Ruoyu Zhong

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ruoyu Zhong is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruoyu Zhong has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ruoyu Zhong's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (15 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (12 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (8 papers). Ruoyu Zhong is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (15 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (12 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (8 papers). Ruoyu Zhong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ruoyu Zhong's co-authors include Qinglong Shao, Bingjie Xu, Jelena M. Živković, Jiayuan Wang, Muhammad Tariq Majeed, Sidra Sohail, Sana Ullah, Muhammad Waqas Akbar, Patrick X.W. Zou and Hayat Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ruoyu Zhong

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model

2020 392 citations Qinglong Shao, Ruoyu Zhong et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruoyu Zhong China	16	744	333	193	167	124	26	1.1k
Shihong Zeng China	17	807 1.1×	336 1.0×	246 1.3×	141 0.8×	165 1.3×	39	1.3k
Simona Bigerna Italy	21	624 0.8×	417 1.3×	150 0.8×	187 1.1×	104 0.8×	87	1.4k
Jiapeng Dai China	23	888 1.2×	300 0.9×	186 1.0×	131 0.8×	260 2.1×	37	1.4k
Sunil Tiwari India	20	972 1.3×	418 1.3×	166 0.9×	121 0.7×	129 1.0×	60	1.3k
Mansi Jain India	20	600 0.8×	166 0.5×	118 0.6×	121 0.7×	167 1.3×	32	1.1k
Haroon ur Rashid Khan Pakistan	19	596 0.8×	231 0.7×	148 0.8×	112 0.7×	207 1.7×	47	1.2k
Annela Anger-Kraavi United Kingdom	14	566 0.8×	264 0.8×	190 1.0×	113 0.7×	98 0.8×	23	1.0k
Robina Iram China	13	890 1.2×	470 1.4×	249 1.3×	369 2.2×	113 0.9×	18	1.3k
Licheng Sun China	11	684 0.9×	299 0.9×	330 1.7×	133 0.8×	194 1.6×	25	1.1k
Gheorghița Dincă Romania	13	732 1.0×	369 1.1×	191 1.0×	114 0.7×	107 0.9×	41	967

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruoyu Zhong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2025). Research on dynamic measurement and coupling coordination of traditional industrial transformation under the background of zero waste cities in China. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 14022–14022.

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2024). The effect of technological innovation, trademark application, economic growth, and CO2 emissions on renewable energy consumption in Asian Belt and Road initiative countries. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(12). 29603–29624. 8 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2024). Analyzing the impact of fintech industry and green financing on energy poverty in the European countries. Heliyon. 10(6). e27532–e27532. 13 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2024). Analyzing the Nexus Between Income Inequality, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Quality: Emphasizing the Significance of Institutional Quality. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 16(1). 3793–3825. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2023). How environmental protection activities and industrial revolution contributes in the nexus of energy security and environmental sustainability?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(47). 104620–104632. 10 indexed citations

Khan, Itbar, et al.. (2023). Income inequality, economic growth, renewable energy usage, and environmental degradation in the Belt and Road initiative countries: dynamic panel estimation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(19). 57142–57154. 21 indexed citations

Khan, Itbar, Ruoyu Zhong, Hayat Khan, Ying Dong, & Florian Marcel Nuţă. (2023). Examining the relationship between technological innovation, economic growth and carbon dioxide emission: dynamic panel data evidence. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 18161–18180. 50 indexed citations

Akbar, Muhammad Waqas, et al.. (2022). Nexus between disaggregated energy sources, institutional quality, and environmental degradation in BRI countries: a penal quantile regression analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(28). 43155–43168. 32 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2022). Striving towards sustainable development: how environmental degradation and energy efficiency interact with health expenditures in SAARC countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(31). 46898–46915. 23 indexed citations

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Kang, Peng, Guanghan Song, Ming Xu, et al.. (2021). Low-carbon pathways for the booming express delivery sector in China. Nature Communications. 12(1). 450–450. 66 indexed citations

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Xu, Bingjie, Ruoyu Zhong, Dan Liu, & Yifeng Liu. (2021). Investigating the impact of energy consumption and nitrogen fertilizer on NOx emissions in China based on the environmental Kuznets curve. Environment Development and Sustainability. 23(12). 17590–17605. 12 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ruoyu, et al.. (2021). Geopolitical risks, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions in BRICS: an asymmetric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(29). 39668–39679. 125 indexed citations

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Shao, Qinglong, et al.. (2020). Marine economic growth, technological innovation, and industrial upgrading: A vector error correction model for China. Ocean & Coastal Management. 200. 105481–105481. 48 indexed citations

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Shao, Qinglong, et al.. (2020). Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model. Journal of Cleaner Production. 277. 122844–122844. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Živković, Jelena M., Jiayuan Wang, & Ruoyu Zhong. (2019). Identifying the Critical Risks in Railway Projects Based on Fuzzy and Sensitivity Analysis: A Case Study of Belt and Road Projects. Sustainability. 11(5). 1302–1302. 33 indexed citations

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Xu, Bingjie, Ruoyu Zhong, & Yifeng Liu. (2019). Comparison of CO2 emissions reduction efficiency of household fuel consumption in China. Sustainability. 11(4). 979–979. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Bingjie, Ruoyu Zhong, Gal Hochman, & Kangyin Dong. (2019). The environmental consequences of fossil fuels in China: National and regional perspectives. Sustainable Development. 27(5). 826–837. 41 indexed citations

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Živković, Jelena M., Jiayuan Wang, Patrick X.W. Zou, Jingrong Zhang, & Ruoyu Zhong. (2019). Fuzzy Logic–Based Method for Risk Assessment of Belt and Road Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 145(12). 41 indexed citations

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Živković, Jelena M., Abdul‐Majeed Mahamadu, Jiayuan Wang, Patrick X.W. Zou, & Ruoyu Zhong. (2019). THE COST PERFORMANCE AND CAUSES OF OVERRUNS IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ASIA. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management. 25(3). 203–214. 39 indexed citations

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Kang, Peng, et al.. (2019). Characterizing the generation and spatial patterns of carbon emissions from urban express delivery service in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 80. 106336–106336. 20 indexed citations

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