Wanli Zhao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wanli Zhao is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Wanli Zhao has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Accounting, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 9 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Wanli Zhao's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (15 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (8 papers). Wanli Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (15 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (8 papers). Wanli Zhao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Wanli Zhao's co-authors include David M. Reeb, Ronald C. Anderson, Arun Upadhyay, Yuan Wen, Jayanthi Krishnan, Mihir N. Mehta, Vincent Intintoli, Kathleen M. Kahle, Ping‐Sheng Koh and Jere R. Francis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Management Science and Journal of Accounting and Economics.

In The Last Decade

Wanli Zhao

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Economics of Director... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. The Economics of Director Heterogeneity
    2011 419 citations David M. Reeb, Wanli Zhao 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
Wanli Zhao United States 14 1.1k 377 265 192 176 36 1.2k
Shamsul Nahar Abdullah Malaysia 16 1.3k 1.3× 582 1.5× 422 1.6× 80 0.4× 244 1.4× 51 1.6k
Helena Isidro Portugal 11 740 0.7× 424 1.1× 240 0.9× 146 0.8× 98 0.6× 35 902
Paul M. Guest United Kingdom 12 1.2k 1.2× 466 1.2× 161 0.6× 226 1.2× 187 1.1× 23 1.3k
Anzhela Knyazeva United States 14 1.1k 1.0× 304 0.8× 121 0.5× 275 1.4× 80 0.5× 33 1.2k
Melsa Ararat Türkiye 13 798 0.8× 387 1.0× 264 1.0× 97 0.5× 179 1.0× 39 972
Paolo Saona Spain 18 793 0.8× 390 1.0× 117 0.4× 207 1.1× 80 0.5× 48 999
Shams Pathan Australia 17 1.1k 1.0× 240 0.6× 191 0.7× 459 2.4× 84 0.5× 52 1.2k
Marion Hutchinson Australia 15 839 0.8× 378 1.0× 191 0.7× 113 0.6× 94 0.5× 32 981
Steve Sauerwald United States 15 652 0.6× 602 1.6× 101 0.4× 62 0.3× 210 1.2× 30 997
Jamie Yixing Tong Australia 13 461 0.4× 249 0.7× 128 0.5× 78 0.4× 64 0.4× 33 665

Countries citing papers authored by Wanli Zhao

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wanli Zhao's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wanli Zhao with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wanli Zhao more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wanli Zhao

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wanli Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wanli Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wanli Zhao 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 Wanli Zhao. Wanli Zhao 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
1.
Cuny, Christine, Mihir N. Mehta, & Wanli Zhao. (2025). Limits to Political Capture: Evidence from Patent Grants, Disclosures, and Litigation. Journal of Accounting Research. 63(4). 1453–1492. 1 indexed citations
2.
3.
Cai, Xianglong, et al.. (2024). High beam quality and high peak power 1.6 µm deuterium Raman laser. Optics Letters. 49(21). 6085–6085. 1 indexed citations
4.
Reeb, David M., et al.. (2023). Debt-Based Incentives in Executive Compensation Contracts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
5.
Cuny, Christine, Mihir N. Mehta, & Wanli Zhao. (2022). Limits to Political Capture: Evidence from Patent Grants, Disclosures, and Litigation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
6.
Reeb, David M. & Wanli Zhao. (2021). Disregarding the Shoulders of Giants: Inferences from Innovation Research. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11(4). 923–964. 10 indexed citations
7.
Reeb, David M. & Wanli Zhao. (2020). Patents Do Not Measure Innovation Success. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 9(1-2). 157–199. 19 indexed citations
8.
Mehta, Mihir N., David M. Reeb, & Wanli Zhao. (2020). Shadow Trading. The Accounting Review. 96(4). 367–404. 16 indexed citations
9.
Reeb, David M. & Wanli Zhao. (2018). Dissecting Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
10.
Francis, Jere R., Mihir N. Mehta, & Wanli Zhao. (2017). Audit Office Reputation Shocks from Gains and Losses of Major Industry Clients. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
11.
Mehta, Mihir N., Suraj Srinivasan, & Wanli Zhao. (2017). Political Influence and Merger Antitrust Reviews. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
12.
Mehta, Mihir N. & Wanli Zhao. (2015). U.S. Congressional Committees and S.E.C. Enforcement Against Financial Misconduct. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
13.
Intintoli, Vincent, Kathleen M. Kahle, & Wanli Zhao. (2015). Board Connectedness and Board Effectiveness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
14.
Hu, Hao, Bo Gu, Hongtao Zhang, Xiancheng Song, & Wanli Zhao. (2015). Hybrid Vortex Method for the Aerodynamic Analysis of Wind Turbine. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2015. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
15.
Kahle, Kathleen M., Vincent Intintoli, & Wanli Zhao. (2015). Director Connectedness, Career Concerns, and Monitoring Efficacy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
16.
Reeb, David M., et al.. (2014). Insider Trading in Supervised Industries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
17.
Krishnan, Jayanthi, Yuan Wen, & Wanli Zhao. (2011). Legal Expertise on Corporate Audit Committees and Financial Reporting Quality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
18.
Krishnan, Jayanthi, Yuan Wen, & Wanli Zhao. (2011). Legal Expertise on Corporate Audit Committees and Financial Reporting Quality. The Accounting Review. 86(6). 2099–2130. 272 indexed citations
19.
Reeb, David M. & Wanli Zhao. (2010). Director Capital and Corporate Disclosure Quality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
20.
Elyasiani, Elyas & Wanli Zhao. (2008). International interdependence of an emerging market: the case of Iran. Applied Economics. 40(4). 395–412. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shamsul Nahar Abdullah Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Helena Isidro Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paul M. Guest Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anzhela Knyazeva Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Melsa Ararat Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Paolo Saona Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shams Pathan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marion Hutchinson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Steve Sauerwald Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jamie Yixing Tong
Rankless by CCL
2026