Qiying Ran

3.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
52 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Qiying Ran is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiying Ran has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Environmental Engineering and 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Qiying Ran's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (45 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers). Qiying Ran is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (45 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers). Qiying Ran collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Malaysia. Qiying Ran's co-authors include Xiaodong Yang, Haitao Wu, Siyu Ren, Jinning Zhang, Yu Hao, Jianlong Wang, Muhammad Irfan, Munir Ahmad, Yang Xu and Weilong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Qiying Ran

48 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2021 2020 2021 2023 100 200 300 400
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 structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China
    2021 453 citations Xiaodong Yang, Qiying Ran et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  2. Does the development of the internet contribute to air pollution control in China? Mechanism discussion and empirical test
    2020 238 citations Xiaodong Yang, Siyu Ren et al. profile →
  3. Analysis of the mechanism of the impact of internet development on green economic growth: evidence from 269 prefecture cities in China
    2021 179 citations Jianlong Wang, Weilong Wang et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  4. Natural resource consumption and industrial green transformation: Does the digital economy matter?
    2023 160 citations Qiying Ran, Xiaodong Yang et al. Resources Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qiying Ran China 29 2.6k 761 711 506 353 52 3.1k
Yanchao Feng China 31 2.0k 0.8× 425 0.6× 535 0.8× 463 0.9× 250 0.7× 97 2.8k
Zhengxia He China 26 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 708 1.0× 358 0.7× 422 1.2× 49 2.5k
Xin Yao China 24 2.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 641 0.9× 564 1.1× 279 0.8× 44 2.9k
Mian Yang China 29 2.1k 0.8× 784 1.0× 585 0.8× 612 1.2× 187 0.5× 66 2.9k
Meiting Fan China 13 1.7k 0.6× 693 0.9× 479 0.7× 346 0.7× 260 0.7× 19 2.0k
Qinglong Shao China 21 1.7k 0.7× 595 0.8× 598 0.8× 287 0.6× 231 0.7× 45 2.3k
Xiongfeng Pan China 33 2.4k 0.9× 941 1.2× 799 1.1× 438 0.9× 183 0.5× 89 3.5k
Zilong Wang China 26 1.8k 0.7× 625 0.8× 660 0.9× 295 0.6× 180 0.5× 105 2.7k
Xiaodong Yang China 34 4.1k 1.6× 968 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 881 1.7× 311 0.9× 79 4.9k
Xiaoling Ouyang China 30 2.6k 1.0× 1.5k 2.0× 1.3k 1.9× 349 0.7× 309 0.9× 46 3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Qiying Ran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiying Ran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiying Ran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qiying Ran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qiying Ran 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 Qiying Ran. Qiying Ran 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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Li, Zhitao, et al.. (2025). Exploring the impact of rural human capital on agricultural carbon emissions: Evidence from China. Energy Economics. 152. 109019–109019.
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Zhang, Xin, Qiying Ran, Yang Xu, Yuan Jin, & Wenfeng Ge. (2025). Regional differentiation of the pollution reduction effect of accountability audit of natural resource under the perspective of spatial mismatch in land supply: evidence from China. Journal of Environmental Management. 384. 125554–125554. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangliang, et al.. (2025). The path to green efficiency: The critical role of digital infrastructure in industrial upgrading and environmental sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management. 395. 127827–127827.
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Ge, Wenfeng, Xu Yang, Xiaodong Yang, Xu Pan, & Qiying Ran. (2025). How does Fintech drive corporate climate information risk disclosure? New evidence from China's A-share listed companies. International Review of Financial Analysis. 103. 104210–104210. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangliang, Wenfeng Ge, Xiaodong Yang, et al.. (2024). IMPACT OF HETEROGENEOUS LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPETITION AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ON ECONOMIC LOW-CARBON TRANSITION: NEW INSIGHTS FROM CHINA. Technological and Economic Development of Economy. 30(4). 933–955. 3 indexed citations
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Ge, Wenfeng, Ping Yang, Xu Pan, & Qiying Ran. (2024). Sustainable utilization of mining resources: Exploring the impact of FinTech on green development from the perspective of mining enterprises. Resources Policy. 97. 105239–105239. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2023). Roadmap to achieving sustainable development: Does digital economy matter in industrial green transformation?. Sustainable Development. 32(3). 2583–2599. 85 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2023). Natural resource consumption and industrial green transformation: Does the digital economy matter?. Resources Policy. 81. 103396–103396. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2023). Is producer services agglomeration a “new engine” for urban green economic development? an econometric analysis of Chinese cities. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 17157–17183. 4 indexed citations
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Ge, Wenfeng, Yang Xu, Asif Razzaq, et al.. (2023). What drives the green transformation of enterprises? A case of carbon emissions trading pilot policy in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(19). 56743–56758. 36 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2023). When will China’s industrial carbon emissions peak? Evidence from machine learning. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(20). 57960–57974. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Yang, Cunyi Yang, Wenfeng Ge, et al.. (2023). Can industrial intelligence promote green transformation? New insights from heavily polluting listed enterprises in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 421. 138550–138550. 51 indexed citations
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Xu, Yang, Wenfeng Ge, Guangliang Liu, et al.. (2022). The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(9). 23714–23735. 68 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2022). Does the opening of high-speed railways improve urban livability? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 82. 101275–101275. 31 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Xufeng Su, Qiying Ran, et al.. (2021). Assessing the impact of energy internet and energy misallocation on carbon emissions: new insights from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(16). 23436–23460. 99 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2020). Does High-Speed Railway Improve the Efficiency of Urban Green Development-An Empirical Test Based on Difference in Difference Model. 38(5). 100. 3 indexed citations

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