Chuanglin Fang

18.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
283 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Chuanglin Fang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuanglin Fang has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 95 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 69 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chuanglin Fang's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (83 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (46 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (44 papers). Chuanglin Fang is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (83 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (46 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (44 papers). Chuanglin Fang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chuanglin Fang's co-authors include Guangdong Li, Shaojian Wang, Haimeng Liu, Danlin Yu, Siao Sun, Yupeng Fan, Chao Bao, Shuanjin Wang, Zhenbo Wang and Haitao Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Chuanglin Fang

275 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging p... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2017 2020 2015 2017 2014 200 400 600
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  1. Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging phenomenon
    2017 744 citations Chuanglin Fang et al. profile →
  2. Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality
    2020 524 citations Siao Sun, Guangtao Fu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from China
    2015 484 citations Shaojian Wang, Chuanglin Fang et al. profile →
  4. Urbanization, economic growth, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from countries with different income levels
    2017 449 citations Shaojian Wang, Guangdong Li et al. profile →
  5. Urbanisation, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions in China: A panel data analysis of China’s provinces
    2014 415 citations Shaojian Wang, Chuanglin Fang et al. profile →
  6. Coupling coordinated development between social economy and ecological environment in Chinese provincial capital cities-assessment and policy implications
    2019 358 citations Yupeng Fan, Chuanglin Fang et al. profile →
  7. Changing urban forms and carbon dioxide emissions in China: A case study of 30 provincial capital cities
    2015 342 citations Chuanglin Fang, Guangdong Li et al. profile →
  8. Impacts of industrial structure and technical progress on carbon emission intensity: Evidence from 281 cities in China
    2020 317 citations Chuanglin Fang et al. profile →
  9. The varying driving forces of urban expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis
    2018 288 citations Guangdong Li, Siao Sun et al. profile →
  10. Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity
    2022 285 citations Guangdong Li, Chuanglin Fang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. The evaluation and obstacle analysis of urban resilience from the multidimensional perspective in Chinese cities
    2022 173 citations Chuanglin Fang et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
  12. Revealing the synergy between carbon reduction and pollution control in the process of new-type urbanization: Evidence from China's five major urban agglomerations
    2025 20 citations Kewen Wang, Chuanglin Fang Sustainable Cities and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuanglin Fang China 61 6.2k 5.8k 4.1k 3.5k 2.9k 283 14.8k
Yuli Shan China 60 2.9k 0.5× 8.9k 1.5× 8.5k 2.1× 3.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 189 16.4k
Steven J. Davis United States 71 5.1k 0.8× 6.4k 1.1× 7.3k 1.8× 3.2k 0.9× 603 0.2× 185 21.6k
Kuishuang Feng United States 74 2.1k 0.3× 7.0k 1.2× 9.2k 2.2× 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 221 16.0k
Yansui Liu China 84 13.4k 2.2× 4.3k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 330 25.0k
Ming Xu China 72 4.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 4.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 828 0.3× 440 17.9k
Felix Creutzig Germany 56 4.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 170 15.3k
Richard S.J. Tol Netherlands 87 7.2k 1.2× 12.2k 2.1× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 503 26.4k
Glen P. Peters Norway 74 5.7k 0.9× 11.7k 2.0× 13.3k 3.2× 2.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 181 25.6k
Shaojian Wang China 55 2.4k 0.4× 6.5k 1.1× 4.2k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 121 10.3k
Zhifeng Yang China 78 5.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.4× 6.2k 1.5× 4.5k 1.3× 641 0.2× 648 23.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuanglin Fang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Guangdong, Yue Cao, Chuanglin Fang, et al.. (2025). Global urban greening and its implication for urban heat mitigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(4). e2417179122–e2417179122. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Siao, Hui Liu, Megan Konar, et al.. (2025). Urban groundwater supplies facing dual pressures of depletion and contamination in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(8). e2412338122–e2412338122. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Liyan, Wanxu Chen, Chuanglin Fang, & Jie Zeng. (2024). How does the coordinated development of population urbanization and land urbanization affect residents' living standards? Empirical evidence from China. Cities. 149. 104922–104922. 32 indexed citations
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Fan, Yupeng, et al.. (2024). When will China realize urban-rural integration? A case study of 30 provinces in China. Cities. 153. 105290–105290. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Xin, Le Yu, Tao Liu, et al.. (2024). China’s ongoing rural to urban transformation benefits the population but is not evenly spread. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 6 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, et al.. (2024). A novel framework to evaluate urban-rural coordinated development: A case study in Shanxi Province, China. Habitat International. 144. 103013–103013. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Shaojian, Chuanglin Fang, Xiangjie Chen, et al.. (2024). China’s ecological footprint via biomass import and consumption is increasing. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Wanxu, Tianci Gu, Chuanglin Fang, & Jie Zeng. (2023). Global urban low-carbon transitions: Multiscale relationship between urban land and carbon emissions. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 100. 107076–107076. 57 indexed citations
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Liang, Junyi, Shaojian Wang, Jieyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Agricultural HANPP Embodied in Consumption: Tracing Pressure on Ecosystems Based on an MRIO Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(37). 13838–13850. 10 indexed citations
10.
Wang, Kewen, Haitao Ma, & Chuanglin Fang. (2023). The relationship evolution between urbanization and urban ecological resilience in the Northern Slope Economic Belt of Tianshan Mountains, China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 97. 104783–104783. 58 indexed citations
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Guo, Xiaomin & Chuanglin Fang. (2022). Spatio-temporal interaction heterogeneity and driving factors of carbon emissions from the construction industry in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(34). 81966–81983. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, Chuanglin Fang, Yingjie Li, et al.. (2022). Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1628–1628. 285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Xuegang, Chuanglin Fang, Haimeng Liu, & Xiaofei Liu. (2018). Assessing sustainability of urbanization by a coordinated development index for an Urbanization-Resources-Environment complex system: A case study of Jing-Jin-Ji region, China. Ecological Indicators. 96. 383–391. 220 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, et al.. (2018). Risk and Prevention Suggestions of China's Energy Security in Energy Cooperation Development with Central Asia in Silk Road Economic Belt. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 33(6). 554–562. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaohua, et al.. (2016). Comprehensive evaluation of the advantage value of geopolitical strategy of frontier port cities under the background of the Silk Road Economic Belt. 39(5). 978. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Haitao, Chuanglin Fang, Bo Pang, & Guangdong Li. (2014). The Effect of Geographical Proximity on Scientific Cooperation among Chinese Cities from 1990 to 2010. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e111705–e111705. 32 indexed citations
17.
Fang, Chuanglin. (2010). Industrial division and linkage among regions of China. Geographical Research. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin. (2010). Spatio-temporal assessment models and their application to urban industrial restructuring:A case study of Beijing city. Geographical Research. 1 indexed citations
19.
Li, Ming & Chuanglin Fang. (2006). Research on Jiuquan-Jiayuguan-Yumen region's dynamic evolvement of urbanization. Geographical Research. 25(3). 551–559. 3 indexed citations
20.
Fang, Chuanglin. (2006). The Eco-industry Development Strategy and Demonstrating-district Construction in Sanjiangyuan. Journal of Mountain Science. 1 indexed citations

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