Cheng Zeng

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Cheng Zeng is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Zeng has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Accounting, 14 papers in Finance and 12 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Cheng Zeng's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (35 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (20 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (13 papers). Cheng Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (35 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (20 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (13 papers). Cheng Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Cheng Zeng's co-authors include Edward Lee, Martin Walker, Hans Bonde Christensen, Chu Yeong Lim, Jiwei Wang, Youchao Tan, Viet Anh Dang, Xiumei Liu, Tamer Elshandidy and Fangming Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Zeng

53 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Incentives or Standards: What Determines Accounting Quality Changes around IFRS Adoption?

2015 306 citations Hans Bonde Christensen, Edward Lee et al. European Accounting Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Zeng China	16	853	620	419	212	154	61	1.4k
Ronald Zhao United States	14	598 0.7×	491 0.8×	319 0.8×	159 0.8×	176 1.1×	29	1.1k
May Hu Australia	15	592 0.7×	373 0.6×	488 1.2×	237 1.1×	121 0.8×	54	1.1k
Chaopeng Wu China	11	609 0.7×	350 0.6×	645 1.5×	112 0.5×	132 0.9×	29	1.2k
Anand Venkateswaran United States	13	950 1.1×	500 0.8×	359 0.9×	261 1.2×	143 0.9×	23	1.4k
Yaowen Shan Australia	20	603 0.7×	363 0.6×	410 1.0×	170 0.8×	97 0.6×	62	989
Wanli Li China	18	667 0.8×	279 0.5×	287 0.7×	232 1.1×	89 0.6×	64	995
Husam‐Aldin N. Al‐Malkawi United Arab Emirates	16	894 1.0×	318 0.5×	315 0.8×	177 0.8×	103 0.7×	33	1.2k
Yunqing Tao China	18	350 0.4×	344 0.6×	602 1.4×	138 0.7×	224 1.5×	47	1.0k
Cédric Schneider Denmark	12	536 0.6×	291 0.5×	869 2.1×	220 1.0×	79 0.5×	25	1.2k
Yongjia Lin Macao	16	876 1.0×	545 0.9×	634 1.5×	696 3.3×	231 1.5×	32	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Zeng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Zeng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Zeng

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

Yang, Xiao, et al.. (2025). Flat U-Net: An Efficient Ultralightweight Model for Solar Filament Segmentation in Full-disk Hα Images. The Astrophysical Journal. 980(2). 176–176.

Zhang, Xun, Zekun Sun, Yong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Unlocking High‐Speed and Energy‐Efficiency: Integrated Convolution Processing on Thin‐Film Lithium Niobate. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(10). 3 indexed citations

Li, Chaofan, et al.. (2025). Customer Concentration and Suppliers' Blockchain Technology Adoption: Evidence from China. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Jiang, Xueyi, Bo Wu, Hailong Zhou, et al.. (2025). Thin-film lithium niobate photonic circuit for ray tracing acceleration. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5938–5938. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Weiwei, Chijun Li, Bing Wang, et al.. (2024). Ultrabroadband Light Coupling for Integrated Photonics via Nonadiabatic Pumping. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(5). 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Cheng, et al.. (2023). Does Public Firms’ Mandatory IFRS Reporting Crowd Out Private Firms’ Capital Investment?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Chunfang, et al.. (2023). Corporate Tax Benefits from Hometown-Connected Politicians. The Accounting Review. 99(3). 59–86. 5 indexed citations

Hussain, N., et al.. (2023). Does Greenwashing Pay Off? Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Gong, Zhaoran, et al.. (2023). Does Past Co-Working Experience between CEOs and Divisional Managers Matter for Corporate Disclosure Quality?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yani, Sunny Sun, Qiang Wu, & Cheng Zeng. (2023). Does New Lease Accounting Standard ASC 842 Affect Bank Loan Pricing?. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Xu, Fangming, et al.. (2022). Free Cash Flows and Price Momentum. Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance. 39(3). 726–753. 4 indexed citations

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Ye, Kangtao, et al.. (2022). Do insiders trade on government subsidies?. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 41(2). 106946–106946. 5 indexed citations

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Magnan, Michel, et al.. (2021). Do banks price production process failures? Evidence from product recalls. Journal of Banking & Finance. 135. 106366–106366. 9 indexed citations

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Dang, Viet Anh, et al.. (2017). Corporate debt maturity and stock price crash risk. European Financial Management. 24(3). 451–484. 57 indexed citations

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Lee, Edward, et al.. (2017). Do Economic Incentives of Controlling Shareholders Influence Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure? A Natural Experiment. The International Journal of Accounting. 52(3). 238–250. 15 indexed citations

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Cao, Chunfang, Xiaoyang Li, & Cheng Zeng. (2016). Board Diversity, Inventor Collaboration, and Corporate Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Zeng, Cheng & Liang Shan. (2015). TIME DISCRETIZATION FOR A 3-DOF NONLINEAR MASS-DAMPER-SPRING MECHANICAL VIBRATION SYSTEM VIA TAYLOR APPROACH AND FRACTIONAL-ORDER HOLD. ICIC express letters. Part B, Applications. 6(9). 2515–2522. 1 indexed citations

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Christensen, Hans Bonde, Edward Lee, Martin Walker, & Cheng Zeng. (2015). Incentives or Standards: What Determines Accounting Quality Changes around IFRS Adoption?. European Accounting Review. 24(1). 31–61. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zeng, Cheng, et al.. (2014). Discrete dynamics analysis for nonlinear collocated multivariable mass-damper-spring intelligent mechanical vibration systems. Journal of Vibroengineering. 16(2). 633–644.

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Zeng, Cheng, et al.. (2013). Ride comfort analysis of a nonlinear vehicle excited by the consecutive speed-control humps. Journal of Vibroengineering. 15(4). 1656–1664. 7 indexed citations

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