Xiaohang Ren

9.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
174 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Xiaohang Ren is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohang Ren has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 46 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 26 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Xiaohang Ren's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (118 papers), Market Dynamics and Volatility (74 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (37 papers). Xiaohang Ren is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (118 papers), Market Dynamics and Volatility (74 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (37 papers). Xiaohang Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Macao. Xiaohang Ren's co-authors include Cheng Yan, Cheng Cheng, Zhen Wang, Kangyin Dong, Giray Gözgör, Gudian Zeng, Kun Duan, Fenghua Wen, Xiong Wang and Yukun Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohang Ren

166 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Climate policy uncertainty and firm-level total factor productivity: Evidence from China
    2022 399 citations Xiaohang Ren, Cheng Yan et al. Energy Economics profile →
  2. How does technological innovation mitigate CO2 emissions in OECD countries? Heterogeneous analysis using panel quantile regression
    2020 386 citations Xiaohang Ren et al. profile →
  3. Heterogeneous impacts of renewable energy and environmental patents on CO2 emission - Evidence from the BRIICS
    2019 346 citations Xiaohang Ren, Cheng Yan et al. profile →
  4. Impact of climate policy uncertainty on traditional energy and green markets: Evidence from time-varying granger tests
    2022 309 citations Xiaohang Ren et al. profile →
  5. Can digital financial inclusion affect CO2 emissions of China at the prefecture level? Evidence from a spatial econometric approach
    2022 261 citations Xiaohang Ren et al. Energy Economics profile →
  6. How does digital finance affect industrial structure upgrading? Evidence from Chinese prefecture-level cities
    2023 236 citations Xiaohang Ren, Gudian Zeng et al. profile →
  7. Digital finance and corporate ESG performance: Empirical evidence from listed companies in China
    2023 229 citations Xiaohang Ren, Gudian Zeng et al. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal profile →
  8. More sustainable, more productive: Evidence from ESG ratings and total factor productivity among listed Chinese firms
    2022 175 citations Xiaohang Ren et al. profile →
  9. The interrelationship between the carbon market and the green bonds market: Evidence from wavelet quantile-on-quantile method
    2022 167 citations Xiaohang Ren, Cheng Yan et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  10. Climate risk and corporate environmental performance: Empirical evidence from China
    2021 167 citations Xiaohang Ren, Yiying Li et al. profile →
  11. Gold or Bitcoin, which is the safe haven during the COVID-19 pandemic?
    2022 152 citations Xiaohang Ren et al. profile →
  12. Political connections and corporate carbon emission: New evidence from Chinese industrial firms
    2023 113 citations Zongrun Wang, Xiaohang Ren et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  13. The peer effect of digital transformation and corporate environmental performance: Empirical evidence from listed companies in China
    2023 112 citations Xiaohang Ren, Gudian Zeng et al. profile →
  14. AI adoption rate and corporate green innovation efficiency: Evidence from Chinese energy companies
    2024 97 citations Zongrun Wang, Xiaohang Ren et al. Energy Economics profile →
  15. Exploring the carbon emission reduction effects of corporate climate risk disclosure: Empirical evidence based on Chinese A-share listed enterprises
    2024 92 citations Zongrun Wang, Xiaohang Ren et al. profile →
  16. Climate risk, digital transformation and corporate green innovation efficiency: Evidence from China
    2024 61 citations Xiaohang Ren, Wenqi Li et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaohang Ren China 47 6.3k 2.3k 955 941 868 174 7.5k
Giray Gözgör Türkiye 53 7.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 620 0.6× 837 0.9× 398 0.5× 157 8.7k
Muhammad Ali Nasir United Kingdom 36 5.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 344 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 338 0.4× 127 6.3k
Dayong Zhang China 55 9.8k 1.6× 3.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 629 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 189 12.5k
Asif Razzaq China 58 7.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 1.9k 2.1× 1.4k 1.6× 110 9.7k
Hooi Hooi Lean Malaysia 45 7.0k 1.1× 3.6k 1.6× 682 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 291 0.3× 181 8.8k
Yue‐Jun Zhang China 58 9.0k 1.4× 4.0k 1.8× 790 0.8× 3.3k 3.6× 820 0.9× 167 11.4k
Kazi Sohag Russia 34 4.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 353 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 355 0.4× 146 5.6k
Gazi Salah Uddin Sweden 51 7.5k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 359 0.4× 630 0.7× 346 0.4× 233 8.4k
Chi‐Chuan Lee China 36 4.0k 0.6× 993 0.4× 528 0.6× 288 0.3× 439 0.5× 90 4.8k
Umer Shahzad China 47 6.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.4× 681 0.7× 1.8k 1.9× 716 0.8× 115 8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaohang Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaohang Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohang Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaohang Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaohang Ren 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 Xiaohang Ren. Xiaohang Ren 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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Li, Weiping, et al.. (2025). Retail investor attention: Guardian of corporate ESG integrity or catalyst for greenwashing?. Energy Economics. 144. 108361–108361. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2025). Greening the energy industry: An efficiency analysis of China's listed new energy companies and its market spillovers. Energy Economics. 145. 108414–108414. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2025). Financialization trends and climate policy uncertainty: Implications for China’s nonferrous metal market. Research in International Business and Finance. 77. 102922–102922. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, Wenqi Li, Kun Duan, & Andrew Urquhart. (2025). Carbon risk and debt financing: An international perspective. Journal of International Money and Finance. 153. 103294–103294. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Zongrun, et al.. (2024). Digital finance and the energy transition: Evidence from Chinese prefecture-level cities. Global Finance Journal. 61. 100987–100987. 34 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, Wenqi Li, & Yiying Li. (2024). Climate risk, digital transformation and corporate green innovation efficiency: Evidence from China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 209. 123777–123777. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ren, Xiaohang, Xiao Ya, Kun Duan, & Andrew Urquhart. (2024). Spillover effects between fossil energy and green markets: Evidence from informational inefficiency. Energy Economics. 131. 107317–107317. 48 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2024). Weathering the policy storm: How climate strategy volatility shapes corporate total factor productivity. Energy Economics. 134. 107553–107553. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Jingtao, Guocai Zhong, Fengli Hu, et al.. (2024). ASPH dysregulates cell death and induces chemoresistance in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Letters. 611. 217396–217396. 4 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, Wenqi Li, Xu Cheng, & Xinwei Zheng. (2024). Economic freedom and corporate carbon emissions: International evidence. Business Strategy and the Environment. 33(8). 8388–8412. 25 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2024). The effect of climate vulnerability on global carbon emissions: Evidence from a spatial convergence perspective. Resources Policy. 90. 104817–104817. 37 indexed citations
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Zhong, Meirui, et al.. (2023). The time-varying effects of liquidity and market efficiency of the European Union carbon market: Evidence from the TVP-SVAR-SV approach. Energy Economics. 123. 106708–106708. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2023). Carbon Prices Forecasting Using Group Information. 4(4). 4 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, Gudian Zeng, & Yang Zhao. (2023). Digital finance and corporate ESG performance: Empirical evidence from listed companies in China. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 79. 102019–102019. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Zongrun, et al.. (2023). Political connections and corporate carbon emission: New evidence from Chinese industrial firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 188. 122326–122326. 113 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Xianming, Shiyi Xiao, Xiaohang Ren, & Bing Xu. (2023). Time-varying impact of information and communication technology on carbon emissions. Energy Economics. 118. 106492–106492. 96 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohang, et al.. (2023). Climate policy uncertainty and idiosyncratic volatility: Evidence from the non-financial listed Chinese firms. 5. 100026–100026. 14 indexed citations
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Fang, Guochang, et al.. (2023). Exploring the effectiveness of fiscal decentralization in environmental expenditure based on the CO2 ecological footprint in urban China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 10(1). 4 indexed citations

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