Saixing Zeng

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Saixing Zeng is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Saixing Zeng has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Strategy and Management, 47 papers in Marketing and 38 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Saixing Zeng's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business (47 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (35 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (33 papers). Saixing Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Sustainability in Business (47 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (35 papers) and Construction Project Management and Performance (33 papers). Saixing Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Saixing Zeng's co-authors include C. M. Tam, Vivian W.Y. Tam, Xuemei Xie, Han Lin, Jonathan Shi, Hanyang Ma, Guoyou Qi, Xiaohua Meng, Xiaodong Xu and Zihan Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Saixing Zeng

155 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Relationship between cooperation networks and innovation performance of SMEs

2009 804 citations Saixing Zeng, C. M. Tam et al. profile →
Towards adoption of prefabrication in construction

2006 495 citations Vivian W.Y. Tam, C. M. Tam et al. profile →
Can political capital drive corporate green innovation? Lessons from China

2013 392 citations Han Lin, Saixing Zeng et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Saixing Zeng China	53	6.2k	3.6k	2.5k	1.9k	1.7k	167	10.2k
Robert D. Klassen Canada	51	13.0k 2.1×	8.6k 2.4×	1.3k 0.5×	863 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	121	15.5k
David Gann United Kingdom	40	4.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	108	8.7k
Stefan Schaltegger Germany	64	11.0k 1.8×	9.1k 2.6×	1.8k 0.7×	902 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	267	17.0k
Suhaiza Zailani Malaysia	56	5.2k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	708 0.3×	695 0.4×	673 0.4×	223	10.1k
Kee‐hung Lai Hong Kong	76	15.0k 2.4×	9.1k 2.5×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	297	22.2k
Michael Lenox United States	31	6.6k 1.1×	4.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	424 0.2×	505 0.3×	67	9.5k
Martin Skitmore Australia	69	4.1k 0.7×	971 0.3×	2.1k 0.8×	7.6k 4.1×	6.5k 3.8×	623	17.3k
Olivier Boiral Canada	53	7.4k 1.2×	7.0k 2.0×	977 0.4×	335 0.2×	942 0.5×	155	11.6k
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour Brazil	56	9.3k 1.5×	5.7k 1.6×	1.6k 0.6×	943 0.5×	852 0.5×	190	13.3k
Cory Searcy Canada	45	5.9k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	474 0.2×	638 0.3×	828 0.5×	113	8.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2025). Analyzing corporate ESG reporting through data mining: evolutionary trends and strategic model. Journal of Management Analytics. 12(4). 634–664.

Xia, Yunfei, Saixing Zeng, Da Li, et al.. (2025). Research on the Response Regularity of Smoke Fire Detectors Under Typical Interference Conditions in Ancient Buildings. Fire. 8(8). 315–315.

Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2025). Governance of Smart Service Social Responsibility: A Systematic Literature Review. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 72. 3365–3382.

Wang, Z. Y., et al.. (2025). ResponSight: Explainable and Collaborative Moderation Approach for Responsible Video Content in UGC Platform. 1–12.

Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2024). Mixed-Ownership Reform and Innovation: An Examination of State-Owned Enterprises. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 14450–14471. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Evolution of runoff discharge patterns and risk assessment of water inrush in mountainous railroad tunnels. Natural Hazards. 120(9). 8851–8870. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Ge, Huijin Zhang, Saixing Zeng, Xiaohua Meng, & Han Lin. (2022). Reporting on sustainable development: Configurational effects of top management team and corporate characteristics on environmental information disclosure. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30(1). 28–52. 21 indexed citations

Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2022). Radical or Incremental? Impacts of Mergers and Acquisitions on Firms’ Innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 2698–2714. 15 indexed citations

Sun, Daxin, et al.. (2022). The Art of Adversity Thinking: Political Turnover and Firm Innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 966–980. 7 indexed citations

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2022). A Panoramic Innovation Paradigm for Eco-Sustainability in Infrastructure Megaprojects. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 50(2). 127–146. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Daxin, Saixing Zeng, Han Lin, Mingchuan Yu, & Liangyan Wang. (2021). Is Green the Virtue of Humility? The Influence of Humble CEOs on Corporate Green Innovation in China. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 70(12). 4222–4232. 47 indexed citations

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Peers’ Mergers and Acquisitions on Firm Innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 598–613. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Daxin, et al.. (2019). Can transportation infrastructure pave a green way? A city-level examination in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 226. 669–678. 73 indexed citations

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Sun, Daxin, et al.. (2019). Monitoring effect of transparency: How does government environmental disclosure facilitate corporate environmentalism?. Business Strategy and the Environment. 28(8). 1594–1607. 93 indexed citations

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Chen, Hongquan, et al.. (2019). Complementarity in Open Innovation and Corporate Strategy: The Moderating Effect of Ownership and Location Strategies. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 67(3). 754–768. 23 indexed citations

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2010). Integrating Safety, Environmental and Quality Risks for Project Management Using a FMEA Method. 66(1). 44–52. 46 indexed citations

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2009). Towards FDI and technology spillover : a case study in China. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 8(1). 50–62. 10 indexed citations

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Tam, Vivian W.Y. & Saixing Zeng. (2007). TOWARDS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT OF FOUNDRY INDUSTRY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY. The Journal of Engineering Research [TJER]. 12(3). 109–115.

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (2003). The Rise and Fall of Total Quality Management in the Chinese Construction Industry. Architectural Science Review. 46(2). 105–113. 12 indexed citations

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Zeng, Saixing, et al.. (1998). Modeling and simulation of public housing construction in Hong Kong. Winter Simulation Conference. 2. 1305–1310. 3 indexed citations

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