Affiliation
huiquanzhang@um.edu.mo
Tel
+853 8822 8382
Office
Rm.3009, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (E21)
Department of Sociology, University of Macau
Taipa, Macau SAR, China
Consultation Hours
By appointment
Personal Website
Huiquan ZHANG, Tony 張匯泉
Associate Professor
Administrative Roles
Programme Coordinator of Master of Social Sciences in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D., 2018, University of Toronto
B.A., 2010, Renmin University of China
Research Interests
Public Opinion
Chinese Politics
Social Movements
Quantitative Research Methods
Teaching Areas
Selected Publications
* Corresponding author; # Student co-authors.
24. 2025 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Yingzhu Pu*†, and Kecheng Fang. “‘I am patriotic, but…’: The Political Disclaimer as a Social Media Strategy in China.” the Journal of Contemporary China. [SSCI Q1 in Area Studies (4/79); 2023 IF = 2.4]
23. 2025 Robert Andersen, Jing Hu, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Religion, Diversity and Outgroup Tolerance across 79 Countries: The ‘Homogenizing’ Role of Heterogeneity.” Sociology, the flagship journal of of the British Sociological Association. [ABDC A* journal; SSCI Q1 in Sociology (22/140); 2023 IF = 2.9]
22. 2025 Jinjin Liu†, Yingzhu Pu†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Critical Citizens and Discontented Citizens: Education, Perceptions of Fairness, and Support for Anti-COVID Measures in China.” Online Early View, at Political Psychology. [SSCI Q1 in Political Science (27/175); SSCI Q1 in Social Psychology (13/59); 2023 IF = 4.0]
21. 2025 Guyu Sun†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Peer Influence on Youth Delinquency: How Does School-Level Teacher Quality Matter?” Online Early View, at Crime & Delinquency. [SSCI Q2 in Criminology & Penology (12/64) 2023 IF = 1.8]
20. 2025 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jianhua Xu*, and Jinjin Liu†, “How Do Toothless Tigers Bite? Extra-Institutional Governance and Internet Censorship by Local Governments in China.” the China Quarterly, Vol. 261, 196-215. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Development Studies (11/50); SSCI Q1 in Area Studies (10/81) 2023 IF = 2.231]
19. 2024 Jinjin Liu†, Yue Liu†, Yingzhu Pu†*, and Tony Huiquan Zhang. “Income, Ageing, and Gendered Patterns of Wellness: Health and Happiness in China.” the Journal of Women & Aging, 36(5), 343-358. [SSCI Q1 in Womens Studies (6/44); SSCI Q2 in Gerontology (14/36) 2023 IF = 1.792]
18. 2024 Jing Hu, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “The National Unemployment Rate and the Meaning of Work: A Cross-level Examination.” the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 33(4), 474-487. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Applied Psychology (15/76); SSCI Q2 in Management (83/218) 2023 IF = 4.867]
17. 2024 Tony Huiquan Zhang, and Anli Jiang*. “Urbanization, Education and Religion: Rationalization and Erosion of Political Trust in Asia.” Sociology Compass, 18(1), 1-18. [SSCI Q2 in Sociology (42/141) 2023 IF = 2.700]
16. 2023 Tony Huiquan Zhang, and Tianji Cai*, ”Measuring Event Diffusion Momentum (EDM): Applications in Social Movement Research.” Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Vol. 47(10), 215-238.
15. 2023 Jing Hu, Tony Huiquan Zhang*, and Christopher Jackson, “The Effects of Leadership Levels and Gender on Leader Well-being.” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 28(5), 325-342. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Applied Psychology (8/76); SSCI Q1 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (21/264); 2023 IF = 7.707]
14. 2022 Yue Liu*†, Huiqun Wang†, Jinjin Liu†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang, “Racial Diversity, Majority-Minority Gap and Confidence in Criminal Justice Systems.” Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 64(3), 26-48. [SSCI Q3 in Criminology & Penology (48/64) 2023 IF = 1.301]
13. 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Fifty Years of Postmaterialism: the Theoretical Development and Empirical Trends.” In Shehuixue Pinglun (Sociological Review of China), Vol. 10(5), 163-183. 张汇泉，“后物质主义五十年：理论变迁及经验趋势” ，《社会学评论》, 2022年, 第10卷, 第5期, 第163-183页. [In Chinese, CSSCI Core Journal]
12. 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Cross-Context Comparability of the Measures of Postmaterialism.” In Guowai Shehui Kexue (Social Sciences Abroad), Vol. 2022(1), 44-55. 张汇泉，“论后物质主义 价值指标的跨情境可比性”，《国外社会科学》，2022年, 第1期, 第44-55页. [In Chinese, CSSCI Core Journal]
11. 2022 Anli Jiang†, Zhengxu Wang, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Radicalizing and Conservatizing: Ageing Effects on Political Trust in Asia, 2001-2016.” Social Indicators Research, 162(2), 665-681. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Social Sciences-Interdisciplinary (9/97); SSCI Q1 in Sociology (17/141); 2023 IF = 2.935]
10. 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Freedom, Education, and Value Liberalization and Deliberalization: A Cross-national Analysis of the World Values Survey, 1981-2014.” Social Science Journal, 59(3), 1-21. [SSCI Q2 in Social Sciences-Interdisciplinary (38/91) 2023 IF = 2.494]
9. 2021 Anli Jiang† and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Freedom, News Consumption, and Patterns of Political Trust: Evidence from East and Southeast Asia, 2001-2016.” Political Science, 73(3), 250-269. [SSCI Q3 in Political Science (101/176); 2023 IF = 1.300]
8. 2021 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jinlu Sun*† and Liqun Cao, “Education, Internet Use and Confidence in the Police: Testing the ’Informed Citizen’ Thesis in the Philippines.” Asian Journal of Criminology, 16(2), 165-182. [SSCI Q2 in Criminology & Penology (29/64) 2023 IF = 1.900]
7. 2021 Anli Jiang† and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Trust in East and Southeast Asia: The Joint Effects of Education, Corruption Perception, and Urbanization.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 33(4), 911-926. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Political Science (40/176); SSCI Q2 in Communication (32/92). 2023 IF = 1.800]
6. 2020 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jing Hu, and Xichao Zhang*, “Disparities in Subjective Wellbeing: Political Status, Urban-Rural Divide and Cohort Dynamics in China.” Chinese Sociological Review, 52(1), 56-83. [SSCI Q1 in Sociology (8/141) 2023 IF = 3.667]
5. 2019 Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “The Rise of the Princelings in China: Career Advantages and Collective Elite Reproduction.” Journal of East Asian Studies, 19(2), 169-196. [SSCI Q3 in Social Sciences-Interdisciplinary (67/97) 2023 IF = 0.829] Note: this paper won the 2017 Best Student Paper Award, Canadian Sociological Association-Comparative and Historical Sociology Research Cluster.
4. 2019 Tony Huiquan Zhang* and Robert Brym, “Political Freedom, Education and Tolerance of Homosexuality: A Comparative Study of 88 Societies based on the World Values Survey.” Sociological Forum, 34(2), 501-521. [SSCI Q2 in Sociology (55/141) 2023 IF = 2.343] Note: this paper is selected by John Wiley & Sons in the virtue issue ‘Rise’ to promote LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK (February 2021).
3. 2017 Tony Huiquan Zhang†, Robert Brym*, and Robert Andersen,“Liberalism and Postmaterialism in China: The Role of Social Class and Inequality.” 2 Chinese Sociological Review, 49(1), 65-87. [SSCI Q1 in Sociology (8/141) 2023 IF = 3.667]
2. 2016 Tony Huiquan Zhang*†, “Weather Effects on Social Movements: Evidence from New York City and Washington D.C., 1960-95.” Weather, Climate, and Society, 8(3): 299-311. [SSCI Q3 in Environmental Studies (72/120); SSCI Q3 in Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences (64/88). 2023 IF = 3.019] Note: This article is covered by the Guardian on Jul 24, 2016, entitled “Take to the streets while the weather is fine”.
1. 2014 Robert Brym*, Melissa Godbout†, Andreas Hoffbauer†, Gabe Menard†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang†, “Social Media in the 2011 Egyptian Uprising.” British Journal of Sociology, 65(2): 266- 92. [ABDC A journal; SSCI Q1 in Sociology (33/141) 2023 IF = 3.277] Note: this paper won the 2014-2015 BJS Prize – the Biennial Best Paper Award by the British Journal of Sociology – in Oct 2016.