Sha Yu

4.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Sha Yu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Sha Yu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Environmental Engineering, 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 14 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Sha Yu's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (21 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers). Sha Yu is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (21 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers). Sha Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Sha Yu's co-authors include Yuyu Zhou, Xiaoma Li, Leon Clarke, Pralit Patel, Wenliang Li, Huidong Li, Gensuo Jia, Jiyong Eom, Meredydd Evans and Page Kyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Sha Yu

50 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Urban heat island impacts on building energy consumption:... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Urban heat island impacts on building energy consumption: A review of approaches and findings
    2019 509 citations Sha Yu et al. profile →
  2. Global scenarios of urban density and its impacts on building energy use through 2050
    2017 347 citations Sha Yu et al. profile →
  3. A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China
    2021 278 citations Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality
    2021 268 citations Jing Cheng, Dan Tong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sha Yu United States 25 1.5k 843 737 679 663 53 3.3k
Shaohui Zhang China 32 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 236 0.3× 842 1.2× 247 0.4× 109 3.4k
Bofeng Cai China 37 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.6× 259 0.4× 1.8k 2.7× 963 1.5× 132 4.5k
P.R. Shukla India 36 971 0.6× 400 0.5× 349 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 689 1.0× 108 3.9k
Wenjia Cai China 40 2.0k 1.3× 791 0.9× 273 0.4× 1.8k 2.6× 618 0.9× 137 4.9k
Tatsuya Hanaoka Japan 27 987 0.6× 704 0.8× 148 0.2× 943 1.4× 327 0.5× 71 2.7k
Haikun Wang China 44 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 2.5× 216 0.3× 960 1.4× 705 1.1× 119 5.3k
Fabian Wagner Austria 38 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 152 0.2× 1.3k 1.9× 849 1.3× 131 4.3k
Pallav Purohit Austria 38 886 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 188 0.3× 737 1.1× 592 0.9× 109 4.4k
Kejun Jiang China 32 1.4k 0.9× 466 0.6× 130 0.2× 1.4k 2.1× 689 1.0× 125 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sha Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sha Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sha Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sha Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sha Yu 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 Sha Yu. Sha Yu 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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Gou, Shuiping, Jia Fu, Sha Yu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic spatio-temporal pruning for efficient spiking neural networks. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 19. 1545583–1545583. 3 indexed citations
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Narayan, Kanishka B., et al.. (2024). The role of the pulp and paper industry in achieving net zero U.S. CO2 emissions in 2050. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 5. 100160–100160. 6 indexed citations
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McJeon, Haewon, et al.. (2024). Decarbonization pathways for Korea's industrial sector towards its 2050 carbon neutrality goal. Journal of Cleaner Production. 476. 143749–143749. 9 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yang, Haewon McJeon, Andrés F. Clarens, et al.. (2024). Provincial-scale assessment of direct air capture to meet China’s climate neutrality goal under limited bioenergy supply. Environmental Research Letters. 19(11). 114021–114021. 2 indexed citations
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Lou, Jiehong, Sha Yu, Ryna Cui, Andy Miller, & Nathan Hultman. (2024). A provincial analysis on wind and solar investment needs towards China's carbon neutrality. Applied Energy. 378. 124841–124841. 6 indexed citations
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Wen, Zhi, et al.. (2024). KangDuo surgical robot versus da Vinci robotic system in urologic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 19(1). 6–6. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiachen, et al.. (2023). Exploring global carbon market link mechanism: Efficiency evaluation in the context of carbon neutrality. Journal of Cleaner Production. 420. 138474–138474. 7 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Patrick, Jay Fuhrman, Lisa M. Colosi, et al.. (2023). Integrated Assessment of the Leading Paths to Mitigate CO2 Emissions from the Organic Chemical and Plastics Industry. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(49). 20571–20582. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Liu, Dan Tong, Jing Cheng, et al.. (2022). Role of climate goals and clean-air policies on reducing future air pollution deaths in China: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(2). e92–e99. 80 indexed citations
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Cui, Ryna, Nathan Hultman, Diyang Cui, et al.. (2021). A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1468–1468. 278 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Jing, Dan Tong, Yang Liu, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Current and Future PM2.5 Air Quality in China Under CMIP6 and DPEC Emission Scenarios. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(11). 23 indexed citations
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Evans, Meredydd, et al.. (2020). Linkages between policy and business innovation in the development of China's energy performance contracting market. Energy Policy. 140. 111208–111208. 20 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, Jing Cheng, Yang Liu, et al.. (2020). Dynamic projection of anthropogenic emissions in China: methodology and 2015–2050 emission pathways under a range of socio-economic, climate policy, and pollution control scenarios. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(9). 5729–5757. 174 indexed citations
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Jin, Guodong, Kaiyu Liu, Yunkai Deng, et al.. (2019). Nonlinear Frequency Modulation Signal Generator in LT-1. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 16(10). 1570–1574. 48 indexed citations
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Ven, Dirk-Jan Van de, Jon Sampedro, Francis X. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple sustainable development goals in Eastern Africa. Environmental Research Letters. 14(9). 94001–94001. 26 indexed citations
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Evans, Meredydd, et al.. (2015). Black carbon emissions from Russian diesel sources: case study of Murmansk. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(14). 8349–8359. 20 indexed citations
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Evans, Meredydd, et al.. (2013). Building energy efficiency in rural China. Energy Policy. 64. 243–251. 84 indexed citations

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