Geography of cancer, services for aging persons, economic geography, Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, geography of China, GIS, and cartography.
- Books:
Shen, Xiaoping, Shangyi Zhou, and Xiulan Zhang. 2022. Services for Aging Persons in China: Spatial Variations in Supply and Demand. USA: Springer.
Gregory Veeck, Cliffton W. Pannell, Xiaoping Shen, Youqin Huang. 2021. China's Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change. Fourth ed. Maryland, USA: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Refereed publications (recent):
Shen, Xiaoping, Limin Wang, Xiulan Zhang, Jiangmei Liu, Lijun Wang, and Li Zhu. 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. 112(2): 563-580. (Published online on June 16, 2021. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8GMKMDSTKEWTP4GSIYAD/full?target=10.1080/24694452.2021.1919501 )
Shen, Xiaoping, Limin Wang, and Li Zhu. 2017. A spatial analysis of regional factors and lung cancer mortality in China, 1973-2013, Cancer, epidemiology, biomarkers, and prevention 26(4): 569-577 (Published OnlineFirst February 21, 2017).
Zhou, Shangyi, Xiaoping Shen (Corresponding author), and Wei Jiang. 2016. Spatial Accessibility and Supply-Demand Analysis of Elderly Dining Services in Beijing. The Professional Geographer 68(4): 674-685 (Published online: 30 Mar 2016).
Shen, Xiaoping, Shangyi Zhou, and Jing Zhao. 2016. Gathering, branding, and commercialization: Development of grassroots artist clusters in China. International Journal of Business and Applied Social Sciences 2(9): 1-15.
Zhou, Shangyi and Xiaoping Shen. 2008. Local Cultural Embeddedness of the Fine Arts Industry in Beijing. Human Geography (Chinese) 23(2): 26-32.
Shen, Xiaoping; Yin, Huaiting and Zhao, Zhe. 2007. Xi’an de gongye chongzu yu chengshi tudi liyong zhuanghua yanjiu (Effects of institutional changes on urban expansion in Xi’an). In Zhuanxing yu chonggou, Zhongguo chengshi fazhan duowei toushi (Transition and restructuring, the multiple perspectives on the development of Chinese cities) Fulong Wu, Laurence J.C. Ma and Zhang Jingxiang Eds. Beijing: Southeast University Press, pp. 166-184.
Shen, Xiaoping. 2006. Eastern China’s Industrial Restructuring in 21st Century. In: Development of Coastal Region in China. Jin, Fengjun and Liu, Yi, Ed. Beijing: The Commercial Press.
Shen, Xiaoping and Laurence J.C. Ma. 2005. Privatization of rural industry and de facto urbanization from below in Southern Jiangsu. Geoforum 36(6):761-777.