Hua Liao

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
149 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Hua Liao is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Liao has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 65 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 59 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hua Liao's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (58 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (57 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (54 papers). Hua Liao is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (58 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (57 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (54 papers). Hua Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Hua Liao's co-authors include Yi‐Ming Wei, Ying Fan, Jingwen Wu, Hui Li, Kangyin Dong, Renjin Sun, Xin Tang, Jinwei Wang, Yu Hao and Lan-Cui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hua Liao

143 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

CO2 emissions, economic and population growth, and renewa... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. CO2 emissions, economic and population growth, and renewable energy: Empirical evidence across regions
    2018 566 citations Kangyin Dong, Renjin Sun et al. Energy Economics profile →
  2. The role of environmental concern in the public acceptance of autonomous electric vehicles: A survey from China
    2018 363 citations Jingwen Wu, Hua Liao et al. profile →
  3. Impacts of urbanization on carbon emissions: An empirical analysis from OECD countries
    2021 321 citations Hua Liao, Yi‐Ming Wei et al. Energy Policy profile →
  4. A proposed global layout of carbon capture and storage in line with a 2 °C climate target
    2021 316 citations Yi‐Ming Wei, Qiao‐Mei Liang et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers

Hua Liao
Xunpeng Shi Australia
Jiahai Yuan China
Can Wang China
Xiucheng Dong China
Chuanwang Sun China
Ruyin Long China
Hancheng Dai China
Ming Zhang China
Bangzhu Zhu China
Ke Li China
Xunpeng Shi Australia
Hua Liao
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Countries citing papers authored by Hua Liao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hua Liao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Liao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sheng, Yu, et al.. (2025). Enhancing clean cooking energy transition through living facility improvements: Experience from China. Energy Economics. 144. 108331–108331. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, et al.. (2025). Economic development and CO 2 emissions in China: a multi-dimensional analysis. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 1–22.
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Hu, Yiming & Hua Liao. (2025). High temperatures and national saving: Experience in the latest six decades. Energy Economics. 145. 108435–108435.
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Liu, Yike, et al.. (2025). Household energy transition and its crucial role in saving infant lives in developing countries. Journal of Environmental Management. 375. 124259–124259. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Huiying, et al.. (2024). Industrialization, environmental externality, and climate mitigation strategies. Economic Modelling. 139. 106826–106826. 1 indexed citations
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Liao, Hua, et al.. (2024). Additional outpatient expenditures due to heatwaves: evidence from the Chinese older population. Environmental Research Letters. 19(9). 94043–94043.
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Liu, Li-Jing, Hong-Dian Jiang, Qiao‐Mei Liang, et al.. (2023). Carbon emissions and economic impacts of an EU embargo on Russian fossil fuels. Nature Climate Change. 13(3). 290–296. 42 indexed citations
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Liao, Hua, et al.. (2023). Household fuel transitions have substantially contributed to child mortality reductions in China. World Development. 164. 106174–106174. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Weiming, et al.. (2023). Greening China: Environmentally adjusted multifactor productivity in the last four decades. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 192. 106918–106918. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Jingwen, Tong Zhang, & Hua Liao. (2023). Fuel economy standards: Regulatory loopholes and firms’ heterogeneous responses. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 123. 102904–102904. 3 indexed citations
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Hou, Bingdong, Jingwen Wu, Zhifu Mi, et al.. (2022). Cooking fuel types and the health effects: A field study in China. Energy Policy. 167. 113012–113012. 35 indexed citations
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Liao, Hua, et al.. (2022). Goal setting for low-carbon development in regional China: role of achievement in the last term. Environment Development and Sustainability. 25(9). 10197–10215. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Jingwen, Hua Liao, & Jinwei Wang. (2020). Analysis of consumer attitudes towards autonomous, connected, and electric vehicles: A survey in China. Research in Transportation Economics. 80. 100828–100828. 93 indexed citations
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Liao, Hua, et al.. (2020). The status of household heating in northern China: a field survey in towns and villages. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(14). 16145–16158. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chen, Hua Liao, & Zhifu Mi. (2019). Climate impacts: temperature and electricity consumption. Natural Hazards. 99(3). 1259–1275. 36 indexed citations
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Hou, Bingdong, Hua Liao, Jinwei Wang, Fangzhi Wang, & Hongliang Zhang. (2019). Cooking fuel decision-making and family structure: a field study in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(23). 24050–24061. 42 indexed citations
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Dong, Kangyin, Renjin Sun, Hui Li, & Hua Liao. (2018). Does natural gas consumption mitigate CO2 emissions: Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for 14 Asia-Pacific countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 94. 419–429. 242 indexed citations
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Wei, Yi‐Ming & Hua Liao. (2018). Energy Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tianqi & Hua Liao. (2018). The Disease Burden of Indoor Air Pollution From Solid Fuel Use in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 30(4). 387–395. 14 indexed citations

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