Chun Yang

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Chun Yang is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Chun Yang has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 19 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Chun Yang's work include Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (16 papers), Global trade and economics (13 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (12 papers). Chun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (16 papers), Global trade and economics (13 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (12 papers). Chun Yang collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Chun Yang's co-authors include Victor F. S. Sit, Wei Zeng, Xin Yang, Xiaohui Hu, Felix Haifeng Liao, Pengfei Bian, Liang Su, Xiang Ma, Zhongfa Zhang and Yuling Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Chun Yang

75 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Coupling coordination evaluation and sustainable development pattern of geo-ecological environment and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chun Yang Hong Kong	27	628	506	426	418	403	80	2.3k
Bo Tang Hong Kong	31	632 1.0×	294 0.6×	361 0.8×	680 1.6×	311 0.8×	91	3.2k
Marianne Fay United States	24	1.3k 2.1×	299 0.6×	347 0.8×	391 0.9×	577 1.4×	54	3.1k
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak United States	28	1.6k 2.6×	213 0.4×	158 0.4×	369 0.9×	1.0k 2.5×	88	4.1k
Jianfa Shen Hong Kong	33	1.0k 1.7×	1.2k 2.4×	130 0.3×	463 1.1×	1.4k 3.4×	127	3.3k
Shuming Bao United States	20	919 1.5×	208 0.4×	67 0.2×	316 0.8×	432 1.1×	70	2.6k
Godwell Nhamo South Africa	29	605 1.0×	70 0.1×	192 0.5×	522 1.2×	811 2.0×	158	2.9k
Chaolin Gu China	28	608 1.0×	328 0.6×	116 0.3×	1.0k 2.5×	626 1.6×	77	2.8k
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom Australia	31	583 0.9×	407 0.8×	143 0.3×	219 0.5×	715 1.8×	176	2.7k
Michele Acuto Australia	29	434 0.7×	911 1.8×	109 0.3×	729 1.7×	761 1.9×	110	3.5k
David M. Drukker United States	17	1.8k 2.9×	303 0.6×	391 0.9×	146 0.3×	549 1.4×	32	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chun Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chun Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chun Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chun Yang 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 Chun Yang. Chun Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Garretsen, Harry, Michael Kitson, & Chun Yang. (2025). Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 18(1). 1–16. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Chun, et al.. (2025). Geoeconomic bridging node in global production: Chinese electric vehicle battery investments in Morocco. Contemporary Social Science. 20(2-3). 193–219. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Chun, et al.. (2025). Cross-platform, cross-border: How Chinese Wanghuang create opportunity spaces. Geoforum. 168. 104482–104482.

Yang, Chun, et al.. (2025). Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China. Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society. 18(3). 587–604.

Tang, Shuai, Hao Wang, Huihui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Determination of the Position and Cis–Trans Configuration of Lipid C═C Bonds via Asymmetric Derivatization and Ion Mobility–Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(43). 29503–29512. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Chun, et al.. (2024). Towards Sustainable Rural Development: Assessment Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Rural Ecosystem Health through Integrating Ecosystem Integrity and SDGs. Land. 13(10). 1672–1672. 2 indexed citations

Butollo, Florian, Gary Gereffi, Chun Yang, & Martin Krzywdzinski. (2022). Digital transformation and value chains: Introduction. Global Networks. 22(4). 585–594. 31 indexed citations

Yang, Chun, et al.. (2022). Assessment spatio-temporal coupling coordination relationship between mountain rural ecosystem health and urbanization in Chongqing municipality, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(32). 48388–48410. 9 indexed citations

Qiao, Xue, Lu Liu, Chun Yang, et al.. (2021). Responses of fine particulate matter and ozone to local emission reductions in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China. Environmental Pollution. 277. 116793–116793. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun, Shimin Lu, Xiao-Liang Liao, et al.. (2021). Pollution characteristics, exposure assessment and potential cardiotoxicities of PM2.5-bound benzotriazole and its derivatives in typical Chinese cities. The Science of The Total Environment. 809. 151132–151132. 12 indexed citations

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Su, Liang, Xiang Ma, Zhaohua Zhang, et al.. (2020). The different clinical characteristics of corona virus disease cases between children and their families in China – the character of children with COVID-19. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 707–713. 253 indexed citations

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Han, C. Min, et al.. (2020). Spatial econometric analysis of environmental total factor productivity of ranimal husbandry and its influencing factors in China during 2001–2017. The Science of The Total Environment. 723. 137726–137726. 42 indexed citations

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Pan, Fenghua, Chun Yang, Wang He, & Dariusz Wójcik. (2019). Linking global financial networks with regional development: a case study of Linyi, China. Regional Studies. 54(2). 187–197. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun, et al.. (2016). [Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution and Its Health Risk of Atmospheric Dust Fall from East Part of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang].. PubMed. 37(7). 2453–2461. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun & Si‐ming Li. (2013). Transformation of cross-boundary governance in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: Contested geopolitics and emerging conflicts. Habitat International. 40. 25–34. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun, Thao T. Nguyen, Erik Blasch, & Di Qiu. (2012). Assessing Terrestrial Wireless Communications and Broadcast Signals as Signals of Opportunity for Positioning and Navigation. 3814–3824. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun, Thao T. Nguyen, Di Qiu, et al.. (2012). Mobile Positioning with DTV Signals (ATSC 8VSB and M/H) Standards). 1208–1216. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun, Thao T. Nguyen, Di Qiu, Jared Casper, & Morgan Quigley. (2011). Positioning with Mixed Signals of Opportunity. 447–456. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun. (2005). An emerging cross-boundary metropolis in China: Hong Kong and Shenzhen under 'Two Systems'. International Development Planning Review. 27(2). 195–225. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Chun. (2004). From Market-Led to Institution-Based Economic Integration: The Case of the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong*. Issues & Studies. 40(2). 79–118. 22 indexed citations

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