Xiaodong Yang

6.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
79 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaodong Yang is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaodong Yang has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Environmental Engineering and 10 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Xiaodong Yang's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (57 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers). Xiaodong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (57 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (16 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers). Xiaodong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Malaysia and Pakistan. Xiaodong Yang's co-authors include Qiying Ran, Asif Razzaq, Siyu Ren, Haitao Wu, Muhammad Irfan, Jianlong Wang, Arshian Sharif, Jianhong Cao, Jinning Zhang and Yu Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Xiaodong Yang

75 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Influence mechanism between green finance and green innov... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2022 2021 2021 2020 2022 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. Influence mechanism between green finance and green innovation: Exploring regional policy intervention effects in China
    2022 587 citations Muhammad Irfan, Asif Razzaq et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  2. Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China
    2021 453 citations Xiaodong Yang, Qiying Ran et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  3. Does internet development improve green total factor energy efficiency? Evidence from China
    2021 429 citations Siyu Ren, Xiaodong Yang et al. profile →
  4. Does the development of the internet contribute to air pollution control in China? Mechanism discussion and empirical test
    2020 238 citations Xiaodong Yang, Siyu Ren et al. profile →
  5. Digital finance and green growth in China: Appraising inclusive digital finance using web crawler technology and big data
    2022 203 citations Asif Razzaq, Xiaodong Yang Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  6. Analysis of the mechanism of the impact of internet development on green economic growth: evidence from 269 prefecture cities in China
    2021 179 citations Jianlong Wang, Weilong Wang et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  7. Effect of financial development and technological innovation on green growth—Analysis based on spatial Durbin model
    2022 169 citations Jianhong Cao, Jianlong Wang et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  8. Natural resource consumption and industrial green transformation: Does the digital economy matter?
    2023 160 citations Qiying Ran, Xiaodong Yang et al. Resources Policy profile →
  9. Urban economic resilience within the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration: Exploring spatially correlated network and spatial heterogeneity
    2024 41 citations Xiaodong Yang, Huili Li et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
  10. Roads to sustainable development: Pioneering industrial green transformation through digital economy policy
    2025 17 citations Xiaodong Yang, Ahmed Imran Hunjra 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
Xiaodong Yang China 34 4.1k 1.1k 968 881 559 79 4.9k
Lili Yang China 27 3.4k 0.8× 961 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 612 0.7× 551 1.0× 110 5.4k
Malin Song China 33 3.0k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 720 0.8× 876 1.6× 106 5.2k
Xiaohang Ren China 47 6.3k 1.5× 2.3k 2.0× 941 1.0× 868 1.0× 955 1.7× 174 7.5k
Fengsheng Chien China 36 3.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.6× 630 0.7× 817 0.9× 547 1.0× 74 4.9k
Vishal Dagar India 38 3.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 940 1.0× 411 0.5× 433 0.8× 71 4.8k
Xiongfeng Pan China 33 2.4k 0.6× 799 0.7× 941 1.0× 438 0.5× 658 1.2× 89 3.5k
Mahmood Ahmad China 36 4.5k 1.1× 2.0k 1.8× 1.4k 1.4× 425 0.5× 348 0.6× 89 5.3k
Zhiyang Shen China 38 2.9k 0.7× 818 0.7× 899 0.9× 489 0.6× 508 0.9× 116 4.0k
Xingle Long China 36 4.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 1.8k 1.9× 825 0.9× 514 0.9× 56 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaodong Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaodong Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaodong Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaodong 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 Xiaodong Yang. Xiaodong Yang 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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Yang, Xiaodong, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Oksana Grebinevych, David Roubaud, & Shikuan Zhao. (2025). Roads to sustainable development: Pioneering industrial green transformation through digital economy policy. Journal of Environmental Management. 387. 125721–125721. 17 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Chao, J. Lv, Asif Razzaq, & Xiaodong Yang. (2025). Governing the green metropolis: Legal institutional innovation and carbon-neutral urban transformation in China's environmental court regime. Urban Climate. 64. 102604–102604.
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Qin, Chunxia, et al.. (2025). A Comprehensive Review of Big Data Intelligent Decision-Making Models for Smart Farms. Agronomy. 15(12). 2898–2898. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Samar S. Alharbi, & Shikuan Zhao. (2025). Towards more inclusive finance: Exploring the mystery of low carbon green technological innovation. Research in International Business and Finance. 78. 102991–102991. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoqian, Javier Cifuentes‐Faura, Xiaodong Yang, & Junyu Pan. (2024). The green innovation effect of industrial robot applications: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing companies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 210. 123904–123904. 22 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of smart community resilience: empirical evidence from Heilongjiang province, China. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(6). 14437–14467. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). Urban economic resilience within the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration: Exploring spatially correlated network and spatial heterogeneity. Sustainable Cities and Society. 103. 105270–105270. 41 indexed citations breakdown →
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Razzaq, Asif, et al.. (2023). Fiscal pressure and carbon intensity: A quasi-natural experiment based on education authority reform. Energy Economics. 126. 106919–106919. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2023). Roadmap to achieving sustainable development: Does digital economy matter in industrial green transformation?. Sustainable Development. 32(3). 2583–2599. 85 indexed citations
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Liu, Yujie, Xin Ge, Fan Hu, et al.. (2023). Sleep disturbance and anxiety symptoms among asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers in Shanghai, China: the mediating role of entrapment and defeat. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 993–993. 1 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2023). Natural resource consumption and industrial green transformation: Does the digital economy matter?. Resources Policy. 81. 103396–103396. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2023). Is producer services agglomeration a “new engine” for urban green economic development? an econometric analysis of Chinese cities. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(7). 17157–17183. 4 indexed citations
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Ge, Wenfeng, Yang Xu, Asif Razzaq, et al.. (2023). What drives the green transformation of enterprises? A case of carbon emissions trading pilot policy in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(19). 56743–56758. 36 indexed citations
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Ran, Qiying, et al.. (2023). When will China’s industrial carbon emissions peak? Evidence from machine learning. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(20). 57960–57974. 16 indexed citations
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Pan, Junyu, et al.. (2023). Does water rights trading promote resources utilisation efficiency and green growth? Evidence from China's resources trading policy. Resources Policy. 86. 104235–104235. 30 indexed citations
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Xu, Yang, Cunyi Yang, Wenfeng Ge, et al.. (2023). Can industrial intelligence promote green transformation? New insights from heavily polluting listed enterprises in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 421. 138550–138550. 51 indexed citations
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Xu, Yang, Wenfeng Ge, Guangliang Liu, et al.. (2022). The impact of local government competition and green technology innovation on economic low-carbon transition: new insights from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(9). 23714–23735. 68 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Xufeng Su, Qiying Ran, et al.. (2021). Assessing the impact of energy internet and energy misallocation on carbon emissions: new insights from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(16). 23436–23460. 99 indexed citations

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