Yuan Lai

762 total citations
35 papers, 472 citations indexed

About

Yuan Lai is a scholar working on Transportation, Media Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuan Lai has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 472 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Transportation, 6 papers in Media Technology and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yuan Lai's work include Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (14 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 papers) and Smart Cities and Technologies (5 papers). Yuan Lai is often cited by papers focused on Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (14 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 papers) and Smart Cities and Technologies (5 papers). Yuan Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Yuan Lai's co-authors include Constantine E. Kontokosta, F. Ishu Ishiyama, Leo Anthony Celi, Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Marina Morrow, David J. Stone, Sokratis Papadopoulos, Li Yin, Gary Pivo and Franz Fuerst and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Energy and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Yuan Lai

31 papers receiving 439 citations

Peers

Yuan Lai
Nisha Botchwey United States
Timothy Ross Canada
Benjamin W. Chrisinger United States
Noli Brazil United States
Avril Blamey United Kingdom
Alessandro Morganti Italy
Richard W. Christiana United States
Annette Aalborg United States
Jing Xie China
Atif Bilal Aslam Pakistan
Nisha Botchwey United States
Yuan Lai
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Countries citing papers authored by Yuan Lai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuan Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuan Lai

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

All Works

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Lin, Yuming, Guanjie Zheng, Yü Liu, et al.. (2025). MetaCity: Data-driven sustainable development of complex cities. The Innovation. 6(2). 100775–100775. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Anming, et al.. (2025). Revealing the amenity-perception connection: Integrating social sensing with generative AI. Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science. 53(1). 32–48.
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Zhou, Li & Yuan Lai. (2025). Urban Spatial Heat Resilience Indicator Based on Running Activity Z-Score. Urban Science. 9(2). 34–34. 2 indexed citations
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Kassis, Timothy, et al.. (2024). Pivot to Remote Teaching of an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Project-Based Program: Spring–Fall 2020. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings.
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Lai, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Data-driven insights into age-friendly smart community development in China: A case study of Beijing. 6(3). 1754–1754. 1 indexed citations
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Demetres, Michelle, Yuan Lai, Fei Wang, et al.. (2024). Use of machine learning tools to predict health risks from climate-sensitive extreme weather events: A scoping review. PLOS Climate. 3(1). e0000338–e0000338. 2 indexed citations
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Lavi, Rea, et al.. (2024). The Evolution of an Interdisciplinary Case-Based Learning First-Year Course. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).
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Gallifant, Jack, Yuan Lai, Cleva Villanueva, et al.. (2023). Delivering on NIH data sharing requirements: avoiding Open Data in Appearance Only. BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 30(1). e100771–e100771. 11 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan & Yifeng Liu. (2022). Computing Places and Human Activity in Data-absent Informal Urban Settlements. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan. (2022). Urban Intelligence for Carbon Neutral Cities: Creating Synergy among Data, Analytics, and Climate Actions. Sustainability. 14(12). 7286–7286. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan, Sokratis Papadopoulos, Franz Fuerst, et al.. (2021). Building retrofit hurdle rates and risk aversion in energy efficiency investments. Applied Energy. 306. 118048–118048. 29 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan. (2021). Urban Intelligence for Planetary Health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 972–979. 3 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan, et al.. (2020). Urban Intelligence for Pandemic Response: Viewpoint. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 6(2). e18873–e18873. 26 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan, Marie‐Laure Charpignon, Daniel K. Ebner, & Leo Anthony Celi. (2020). Unsupervised learning for county-level typological classification for COVID-19 research. Intelligence-Based Medicine. 1-2. 100002–100002. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan & Constantine E. Kontokosta. (2019). The impact of urban street tree species on air quality and respiratory illness: A spatial analysis of large-scale, high-resolution urban data. Health & Place. 56. 80–87. 42 indexed citations
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Celi, Leo Anthony, et al.. (2015). Disrupting Electronic Health Records Systems: The Next Generation. JMIR Medical Informatics. 3(4). e34–e34. 25 indexed citations
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Morrow, Marina, et al.. (2008). Shifting Landscapes: Immigrant Women and Postpartum Depression. Health Care For Women International. 29(6). 593–617. 52 indexed citations
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Lai, Yuan & F. Ishu Ishiyama. (2004). Involvement of Immigrant Chinese Canadian Mothers of Children with Disabilities. Exceptional Children. 71(1). 97–108. 57 indexed citations

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