Pengjun Zhao

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
180 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Pengjun Zhao is a scholar working on Transportation, Building and Construction and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengjun Zhao has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Transportation, 31 papers in Building and Construction and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Pengjun Zhao's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (107 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (55 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (34 papers). Pengjun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (107 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (55 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (34 papers). Pengjun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Pengjun Zhao's co-authors include Shengxiao Li, Mengzhu Zhang, Haoyu Hu, Bin Lü, Gert de Roo, Peilin Li, Zhao Yu, Haiyan Lu, Liangen Zeng and Qiyang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Pengjun Zhao

169 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Examining non-linear built environment effects on elderly’s walking: A random forest approach

2020 245 citations Pengjun Zhao et al. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment profile →
China's transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions efficiency and its influencing factors based on the EBM DEA model with undesirable outputs and spatial Durbin model

2021 200 citations Pengjun Zhao, Haiyan Lu et al. profile →
Extreme rainfall reduces one-twelfth of China’s rice yield over the last two decades

2023 120 citations Pengjun Zhao et al. profile →
Exploring interactive and nonlinear effects of key factors on intercity travel mode choice using XGBoost

2024 42 citations Junqing Tang, Pengjun Zhao et al. Applied Geography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengjun Zhao China	46	3.4k	1.2k	1.1k	910	684	180	5.9k
Md. Kamruzzaman Australia	44	2.9k 0.8×	611 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	176	6.9k
Martin Dijst Netherlands	52	4.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	164	8.5k
Jeffrey Kenworthy Australia	33	4.2k 1.2×	980 0.8×	910 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	612 0.9×	131	6.5k
Petter Næss Norway	40	3.1k 0.9×	481 0.4×	779 0.7×	1000 1.1×	548 0.8×	136	4.6k
Dominic Stead Netherlands	39	2.2k 0.6×	735 0.6×	960 0.9×	926 1.0×	235 0.3×	151	5.3k
Yan Song United States	50	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	2.6k 2.4×	1.4k 1.5×	1.4k 2.1×	192	7.9k
Becky P.Y. Loo Hong Kong	39	3.2k 0.9×	587 0.5×	508 0.5×	924 1.0×	475 0.7×	245	5.2k
Siqi Zheng China	42	1.8k 0.5×	3.0k 2.6×	579 0.5×	568 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	162	6.2k
Antonio Páez Canada	48	4.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	930 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	663 1.0×	197	7.7k
Linchuan Yang China	42	3.0k 0.9×	694 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	159	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Pengjun Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pengjun Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengjun Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pengjun Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pengjun Zhao 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 Pengjun Zhao. Pengjun Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tang, Junqing, et al.. (2025). Human mobility under disasters: a systematic review and framework for equitable and resilient mobility governance. PubMed. 2(1). 99–99.

Gong, Zhaoya, et al.. (2025). Multi-spatial urban function modeling: A multi-modal deep network approach for transfer and multi-task learning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 136. 104397–104397.

Sun, Zongyao, et al.. (2025). Revealing the spatiotemporal pattern of urban vibrancy at the urban agglomeration scale: Evidence from the Pearl River Delta, China. Applied Geography. 181. 103694–103694. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Pengjun, et al.. (2024). Discovering temporal-spatial features of jobs-housing relationship from a regional perspective: A nationwide study. Journal of Transport Geography. 121. 104020–104020.

Zhao, Pengjun, Mengzhu Zhang, Qiyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Exploring collective activity space and its spatial heterogeneity using mobile phone signaling Data: A case of Shenzhen, China. Travel Behaviour and Society. 38. 100920–100920. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Haoran, Pengjun Zhao, Wenqian Zhang, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable solar-energy development in harmony with global threatened bird ranges. 1(2). 100017–100017. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Pengjun, Yunlin Li, & Yu Zhang. (2024). Ships are projected to navigate whole year-round along the North Sea route by 2100. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 5 indexed citations

Li, Ge, et al.. (2024). Sketch-aided Interactive Fusion Point Cloud Place Recognition. 1115–1119.

Zhao, Pengjun, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of CO2 emissions from road freight transportation. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 125. 103983–103983. 34 indexed citations

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Lu, Haiyan, Pengjun Zhao, Haoyu Hu, Jie Yan, & Xiaoping Chen. (2023). Exploring the heterogeneous impact of road infrastructure on rural residents’ income: Evidence from nationwide panel data in China. Transport Policy. 134. 155–166. 27 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hongbo, et al.. (2023). Urban flood risk differentiation under land use scenario simulation. iScience. 26(4). 106479–106479. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengying, Pengjun Zhao, Qiyang Liu, Zhangyuan He, & Tingting Kang. (2023). Uncovering spatial and social gaps in rural mobility via mobile phone big data. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6469–6469. 10 indexed citations

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Yuan, Dandan, Pengjun Zhao, Zhao Yu, & Qiyang Liu. (2023). Villagers' travel burden and the built environment in rural China: Evidence from a national level survey. Journal of Transport Geography. 113. 103717–103717. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Pengjun & Dandan Yuan. (2023). Population Growth and Sustainable Transport in China. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengying, et al.. (2023). Exploring the spatial characteristics of the human mobility network in rural settings of China's Greater Bay Area. Journal of Transport Geography. 112. 103699–103699. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, Zhao, et al.. (2023). The role of small towns in rural villagers’ use of public services in China: Evidence from a national-level survey. Journal of Rural Studies. 100. 103011–103011. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Qiyang, Zhengying Liu, Siyi Lin, & Pengjun Zhao. (2022). Perceived accessibility and mental health consequences of COVID-19 containment policies. Journal of Transport & Health. 25. 101354–101354. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, Jun, et al.. (2022). Technical connotation and research agenda of natural resources spatio-temporal information. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Pengjun & Philippa Howden‐Chapman. (2010). Social inequalities in mobility: the impact of the hukou system on migrants' job accessibility and commuting costs in Beijing. International Development Planning Review. 32(3-4). 363–384. 84 indexed citations

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Zhao, Pengjun, Bin Lü, & Johan Woltjer. (2009). Growth management and decentralisation: An assessment of urban containment policies in Beijing in the 1990s. International Development Planning Review. 31(1). 55–79. 16 indexed citations

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