Yu Cheng

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 947 citations indexed

About

Yu Cheng is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Cheng has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in Environmental Engineering and 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Yu Cheng's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (21 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers). Yu Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (21 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers). Yu Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Yu Cheng's co-authors include Jinxing Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Yue Zhang, Haimeng Liu, Xinyang Wang, Ya Ping Wang, Timothy H. Monk, Peter L. Franzen, Mary E. Fletcher and Douglas E. Moul and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Nutrients.

In The Last Decade

Yu Cheng

33 papers receiving 927 citations

Hit Papers

The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 50 100 150 200
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. The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon intensity: Spatial spillover and mediating effect
    2022 227 citations Yu Cheng, Yue Zhang et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →
  2. How does digitalization drive carbon emissions? The inverted U-shaped effect in China
    2023 136 citations Ge Wu, Yu Cheng et al. Environmental Impact Assessment Review profile →

Peers

Yu Cheng
Mirjana Radovanović Serbia
Gui Ye China
Xiaolan Fu China
Su‐Han Woo South Korea
Adrian Leaman United Kingdom
Thomas Brudermann Austria
Matthew Gibson United States
Mirjana Radovanović Serbia
Yu Cheng
Citations per year, relative to Yu Cheng Yu Cheng (= 1×) peers Mirjana Radovanović

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Cheng 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 Yu Cheng. Yu Cheng 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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Wang, Zi, et al.. (2026). Generalized win-odds regression models for composite endpoints. Lifetime Data Analysis. 32(1). 13–13.
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Sun, Minghao, et al.. (2024). Does transportation infrastructure contribute to urban entrepreneurship? Evidence from the high-speed railway in China. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 57. 101216–101216. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Jun, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Environmental Regulations on Pollution and Carbon Reduction in the Yellow River Basin, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 1709–1709. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Ge, et al.. (2023). How does digitalization drive carbon emissions? The inverted U-shaped effect in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 102. 107203–107203. 136 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Dan, Yan Liu, & Yu Cheng. (2023). Effects and Spatial Spillover of Manufacturing Agglomeration on Carbon Emissions in the Yellow River Basin, China. Sustainability. 15(12). 9386–9386. 9 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yu, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal evolution of carbon emission intensity and the driving effect of green technology innovation: Evidence from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(46). 103087–103100. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaping, et al.. (2022). Identifying the influencing factors and constructing incentive pattern of residents’ waste classification behavior using PCA-logistic regression. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(7). 17149–17165. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinyang, et al.. (2022). Impact of human capital on the green economy: empirical evidence from 30 Chinese provinces. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(5). 12785–12797. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yu, Yue Zhang, Jingjing Wang, & Jinxing Jiang. (2022). The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon intensity: Spatial spillover and mediating effect. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 189. 106762–106762. 227 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Yu, et al.. (2022). Impact of the Digital Economy on PM2.5: Experience from the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River Basin. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(24). 17094–17094. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Changjian, Zhuang Miao, Xiaodong Chen, & Yu Cheng. (2021). Factors affecting changes of greenhouse gas emissions in Belt and Road countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 147. 111220–111220. 61 indexed citations
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Li, Zongjin, Yu Cheng, & Asad Hanif. (2018). Development of a flexible capacitive sensor for concrete structure health monitoring. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 156–156. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yu. (2015). A Comparative Study of Man-Land System in Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone about Sustainable Evaluation and Spatial Types. Economic Geography. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Li‐Ning, Yu Cheng, Liang‐Kung Chen, et al.. (2015). Cognition and Social–Physiological Factors Associated With Malnutrition in Hospitalized Older Adults in Taiwan. Journal of Nursing Research. 23(1). 1–5. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ming, et al.. (2012). Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Zinc and Magnesium Doped Hydroxyapatite. Key engineering materials. 531-532. 250–253. 2 indexed citations
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Buysse, Daniel J., Yu Cheng, Anne Germain, et al.. (2009). Night-to-night sleep variability in older adults with and without chronic insomnia. Sleep Medicine. 11(1). 56–64. 193 indexed citations

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