Lili Yang

6.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
110 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Lili Yang is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lili Yang has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 31 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 20 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lili Yang's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (31 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (27 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers). Lili Yang is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (31 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (27 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers). Lili Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Lili Yang's co-authors include Shuai Shao, Meiting Fan, Zhenbing Yang, Le Xu, Chuanyi Wang, Yuxin Wang, Zhihua Tian, Ruining Jia, Dabo Guan and Jianhua Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Lili Yang

92 papers receiving 5.2k 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. Suspending Classes Without Stopping Learning: China’s Education Emergency Management Policy in the COVID-19 Outbreak
    2020 702 citations Lili Yang et al. profile →
  2. Heterogeneous green innovations and carbon emission performance: Evidence at China's city level
    2021 672 citations Lili Yang, Shuai Shao et al. profile →
  3. Environmental Regulation and Enterprise Innovation: A Review
    2020 379 citations Shuai Shao, Lili Yang et al. profile →
  4. High-speed rail and CO2 emissions in urban China: A spatial difference-in-differences approach
    2021 363 citations Shuai Shao, Lili Yang et al. profile →
  5. High speed rail and urban service industry agglomeration: Evidence from China's Yangtze River Delta region
    2017 334 citations Shuai Shao, Lili Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lili Yang China 27 3.4k 1.3k 961 612 608 110 5.4k
Yi Lu China 33 4.2k 1.2× 541 0.4× 562 0.6× 499 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 146 6.3k
Muhammad Khalid Anser China 50 3.6k 1.1× 988 0.8× 1.7k 1.8× 650 1.1× 408 0.7× 168 6.0k
George Halkos Greece 42 3.7k 1.1× 983 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 959 1.6× 251 0.4× 303 7.2k
Vishal Dagar India 38 3.1k 0.9× 940 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 411 0.7× 377 0.6× 71 4.8k
Nadeem Iqbal Pakistan 35 2.8k 0.8× 502 0.4× 1.5k 1.5× 538 0.9× 244 0.4× 143 4.9k
Muhammad Wasif Zafar China 37 5.9k 1.8× 2.0k 1.5× 3.2k 3.4× 506 0.8× 449 0.7× 69 7.0k
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani Saudi Arabia 38 2.6k 0.8× 666 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 480 0.8× 399 0.7× 220 4.6k
Javier Cifuentes‐Faura Spain 33 2.1k 0.6× 404 0.3× 810 0.8× 425 0.7× 185 0.3× 194 3.7k
Cem Işık Türkiye 52 5.2k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 2.5k 2.6× 751 1.2× 572 0.9× 168 7.0k
Gagan Deep Sharma India 39 2.9k 0.9× 561 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 510 0.8× 253 0.4× 145 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lili Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lili Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lili Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lili Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lili 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 Lili Yang. Lili 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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Yang, Lili, Xinyu Zhang, Wenwu Xu, et al.. (2025). Life cycle water footprint and environmental impact assessment of biomass gasification for DME production. Chemical Engineering Science. 321. 122766–122766.
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Mok, Ka Ho, et al.. (2025). Southeast Asia’s cross-regional research collaborations in the multiplex world: Current trends and future paths. International Journal of Educational Research. 133. 102726–102726.
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Xiong, Weiyan, et al.. (2024). International Higher Education and Cross-Border Connections: Evidence from Asia. Higher Education Policy. 38(4). 693–709. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili, et al.. (2024). Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Thyroid Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Current Epidemiology Reports. 11(1). 20–31. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili, et al.. (2024). Higher education and national and global public good(s) in Ontario, Canada. Higher Education. 89(1). 129–145. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Caicong, Dong Li, Jiawen Pan, et al.. (2023). China’s agricultural machinery operation big data system. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 205. 107594–107594. 23 indexed citations
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Shao, Shuai, et al.. (2023). How do energy-saving policies improve environmental quality: Evidence from China’s Top 10,000 energy-consuming enterprises program. World Development. 175. 106466–106466. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhuo, Zhenbing Yang, & Lili Yang. (2023). Analyzing the Knowledge Transfer Performance of China’s Universities: a Heterogeneous Stochastic Frontier Approach. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 15(1). 3975–4003. 4 indexed citations
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Nieminen, Juuso Henrik & Lili Yang. (2023). Assessment as a matter of being and becoming: theorising student formation in assessment. Studies in Higher Education. 49(6). 1028–1041. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili, et al.. (2021). Two edges of Asia in a multipolar world: The interconnections between Chinese and Turkish higher education systems. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 4 indexed citations
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Shao, Shuai, Yang Chen, Ke Li, & Lili Yang. (2019). Market segmentation and urban CO2 emissions in China: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta region. Journal of Environmental Management. 248. 109324–109324. 149 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhenbing, Shuai Shao, Lili Yang, & Jianghua Liu. (2016). Differentiated effects of diversified technological sources on energy-saving technological progress: Empirical evidence from China's industrial sectors. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 72. 1379–1388. 79 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili. (2011). Administrative Systems and the Increase in Economic Growth Efficiency in China's Development Zones:An Empirical Analysis Based on Malmquist Index and GMM Estimation. Cai-jing yanjiu. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili. (2010). Application of "Open Experiment" Teaching Method to Physiology Experimental Teaching. 1 indexed citations

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