Guangdong Li

5.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
63 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Guangdong Li is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Guangdong Li has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Guangdong Li's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (12 papers). Guangdong Li is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (12 papers). Guangdong Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Guangdong Li's co-authors include Chuanglin Fang, Shaojian Wang, Siao Sun, Shuanjin Wang, Haimeng Liu, Feng Li, Wei Qi, Sanwei He, Haitao Ma and Zhenbo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Guangdong Li

61 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Urbanization, economic growth, energy consumption, and CO... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2017 2015 2018 2022 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. 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 →
  2. 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 →
  3. 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 →
  4. Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity
    2022 285 citations Guangdong Li, Chuanglin Fang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Guangdong Li
Haimeng Liu China
Xiaowei Chuai China
Chunshan Zhou China
Xiangzheng Deng China
Zhenbo Wang China
Shobhakar Dhakal Thailand
Xiaodong Zhu China
Giovanni Baiocchi United States
Haitao Ma China
Haimeng Liu China
Guangdong Li
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Countries citing papers authored by Guangdong Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guangdong Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guangdong Li

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

All Works

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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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Guo, Xiaoyang, et al.. (2025). Ultrasonic cavitation response mechanism of coalbed methane desorption- seepage and coal pores damage. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 201. 107552–107552.
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Feng, Rundong, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Urban Greenspace Landscapes to Mitigate Population Exposure to Extreme Heat in 21st Century Chinese Cities. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(11). 5510–5520. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yue, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric thermal effects of urban vegetation greening and browning. Land Use Policy. 160. 107833–107833.
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Li, Guangdong, Chuanglin Fang, James Watson, et al.. (2024). Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8389–8389. 37 indexed citations
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Qi, Wei, et al.. (2024). Residential carbon emission flows embedded in population migration over time in China: A geospatial dynamics analysis. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107919–107919. 6 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, Guangdong Li, Chao Bao, et al.. (2024). How many people can the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau hold, and how large cities can be built in recent hundred years?. The Science of The Total Environment. 927. 172404–172404. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, et al.. (2024). Extensive inequality of residential greenspace exposure within urban areas in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174625–174625. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Jianfeng, et al.. (2023). Assessment of suitable areas for afforestation and its carbon sink value in fragile ecological areas of northern China. Journal of Environmental Management. 348. 119401–119401. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal Evolution of Residential Exposure to Green Space in Beijing. Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1549–1549. 17 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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Fang, Chuanglin, Haitao Ma, Chao Bao, et al.. (2022). Urban–rural human settlements in China: Objective evaluation and subjective well-being. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 31 indexed citations
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Luo, Kui, Guangdong Li, & Xin Lao. (2020). Spatial reconstruction and optimization of industrial development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration. 地理科学进展. 39(2). 179–194. 4 indexed citations
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Fang, Chuanglin, Xuegang Cui, Guangdong Li, et al.. (2019). Modeling regional sustainable development scenarios using the Urbanization and Eco-environment Coupler: Case study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 689. 820–830. 205 indexed citations
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Li, Guangdong, Chuanglin Fang, & Shaojian Wang. (2016). Exploring spatiotemporal changes in ecosystem-service values and hotspots in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 545-546. 609–620. 157 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, Shaojian Wang, Guangdong Li, et al.. (2016). Identifying the determinants of housing prices in China using spatial regression and the geographical detector technique. Applied Geography. 79. 26–36. 130 indexed citations
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Wang, Shaojian, Chuanglin Fang, & Guangdong Li. (2015). Spatiotemporal Characteristics, Determinants and Scenario Analysis of CO2 Emissions in China Using Provincial Panel Data. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138666–e0138666. 33 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

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