Pingjun Sun

450 total citations
24 papers, 318 citations indexed

About

Pingjun Sun is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Pingjun Sun has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 318 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Pingjun Sun's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (5 papers). Pingjun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 papers) and Urbanization and City Planning (5 papers). Pingjun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Pingjun Sun's co-authors include Guoen Wei, Xiao Ouyang, Chunliang Xiu, Bao‐Jie He, Ruzi Li, Yaobin Liu, Kang Luo, Shuoshuo Li, Zhaojin Chen and Qing Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Resources Conservation and Recycling and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Pingjun Sun

24 papers receiving 315 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pingjun Sun China 11 157 113 66 61 55 24 318
Rongwei Wu China 10 129 0.8× 111 1.0× 91 1.4× 83 1.4× 26 0.5× 22 308
Zhou Guo-hua China 8 261 1.7× 69 0.6× 65 1.0× 25 0.4× 83 1.5× 19 405
Alejandro Blei United States 8 193 1.2× 120 1.1× 121 1.8× 43 0.7× 82 1.5× 14 375
Mengbing Du China 11 124 0.8× 136 1.2× 112 1.7× 95 1.6× 27 0.5× 24 395
Xiaodong Ma China 13 253 1.6× 62 0.5× 78 1.2× 62 1.0× 36 0.7× 27 424
CW Yeung Hong Kong 9 140 0.9× 121 1.1× 70 1.1× 58 1.0× 70 1.3× 24 395
Dani Broitman Israel 11 187 1.2× 153 1.4× 69 1.0× 44 0.7× 82 1.5× 46 419
Yafeng Zou China 6 113 0.7× 133 1.2× 29 0.4× 85 1.4× 40 0.7× 18 343
Lingyun Zhan China 11 208 1.3× 95 0.8× 20 0.3× 37 0.6× 60 1.1× 19 366

Countries citing papers authored by Pingjun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pingjun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pingjun Sun

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

All Works

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Sun, Pingjun, et al.. (2025). The impact of urban shrinkage on agricultural production efficiency—A case study of the lower Yellow River region in China. Journal of Rural Studies. 119. 103755–103755. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Pingjun, et al.. (2024). Does shrinkage have an impact on urban livability? An empirical analysis from Northeast China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105725–105725. 10 indexed citations
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Wei, Guoen, Pingjun Sun, Shuoshuo Li, et al.. (2024). Trade-offs and synergies pattern evolution of ecosystem structure-resilience-activity-services (SRAS) in the Belt and Road Initiative region. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 211. 107883–107883. 7 indexed citations
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Luo, Ning, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Urbanization Development Dynamics Based on Quadrilateral Diamond Structure Model: Evidence from Chongqing, China, in the New Era. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 149(3). 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Guoen, Bao‐Jie He, Pingjun Sun, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary trends of urban expansion and its sustainable development: Evidence from 80 representative cities in the belt and road initiative region. Cities. 138. 104353–104353. 68 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhaojin, et al.. (2022). Urban Shrinkage and Urban Vitality Correlation Research in the Three Northeastern Provinces of China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(17). 10650–10650. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yao, Alex Singleton, Pingjun Sun, & Guanpeng Dong. (2021). The Evolution Characteristics and Influence Mechanism of Chinese Venture Capital Spatial Agglomeration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6). 2974–2974. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Pingjun, et al.. (2021). The Direct and Spillover Effect of Multi-Dimensional Urbanization on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study from the Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(20). 10609–10609. 13 indexed citations
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Wei, Guoen, Pingjun Sun, Yang Shen, et al.. (2021). The Driving Influence of Multi-Dimensional Urbanization on PM2.5 Concentrations in Africa: New Evidence from Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data, 2000–2018. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(17). 9389–9389. 28 indexed citations
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Wei, Guoen, Pingjun Sun, Zhenke Zhang, & Xiao Ouyang. (2020). The Coordinated Relationship between Investment Potential and Economic Development and Its Driving Mechanism: A Case Study of the African Region. Sustainability. 12(1). 442–442. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Yao, et al.. (2019). Venture Capital and Industrial Structure Upgrading from the Perspective of Spatial Spillover. Sustainability. 11(23). 6698–6698. 5 indexed citations
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Leng, Hong, et al.. (2019). Application and Validation of a Municipal Administrative Area Spatial Zoning Model in Village-Town System Planning. Sustainability. 11(7). 1855–1855. 8 indexed citations
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Leng, Hong, et al.. (2018). A Spatial Zoning Model of Municipal Administrative Areas Based on Major Function-Oriented Zones. Sustainability. 10(9). 2976–2976. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Pingjun, et al.. (2015). Geographic clustering of sector enterprises and urbanform in Shenyang. Geographical Research. 33(10). 1837–1847. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Pingjun, et al.. (2014). [Identification of coupling relationship between urbanization and ecological environment in Jilin from entropy change perspective].. PubMed. 25(3). 875–82. 2 indexed citations

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