Mi Diao

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Mi Diao is a scholar working on Transportation, Economics and Econometrics and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mi Diao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Transportation, 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mi Diao's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (34 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (25 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (18 papers). Mi Diao is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (34 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (25 papers) and Housing Market and Economics (18 papers). Mi Diao collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Mi Diao's co-authors include Joseph Ferreira, Yi Zhu, Carlo Ratti, Tien Foo Sing, Francesco Calabrese, Giusy Di Lorenzo, Jinhua Zhao, Hui Kong, Chen‐Chieh Feng and Bo Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Mi Diao

51 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding individual mobility patterns from urban sen... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Understanding individual mobility patterns from urban sensing data: A mobile phone trace example
    2012 442 citations Mi Diao 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
Mi Diao Singapore 20 1.5k 490 369 333 324 55 1.9k
Wangtu Xu China 22 876 0.6× 168 0.3× 275 0.7× 413 1.2× 234 0.7× 59 1.6k
Jie Huang China 22 853 0.6× 207 0.4× 133 0.4× 246 0.7× 241 0.7× 84 1.5k
Pierluigi Coppola Italy 22 734 0.5× 198 0.4× 182 0.5× 383 1.2× 164 0.5× 78 1.2k
Hangjun Yang China 23 824 0.6× 282 0.6× 1.1k 2.9× 176 0.5× 172 0.5× 54 1.7k
Luis Martínez Portugal 19 1.1k 0.7× 173 0.4× 110 0.3× 376 1.1× 715 2.2× 52 1.6k
Laurie A. Garrow United States 21 575 0.4× 227 0.5× 619 1.7× 102 0.3× 378 1.2× 91 1.6k
Guillaume Burghouwt Netherlands 19 1.0k 0.7× 161 0.3× 1.0k 2.7× 197 0.6× 90 0.3× 48 1.6k
Megan S. Ryerson United States 20 700 0.5× 62 0.1× 413 1.1× 173 0.5× 394 1.2× 69 1.2k
David Pitfield United Kingdom 20 546 0.4× 156 0.3× 364 1.0× 247 0.7× 196 0.6× 72 1.4k
Matteo Ignaccolo Italy 27 1.1k 0.7× 79 0.2× 76 0.2× 722 2.2× 649 2.0× 95 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mi Diao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mi Diao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mi Diao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mi Diao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mi Diao 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 Mi Diao. Mi Diao 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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Zheng, Longfei, et al.. (2025). How does high-speed rail reshape the spatial distribution of service activities? Evidence from the firm data in China. Transport Policy. 167. 16–27. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yi & Mi Diao. (2025). Effects of urban rail transit expansion on the mobility of the elderly: Findings from Singapore. Urban Studies. 63(3). 457–483. 1 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi & Haoxiang Su. (2025). Electric vehicle ownership and the built environment: Evidence from China. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 146. 104854–104854.
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Diao, Mi, et al.. (2025). Nonlinear and Spatially-Varying effects of the built environment on dockless Bike-Sharing usage. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 145. 104807–104807.
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Su, Haoxiang & Mi Diao. (2025). Assessing the causal effect of air pollution on electric vehicle adoption using real world data: Evidence from 270 Chinese cities. Journal of Transport Geography. 124. 104120–104120. 3 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, Tien Foo Sing, & Xiaoyu Zhang. (2024). The political economy of public housing upgrading programs. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 224. 369–389. 1 indexed citations
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Chang, Zheng, Weifeng Li, Mi Diao, & Xin Li. (2024). Marriage entry, divorce and reconciliation: The unintended consequence of the home purchase restriction policy in China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1).
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Keith, David R., et al.. (2024). Effects of electric vehicle charging stations on the economic vitality of local businesses. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7437–7437. 16 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, et al.. (2024). Impacts of new metro lines on the activity space of older people. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 137. 104505–104505. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jingjing, Yi Lü, Mi Diao, & Ye Liu. (2024). A comparative analysis of cross-sectional study and natural experiment in rail transit-travel behavior research: A case study in Wuhan, China. Journal of Transport Geography. 121. 104035–104035. 1 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, et al.. (2023). The environmental benefits of dockless bike sharing systems for commuting trips. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 124. 103959–103959. 13 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, et al.. (2023). Disamenities of living close to transit tracks: Evidence from Singapore's MRT system. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 100. 103894–103894. 3 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, Hui Kong, & Jinhua Zhao. (2021). Impacts of transportation network companies on urban mobility. Nature Sustainability. 4(6). 494–500. 173 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Sumit, Mi Diao, Jussi Keppo, & Tien Foo Sing. (2020). Preferences of public transit commuters: Evidence from smart card data in Singapore. Journal of Urban Economics. 120. 103288–103288. 9 indexed citations
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Feng, Chen‐Chieh, et al.. (2019). Vehicle quota control, transport infrastructure investment and vehicle travel: A pseudo panel analysis. Urban Studies. 57(12). 2527–2546. 9 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, Yi Fan, & Tien Foo Sing. (2019). Demand Restrictions and Asymmetric Risk Behaviors. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 22(2). 131–167. 1 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, Yi Fan, & Tien Foo Sing. (2017). A new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line construction and housing wealth: Evidence from the Circle Line. Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development. 1(1). 64–64. 15 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi, Yi Fan, & Tien Foo Sing. (2017). Concurrent Ownership Restrictions in Singapore's Housing Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Diao, Mi. (2014). Selectivity, spatial autocorrelation and the valuation of transit accessibility. Urban Studies. 52(1). 159–177. 58 indexed citations

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