Huaping Sun

11.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
217 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Huaping Sun is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Huaping Sun has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 47 papers in Environmental Engineering and 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Huaping Sun's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (95 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (44 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (41 papers). Huaping Sun is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (95 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (44 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (41 papers). Huaping Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Huaping Sun's co-authors include Bless Kofi Edziah, Farhad Taghizadeh–Hesary, Muhammad Mohsin, Chuanwang Sun, Linnan Yan, Weifeng Sun, Yong Geng, Qaiser Abbas, Liang Nie and Shaopeng Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Huaping Sun

207 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Institutional quality, green innovation and energy effici... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 2021 2021 2019 200 400 600
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. Institutional quality, green innovation and energy efficiency
    2019 613 citations Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah et al. profile →
  2. Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies
    2021 538 citations Huaping Sun, Farhad Taghizadeh–Hesary et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  3. Energy efficiency: The role of technological innovation and knowledge spillover
    2021 443 citations Huaping Sun, Bless Kofi Edziah et al. profile →
  4. Green finance, fintech and environmental protection: Evidence from China
    2021 418 citations Huaping Sun et al. profile →
  5. Will China peak its energy-related carbon emissions by 2030? Lessons from 30 Chinese provinces
    2019 257 citations Kai Fang, Huaping Sun et al. profile →
  6. The impact assessment of smart city policy on urban green total-factor productivity: Evidence from China
    2022 148 citations Huaping Sun et al. profile →
  7. Do green finance and hi-tech innovation facilitate sustainable development? Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt
    2024 89 citations Huaping Sun et al. Economic Analysis and Policy profile →
  8. Sustainable infrastructure, energy projects, and economic growth: mediating role of sustainable supply chain management
    2024 60 citations Shahid Mahmood, Pooja Misra et al. Annals of Operations Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Huaping Sun China 46 5.7k 2.3k 1.8k 1.2k 1.1k 217 8.5k
Asif Razzaq China 58 7.6k 1.3× 3.1k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 110 9.7k
Umer Shahzad China 47 6.7k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 716 0.6× 681 0.6× 115 8.4k
Muhammad Mohsin China 56 6.7k 1.2× 3.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 125 9.7k
Bo Wang China 47 3.8k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 931 0.8× 566 0.5× 292 8.6k
Munir Ahmad China 61 7.3k 1.3× 3.7k 1.7× 2.5k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 671 0.6× 166 10.6k
Fujun Hou China 30 4.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 732 0.6× 376 0.3× 76 6.3k
Chun‐Ping Chang Taiwan 56 7.9k 1.4× 3.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 259 10.7k
Chuanwang Sun China 47 5.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 809 0.7× 749 0.7× 166 7.8k
Anis Omri Tunisia 41 6.4k 1.1× 3.8k 1.7× 1.5k 0.9× 650 0.6× 599 0.5× 90 8.1k
Muhammad Khalid Anser China 50 3.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 988 0.6× 650 0.6× 688 0.6× 168 6.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huaping Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huaping Sun

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All Works

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Sun, Huaping, et al.. (2024). Exploring the role of managerial green commitment in enhancing sustainability in Congo's cobalt supply chain. Journal of Environmental Management. 372. 122997–122997. 4 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Shahid, Pooja Misra, Huaping Sun, Adeel Luqman, & Armando Papa. (2024). Sustainable infrastructure, energy projects, and economic growth: mediating role of sustainable supply chain management. Annals of Operations Research. 355(1). 1099–1130. 60 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Jiqiang, et al.. (2024). A hybrid model for predicting the carbon price in Beijing: a pilot low-carbon city in China. Frontiers in Physics. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Zeng, Fanlong, et al.. (2024). Analyzing New Quality Productive Forces in New Energy Vehicle Companies Based on a New Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Model. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 15(11). 503–503. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ran, et al.. (2024). The impact of innovative human capital agglomeration on urban green development efficiency: Based on panel data of 278 Cities in China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 111. 105566–105566. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Huaping, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Employee Green Performance through Green Training: The Mediating Influence of Organizational Green Culture and Work Ethic in the Mining Sector. Journal of Cleaner Production. 449. 141105–141105. 23 indexed citations
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Fang, Kai, Anqi Xu, Siqi Wang, et al.. (2023). Progress towards Sustainable Development Goals in the Belt and Road Initiative countries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 424. 138808–138808. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Huaping, et al.. (2023). Enhancing exchange rate volatility prediction accuracy: Assessing the influence of different indices on the USD/CNY exchange rate. Finance research letters. 58. 104483–104483. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). Corporate Social Responsibility Information Disclosure and Financial Performance: Is Green Technology Innovation a Missing Link?. Sustainability. 15(15). 11926–11926. 12 indexed citations
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Obobisa, Emma Serwaa, et al.. (2023). Has the establishment of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones improved air quality? Evidence from China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 10(1). 20 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). Non-Linear Nexus of Technological Innovation and Carbon Total Factor Productivity in China. Sustainability. 15(18). 13811–13811. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). Effect of Environmental Regulation on Energy-Intensive Enterprises’ Green Innovation Performance. Sustainability. 15(13). 10108–10108. 19 indexed citations
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Meng, Bo, Yu Liu, Yuning Gao, et al.. (2023). Developing countries’ responsibilities for CO2 emissions in value chains are larger and growing faster than those of developed countries. One Earth. 6(2). 167–181. 61 indexed citations
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Sun, Huaping, et al.. (2023). Do the dynamics of macroeconomic attention drive the yen/dollar exchange market volatility?. International Review of Economics & Finance. 89. 597–611. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2023). Do urban agglomeration planning policies promote the discharge reduction of industrial wastewater: Evidence from the Yellow River Basin in China. Environmental Research. 239(Pt 2). 117445–117445. 17 indexed citations
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Ali, Shahid, Qingyou Yan, Jin Hu, Muhammad Irfan, & Huaping Sun. (2023). Can bioenergy act as an entrepreneurial opportunity for the sustainable economic development of an emerging economy? A socio-technical approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(43). 98106–98126. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhenyu, et al.. (2023). Modeling the impact of energy poverty on income poverty, health poverty, educational poverty, and environmental poverty: a roadmap towards environmental sustainability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(36). 85276–85291. 13 indexed citations
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Yu, Yang, Shuangqi Li, Huaping Sun, & Farhad Taghizadeh–Hesary. (2020). Energy carbon emission reduction of China’s transportation sector: An input–output approach. Economic Analysis and Policy. 69. 378–393. 107 indexed citations
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Tariq, Gulzara, et al.. (2018). Trade liberalization, FDI inflows economic growth and environmental sustanaibility in Pakistan and India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations

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