Lifeng Chen

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lifeng Chen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lifeng Chen has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lifeng Chen's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (4 papers). Lifeng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (4 papers). Lifeng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lifeng Chen's co-authors include Donald Goldfarb, Shiqian Ma, Kaifeng Wang, Muhammad Usman Khurram, Weidong Zhao, Shigē Péng, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, Brian M. Lucey, Cheng Qian and Lanjuan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Optics Express and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Lifeng Chen

46 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Fixed point and Bregman iterative methods for matrix rank minimization

2009 744 citations Lifeng Chen et al. profile →
The spatial spillover effect of low-carbon city pilot scheme on green efficiency in China's cities: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

2022 134 citations Lifeng Chen et al. profile →
ESG disclosure and technological innovation capabilities of the Chinese listed companies

2023 116 citations Lifeng Chen, Muhammad Usman Khurram et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lifeng Chen China	17	544	305	297	239	175	52	1.7k
Xiaoqi Yang Hong Kong	40	568 1.0×	205 0.7×	69 0.2×	144 0.6×	36 0.2×	288	5.5k
Sameh Askar Saudi Arabia	25	215 0.4×	709 2.3×	259 0.9×	136 0.6×	160 0.9×	250	2.7k
Michael Schwarz Germany	20	204 0.4×	216 0.7×	337 1.1×	519 2.2×	1.1k 6.5×	113	2.6k
Garud Iyengar United States	21	123 0.2×	402 1.3×	54 0.2×	119 0.5×	202 1.2×	92	2.5k
Sandra Paterlini Italy	19	64 0.1×	354 1.2×	79 0.3×	126 0.5×	69 0.4×	88	1.3k
Han Liu China	17	71 0.1×	270 0.9×	70 0.2×	32 0.1×	56 0.3×	57	1.8k
Массимилиано Феррара Italy	25	130 0.2×	207 0.7×	66 0.2×	95 0.4×	29 0.2×	191	2.4k
Li Yu China	24	52 0.1×	80 0.3×	1.1k 3.6×	160 0.7×	91 0.5×	281	2.7k
George O. Wesolowsky Canada	34	71 0.1×	103 0.3×	90 0.3×	137 0.6×	79 0.5×	123	3.5k
Wai-Ki Ching Hong Kong	15	125 0.2×	127 0.4×	88 0.3×	155 0.6×	66 0.4×	80	838

Countries citing papers authored by Lifeng Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lifeng Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Qian, Lei, Weiran Cao, & Lifeng Chen. (2025). Influence of artificial intelligence on higher education reform and talent cultivation in the digital intelligence era. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6047–6047. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2025). Genome Characteristic of NDM-5-Producing Klebsiella Quasipneumoniae and Klebsiella Pneumoniae in China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 18. 769–774.

Qian, Xuelin, et al.. (2025). Content and Salient Semantics Collaboration for Cloth-Changing Person Re-Identification. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2024). A Secure Data Sharing Model Utilizing Attribute-Based Signcryption in Blockchain Technology. Sensors. 25(1). 160–160.

Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2024). Green credit policy and ESG performance for promoting sustainable economic system. Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development. 8(4). 3392–3392. 2 indexed citations

Su, Qing & Lifeng Chen. (2024). Carbon financial trading risk based on multidimensional analysis of data flow from the perspective of low-carbon economy. Environment Development and Sustainability. 28(2). 3061–3079. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2024). Digital Transformation and ESG Performance: A Quasinatural Experiment Based on China’s Environmental Protection Law. International Journal of Energy Research. 2024(1). 17 indexed citations

Liu, Jia, et al.. (2024). Implicit neural representation steganography by neuron pruning. Multimedia Systems. 30(5). 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Shiman, Wangxiao Zhou, Xinrong Jiang, et al.. (2024). Whole-genome sequencing analyses and antibiotic resistance situation of 48 Helicobacter pylori strains isolated in Zhejiang, China. Gut Pathogens. 16(1). 62–62.

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Xu, Yao, et al.. (2023). Digital Transformation to Help Carbon Neutrality and Green Sustainable Development Based on the Metaverse. Sustainability. 15(9). 7132–7132. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2023). Chinese ESG Disclosure And Technological Innovation Capability: The Role of Financing Constraints. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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He, Zhenhua, Lifeng Chen, & Zahid Shafait. (2023). How psychological contract violation impacts turnover intentions of knowledge workers? The moderating effect of job embeddedness. Heliyon. 9(3). e14409–e14409. 5 indexed citations

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He, Zhenhua, et al.. (2023). A study of Inter-Technology Information Management (ITIM) system for industry-education integration. Heliyon. 9(9). e19928–e19928. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2023). Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Green Innovation: Evidence from China’s Provincial Panel Data. Sustainability. 15(4). 3318–3318. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2023). Executive compensation stickiness and ESG performance: The role of digital transformation. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Lifeng, et al.. (2021). A Security, Privacy and Trust Methodology for IIoT. Tehnicki vjesnik - Technical Gazette. 28(3). 10 indexed citations

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Lv, Tao�, Yunbo Chen, Lihua Guo, et al.. (2019). <p>Whole genome analysis reveals new insights into the molecular characteristics of <em>Clostridioides difficile</em> NAP1/BI/027/ST1 clinical isolates in the People’s Republic of China</p>. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 12. 1783–1794. 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Bo, Junfang Deng, Lifeng Chen, & Shusen Zheng. (2017). Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and tumor-related factors to predict lymph node metastasis in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17506–17506. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Jun, et al.. (2014). Effects of probiotic therapy on hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis: an updated meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials. Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international. 13(4). 354–360. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Lifeng. (2013). DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF THE INTEGRATED MEASURE INDICATOR SYSTEM ON URBAN-RURAL LAND SMART USE. Changjiang liuyu ziyuan yu huanjing. 1 indexed citations

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