Weifen Lin

958 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 707 citations indexed

About

Weifen Lin is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Marketing and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weifen Lin has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 707 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Marketing and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weifen Lin's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (17 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (8 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers). Weifen Lin is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (17 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (8 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers). Weifen Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, Mongolia and Australia. Weifen Lin's co-authors include Hui Wang, Longzheng Du, Wendong Wei, Yueyue Li, Bei Liu, Hong Xu, Yunyun Zhang, Meiting Fan, Aiping Wang and Baozhen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Research, Journal of Environmental Management and Energy Economics.

In The Last Decade

Weifen Lin

21 papers receiving 696 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.

  1. How does digital technology promote carbon emission reduction? Empirical evidence based on e-commerce pilot city policy in China
    2022 160 citations Hui Wang, Yueyue Li et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weifen Lin China 13 535 142 125 111 109 22 707
Zhengning Pu China 14 617 1.2× 103 0.7× 206 1.6× 94 0.8× 136 1.2× 35 830
Maogang Tang China 11 413 0.8× 130 0.9× 94 0.8× 109 1.0× 79 0.7× 19 552
Changfei Nie China 11 460 0.9× 105 0.7× 99 0.8× 69 0.6× 105 1.0× 31 608
Xufeng Su China 14 570 1.1× 109 0.8× 207 1.7× 73 0.7× 156 1.4× 22 729
Chaofan Chen China 11 453 0.8× 104 0.7× 176 1.4× 67 0.6× 71 0.7× 18 572
Jiahong Qin China 10 466 0.9× 140 1.0× 154 1.2× 112 1.0× 103 0.9× 14 748
Sheng Dai Finland 10 614 1.1× 174 1.2× 219 1.8× 138 1.2× 146 1.3× 19 846

Countries citing papers authored by Weifen Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weifen Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weifen Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weifen Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weifen Lin 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 Weifen Lin. Weifen Lin 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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Qiu, Lei, et al.. (2025). How does energy supply affect regional entrepreneurship? Evidence from the west-to-east natural gas transmission project in china. Applied Economics. 58(8). 1484–1503. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Weifen & Longzheng Du. (2025). Top-down environmental quality regulation and boundary pollution control: Evidence in boundary towns of China. Journal of Business Research. 194. 115400–115400. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Hong, Yukun Li, Weifen Lin, & Hui Wang. (2024). ESG and customer stability: a perspective based on external and internal supervision and reputation mechanisms. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Hong, et al.. (2024). Government fiscal decentralization and haze and carbon reduction: Evidence from the fiscal Province-Managing-County reform. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 3). 119020–119020. 9 indexed citations
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Hong, Xu, et al.. (2024). Does local green governance promote corporate green innovation? A new perspective from green officials. Empirical Economics. 68(4). 1861–1892. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, Yunyun Zhang, Weifen Lin, & Wendong Wei. (2023). Transregional electricity transmission and carbon emissions: Evidence from ultra-high voltage transmission projects in China. Energy Economics. 123. 106751–106751. 75 indexed citations
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Liu, Bei, Jun Sun, Xujun Liu, & Weifen Lin. (2023). How environmental regulation affects entrepreneurship: evidence from China’s low-carbon city pilot policy. Applied Economics. 56(53). 6906–6923. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qing, et al.. (2023). Dilatation Eustachian tuboplasty with a Eustachian tube video endoscope and supporting balloon. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 138(3). 246–252. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Weifen, Xinyue Tong, Yao Hu, & Hui Wang. (2023). The flow of industrial lifeblood: The impact of the West-to-East oil transportation project on enterprise performance of China. Energy Economics. 129. 107274–107274. 18 indexed citations
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Lin, Weifen, et al.. (2023). Can regional joint prevention and control of atmospheric reduce border pollution? Evidence from China's 12th Five-Year Plan on air pollution. Journal of Environmental Management. 342. 118342–118342. 41 indexed citations
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Lin, Weifen, Jun Sun, Bei Liu, & Hui Wang. (2023). Does the availability of credit resources reduce corporate pollution emissions? Evidence from the geographic network of banks in China. Applied Economics. 56(42). 5035–5049. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Hong, et al.. (2022). Does the new energy demonstration cities construction reduce CO2 emission? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(33). 50408–50426. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, Yueyue Li, Weifen Lin, & Wendong Wei. (2022). How does digital technology promote carbon emission reduction? Empirical evidence based on e-commerce pilot city policy in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 325(Pt A). 116524–116524. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Aiping, et al.. (2022). Do pilot free trade zones improve the green total factor productivity? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(50). 75307–75321. 17 indexed citations
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Du, Longzheng, et al.. (2022). Can vertical environmental regulation induce enterprise green innovation? A new perspective from automatic air quality monitoring station in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 317. 115349–115349. 82 indexed citations
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Du, Longzheng & Weifen Lin. (2022). Does the application of industrial robots overcome the Solow paradox? Evidence from China. Technology in Society. 68. 101932–101932. 94 indexed citations
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Lin, Weifen, et al.. (2022). Does the environment information announcement promote green innovation? A quasi-natural experimental evidence from the city-level of China. Ecological Indicators. 136. 108720–108720. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Hong, Lei Qiu, Baozhen Liu, et al.. (2021). Does regional planning policy of Yangtze River Delta improve green technology innovation? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(44). 62321–62337. 40 indexed citations
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Wang, Aiping, Weifen Lin, Bei Liu, Hui Wang, & Hong Xu. (2021). Does Smart City Construction Improve the Green Utilization Efficiency of Urban Land?. Land. 10(6). 657–657. 69 indexed citations
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