Qing Yang

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Qing Yang is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qing Yang has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Environmental Engineering, 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 28 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qing Yang's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (58 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (31 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (24 papers). Qing Yang is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (58 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (31 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (24 papers). Qing Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Qing Yang's co-authors include G.Q. Chen, Hanping Chen, Haiping Yang, Jiashuo Li, Bin Chen, Yingquan Chen, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, Yongheng Zhao and Francesco Fantozzi 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

Qing Yang

135 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals

2021 292 citations Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qing Yang China	44	1.9k	1.7k	988	740	696	147	5.2k
Diego Iribarren Spain	49	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	772 0.8×	473 0.6×	841 1.2×	125	5.9k
Heather L. MacLean Canada	49	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	723 0.7×	396 0.5×	1.4k 2.1×	186	7.7k
Andrea Ramírez Netherlands	43	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.3×	2.6k 2.7×	669 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	157	5.9k
Petar Sabev Varbanov Czechia	47	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.9×	404 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	351	8.2k
Javier Dufour Spain	48	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	216 0.3×	875 1.3×	163	6.2k
Xuân Phương Nguyễn Vietnam	43	2.0k 1.1×	606 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	269 0.4×	900 1.3×	99	5.6k
Daniela Thrän Germany	38	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	363 0.4×	330 0.4×	720 1.0×	237	4.9k
Hrvoje Mikulčić Croatia	38	1.6k 0.8×	547 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	212 0.3×	643 0.9×	118	4.9k
Haslenda Hashim Malaysia	45	1.8k 0.9×	976 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	484 0.7×	944 1.4×	247	8.1k
Pål Börjesson Sweden	41	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	306 0.3×	282 0.4×	701 1.0×	127	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Qing Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qing Yang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qing Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qing Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qing 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 Qing Yang. Qing Yang 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

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2025). Intermittent swimming demonstrates energy-saving capabilities: experimental evidence from robotic fish. Ocean Engineering. 340. 122335–122335. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2025). Life cycle assessment of green hydrogen supply chains for vehicle use in China. Renewable Energy. 256. 124093–124093. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Qingrui, Kai Wang, Ondřej Mašek, et al.. (2025). Increased terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage associated with global utility-scale photovoltaic installation. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 607–614. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yanfeng, et al.. (2024). A novel carbon emission estimation method based on electricity‑carbon nexus and non-intrusive load monitoring. Applied Energy. 360. 122773–122773. 17 indexed citations

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2024). Research on the Effects of Spatial Forms in Residential Blocks on Road Traffic Noise Distribution in Typical City of China. Buildings. 14(8). 2556–2556.

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2024). Design of Intelligent Anti-Snoring Sleep Pillow Based on QFD-KANO Model in the Context of Consumption Upgrading Among Urban and Rural Residents. Journal of Computer and Communications. 12(12). 72–83.

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2023). Coal power decarbonization via biomass co-firing with carbon capture and storage: Tradeoff between exergy loss and GHG reduction. Energy Conversion and Management. 288. 117155–117155. 22 indexed citations

Long, Jun, Xiaofang Wu, Qing Yang, et al.. (2022). Tracing energy-water-greenhouse gas nexus in national supply chains: China 2017. Journal of Cleaner Production. 352. 131586–131586. 13 indexed citations

Deng, Jian, et al.. (2022). Ready-to-implement low-carbon retrofit of coal-fired power plants in China: Optimal scenarios selection based on sludge and photovoltaic utilization. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 9. 100147–100147. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuang, Jianlan Li, Qingrui Wang, et al.. (2022). The real cost of deep peak shaving for renewable energy accommodation in coal-fired power plants: Calculation framework and case study in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 367. 132913–132913. 68 indexed citations

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Wei, Wendong, Jiashuo Li, Bin Chen, et al.. (2021). Embodied greenhouse gas emissions from building China’s large-scale power transmission infrastructure. Nature Sustainability. 4(8). 739–747. 121 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, et al.. (2021). Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1698–1698. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yunpeng, Yuwen Huang, Pietro Bartocci, et al.. (2021). Research on low-carbon campus based on ecological footprint evaluation and machine learning: A case study in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 323. 129181–129181. 23 indexed citations

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Zeng, Kuo, Gilles Flamant, Jan Baeyens, et al.. (2020). Technical and economic assessment of thermal energy storage in concentrated solar power plants within a spot electricity market. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 139. 110583–110583. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Øyvind Skreiberg, Roger Khalil, et al.. (2020). Effect of Torrefaction on Properties of Pellets Produced from Woody Biomass. Energy & Fuels. 34(12). 15343–15354. 68 indexed citations

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Li, Jiashuo, et al.. (2019). The determinants of China's national and regional energy-related mercury emission changes. Journal of Environmental Management. 246. 505–513. 32 indexed citations

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Zeng, Kuo, Qing Yang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Effects of Temperature and Mg-Based Additives on Properties of Cotton Stalk Torrefaction Products. Energy & Fuels. 32(9). 9640–9649. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Pan, Haiping Yang, Xianhua Wang, et al.. (2016). Effects of acid and metal salt additives on product characteristics of biomass microwave pyrolysis. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 8(6). 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yang, Yanyang Mei, Qing Yang, et al.. (2015). Torrefaction and HZSM-5 catalyst combination improving pyrolytic products of cedarwood.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 31(23). 208–213. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, et al.. (2013). Effect of torrefaction on characteristics of pyrolytic products of biomass.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 29(20). 214–219. 1 indexed citations

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