Derek Wang

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Derek Wang is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Wang has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 12 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Derek Wang's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (15 papers), Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (13 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers). Derek Wang is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (15 papers), Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (13 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (12 papers). Derek Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Derek Wang's co-authors include Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Kai Wang, Tingting Li, Shanling Li, M. Carrie Miceli, Michael R. Hicks, April D. Pyle, Natalia Ermolova, Atsushi Nakano and Shahab Younesi and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Derek Wang

67 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

ESG: Research Progress and Future Prospects

2021 376 citations Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Derek Wang et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Wang China	24	611	442	364	362	289	71	2.1k
Weilong Wang China	23	992 1.6×	215 0.5×	327 0.9×	99 0.3×	233 0.8×	84	2.2k
Ling‐Yun He China	33	2.1k 3.5×	309 0.7×	307 0.8×	248 0.7×	452 1.6×	168	3.9k
Heng Chen China	34	326 0.5×	159 0.4×	86 0.2×	96 0.3×	144 0.5×	235	3.8k
Kathryn Davidson Australia	24	160 0.3×	230 0.5×	194 0.5×	186 0.5×	119 0.4×	64	1.7k
Frank Chen Hong Kong	34	246 0.4×	2.2k 5.0×	292 0.8×	1.1k 3.0×	795 2.8×	178	5.3k
Dapeng Liang China	27	557 0.9×	285 0.6×	435 1.2×	174 0.5×	273 0.9×	97	2.2k
Liz Varga United Kingdom	29	151 0.2×	181 0.4×	410 1.1×	159 0.4×	61 0.2×	143	3.0k
Weike Zhang China	27	1.3k 2.1×	299 0.7×	73 0.2×	164 0.5×	207 0.7×	51	2.1k
Shu‐Ling Chen Australia	29	188 0.3×	336 0.8×	171 0.5×	67 0.2×	79 0.3×	171	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Derek Wang. 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 Derek Wang. The network helps show where Derek Wang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Wang

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

Wang, Derek, et al.. (2025). The by-production models for benchmarking. Energy Economics. 143. 108239–108239. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Derek, et al.. (2025). Digitalization and green innovation: a fuzzyset qualitative comparative analysis based on 30 provinces in China. Chinese Management Studies. 19(6). 1852–1872. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Derek, et al.. (2025). Impact of Digital Technology Adoption on the Similarity of Sustainability Reports. Sustainability. 17(8). 3728–3728.

Zhang, Jie & Derek Wang. (2025). The Impact of Controversial Events on Corporate Resilience: The Chain-Mediating Role of ESG and Value-at-Risk. Sustainability. 17(24). 11032–11032.

Wang, Derek, et al.. (2025). The Dual Path of the Impact of Digital Technology Adoption on ESG Performance. Sustainability. 17(6). 2341–2341. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Peng & Derek Wang. (2025). The impact of war on tourism: A synthetic control and causal configuration analysis. Annals of Tourism Research. 114. 104014–104014.

Wang, Derek, et al.. (2025). The AI Annotator: Large Language Models’ Potential in Scoring Sustainability Reports. Systems. 13(10). 899–899. 2 indexed citations

Li, Nian, et al.. (2024). Peeking into Corporate Greenwashing through the Readability of ESG Disclosures. Sustainability. 16(6). 2571–2571. 7 indexed citations

Eutsey, Rory, et al.. (2024). Peptide maturation molecules act as molecular gatekeepers to coordinate cell-cell communication in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Cell Reports. 43(7). 114432–114432. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Derek, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of Deterministic Nonparametric Frontier Models with Undesirable Outputs. European Journal of Operational Research. 315(2). 596–612. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Derek, et al.. (2023). Emerging ESG reporting of higher education institutions in China. Heliyon. 9(11). e22527–e22527. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Derek, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Relationship Between ESG Performance and Green Bond Issuance. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 897577–897577. 37 indexed citations

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Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2021). Sustainable development of countries all over the world and the impact of renewable energy. Renewable Energy. 184. 320–331. 30 indexed citations

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Dai, Saishuai, Derek Wang, & Prineha Narang. (2021). Passive controlled-variable phase gate on photonic qubits via cascade emitter. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Vallejo, Julian, et al.. (2021). Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) induces ventricular arrhythmias and prolongs QTc interval in mice in an FGF receptor 4-dependent manner. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 320(6). H2283–H2294. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Derek. (2021). The evolution of safety-adjusted transportation efficiency for the road system in China. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 160. 106300–106300. 5 indexed citations

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Vallejo, Julian, Derek Wang, LeAnn M. Tiede-Lewis, et al.. (2020). Trimethylamine-N-oxide acutely increases cardiac muscle contractility. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 318(5). H1272–H1282. 24 indexed citations

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Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki & Derek Wang. (2019). Rank dynamics and club convergence of sustainable development for countries around the world. Journal of Cleaner Production. 250. 119480–119480. 24 indexed citations

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Cavuoto, Lora, et al.. (2017). Improving Teamwork: Evaluating Workload of Surgical Team During Robot-assisted Surgery. Urology. 107. 120–125. 26 indexed citations

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Soupène, Eric, Joseph P. Y. Kao, Derek Wang, et al.. (2015). Association of NMT2 with the acyl-CoA carrier ACBD6 protects the N-myristoyltransferase reaction from palmitoyl-CoA. Journal of Lipid Research. 57(2). 288–298. 17 indexed citations

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