Xilong Yao

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Xilong Yao is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Xilong Yao has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 23 papers in Environmental Engineering and 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Xilong Yao's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (20 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (16 papers). Xilong Yao is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (20 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (16 papers). Xilong Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Singapore. Xilong Yao's co-authors include Shuai Shao, Wenxi Wang, Justice Gyimah, Mark Awe Tachega, Chentao Zhang, Yang Liu, Zhi Guo, Isaac Sam Hayford, Evans Opoku‐Mensah and Xiaoyan Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Xilong Yao

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Renewable energy consumption and economic growth: New evi... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Renewable energy consumption and economic growth: New evidence from Ghana
    2022 193 citations Justice Gyimah, Xilong Yao et al. Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xilong Yao China 22 1.0k 558 487 227 133 48 1.6k
Nicolas Schneider Italy 23 1.2k 1.2× 580 1.0× 452 0.9× 262 1.2× 130 1.0× 53 1.9k
Yuru Guan China 17 817 0.8× 340 0.6× 926 1.9× 206 0.9× 147 1.1× 27 1.8k
Jinhua Cheng China 21 1.4k 1.4× 596 1.1× 531 1.1× 222 1.0× 88 0.7× 52 2.0k
Yadong Ning China 16 643 0.6× 398 0.7× 694 1.4× 124 0.5× 214 1.6× 52 1.2k
Junnian Song China 27 933 0.9× 396 0.7× 1.2k 2.4× 214 0.9× 148 1.1× 75 2.2k
Wenji Zhou China 24 584 0.6× 331 0.6× 677 1.4× 106 0.5× 148 1.1× 49 1.6k
David Font Vivanco United Kingdom 23 519 0.5× 734 1.3× 870 1.8× 166 0.7× 240 1.8× 37 1.8k
Hong-Dian Jiang China 22 1.6k 1.6× 873 1.6× 877 1.8× 376 1.7× 147 1.1× 35 2.2k
Jiali Zheng China 15 1.1k 1.1× 481 0.9× 990 2.0× 162 0.7× 188 1.4× 36 1.9k
Margarita Robaina Portugal 26 1.1k 1.1× 450 0.8× 627 1.3× 227 1.0× 97 0.7× 75 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xilong Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xilong Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xilong Yao

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

All Works

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Qi, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). Applying life cycle assessment to investigate the environmental impacts of a PV–CSP hybrid system. Renewable Energy. 227. 120575–120575. 13 indexed citations
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Yao, Xilong, et al.. (2024). Research on optimal management strategy of electro-thermal hybrid shared energy storage based on Nash bargaining under source-load uncertainty. Journal of Energy Storage. 96. 112713–112713. 8 indexed citations
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Yao, Xilong, et al.. (2024). When is the right time to invest in hydrogen metallurgy projects for iron and steel enterprises?. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 87. 1011–1022. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Na, et al.. (2023). Are tax revenue recycling schemes based on industry-differentiated carbon tax conducive to realizing the “double dividend”?. Energy Economics. 124. 106814–106814. 22 indexed citations
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Gyimah, Justice, et al.. (2023). Achieving carbon neutrality in West Africa: The impact of financial development and good governance. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0293235–e0293235. 5 indexed citations
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Gyimah, Justice, et al.. (2023). Mitigating carbon emissions: the role of Chinese foreign direct investment in Ghana. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(5). 10895–10908. 4 indexed citations
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Tachega, Mark Awe, et al.. (2023). The mediating role of renewable energy, sectoral output and economic growth on greenhouse gas emissions: African regional perspective. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(51). 110779–110804. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Na, et al.. (2023). The impact of cautious coal power phase-out on decarbonization of China's iron and steel industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 397. 136447–136447. 7 indexed citations
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Gyimah, Justice, et al.. (2023). The era of global warming mitigation: The role of financial inclusion, globalization and governance institutions. Heliyon. 10(1). e23471–e23471. 6 indexed citations
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Gyimah, Justice, et al.. (2023). Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa: the position of globalization, renewable energy, and economic growth. SN Business & Economics. 3(8). 9 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, et al.. (2023). Life cycle analysis of the economic costs and environmental benefits of photovoltaic module waste recycling in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 196. 107027–107027. 56 indexed citations
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Gyimah, Justice, Xilong Yao, Mark Awe Tachega, Isaac Sam Hayford, & Evans Opoku‐Mensah. (2022). Renewable energy consumption and economic growth: New evidence from Ghana. Energy. 248. 123559–123559. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qi, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2022). Do subsidies and R&D investment boost energy transition performance? Evidence from Chinese renewable energy firms. Energy Policy. 164. 112909–112909. 103 indexed citations
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Yao, Xilong, et al.. (2021). Path selection for wind power in China: Hydrogen production or underground pumped hydro energy storage?. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 13(3). 5 indexed citations
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Tachega, Mark Awe, et al.. (2021). Income Heterogeneity and the Environmental Kuznets Curve Turning Points: Evidence from Africa. Sustainability. 13(10). 5634–5634. 25 indexed citations
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Tachega, Mark Awe, et al.. (2021). Energy efficiency evaluation of oil producing economies in Africa: DEA, malmquist and multiple regression approaches. Cleaner Environmental Systems. 2. 100025–100025. 35 indexed citations
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Yao, Xilong, Xiaoling Zhang, & Zhi Guo. (2019). The tug of war between local government and enterprises in reducing China's carbon dioxide emissions intensity. The Science of The Total Environment. 710. 136140–136140. 52 indexed citations

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