Malin Song

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Malin Song is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Malin Song has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Strategy and Management and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Malin Song's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (20 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers). Malin Song is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (20 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (12 papers). Malin Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and France. Malin Song's co-authors include Jiandong Chen, Lianbiao Cui, Xiaoxiao Zhou, Anish Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Xiongfeng Pan, Shuhong Wang, Jiangquan Wang and Guixin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Energy and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Malin Song

49 papers receiving 1.7k 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. Mitigate risks in perishable food supply chains: Learning from COVID-19
    2021 173 citations Anish Kumar, Sachin Kumar Mangla et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malin Song China 24 774 541 407 225 213 52 1.8k
Neng Shen China 19 1.3k 1.6× 474 0.9× 648 1.6× 348 1.5× 107 0.5× 31 1.8k
Qiang Du China 26 833 1.1× 295 0.5× 673 1.7× 142 0.6× 78 0.4× 67 2.0k
Hêriş Golpîra Iran 24 700 0.9× 1.1k 2.1× 318 0.8× 430 1.9× 368 1.7× 53 2.6k
Qian Shi China 30 461 0.6× 553 1.0× 561 1.4× 245 1.1× 135 0.6× 74 2.9k
Konstantinos Chalvatzis United Kingdom 29 749 1.0× 287 0.5× 348 0.9× 285 1.3× 80 0.4× 69 3.0k
Yanchun Pan China 22 725 0.9× 434 0.8× 256 0.6× 206 0.9× 198 0.9× 55 1.4k
Pablo Ballesteros‐Pérez Spain 28 654 0.8× 580 1.1× 270 0.7× 353 1.6× 174 0.8× 86 2.2k
Qianli Dong China 18 436 0.6× 831 1.5× 179 0.4× 449 2.0× 261 1.2× 45 1.7k
Gökhan Eğilmez United States 28 549 0.7× 525 1.0× 1.0k 2.5× 146 0.6× 88 0.4× 64 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Malin Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malin Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malin Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Malin Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Malin 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 Malin Song. Malin 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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Zhou, Yicheng, et al.. (2025). Curse or blessing: How does digital inclusive finance affect urban electricity consumption in China?. Sustainable Cities and Society. 125. 106348–106348. 6 indexed citations
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Weng, Shimei, Weiliang Tao, Jianbao Chen, & Malin Song. (2025). A pathway to net-zero urban emissions: Does green fiscal policy stimulate renewable energy consumption in China?. Sustainable Cities and Society. 128. 106461–106461. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Malin, Tao Ding, & Jiandong Chen. (2023). Natural Resources Utilization in China.
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Song, Malin, Ron Fisher, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, & Ernesto D.R. Santibañez González. (2022). Green and sustainable supply chain management in the platform economy. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 25(4-5). 349–363. 31 indexed citations
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Chen, Boyang, Chong Xu, Yinyin Wu, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal carbon emissions across the spectrum of Chinese cities: Insights from socioeconomic characteristics and ecological capacity. Journal of Environmental Management. 306. 114510–114510. 65 indexed citations
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Du, Juntao, Muhammad Shahbaz, & Malin Song. (2021). Auditing Outgoing Officials’ Natural Resource Asset Management and China’s Urban Land Grant. Cai-jing yanjiu. 47(5). 153–168.
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Ma, Xiaowei, Muhammad Shahbaz, & Malin Song. (2021). Off-office audit of natural resource assets and water pollution: a quasi-natural experiment in China. Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 38(1). 292–317. 28 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiandong, et al.. (2021). Drivers and trajectories of China’s renewable energy consumption. Annals of Operations Research. 313(1). 441–459. 23 indexed citations
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Francis, Mark, Ron Fisher, & Malin Song. (2021). Conceptions of quality as family resemblances. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences. 13(2). 282–299. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Anish, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Pradeep Kumar, & Malin Song. (2021). Mitigate risks in perishable food supply chains: Learning from COVID-19. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 166. 120643–120643. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xiaoxiao, Malin Song, & Lianbiao Cui. (2020). Driving force for China’s economic development under Industry 4.0 and circular economy: Technological innovation or structural change?. Journal of Cleaner Production. 271. 122680–122680. 131 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiandong, Chong Xu, Malin Song, Qianjiao Xie, & Xin Liu. (2019). Regional disparities and influencing factors for carbon productivity change in China’s transportation industry. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 14(8). 579–590. 18 indexed citations
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Pan, Xiongfeng, et al.. (2017). Innovation resources integration pattern in high-tech entrepreneurial enterprises. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 14(1). 51–66. 65 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiandong, et al.. (2017). Stochastic frontier analysis of productive efficiency in China's Forestry Industry. Journal of Forest Economics. 28. 87–95. 32 indexed citations
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Song, Malin & Shuhong Wang. (2016). Effects of outward migration of factory for the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei city circle. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 31(6). 513–522. 1 indexed citations
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Dubey, Rameshwar, Angappa Gunasekaran, Stephen J. Childe, et al.. (2015). Towards a theory of sustainable consumption and production: Constructs and measurement. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 106. 78–89. 86 indexed citations
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Song, Malin. (2013). Coordinated development of economy and environment in Anhui Province based on small sample data. Geographical Research. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Malin. (2011). Analysis of Efficiency of Colleges and Universities' Scientific Research Based on Malmquist Index. Systems Engineering.
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Song, Malin. (2008). China Conversation Culture Appraisal System:A New Approach Based on AHP. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Malin. (2008). A Study on the Evaluation of the Competitiveness of Producer Services by Region in China. 1 indexed citations

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