 2006 |
| Income inequality, unequal health care access, and mortality in China Z Zhao Population and Development Review, 461-483, 2006 | 152 | 2006 |
| Deliberate birth control under a high-fertility regime: Reproductive behavior in China before 1970 Z Zhao Population and Development Review, 729-767, 1997 | 95 | 1997 |
| China’s far below replacement fertility and its long-term impact: Comments on the preliminary results of the 2010 census Z Zhao, W Chen Demographic Research 25, 819-836, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Future mortality in low-mortality countries G Caselli, S Drefahl, M Luy, C Wegner-Siegmundt, M Guillot, F Meslé, ... Vienna Institute of Demography Working Papers, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Transition and Challenge: China's Population at the Beginning of the 21st Century Z Zhao, F Guo Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Chinese genealogies as a source for demographic research: A further assessment of their reliability and biases Z Zhao Population Studies 55 (2), 181-193, 2001 | 53 | 2001 |
| Demographic conditions and multi-generation households in Chinese history. Results from genealogical research and microsimulation Z Zhao Population Studies 48 (3), 413-425, 1994 | 46 | 1994 |
| Mortality transition in East Asia Z Zhao, Y Kinfu Asian Population Studies 1 (1), 3-30, 2005 | 44 | 2005 |
| Far below replacement fertility in urban China Z Zhao, Q Xu, X Yuan Journal of Biosocial Science 49 (S1), S4-S19, 2017 | 43* | 2017 |
| Long-term mortality patterns in Chinese history: Evidence from a recorded clan population Z Zhao Population Studies 51 (2), 117-127, 1997 | 43 | 1997 |
| The demographic transition in Victorian England and changes in English kinship networks Z Zhao Continuity and Change 11 (2), 243-272, 1996 | 43 | 1996 |
| Socioeconomic factors have been the major driving force of China’s fertility changes since the mid-1990s Z Zhao, G Zhang Demography 55, 733-742, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Coresidential patterns in historical China: a simulation study Z Zhao Population and Development Review 26 (2), 263-293, 2000 | 36 | 2000 |
| Closing a sociodemographic chapter of Chinese history Z Zhao Population and Development Review 41 (4), 681-686, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| The Demography of China's 1958-61 Famine Z Zhao, A Reimondos Population 67 (2), 281-308, 2012 | 35 | 2012 |
| Demographic systems in historic China: Some new findings from recent research Z Zhao Journal of the Australian Population Association 14 (2), 201-232, 1997 | 28 | 1997 |
| Towards a better understanding of past fertility regimes: the ideas and practice of controlling family size in Chinese history Z Zhao Continuity and Change 21 (1), 9-35, 2006 | 26 | 2006 |
| China’s below replacement fertility: A further exploration Z Zhao, Z Guo Canadian Studies in Population [ARCHIVES] 37 (3-4), 525-562, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |