Ya Zhou

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ya Zhou is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya Zhou has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Environmental Engineering, 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 14 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ya Zhou's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (28 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (14 papers) and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (11 papers). Ya Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (28 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (14 papers) and Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (11 papers). Ya Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Ya Zhou's co-authors include Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Huijuan Xiao, Liu Guo-sheng, Yanpeng Cai, Klaus Hubacek, Guohe Huang, Heran Zheng, Yongping Li and Daoping Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ya Zhou

68 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

City-level emission peak and drivers in China 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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. City-level emission peak and drivers in China
    2022 291 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ya Zhou China 29 981 940 332 329 317 73 2.5k
Fanxin Meng China 31 885 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 312 0.9× 405 1.2× 365 1.2× 91 2.5k
Jingru Liu China 21 774 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 278 0.8× 218 0.7× 318 1.0× 38 2.0k
Yuru Guan China 17 817 0.8× 926 1.0× 253 0.8× 191 0.6× 340 1.1× 27 1.8k
Lu Sun China 34 652 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 328 1.0× 298 0.9× 319 1.0× 165 3.7k
Junnian Song China 27 933 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 253 0.8× 175 0.5× 396 1.2× 75 2.2k
Guozhu Mao China 30 784 0.8× 930 1.0× 265 0.8× 234 0.7× 466 1.5× 78 3.2k
Xu Tian China 33 1.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 226 0.7× 223 0.7× 412 1.3× 82 2.8k
Xi Ji China 28 685 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 230 0.7× 189 0.6× 362 1.1× 44 2.0k
Rui Wu China 30 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 420 1.3× 211 0.6× 527 1.7× 65 2.5k
Lei Shen China 30 484 0.5× 915 1.0× 222 0.7× 277 0.8× 254 0.8× 104 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ya Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ya Zhou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ya Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ya Zhou 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 Ya Zhou. Ya Zhou 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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Cheng, Danyang, Dabo Guan, Yuli Shan, et al.. (2025). Inclusive wealth growth pathways within the carbon peak target for Chinese cities. 2(4). 100335–100335.
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Zhou, Ya, Lichao Wang, Hongtao Fan, Yu Wang, & Yaojie Sun. (2025). Research on interaction between HEMS-VPP and power system with high renewable energy penetration under net zero emissions: Operation strategy and economy viability boundary. Applied Energy. 390. 125773–125773. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhitong, et al.. (2024). Environmental impacts and mitigation potentials of CO2-based biodegradable plastic based on life cycle assessment – A case study of poly(propylene carbonate). Journal of Cleaner Production. 471. 143387–143387. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Huiquan, et al.. (2024). China's carbon peak analysis and life-cycle greenhouse gas emission estimation under the plastics limit order. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 53. 190–202. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ya, et al.. (2024). Low-carbon building evaluation index system based on hierarchical analysis method. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering. 24(2). 879–890. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Rong, et al.. (2024). Extracellular matrix-mimetic immunomodulatory fibrous scaffold based on a peony stamens polysaccharide for accelerated wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 264(Pt 2). 130573–130573. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pan, Ya Zhou, Yulei Xie, et al.. (2023). Spatial transmission mechanism of the water, energy and food nexus risks for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region of China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 405. 136906–136906. 13 indexed citations
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Guo, Xinyu, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the water footprint and nutritional quality of takeaway dishes for selected large cities in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 911. 168632–168632. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Lichao Jia, Ya Zhou, et al.. (2022). Life cycle assessment shows that retrofitting coal-fired power plants with fuel cells will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One Earth. 5(4). 392–402. 29 indexed citations
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Chu, Jianwen, Ya Zhou, Yanpeng Cai, et al.. (2022). Flow and stock accumulation of plastics in China: Patterns and drivers. The Science of The Total Environment. 852. 158513–158513. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yang, et al.. (2021). Building resilient cities with stringent pollution controls: A case study of robust planning of Shenzhen City’s urban agriculture system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 311. 127452–127452. 13 indexed citations
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Kang, Peng, Guanghan Song, Ming Xu, et al.. (2021). Low-carbon pathways for the booming express delivery sector in China. Nature Communications. 12(1). 450–450. 66 indexed citations
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Su, Meirong, Fanxin Meng, Yufei Liu, et al.. (2020). Analysis of urban carbon metabolism characteristics based on provincial input-output tables. Journal of Environmental Management. 265. 110561–110561. 45 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ya, Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, et al.. (2020). Sharing tableware reduces waste generation, emissions and water consumption in China’s takeaway packaging waste dilemma. Nature Food. 1(9). 552–561. 91 indexed citations
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Shan, Yuli, Ya Zhou, Jing Meng, et al.. (2019). Peak cement‐related CO 2 emissions and the changes in drivers in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(4). 959–971. 80 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ya. (2016). The status quo and characteristics of external vegetable consumption in Shanghai. Shanghai nongye xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Patel, P. L., Mohamad Hejazi, Page Kyle, et al.. (2013). An integrated assessment of energy-water nexus at the state level in the United States: Projections and analyses under different scenarios through 2095. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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