Bofeng Cai

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
132 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Bofeng Cai is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bofeng Cai has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Environmental Engineering, 51 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Bofeng Cai's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (51 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (51 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (30 papers). Bofeng Cai is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (51 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (51 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (30 papers). Bofeng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Bofeng Cai's co-authors include Wang Jinnan, Libin Cao, Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Yong Geng, Lan-Cui Liu, Sai Liang, Yang Chen, Ming Xu and Shen Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Bofeng Cai

122 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China

2017 474 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Air quality benefits of achieving carbon neutrality in China

2021 259 citations Yixuan Zheng, Bofeng Cai et al. profile →
Exploring the spatiotemporal pattern evolution of carbon emissions and air pollution in Chinese cities

2023 91 citations Xianqiang Mao, Bofeng Cai et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bofeng Cai China	37	2.1k	1.8k	1.3k	963	575	132	4.5k
Yalin Lei China	38	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	614 0.6×	881 1.5×	166	4.9k
Wang Jinnan China	37	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	950 1.0×	620 1.1×	151	5.8k
Shobhakar Dhakal Thailand	33	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	582 1.0×	84	4.3k
Heran Zheng China	37	3.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.5×	951 0.7×	852 0.9×	899 1.6×	98	5.1k
Chunshan Zhou China	31	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	663 1.2×	105	4.2k
Haikun Wang China	44	1.6k 0.7×	960 0.5×	2.1k 1.5×	705 0.7×	481 0.8×	119	5.3k
Jiamin Ou China	28	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	420 0.4×	558 1.0×	44	3.6k
Xi Lu China	40	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	654 0.7×	955 1.7×	141	6.4k
Wenjia Cai China	40	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	791 0.6×	618 0.6×	994 1.7×	137	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Bofeng Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bofeng Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bofeng Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bofeng Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bofeng Cai. Bofeng Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Zongyong, Yuli Shan, Martin R. Tillotson, et al.. (2025). Water-saving strategies across prefectures should target the manufacturing and agriculture sectors in China. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Lyu, Chen, Min Jia, Bofeng Cai, et al.. (2025). Allowance allocation design for China's national ETS: Based on the unit-level data. Energy. 333. 137301–137301.

Li, Qi, et al.. (2024). Cost assessment and potential evaluation of geologic carbon storage in China based on least-cost path analysis. Applied Energy. 371. 123622–123622. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianjun, et al.. (2024). How to perceive and map the synergy between CO2 and air pollutants: Observation, measurement, and validation from a case study of China. Journal of Environmental Management. 351. 119825–119825. 8 indexed citations

Zheng, Yixuan, Bofeng Cai, Lei Yu, & Gang Yan. (2024). Peaking China's CO2 emissions by sectoral actions. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 22. 100499–100499. 3 indexed citations

Jia, Min, Zhe Zhang, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Optimization of electricity generation and assessment of provincial grid emission factors from 2020 to 2060 in China. Applied Energy. 373. 123838–123838. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Jingyi, Hongbo Yang, Weiwei Shen, et al.. (2024). Historical trends and future projections of greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration from China's mariculture. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 215. 108062–108062. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zongyong, Yuli Shan, Dandan Zhao, et al.. (2024). City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China. Scientific Data. 11(1). 449–449. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhe, Shuying Zhu, Min Jia, et al.. (2024). Modelling monthly-gridded carbon emissions based on nighttime light data. Journal of Environmental Management. 354. 120391–120391. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Tianle, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous effects of China's low-carbon city pilots policy. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118329–118329. 40 indexed citations

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Cai, Bofeng, Shaohui Zhang, Wang Jinnan, et al.. (2023). Closing the Gap between Carbon Neutrality Targets and Action: Technology Solutions for China’s Key Energy-Intensive Sectors. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(11). 4396–4405. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Mingyu, Libin Cao, Can Wang, & Bofeng Cai. (2023). Breaking down nationally determined contribution (NDC) targets into subnational actions: a two-staged allocation approach study in China. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(3). 7491–7507. 6 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hanying, et al.. (2021). Study on peak CO2 emissions of typical large cities in China. Advances in Climate Change Research. 0. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zongyong, Junguo Liu, Bofeng Cai, et al.. (2020). City‐level water withdrawal in China: Accounting methodology and applications. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24(5). 951–964. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Yanmei, et al.. (2020). Spatial characteristics of CO2 emissions and PM2.5 concentrations in China based on gridded data. Applied Energy. 266. 114852–114852. 50 indexed citations

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Cai, Bofeng, Ziyang Lou, Wang Jinnan, et al.. (2018). CH ₄ mitigation potentials from China landfills and related environmental co-benefits. Science Advances. 4(7). eaar8400–eaar8400. 74 indexed citations

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Cai, Bofeng, Wanxin Li, Shobhakar Dhakal, & Jianghao Wang. (2017). Source data supported high resolution carbon emissions inventory for urban areas of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region: Spatial patterns, decomposition and policy implications. Journal of Environmental Management. 206. 786–799. 55 indexed citations

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Shan, Yuli, Dabo Guan, Jianghua Liu, et al.. (2017). Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 161. 1215–1225. 474 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Bofeng & Lixiao Zhang. (2014). Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Urban CO2 Emissions in Shanghai. Advances in Climate Change Research. 10(6). 417. 6 indexed citations

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Jinnan, Wang, et al.. (2010). Study on carbon dioxide total emission control in the context of emission intensity commitment. China Environmental Science. 30(11). 1568–1572. 4 indexed citations

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