Xi Yang

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xi Yang is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Yang has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Environmental Engineering and 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Xi Yang's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (13 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers). Xi Yang is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (13 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers). Xi Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Xi Yang's co-authors include Fei Teng, Michael B. McElroy, Shaojie Song, Chris Nielsen, Gehua Wang, Haiyang Lin, Xinyu Chen, Jun Pang, Xiliang Zhang and Cecilia Springer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xi Yang

55 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen

2022 255 citations Xi Yang, Chris Nielsen et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xi Yang China	19	429	406	345	300	265	63	1.4k
Yolanda Lechón Spain	23	660 1.5×	180 0.4×	433 1.3×	287 1.0×	146 0.6×	92	1.8k
Koji Tokimatsu Japan	24	428 1.0×	333 0.8×	405 1.2×	313 1.0×	60 0.2×	123	1.9k
Silvana Mima France	16	371 0.9×	407 1.0×	423 1.2×	450 1.5×	120 0.5×	29	1.3k
Max Wei United States	24	449 1.0×	344 0.8×	562 1.6×	735 2.5×	86 0.3×	36	2.0k
Shiyan Chang China	24	610 1.4×	326 0.8×	541 1.6×	487 1.6×	113 0.4×	37	2.1k
Yulei Xie China	27	631 1.5×	363 0.9×	190 0.6×	404 1.3×	127 0.5×	135	2.5k
Alun Gu China	17	418 1.0×	422 1.0×	222 0.6×	183 0.6×	68 0.3×	39	1.1k
Wenji Zhou China	24	677 1.6×	584 1.4×	331 1.0×	148 0.5×	141 0.5×	49	1.6k
Jia-Ning Kang China	19	681 1.6×	438 1.1×	365 1.1×	413 1.4×	54 0.2×	43	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xi Yang

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xi Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xi Yang 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 Xi Yang. Xi Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Lan‐Hua, et al.. (2025). How does patent portfolio structure affect patent value in different technological environments? Evidence from Chinese high-tech industries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 215. 124127–124127.

Jiang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2025). Rock moisture dynamics in sandstone caves responsible for weathering: Field observations and numerical modeling. Engineering Geology. 354. 108185–108185. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xi, et al.. (2025). Point2pix-Zero: Point-driven refined diffusion for multi-object image editing. Pattern Recognition. 170. 112041–112041. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xi, et al.. (2025). The mechanisms of salt weathering responsible for sandstone deterioration in the Yungang Grottoes, China. Engineering Geology. 350. 107989–107989. 6 indexed citations

Glueck, Deborah H., Qian Li, Elizabeth Litkowski, et al.. (2025). Power and sample size for reversible linear mixed models with clustering and longitudinality: GLIMMPSE Version 3. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0329712–e0329712.

Li, Xiuping, et al.. (2024). Research on the Coordinated Trading Mechanism of Demand-Side Resources and Shared Energy Storage Based on a System Optimization Model. Energies. 17(14). 3378–3378. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xi, et al.. (2023). Low-Light Image Enhancement Method for Electric Power Operation Sites Considering Strong Light Suppression. Applied Sciences. 13(17). 9645–9645. 2 indexed citations

Yuan, Peng, Siqi Lin, Penghao Wang, et al.. (2023). Effects of dietary methionine supplementation from different sources on growth performance and meat quality of barrows and gilts. animal. 17(11). 100986–100986. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Min, et al.. (2023). Integrated physiological, biochemical, and transcriptomics analyses reveal the underlying mechanisms of high nitrogen use efficiency of black sesame. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108205–108205. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Mengna, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Cultivated Land Use Eco-Efficiency: Evidence from China. Agriculture. 13(9). 1723–1723. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, Chris Nielsen, Shaojie Song, & Michael B. McElroy. (2022). Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen. Nature Energy. 7(10). 955–965. 255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhuo, La, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Landon Marston, et al.. (2022). Inputs for staple crop production in China drive burden shifting of water and carbon footprints transgressing part of provincial planetary boundaries. Water Research. 221. 118803–118803. 26 indexed citations

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Song, Shaojie, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, et al.. (2022). Deep decarbonization of the Indian economy: 2050 prospects for wind, solar, and green hydrogen. iScience. 25(6). 104399–104399. 25 indexed citations

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Pang, Jun, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the quality of climate policy analysis in China: Linking bottom-up and top-down models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 151. 111551–111551. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, et al.. (2021). Physical versus economic water footprints in crop production: a spatial and temporal analysis for China. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(1). 169–191. 20 indexed citations

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Song, Shaojie, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, et al.. (2021). Production of hydrogen from offshore wind in China and cost-competitive supply to Japan. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6953–6953. 116 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, et al.. (2020). Physical versus economic water footprints in crop production: a case study for China. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, et al.. (2020). The dynamic relationship between regional corruption and carbon emissions in China. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 25(1). 223–236. 6 indexed citations

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Timilsina, Govinda R., Jun Pang, & Xi Yang. (2019). The Case of China. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, et al.. (2013). Extraction of large-scale urban area information in China using DMSP/OLS nighttime light data. Guotu ziyuan yaogan. 25(3). 159–164. 12 indexed citations

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