publications

Peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and working papers by Ji Ma (马季) on public and nonprofit management, computational social science, knowledge production, and Chinese state-society relations.

Current research directions are detailed here.

2026

  1. Firm-Level Trade Decoupling Risk and Cross-Border Supply Chain Reconfiguration: Evidence from Chinese Firms
    Gaowen Lei, Jiuchang Wei, and Ji Ma
    International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Jun 2026
    DOI
  2. Computational Basis of Large Language Models’ Decision Making in Social Simulation
    Ji Ma
    Sociological Methodology, Jun 2026
    DOI
  3. Towards Artificial Intelligence for the Public Sector: Framing and Bridging Academia and Practice
    Zander Weisman Mintz and Ji Ma
    Global Public Policy and Governance, Jun 2026
    DOI
  4. The Matthew Effect in American Generosity? Philanthropic Disparities and the Role of Government Support
    Viviana Chiu Sik Wu, Ji Ma, and Chao Guo
    Public Administration Review, Jun 2026
    DOI
  5. External Environments Matter: The Effects of Contextual Factors on the Financial Health of Chinese Foundations
    C Zhang and Ji MA
    VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Jun 2026
    DOI

2025

  1. Sources of Evidence for Evidence-based Policymaking: Journals, Articles and Scholarly Structures in the Economic Report of the President 2010-2025
    Richard V. Burkhauser and Ji Ma
    Dec 2025
    DOI
  2. Integrating Transparent Models, LLMs, and Practitioner-in-the-Loop: A Case of Nonprofit Program Evaluation
    Ji Ma and Albert Casella
    Oct 2025
    DOI arXiv
  3. Why Do Some Academic Articles Receive More Citations from Policy Communities?
    Ji Ma and Yuan Cheng
    Public Administration Review, Oct 2025
    DOI

2024

  1. How High Is Too High? An Experimental Analysis of Donors’ Aversion to Nonprofit Overhead
    ChiaKo Hung, Jessica L. Berrett, and Ji Ma
    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Oct 2024
    DOI
  2. Consensus Formation in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies: Networks, Reputation, and Gender
    Ji Ma and René Bekkers
    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Oct 2024
    DOI
  3. Neutral, Non-Disruptive, and Native: Why Do Chinese Nonprofit Scholars Cite English Articles?
    Ji Ma
    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Oct 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. Bridging State and Nonprofit: Differentiated Embeddedness of Chinese Political Elites in Charitable Foundations
    Ji Ma
    Journal of Chinese Political Science, Oct 2023
    DOI
  2. Computational Social Science for Nonprofit Studies: Developing a Toolbox and Knowledge Base for the Field
    VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Oct 2023
    DOI
  3. How Does an Authoritarian State Co-opt Its Social Scientists Studying Civil Society?
    Ji Ma
    VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Oct 2023
    DOI
  4. Institutional Factors Influencing Knowledge Production for Practice: Evidence from Nonprofit Studies
    Ji Ma, Joycelyn Ovalle, and Wang Yan
    PLOS ONE, Oct 2023
    DOI
  5. Crowding Out
    Joycelyn Ovalle and Ji Ma
    In Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance, Dec 2023

2020

  1. Funding Nonprofits in a Networked Society: Toward a Network Framework of Government Support
    Ji Ma
    Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Dec 2020
    DOI

2019

  1. Revolutionizing Philanthropy Research
    Rene Bekkers, Pamala Wiepking, Ji Ma, and 2 more authors
    Jun 2019

2018

  1. Social Value Chains: A New Organizational Framework for Studies on State-Society Relations in China
    Jun Han, Ji Ma, and Zhong Wang
    Chinese Public Administration Review, Jun 2018
    DOI
  2. A Century of Nonprofit Studies: Scaling the Knowledge of the Field
    Ji Ma and Sara Konrath
    VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Jun 2018
    DOI
  3. Predicting Mission Alignment and Preventing Mission Drift: Do Revenue Sources Matter?
    Ji Ma, Elise Jing, and Jun Han
    Chinese Public Administration Review, Jun 2018
    DOI

2017

  1. 美国公益四百年：从原点到起点
    季 马
    May 2017
  2. The Research Infrastructure of Chinese Foundations, a Database for Chinese Civil Society Studies
    Ji Ma, Qun Wang, Chao Dong, and 1 more author
    Scientific Data, May 2017
    DOI
  3. State Power and Elite Autonomy in a Networked Civil Society: The Board Interlocking of Chinese Non-Profits
    Ji Ma and Simon DeDeo
    Social Networks, May 2017
    DOI

2016

  1. “硅谷派”社会创新：如何协助政府应用前沿信息技术
    季 马 and 照南 朱
    21世纪经济报道, Mar 2016
  2. 公益创投的美国经验
    照南 朱 and 季 马
    中国社会组织, Mar 2016
  3. 美国非营利管理教育研究综述
    照南 朱 and 季 马
    中国非营利评论, Mar 2016

2015

  1. Research of Nonprofit Management Education in the United States: A Literature Review
    Ji Ma
    Apr 2015

2014

  1. 正在消逝的“国家精神”：美国志愿服务精神与传统面临挑战
    Leslie Lenkowsky and 季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Jun 2014
  2. 从象牙塔到职业圈：提升大学生能力的公益实践
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Feb 2014
  3. 飞行员的自由理想
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, May 2014
  4. TIMM指标聚焦 “产出评估”更重要
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Jun 2014
  5. “新”希望工程
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Mar 2014
  6. 中国特色的社会企业“众生相”
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Apr 2014

2013

  1. 重新定义资源价值
    季 马
    21世纪经济报道, Nov 2013

2012

  1. 慢性前列腺炎患者抑郁症状相关因素分析
    山 江, 春燕 朱, 季 马, and 1 more author
    中华男科学杂志, Nov 2012
  2. 公益性的判断和比较
    季 马
    社团管理研究, Nov 2012

2010

  1. 慢性前列腺炎患者的疾病感知研究
    山 江, 德新 于, 凯 汪, and 3 more authors
    中国男科学杂志, Nov 2010
  2. Attention Networks in Children with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy
    Yanghua Tian, Bin Dong, Ji Ma, and 3 more authors
    Epilepsy & Behavior, Nov 2010
    DOI

2009

  1. PI-WSUR量表在中国大学生人群中的修订
    礴 庞, 春燕 朱, 凯 汪, and 3 more authors
    中国临床心理学杂志, Nov 2009

2008

  1. 民工子弟与公办学校初中生安全感相关研究
    季 马, 凯 汪, 春燕 朱, and 3 more authors
    中国健康心理学杂志, Nov 2008