Yan Yuan

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Yuan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Yuan has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Yuan's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (9 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (7 papers). Yan Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (9 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (7 papers). Yan Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Mexico. Yan Yuan's co-authors include Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Mika Goto, Rong Zhao, Daoping Wang, Aijun Li, Titus O. Awokuse, Steven T. Yen, Puyang Sun, Ping Gao and W. Douglass Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Economics, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Yan Yuan

36 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. A literature study for DEA applied to energy and environment
    2016 406 citations Toshiyuki Sueyoshi, Yan Yuan et al. Energy Economics profile →

Peers

Yan Yuan
Dong‐hyun Oh South Korea
Ziying Fan China
Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto Brazil
Luis Orea Spain
Κωνσταντίνος Κουνετάς Greece
Shihong Zeng China
Decai Tang China
Giulia Romanò Italy
Panayiotis Tzeremes Greece
Dong‐hyun Oh South Korea
Yan Yuan
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Countries citing papers authored by Yan Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Yuan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Yuan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Yuan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Yuan 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 Yan Yuan. Yan Yuan 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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Gong, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Digital wealth management and consumption: Micro evidence from individual investments. China Economic Review. 81. 102022–102022. 9 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2023). Household Registration System Reform and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China’s Scaled Industrial Firms. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 59(11). 3468–3486. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2022). Cognitive proximity, technological regime and knowledge accumulation: an agent-based model of interfirm knowledge exchange. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation. 31(2). 336–355. 6 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2022). Depressed access to formal finance and the use of credit card debt in Chinese SMEs. China Economic Review. 72. 101758–101758. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rong, et al.. (2019). Financial literacy and formal credit accessibility: Evidence from informal businesses in China. Finance research letters. 36. 101327–101327. 60 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qin, et al.. (2017). Does Health Insurance Coverage Influence Household Financial Portfolios? A Case Study in Urban China. Frontiers of Economics in China. 12(1). 94–112. 4 indexed citations
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Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki, Yan Yuan, Aijun Li, & Daoping Wang. (2017). Social Sustainability of Provinces in China: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Window Analysis under the Concepts of Natural and Managerial Disposability. Sustainability. 9(11). 2078–2078. 23 indexed citations
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Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki, Yan Yuan, & Mika Goto. (2016). A literature study for DEA applied to energy and environment. Energy Economics. 62. 104–124. 406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Qin, et al.. (2016). Does Residential Housing Crowd Out or Promote Households’ Stock Investment? Evidence from China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 53(8). 1869–1893. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Puyang & Yan Yuan. (2015). Industrial Agglomeration and Environmental Degradation: Empirical Evidence in Chinese Cities. Pacific Economic Review. 20(4). 544–568. 28 indexed citations
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Sueyoshi, Toshiyuki & Yan Yuan. (2015). China's regional sustainability and diversified resource allocation: DEA environmental assessment on economic development and air pollution. Energy Economics. 49. 239–256. 167 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2013). What determine the interest rates in China’s informal market?. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 11(3). 179–196. 8 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2012). Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 2 indexed citations
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Yen, Steven T., W. Douglass Shaw, & Yan Yuan. (2010). Cigarette smoking and self-reported health in China. China Economic Review. 21(4). 532–543. 25 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, Oral Capps, & Rodolfo M. Nayga. (2009). Assessing the Demand for a Functional Food Product: Is There Cannibalization in the Orange Juice Category?. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 38(2). 153–165. 11 indexed citations
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Awokuse, Titus O. & Yan Yuan. (2006). The impact of exchange rate volatility on U.S. poultry exports. Agribusiness. 22(2). 233–245. 35 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2003). EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY AND U.S. POULTRY EXPORTS: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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