Kaihui Song

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kaihui Song is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaihui Song has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Environmental Engineering, 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 6 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kaihui Song's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (5 papers). Kaihui Song is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (5 papers). Kaihui Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kaihui Song's co-authors include Chengkang Gao, Yi Qian, Tao Hu, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek, Peidong Zhang, Hongming Na, Tian Fan, Chengbo Gao and Yujie Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kaihui Song

34 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China
    2021 278 citations Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaihui Song China 17 443 331 255 158 148 35 1.4k
Yosuke Shigetomi Japan 23 523 1.2× 361 1.1× 374 1.5× 117 0.7× 259 1.8× 47 1.3k
Xuechun Yang China 20 497 1.1× 313 0.9× 377 1.5× 254 1.6× 138 0.9× 60 1.5k
Yadong Yu China 24 756 1.7× 266 0.8× 558 2.2× 110 0.7× 159 1.1× 67 1.7k
Vaibhav Chaturvedi United States 21 396 0.9× 453 1.4× 453 1.8× 181 1.1× 72 0.5× 44 1.5k
Wenhui Chen China 21 364 0.8× 416 1.3× 578 2.3× 314 2.0× 203 1.4× 101 2.0k
Yolanda Lechón Spain 23 660 1.5× 433 1.3× 180 0.7× 287 1.8× 219 1.5× 92 1.8k
Xiaoyu Zhang China 17 211 0.5× 363 1.1× 116 0.5× 150 0.9× 179 1.2× 63 1.5k
Mingyu Yang China 7 284 0.6× 381 1.2× 271 1.1× 321 2.0× 221 1.5× 10 2.0k
Lihong Peng China 19 307 0.7× 168 0.5× 212 0.8× 135 0.9× 78 0.5× 36 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kaihui Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaihui Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaihui Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaihui Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaihui Song 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 Kaihui Song. Kaihui Song 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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Lü, Hongfang, Kaihui Song, Yuli Shan, & Y. Frank Cheng. (2025). Quantifying greenhouse gas emission risks from natural gas pipeline incidents. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 2(4). 100097–100097.
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Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2024). Component Restoration Models of Highway Bridges for Resilience Assessment: A Nationwide Expert‐Opinion Survey Study and Application. Earthquake Spectra. 41(1). 495–523. 19 indexed citations
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Song, Kaihui, et al.. (2024). Assessing subnational climate action in G20 cities and regions: Progress and ambition. One Earth. 7(12). 2189–2203. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Chu-Long, Kaihui Song, Yunfeng Huang, Xu Su, & Zirong Li. (2024). A systematic view of phosphorus loss and its retention: Pathways, mechanisms, and measures. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 206. 107620–107620. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Kaihui, et al.. (2023). Cities and regions tackle climate change mitigation but often focus on less effective solutions. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 16 indexed citations
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Feng, Kuishuang, et al.. (2023). National and local labor impacts of coal phase-out scenarios in Chile. Journal of Cleaner Production. 414. 137399–137399. 12 indexed citations
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Lü, Hongfang, Zhao‐Dong Xu, Kaihui Song, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. crude oil pipeline accidents: 1968 to 2020. Scientific Data. 10(1). 563–563. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2023). Substance flow analysis of arsenic and its discharge reduction in the steelworks. The Science of The Total Environment. 875. 162545–162545. 9 indexed citations
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Cui, Ryna, Nathan Hultman, Diyang Cui, et al.. (2021). A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1468–1468. 278 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2021). The changes in spatial layout of steel industry in China and associated pollutant emissions: A case of SO2. Journal of Environmental Management. 302(Pt A). 114034–114034. 16 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal analysis of anthropogenic phosphorus fluxes in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 721. 137588–137588. 23 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2020). Vehicle emissions inventory in high spatial–temporal resolution and emission reduction strategy in Harbin-Changchun Megalopolis. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 138. 236–245. 43 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2019). Regional water ecosystem risk assessment based on GIS and pollutant diffusion model: A case study of Shenzhen eco-industrial park. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 130. 182–189. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive evaluation on energy-water saving effects in iron and steel industry. The Science of The Total Environment. 670. 346–360. 41 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, Chengbo Gao, Kaihui Song, & Kejing Fang. (2019). Pathways towards regional circular economy evaluated using material flow analysis and system dynamics. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 154. 104527–104527. 54 indexed citations
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Song, Kaihui, Shen Qu, Morteza Taiebat, Sai Liang, & Ming Xu. (2019). Scale, distribution and variations of global greenhouse gas emissions driven by U.S. households. Environment International. 133(Pt A). 105137–105137. 57 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2019). Technologies-based potential analysis on saving energy and water of China's iron and steel industry. The Science of The Total Environment. 699. 134225–134225. 45 indexed citations
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Gao, Chengkang, et al.. (2019). Spatial and temporal dynamics of air-pollutant emission inventory of steel industry in China: A bottom-up approach. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 143. 184–200. 49 indexed citations
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Qian, Yi, et al.. (2017). Environmental status of livestock and poultry sectors in China under current transformation stage. The Science of The Total Environment. 622-623. 702–709. 187 indexed citations
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Song, Kaihui, R. D. Miller, & John F. Rabolt. (1993). Solid-state piezochromism in poly(di-n-hexylgermane). Macromolecules. 26(12). 3232–3233. 6 indexed citations

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