Peter Yang

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 853 citations indexed

About

Peter Yang is a scholar working on Pollution, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Yang has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 853 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pollution, 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Peter Yang's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (3 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (3 papers). Peter Yang is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (3 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (3 papers). Peter Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Brazil. Peter Yang's co-authors include Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Walter Leal Filho, R D Tien, Paul K. Chu, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, Valerija Kozlova, Joshua C. Gellers, Anabela Marisa Azul, Agata Giełczyk and Ayyoob Sharifi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography and Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy.

In The Last Decade

Peter Yang

19 papers receiving 790 citations

Hit Papers

The Chinese Economy. Transitions and Growth 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. The Chinese Economy. Transitions and Growth
    2008 607 citations Peter Yang Asian Business & Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Yang United States 7 271 256 212 134 126 20 853
アジア経済研究所 Malaysia 16 247 0.9× 432 1.7× 243 1.1× 296 2.2× 349 2.8× 321 1.3k
Linda Low Singapore 16 256 0.9× 191 0.7× 511 2.4× 157 1.2× 185 1.5× 103 981
Richard G. Smith United Kingdom 14 323 1.2× 563 2.2× 307 1.4× 96 0.7× 110 0.9× 39 1.6k
Yelena Kalyuzhnova United Kingdom 15 122 0.5× 243 0.9× 158 0.7× 191 1.4× 187 1.5× 65 878
Wei Shen China 19 368 1.4× 573 2.2× 311 1.5× 97 0.7× 89 0.7× 63 1.4k
Rafiq Dossani United States 15 127 0.5× 224 0.9× 132 0.6× 273 2.0× 92 0.7× 66 807
Elisabet Viladecans‐Marsal Spain 16 212 0.8× 983 3.8× 186 0.9× 83 0.6× 147 1.2× 40 1.3k
Francisco Gallego Chile 16 130 0.5× 481 1.9× 351 1.7× 43 0.3× 166 1.3× 64 1.3k
Juzhong Zhuang Philippines 16 97 0.4× 540 2.1× 273 1.3× 121 0.9× 129 1.0× 45 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter 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 Peter Yang. Peter Yang 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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Filho, Walter Leal, Jelena Barbir, Julia Swart, et al.. (2025). Towards more sustainable oceans: A review of the pressing challenges posed by marine plastic litter. Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 43(9). 1358–1377. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2024). Renewable Energy. 3 indexed citations
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Filho, Walter Leal, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Amanda Lange Sálvia, et al.. (2022). Riverine Plastic Pollution in Asia: Results from a Bibliometric Assessment. Land. 11(7). 1117–1117. 16 indexed citations
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Filho, Walter Leal, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Maria A. Petrova, et al.. (2022). An assessment of requirements in investments, new technologies, and infrastructures to achieve the SDGs. Environmental Sciences Europe. 34(1). 58–58. 58 indexed citations
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Filho, Walter Leal, Peter Yang, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, et al.. (2022). Deploying digitalisation and artificial intelligence in sustainable development research. Environment Development and Sustainability. 25(6). 4957–4988. 64 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2022). Urban expansion of Energiewende in Germany: a systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study. Energy Sustainability and Society. 12(1). 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2014). Green Energy Intensity: Development of Renewable Energy Generation and Consumption in Major Economies. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2014). Black energy intensity versus green energy intensity: implications for sustainable development. International Journal of Green Economics. 8(2). 93–93. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2014). Yasco Horsman. Theaters of Justice: Judging, Staging, and Working Through in Arendt, Brecht, and Delbo. Stanford UP, 2010. 232 pp.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38(1). 1 indexed citations
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Broadhurst, Roderic & Peter Yang. (2013). The Legacy of the Bo Xilai Trial: How Corruption and and Its Suppression Threaten China's Future. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter & Injazz Chen. (2011). Accelerating the green transformation in the USA: new deal for the economic crisis. International Journal of Green Economics. 5(2). 184–184. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2010). China and the Global Political Economy. Asian Business & Management. 9(2). 285–288. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2009). Migration and Social Protection in China (review). China review international. 16(4). 556–559. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2009). Public finance and environment: correlations of selected taxes with pollution and CO<SUB align=right>2 emissions in China between 1999 and 2006. International Journal of Green Economics. 3(1). 48–48. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Peter. (2008). The Chinese Economy. Transitions and Growth. Asian Business & Management. 7(4). 511–513. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Peter & Ronald Speirs. (2002). Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile. The German Quarterly. 75(1). 96–96.
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Yang, Peter. (1998). Networked Multimedia and Foreign Language Education. CALICO Journal. 15(1-3). 75–88. 18 indexed citations
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Tien, R D, Peter Yang, & Paul K. Chu. (1991). “Dural Tail Sign”. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 15(1). 64–66. 41 indexed citations

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