Listed below are known citations to the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) China Dimensions data collection. The data collection, and specific data set (if known), being cited are beneath each citation. Citations to multiple collections/sets are listed on separate lines. If a publication cites remotely sensed earth observation data, whether from NASA or another source, those instruments and/or platforms are listed as well.
List last updated on 3 October 2023.

Alix-Garcia, J., Schneider, A., & Zhao, N. (2016). Playing favorites: Tax incentives and urban growth in China, 1978–2010. Land Economics, 92(1), 1-27. doi:10.3368/le.92.1.1
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990)
REMOTE SENSING (Landsat)

Asadoorian, M. O., Eckaus, R. S., & Schlosser, C. A. (2006). Modeling climate feedbacks to energy demand:  The case of China. Retrieved from Cambridge, MA: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33952
China Dimensions (collection)

Au, C.-C., & Henderson, J. V. (2006). How migration restrictions limit agglomeration and productivity in China. Journal of Development Economics, 80(2), 350-388. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.04.002
China Dimensions (China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map)

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). (2011). MR4: Estimating net migration by ecosystem and by decade: 1970–2010. Retrieved from London: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135622/
http://bis.gov.uk/assets/foresight/docs/migration/modelling/11-1166-mr4-estimating-net-migration-by-ecosystem-decade.pdf
China Dimensions (China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map)
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) v1 (population count)

Deng, Z., & Treiman, D. J. (1997). The impact of the Cultural Revolution on trends in educational attainment in the People's Republic of China. American Journal of Sociology, 103(2), 391-428. doi:10.1086/231212
China Dimensions (collection)

Döll, P., & Siebert, S. (2002). Global modeling of irrigation water requirements. Water Resources Research, 38(4), 10pp. doi:10.1029/2001WR000355
China Dimensions (collection)

Engler, N. J., & Hall, G. B. (2007). The internet, spatial data globalization, and data use: The case of Tibet. Information Society, 23(5), 345-359. doi:10.1080/01972240701572822
China Dimensions (collection)
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) v3 (collection)
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) v1 (collection)

Fravel, M. T. (2000). Online and on China: Research sources in the information age. The China Quarterly(163), 821. doi:10.1017/S0305741000014685
China Dimensions (collection)

Frolking, S., Qiu, J., Boles, S., Xiao, X., Liu, J., Zhuang, Y., . . . Qin, X. (2002). Combining remote sensing and ground census data to develop new maps of the distribution of rice agriculture in China. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(4), 10pp. doi:10.1029/2001GB001425
China Dimensions (collection)

Frolking, S., Xiao, X., Zhuang, Y., Salas, W., & Li, C. (1999). Agricultural land-use in China: A comparison of area estimates from ground-based census and satellite-borne remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 8(5), 407-416. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00157.x
China Dimensions (collection)

Giam, X. (2010). Wind energy and bats in China. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(4), 179-180. doi:10.1890/10.WB.016
China Dimensions (collection)

Hannum, E. (2002). Educational stratification by ethnicity in China: Enrollment and attainment in the early reform years. Demography, 39(1), 95. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Henderson, M., Yeh, E. T., Gong, P., Elvidge, C. D., & Baugh, K. (2003). Validation of urban boundaries derived from global night-time satellite imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(3), 595-609. doi:10.1080/01431160304982
China Dimensions (Fundamental GIS Digital Chart of China, 1:1M)
REMOTE SENSING (DMSP-OLS)
REMOTE SENSING (Landsat)

Herdt, R. W. (1998). Reflections on keeping Asia's food baskets full. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(5), 969-972. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Hoisungwan, P. (2010). China's food production under water and land limitations. (Ph.D.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60791 
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1 July 1990)
Gridded Population of the World (GPW) v3 (population count)

Jin, F., Wang, F., & Liu, Y. (2004). Geographic patterns of air passenger transport in China 1980-1998: Imprints of economic growth, regional inequality, and network development. The Professional Geographer, 56(4), 471-487. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.00442.x
China Dimensions (collection)

Jones, P., Williams, J., & Lannon, S. (2000). Planning for a sustainable city: An energy and environmental prediction model. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 43(6), 855. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Lau, M. (2005). Integrated coastal zone management in the People's Republic of China—An assessment of structural impacts on decision-making processes. Ocean & Coastal Management, 48(2), 115-159. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2005.03.002
China Dimensions (collection)

Li, C. S., Zhuang, Y. H., Cao, M. Q., Crill, P., Dai, Z. H., Frolking, S., . . . Wang, X. K. (2001). Comparing a process-based agro-ecosystem model to the IPCC methodology for developing a national inventory of N2O emissions from arable lands in China. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 60(1-3), 159-175. doi:10.1023/A:1012642201910
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1 July 1990)

Li, X., & Claramunt, C. (2006). A spatial entropy-based decision tree for classification of geographical information. Transactions in GIS, 10(3), 451-467. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9671.2006.01006.x
China Dimensions (collection)

Liang, L., & Gong, P. (2020). Urban and air pollution: a multi-city study of long-term effects of urban landscape patterns on air quality trends. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 18618. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74524-9
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1 July 1990) - 10.7927/H4GT5K3V
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) v1.01 (urban extent) - 10.7927/H4Z31WKF

Liu, C., Watanabe, M., & Wang, Q. (2008). Changes in nitrogen budgets and nitrogen use efficiency in the agroecosystems of the Changjiang River basin between 1980 and 2000. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 80(1), 19-37. doi:10.1007/s10705-007-9118-2
China Dimensions (collection)

Liu, H., Ni, W., Li, Z., & Ma, L. (2008). Strategic thinking on IGCC development in China. Energy Policy, 36(1), 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.08.034
China Dimensions (collection)

Lo, C. P. (2001). Modeling the population of China using DMSP Operational Linescan System nighttime data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 67(9), 1037-1047. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Lo, C. P. (2002). Urban indicators of China from radiance-calibrated digital DMSP-OLS nighttime images. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 92(2), 225-240. doi:10.1111/1467-8306.00288
China Dimensions (collection)
REMOTE SENSING (DMSP-OLS)

Luo, W., Li, J., Sysamouth, V., & Hatman, J. (2001). Tai linguistic and settlement patterns in southern China. Geospatial Solutions, 11(8), 20. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Nelson, G. C., & Geoghegan, J. (2002). Deforestation and land use change: Sparse data environments. Agricultural Economics, 27(3), 201-216. doi:10.1016/S0169-5150(02)00080-4
China Dimensions (collection)
Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) (Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status, v1)

Schneider, A., Chang, C., & Paulsen, K. (2015). The changing spatial form of cities in Western China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 135, 40-61. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.11.005
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1 July 1990)

Schneider, A., & Mertes, C. M. (2014). Expansion and growth in Chinese cities, 1978–2010. Environmental Research Letters, 9(2), 024008. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024008
China Dimensions (collection)
REMOTE SENSING (Landsat)

Seto, K. C., & Kaufmann, R. K. (2003). Modeling the drivers of urban land use change in the Pearl River Delta, China: Integrating remote sensing with socioeconomic data. Land Economics, 79(1), 106-121. doi:10.2307/3147108
China Dimensions (collection)

Shen, X., Wang, L., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Wang, L., & Zhu, L. (2022). Analysis of forty years of geographic disparity in liver cancer mortality and the influence of risk factors. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 111(2), 563-580. doi:10.1080/24694452.2021.1919501
China Dimensions (China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1 July 1990)

Simelton, E. (2011). Food self-sufficiency and natural hazards in China. Food Security, 3(1), 35-52. doi:10.1007/s12571-011-0114-7
China Dimensions (collection)

Tidblad, J., Kucera, V., & Mikhailov, A. A. (2001). Mapping of acid deposition effects and calculation of corrosion costs on zinc in China. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130(1-4), 1469-1474. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Verburg, P. H., & Chen, Y. (2000). Multiscale characterization of land-use patterns in China. Ecosystems, 3(4), 369-385. doi:10.1007/s100210000033
China Dimensions (collection)

Verburg, P. H., Chen, Y., & Veldkamp, T. A. (2000). Spatial explorations of land use change and grain production in China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 82(1-3), 333-354. doi:10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00236-X
China Dimensions (China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map, v1 (1985 – 1990)

Verburg, P. H., Veldkamp, A., & Fresco, L. O. (1999). Simulation of changes in the spatial pattern of land use in China. Applied Geography, 19(3), 211-233. doi:10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00003-X
China Dimensions (collection)

Wang, F. (2001). Regional density functions and growth patterns in major plains of China, 1982-1990. Papers in Regional Science, 80(2), 231-240. doi:10.1007/PL00013624
China Dimensions (collection)

Wang, G., Xue, B., Yu, J., & Otsuki, K. (2011). Estimating the agricultural water productivity of the Yellow River basin based on remote sensing data. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 56(1), 149-156. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952938304&partnerID=40&md5=ff010def382e755064273d59a48d1472
China Dimensions (collection)
REMOTE SENSING (NDVI)

Wong, D. W. S. (2000). Ethnic integration and spatial segregation of the chinese population. Asian Ethnicity, 1(1), 53-72. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Woo, J. H., Baek, J. M., Kim, J. W., Carmichael, G. R., Thongboonchoo, N., Kim, S. T., & An, J. H. (2003). Development of a multi-resolution emission inventory and its impact on sulfur distribution for northeast Asia. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 148(1-4), 259-278. 
China Dimensions (collection)

Xiao, H., & Weng, Q. (2007). The impact of land use and land cover changes on land surface temperature in a karst area of China. Journal of Environmental Management, 85(1), 245-257. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.07.016
China Dimensions (collection)
REMOTE SENSING (Landsat)

Xiao, X., Boles, S., Frolking, S., Salas, W., Moore, B., III, Li, C., . . . Zhao, R. (2002). Landscape-scale characterization of cropland in China using vegetation and Landsat TM images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(18), 3579-3594. 
China Dimensions (collection)
REMOTE SENSING (Landsat)

Zhang, J., Garrick, N. W., Atkinson-Palombo, C., & Ahangari, H. (2017). How similar is China's traffic safety pattern to industrialized countries in their early stage of motorization? An analysis of death registration data for large and small/medium cities. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 9(sup 1), 83-102. doi:10.1080/19439962.2016.1201876
China Dimensions (China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map, v1 (1985 – 1990)

Zhong, S., Okiyama, M., & Tokunaga, S. (2014). Impact of natural hazards on agricultural economy and food production in China: Based on a general equilibrium analysis. Journal of Sustainable Development, 7(2), 45-69. doi:10.5539/jsd.v7n2p45
China Dimensions (collection)

Zhou, Y., Levy, J. I., Hammitt, J. K., & Evans, J. S. (2003). Estimating population exposure to power plant emissions using CALPUFF: A case study in Beijing, China. Atmospheric Environment, 37(6), 815-826. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00937-8
China Dimensions (collection)