Xin Yao

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Xin Yao is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Yao has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Environmental Engineering and 10 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Xin Yao's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (26 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (9 papers). Xin Yao is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (26 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (9 papers). Xin Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United Kingdom. Xin Yao's co-authors include Yuanyuan Cheng, Kerui Du, Aijun Li, Aizhen Zhang, Ruting Huang, Yangyang Xu, Xuehui Li, Yüxia Zhou, Xiang Yuan and Chuanwang Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xin Yao

42 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Environmental regulation, green technology innovation, and industrial structure upgrading: The road to the green transformation of Chinese cities

2021 879 citations Kerui Du, Yuanyuan Cheng et al. Energy Economics profile →

Peers

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Xiongfeng Pan China

Shuhong Wang China

Zhiyang Shen China

Mian Yang China

Qiying Ran China

Debin Fang China

Xiaoling Ouyang China

Zilong Wang China

Zhengxia He China

Xiaodong Yang China

Xiongfeng Pan China

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Countries citing papers authored by Xin Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xin Yao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Yao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xin Yao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xin 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 Xin Yao. Xin 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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20 of 20 papers shown

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2025). Assessing the impact of government environmental attention on corporate ESG performance: Empirical insights from A-share listed firms in China. International Review of Financial Analysis. 103. 104164–104164. 6 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2025). High-speed railway opening, firm agglomeration and carbon emission: Evidence from China. Energy Economics. 148. 108710–108710.

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Yu, Weihua, et al.. (2025). Does the development of the service outsourcing industry enhance green product exports? Quasi-natural experimental evidence from China. Energy Economics. 149. 108727–108727. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Weihua, et al.. (2025). Liberalization of upstream productive services and green innovation in downstream manufacturing firms: Evidence from China. Energy Economics. 142. 108173–108173. 5 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2024). Natural resource assets management and urban carbon emission efficiency: Evidence from quasi-natural experiment in China. Energy Economics. 140. 107963–107963. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Ruting, et al.. (2024). Cutting emissions through intelligent production in Chinese manufacturing firms: an empirical analysis. Annals of Operations Research. 2 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2024). Energy Security, Intelligence and Innovation Quality: Evidence From China's New Energy Demonstration City Policy. Expert Systems. 42(2).

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Yu, Weihua, et al.. (2024). The effect of the county-to-district conversion policy on energy efficiency of enterprises: Evidence from China. Energy Economics. 134. 107618–107618. 8 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2023). Does the implementation of green credit policy improve the ESG performance of enterprises? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Economic Modelling. 127. 106478–106478. 72 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong, et al.. (2023). The Impact of China’s ETS on Corporate Green Governance Based on the Perspective of Corporate ESG Performance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2292–2292. 17 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yuanyuan, Kerui Du, & Xin Yao. (2023). Restructuring and relocation of polluting industries under air pollution control: Evidence from industrial investment flows between Chinese cities. China Economic Review. 83. 102099–102099. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Ruting & Xin Yao. (2023). City size and energy efficiency of Chinese manufacturing firms: An empirical study from a city characteristic perspective. Energy Economics. 129. 107207–107207. 15 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, et al.. (2023). Dark side of resource dependence: Inadequate entrepreneurship. Resources Policy. 85. 104003–104003. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Ruting & Xin Yao. (2023). The role of power transmission infrastructure in income inequality: Fresh evidence from China. Energy Policy. 177. 113564–113564. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Ruting & Xin Yao. (2020). An analysis of sustainability and channel coordination in a three-echelon supply chain. Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 34(1). 490–505. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Fang, Yuanyuan Cheng, & Xin Yao. (2019). Influencing factors of energy technical innovation in China: Evidence from fossil energy and renewable energy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 232. 57–66. 88 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin & Qiang Liu. (2017). Effect of Crude Oil Futures Trading on Spot Market Volatility: A Panel Data–Based Counterfactual Prediction Analysis. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 53(4). 918–931. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Fang, et al.. (2016). Regional Convergence and Sustainable Development in China. Sustainability. 8(2). 121–121. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Chuanwang, Xiang Yuan, & Xin Yao. (2016). Social acceptance towards the air pollution in China: Evidence from public's willingness to pay for smog mitigation. Energy Policy. 92. 313–324. 140 indexed citations

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Wu, Jie, et al.. (2014). Environmental efficiency evaluation of industry in China based on a new fixed sum undesirable output data envelopment analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 74. 96–104. 110 indexed citations

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