Wang, Yapeng. [under review]. "Understanding the Relatively High Educational Mobility of Asian Americans: The Role of Peers."
Shi, Lei, Yapeng Wang, and Bin Zhu (equal first-author). [under review]. "Assortative Mating on Sibship Size and Household Income Inequality in China."
Wang, Yapeng. [in progress]. "Who Benefits from Concerted Cultivation: Understanding Asian Americans' Relative Advantage in College Enrollment."
Wang, Yapeng, and Qingyan Wang. [in progress]. "Income Inequality, Educational Background, and Trust in Science Attitudes across 50 Countries."
Wang, Yapeng, and Josipa Roksa. 2025. “Gender Inequality in Publication Prestige Among Graduate Students in Biological Sciences.” Educational Researcher 54(5):289–92. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X251331557
Wang, Yapeng. 2024. "Understanding Asians' Success in Pursuing and Completing STEM Degrees." Research in Higher Education 65(7):1561–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-09801-x
Wang, Yapeng, and Josipa Roksa. 2023. "Understanding the Benefits of Parent-Child Discussion: The Role of Students and Teachers." Chinese Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2023.2188447
Wu, Yuling, Hong Xiao, and Yapeng Wang. 2023. "Changing Socialization Values for Children in China, 1990–2012." Chinese Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2023.2194016
Roksa, Josipa, Yapeng Wang, David Feldon, and Matthew Ericson. 2022. "Who Is Publishing Journal Articles during Graduate School? Racial and Gender Inequalities in Biological Sciences over Time." Journal of Diversity in Higher Education 15(1):47-57. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000336
Wang, Yapeng. 2021. "Closing the Gender Gap in College Attendance: Variation by Family Background in China over Time." Social Science Research 98:102578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102578.
Wang, Yapeng. 2021. "Who Benefits More from the College Expansion Policy? Evidence from China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 71: 100566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100566.
Roksa, Josipa, Yapeng Wang, and Jesse McCain. [Forthcoming]. "Providing Holistic Support to Foster Success of Low-income Students." in The Routledge Handbook on Postsecondary Student Success, edited by Shouping Hu. New York, NY: Routledge.
Roksa, Josipa, Blake R. Silver, and Yapeng Wang. 2022. "Inequality in Higher Education: Sociological Understandings of Student Success." Pp. 179-207 in How College Students Succeed: Making Meaning Across Disciplinary Perspectives, edited by N. A. Bowman. VA: Stylus Publishing.