Guo-liang Yang

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Guo-liang Yang is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Guo-liang Yang has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 64 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 24 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Guo-liang Yang's work include Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (71 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (24 papers). Guo-liang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (71 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (24 papers). Guo-liang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Iran. Guo-liang Yang's co-authors include Ali Emrouznejad, Yaoyao Song, Hirofumi Fukuyama, Huihui Liu, Jiaofeng Pan, Mohammad Khoveyni, Jianbo Yang, Kaidi Liu, Huihui Liu and Gholam R. Amin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Guo-liang Yang

96 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

A survey and analysis of the first 40 years of scholarly literature in DEA: 1978–2016

2017 902 citations Ali Emrouznejad, Guo-liang Yang Socio-Economic Planning Sciences profile →

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Miki Tsutsui Japan

Timo Kuosmanen Finland

Qingxian An China

Juan Aparicio Spain

Ana S. Camanho Portugal

Victor V. Podinovski United Kingdom

Ming‐Miin Yu Taiwan

Shiuh-Nan Hwang Taiwan

Ling Tang China

Niels Christian Petersen Denmark

Miki Tsutsui Japan

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Countries citing papers authored by Guo-liang Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guo-liang Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guo-liang Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guo-liang Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guo-liang 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 Guo-liang Yang. Guo-liang Yang 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, Guo-liang, et al.. (2025). Cross-efficiency aggregation method considering bounded rationality: An application to healthcare service. 13. 100059–100059.

Liu, Zihong, et al.. (2025). Transportation sector’s carbon emission pressure in Chinese provinces during carbon peak. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 141. 104606–104606. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Huihui, et al.. (2025). Investigating the research and development performance of Chinese industry: A two-stage prospect data envelopment analysis approach. European Journal of Operational Research. 323(3). 1040–1059. 4 indexed citations

Guan, Z. L., et al.. (2024). Evaluation of technology transfer performance for Chinese universities based on a dual-game cross-efficiency model. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 94. 101950–101950. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2024). How to leverage the initiative of regional innovation subjects under the digital economy? A study on the mediating effect of innovation environment. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 37(12). 2800–2814. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2024). Regret cross-efficiency evaluation using attitudinal entropy approach. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2024). From resources to capital: Investigating the efficiency of forest ecosystem products value realization in China. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 96. 102052–102052. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiuhong, et al.. (2024). Role of Educational Level in Innovation Performance: An Exploration Study of Higher Education Graduates in China. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 16(5). 16058–16077.

Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2024). Ranking journals by voting with feet: a new method for journal evaluation. Scientometrics. 129(3). 1567–1588. 1 indexed citations

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Cui, Yuan‐Lu, et al.. (2024). How can sociological theories provide legitimacy to eco-efficiency evaluations? Embark on a journey toward understanding. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 93. 101856–101856. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2023). Is human and financial investment in Chinese universities effective?. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 88. 101541–101541. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Guo-liang, et al.. (2021). Does Success Breed Success? A Study on the Correlation between Impact Factor and Quantity in Chinese Academic Journals. Journal of Data and Information Science. 6(4). 90–110. 2 indexed citations

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Agasisti, Tommaso, et al.. (2021). Evaluating the higher education productivity of Chinese and European “elite” universities using a meta-frontier approach. Scientometrics. 126(7). 5819–5853. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingxiao, et al.. (2021). Optimizing regional allocation of CO2 emissions considering output under overall efficiency. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 77. 101012–101012. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Kaidi, et al.. (2020). Investigating industrial water-use efficiency in mainland China: An improved SBM-DEA model. Journal of Environmental Management. 270. 110859–110859. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Feng, Ali Emrouznejad, Guo-liang Yang, & Yongjun Li. (2019). Carbon emission abatement quota allocation in Chinese manufacturing industries: An integrated cooperative game data envelopment analysis approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 71(8). 1259–1288. 55 indexed citations

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Song, Yaoyao, Torben Schubert, Huihui Liu, & Guo-liang Yang. (2019). Measuring Scientific Productivity in China Using Malmquist Productivity Index. Journal of Data and Information Science. 4(1). 32–59. 6 indexed citations

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Khoveyni, Mohammad, et al.. (2016). Data envelopment analysis in the absence of convexity: Specifying efficiency status and estimating returns to scale. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 304. 172–200. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Yinzhou, Guo-liang Yang, Weisu Huang, et al.. (2015). Development and validation of a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for determination of sterol oxidation products in edible oils. RSC Advances. 5(51). 41259–41268. 31 indexed citations

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Guo, Jie, et al.. (2012). High power 4.65 μm single-wavelength laser by second-harmonic generation of pulsed TEA CO2 laser in AgGaSe2 and ZnGeP2. Laser Physics. 22(4). 725–729. 7 indexed citations

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