Ping Huang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ping Huang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Huang has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ping Huang's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (21 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (8 papers). Ping Huang is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (21 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (8 papers). Ping Huang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Ping Huang's co-authors include Kexin Bi, Vanesa Castán Broto, Linda Westman, Xiangxiang Wang, Min Chen, Li Chen, Simona O. Negro, Marko P. Hekkert, Yang Yu and Ying Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ping Huang

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Energy transition: Connotations, mechanisms and effects 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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. Energy transition: Connotations, mechanisms and effects
    2024 93 citations Ping Huang 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
Ping Huang China 18 416 199 192 156 152 58 1.1k
Kristin Reichardt Netherlands 6 510 1.2× 403 2.0× 235 1.2× 176 1.1× 186 1.2× 6 1.2k
Daniel C. Matisoff United States 18 472 1.1× 178 0.9× 201 1.0× 267 1.7× 260 1.7× 45 1.3k
Rainer Walz Germany 20 448 1.1× 132 0.7× 118 0.6× 203 1.3× 135 0.9× 57 1.0k
Adam Bumpus Australia 13 323 0.8× 475 2.4× 294 1.5× 139 0.9× 161 1.1× 18 1.2k
Markus Steén Norway 21 535 1.3× 324 1.6× 313 1.6× 301 1.9× 198 1.3× 53 1.5k
Laur Kanger Estonia 14 246 0.6× 472 2.4× 339 1.8× 130 0.8× 174 1.1× 23 1.2k
Ulrich Elmer Hansen Denmark 22 412 1.0× 166 0.8× 147 0.8× 372 2.4× 189 1.2× 53 1.4k
Ronan Bolton United Kingdom 14 268 0.6× 329 1.7× 262 1.4× 170 1.1× 217 1.4× 28 1.1k
Sebastian Sewerin Switzerland 12 482 1.2× 317 1.6× 229 1.2× 137 0.9× 192 1.3× 15 1.2k
Tim Foxon United Kingdom 14 438 1.1× 161 0.8× 121 0.6× 146 0.9× 364 2.4× 28 991

Countries citing papers authored by Ping Huang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ping Huang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Huang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ping Huang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ping Huang 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 Ping Huang. Ping Huang 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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Huang, Ping, et al.. (2025). An innovation systems approach to decoding China’s technological catch-up: the case of the semiconductor industry. Industry and Innovation. 1–39. 3 indexed citations
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Tyfield, David & Ping Huang. (2025). Just transition as transition in justice: Really learning from, about and with China. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 58. 101060–101060. 1 indexed citations
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Broto, Vanesa Castán, Linda Westman, & Ping Huang. (2023). How hegemonic discourses of sustainability influence urban climate action. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 973–989. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yang & Ping Huang. (2023). Exploration of Career Development Paths for Counselors Empowered by ChatGPT. 5(9). 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, et al.. (2022). Uncovering the verticality and temporality of environmental policy mixes: The case of agricultural residue recycling in China. Review of Policy Research. 39(5). 632–653. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, Linda Westman, & Vanesa Castán Broto. (2021). A culture‐led approach to understanding energy transitions in China: The correlative epistemology. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 46(4). 900–916. 15 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping & Linda Westman. (2021). China's imaginary of ecological civilization: A resonance between the state-led discourse and sociocultural dynamics. Energy Research & Social Science. 81. 102253–102253. 48 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, Vanesa Castán Broto, & Linda Westman. (2020). Emerging dynamics of public participation in climate governance: A case study of solar energy application in Shenzhen, China. Environmental Policy and Governance. 30(6). 306–318. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping & Ying Liu. (2020). Toward just energy transitions in authoritarian regimes: indirect participation and adaptive governance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 64(1). 1–21. 45 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping & Ping Li. (2019). Politics of urban energy transitions: new energy vehicle (NEV) development in Shenzhen, China. Environmental Politics. 29(3). 524–545. 12 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, Huizi Ma, & Ying Liu. (2018). Socio-technical experiments from the bottom-up: The initial stage of solar water heater adoption in a ‘weak’ civil society. Journal of Cleaner Production. 201. 888–895. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, Vanesa Castán Broto, & Ying Liu. (2017). From “transitions in cities” to “transitions of cities”: The diffusion and adoption of solar hot water systems in urban China. Energy Research & Social Science. 36. 156–164. 29 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, et al.. (2013). Design of Real-time Electricity Prices and Wireless Communication Smart Meter. Energy and Power Engineering. 5(4). 1357–1361.
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Chen, Min, Ping Huang, & Li Chen. (2012). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Urumqi, China: distribution, source contributions, and potential health risks. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 185(7). 5639–5651. 83 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping. (2008). Spatial panel data models analysis on investment of provincial R&D and regional economical growth in China. Kexuexue yanjiu. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping, et al.. (2008). The Practice Training in the Software Engineering Education. 8. 2636–2640. 2 indexed citations
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He-ping, Tan, et al.. (2005). The Evalution for Heavy Metal Content in the Tea Garden Soil in West of Sichuan. Journal of Agro-environmental Science. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Ping. (2004). yi zuo mei zhi yan zhong hu xi kun nan 1 li. 13(4). 80. 1 indexed citations

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