Can Cui

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Can Cui is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Can Cui has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Environmental Engineering, 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Can Cui's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (23 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (19 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers). Can Cui is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (23 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (19 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers). Can Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Can Cui's co-authors include Zhen Wang, Sha Peng, Dabo Guan, Yuli Shan, Jing Meng, Bofeng Cai, Shu Tao, Weichen Zhao, Daoping Wang and Xiang Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Can Cui

37 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Global iron and steel plant CO2 emissions and carbon-neutrality pathways

2023 183 citations Daoping Wang, Xiang Yu et al. profile →
Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries

2023 173 citations Danyang Cheng, David Reiner et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Can Cui China	18	566	537	258	252	131	40	1.3k
Yuru Guan China	17	926 1.6×	817 1.5×	253 1.0×	340 1.3×	191 1.5×	27	1.8k
Yadong Yu China	24	756 1.3×	558 1.0×	168 0.7×	266 1.1×	176 1.3×	67	1.7k
Xi Ji China	28	1.1k 2.0×	685 1.3×	230 0.9×	362 1.4×	189 1.4×	44	2.0k
Yoshikuni Yoshida Japan	22	728 1.3×	468 0.9×	170 0.7×	439 1.7×	101 0.8×	93	1.6k
Shantong Li China	23	874 1.5×	1.0k 1.9×	147 0.6×	334 1.3×	85 0.6×	82	1.6k
Zhili Ma China	19	550 1.0×	504 0.9×	192 0.7×	218 0.9×	121 0.9×	41	1.2k
Jingru Liu China	21	1.1k 2.0×	774 1.4×	278 1.1×	318 1.3×	218 1.7×	38	2.0k
Baihe Gu China	19	555 1.0×	472 0.9×	145 0.6×	280 1.1×	97 0.7×	41	1.2k
Theodoros Zachariadis Cyprus	25	504 0.9×	616 1.1×	248 1.0×	889 3.5×	102 0.8×	83	1.9k
Nina Khanna United States	23	1.1k 2.0×	744 1.4×	268 1.0×	562 2.2×	179 1.4×	44	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Can Cui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Can Cui

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Can Cui. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Can Cui. The network helps show where Can Cui may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Can Cui

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Can Cui. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Can Cui 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 Can Cui. Can Cui 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

Cheng, Danyang, Dabo Guan, Yuli Shan, et al.. (2025). Inclusive wealth growth pathways within the carbon peak target for Chinese cities. 2(4). 100335–100335.

Xu, Yong, et al.. (2025). Effects of γ-PGA application on soil physical and chemical properties, rhizosphere microbial community structure and metabolic function of urban abandoned land. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1534505–1534505.

Hu, Xiangyun, et al.. (2025). Biogas and nutrient recovery potential: A spatially explicit analysis of China’s county-level livestock and poultry manure. Waste Management. 204. 114906–114906. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Danyang, David Reiner, Fan Yang, et al.. (2023). Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8213–8213. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

Peng, H, Siyi Kan, Jing Meng, et al.. (2023). Emission accounting and drivers in South American countries. Applied Energy. 358. 122528–122528. 10 indexed citations

Li, Shuping, Can Cui, Jing Meng, et al.. (2023). The heterogeneous driving forces behind carbon emissions change in 30 selective emerging economies. Patterns. 4(7). 100760–100760. 11 indexed citations

Cui, Can, et al.. (2023). Energy-related CO ₂ emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019. Earth system science data. 15(3). 1317–1328. 27 indexed citations

Xu, Ruochong, Dan Tong, Qingyang Xiao, et al.. (2023). MEIC-global-CO2: A new global CO2 emission inventory with highly-resolved source category and sub-country information. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(2). 450–465. 32 indexed citations

Yang, Bo, et al.. (2023). Research on the optimal allocation method of PV micro-grid energy storage capacity based on empirical modal decomposition. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2503(1). 12013–12013. 2 indexed citations

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Cui, Can, Dabo Guan, Daoping Wang, et al.. (2022). Global mitigation efforts cannot neglect emerging emitters. National Science Review. 9(12). nwac223–nwac223. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Binyuan, Yuru Guan, Yuli Shan, Can Cui, & Klaus Hubacek. (2022). Emission growth and drivers in Mainland Southeast Asian countries. Journal of Environmental Management. 329. 117034–117034. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao, Zhen Wang, Can Cui, & Liyuan Wei. (2020). Forward and backward critical sectors for CO2 emissions in China based on eigenvector approaches. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(14). 16110–16120. 7 indexed citations

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Cui, Can, Yuli Shan, Jianghua Liu, et al.. (2019). CO2 emissions and their spatial patterns of Xinjiang cities in China. Applied Energy. 252. 113473–113473. 39 indexed citations

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Pu, Yang, Can Cui, Lixu Li, et al.. (2019). Carbon emissions in countries that failed to ratify the intended nationally determined contributions: A case study of Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Environmental Management. 255. 109892–109892. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Yanwen Wang, Sha Peng, et al.. (2019). Mapping the research of energy subsidies: a bibliometric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(28). 28817–28828. 1 indexed citations

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Cui, Can, Zhen Wang, Pan He, et al.. (2019). Escaping from pollution: the effect of air quality on inter-city population mobility in China. Environmental Research Letters. 14(12). 124025–124025. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Can Cui, & Sha Peng. (2018). Critical sectors and paths for climate change mitigation within supply chain networks. Journal of Environmental Management. 226. 30–36. 40 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, et al.. (2017). Experimental study on decontamination of self-crushing decontamination fluid for radioactive dust removal on indoor wall surface. 37(3). 206–213. 1 indexed citations

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Cui, Can, et al.. (2017). Yiwu : la formation d’un cluster chinois. Revue d économie industrielle. 159. 139–158. 1 indexed citations

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Yücel, Seral, et al.. (2014). CASE STUDIES AND IMPLICATIONS OF CHEMICAL AND NON-CHEMICAL SOIL DISINFECTION METHODS IN TURKEY. Acta Horticulturae. 295–300. 4 indexed citations

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