Dr. rer. pol. Xijie Zhang

Cantner, U., Grashof, N., Grebel, T., & Zhang, X. (2026). Performance, competition, and structural change in the university sector—the case of Germany: U. Cantner et al. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 36(2), 39.

Zhang, X. (2024): Is open access disrupting the journal business? A perspective from comparing full adopters, partial adopters, and non-adopters. Journal of Informetrics, 18(4), 101574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2024.101574.

Cantner, U., Grebel, T., & Zhang, X. (2023): The architecture of global knowledge production–do low-income countries get more involved?. Industrial and Corporate Change, dtad042. https://academic.oup.com/icc/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icc/dtad042/7246675?redirectedFrom=fulltext.

Zhang, Xijie, Grebel, Thomas and Budzinski, Oliver: "The Prices of Open Access Publishing: The Composition of APC across Different Fields of Sciences". Zur Ökonomik von Sport, Entertainment und Medien: Schnittstellen und Hintergründe, edited by Oliver Budzinski, Justus Haucap, Annika Stöhr and Dirk Wentzel, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021, pp. 317-336. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724523-014.

Budzinski, O.; Grebel, T.; Wolling, J.; Zhang, X.: Drivers of article processing charges in open access. Scientometrics (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03578-3.

Budzinski, O.; Noskova, V. & Zhang, X.: The brave new world of digital personal assistants: benefits and challenges from an economic perspective. Netnomics 20, 177-194 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11066-019-09133-4.

Zhang, X., Weidner, F. & Broll, W. (2017): Exploring Users Views on Immersive Adult Entertainment Applications. In 2017 Ninth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) (pp. 1-3). IEEE.

Grebel, T. & Zhang, X.: "Too Poor to Make a Difference in Science." Research policy (under review).

McCabe, M., Müller-Langer, F. & Zhang, X.: "Does Data Disclosure Increase Citations? Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Leading Economics Journals." Work in progress.

Cantner, U., Grashof, N., Grebel, T. & Zhang, X.: "When Excellence is not Excellent: The Impact of the Excellence Initiative on the Relative Productivity of German Universities." Work in progress.

Cantner, U., Grashof, N., Grebel, T. & Zhang, X.: "Efficiency Gains and Technological Shifts in the German University Sector." Work in progress.

Cantner, U., Grashof, N., Grebel, T. & Zhang, X.: "Competitive Positioning of German Universities: Deliberate Decision, Fate, or Fiction?" Work in progress.

Cantner, U., Grashof, N., Grebel, T. & Zhang, X.: "Competition among Universities – A Dynamic Model Based on Selection Dynamics." Work in progress.