Yuli Shan

21.9k total citations · 21 hit papers
189 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Yuli Shan is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuli Shan has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Environmental Engineering, 104 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 47 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yuli Shan's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (113 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (83 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (42 papers). Yuli Shan is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (113 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (83 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (42 papers). Yuli Shan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Yuli Shan's co-authors include Dabo Guan, Zhifu Mi, Zhu Liu, Klaus Hubacek, Jing Meng, Heran Zheng, Qi Huang, Yi-Ming Wei, Malin Song and Jiamin Ou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yuli Shan

178 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions du... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2020 2018 2020 2017 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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. Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement
    2020 1.5k citations Yuli Shan et al. profile →
  2. China CO2 emission accounts 1997–2015
    2018 1.1k citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Scientific Data profile →
  3. China CO2 emission accounts 2016–2017
    2020 790 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Scientific Data profile →
  4. Chinese CO2 emission flows have reversed since the global financial crisis
    2017 757 citations Zhifu Mi, Jing Meng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. County-level CO2 emissions and sequestration in China during 1997–2017
    2020 641 citations Malin Song, Yuli Shan et al. Scientific Data profile →
  6. Consumption-based emission accounting for Chinese cities
    2016 525 citations Zhifu Mi, Dabo Guan et al. Applied Energy profile →
  7. New provincial CO2 emission inventories in China based on apparent energy consumption data and updated emission factors
    2016 498 citations Yuli Shan, Jianghua Liu et al. Applied Energy profile →
  8. Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China
    2017 474 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  9. Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts
    2021 447 citations Yuru Guan, Yuli Shan et al. profile →
  10. Structural decline in China’s CO2 emissions through transitions in industry and energy systems
    2018 433 citations Dabo Guan, Jing Meng et al. profile →
  11. Global low-carbon energy transition in the post-COVID-19 era
    2021 429 citations Jinfang Tian, Rui Xue et al. Applied Energy profile →
  12. Socioeconomic impact assessment of China's CO2 emissions peak prior to 2030
    2016 373 citations Zhifu Mi, Yi-Ming Wei et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  13. Regional development and carbon emissions in China
    2019 355 citations Zhifu Mi, Yuli Shan et al. profile →
  14. City-level climate change mitigation in China
    2018 347 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. profile →
  15. City-level emission peak and drivers in China
    2022 291 citations Yuli Shan, Yuru Guan et al. profile →
  16. Regional determinants of China’s consumption-based emissions in the economic transition
    2020 284 citations Heran Zheng, Malin Song et al. profile →
  17. Burden of the global energy price crisis on households
    2023 270 citations Yuru Guan, Yan Jin et al. profile →
  18. Impacts of poverty alleviation on national and global carbon emissions
    2022 220 citations Klaus Hubacek, Yuli Shan et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  19. Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries
    2023 173 citations Danyang Cheng, David Reiner et al. Nature Communications profile →
  20. China carbon emission accounts 2020-2021
    2024 133 citations Jinghang Xu, Yuru Guan et al. Applied Energy profile →
  21. Environmental Finance: An Interdisciplinary Review
    2022 113 citations Rui Xue, Jinfang Tian 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
Yuli Shan China 60 8.9k 8.5k 3.4k 3.2k 2.9k 189 16.4k
Zhu Liu China 71 8.4k 0.9× 10.6k 1.2× 4.2k 1.2× 3.4k 1.1× 2.8k 1.0× 226 20.4k
Kuishuang Feng United States 74 7.0k 0.8× 9.2k 1.1× 2.6k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 221 16.0k
Zhifu Mi United Kingdom 53 6.4k 0.7× 6.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 152 12.1k
Yong Geng China 95 7.6k 0.9× 9.5k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 507 32.4k
Steven J. Davis United States 71 6.4k 0.7× 7.3k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 3.9k 1.2× 5.1k 1.7× 185 21.6k
Jing Meng China 58 6.4k 0.7× 7.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 226 13.1k
Glen P. Peters Norway 74 11.7k 1.3× 13.3k 1.6× 2.8k 0.8× 6.3k 2.0× 5.7k 2.0× 181 25.6k
Thomas Wiedmann Australia 65 6.5k 0.7× 11.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 3.4k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 171 18.2k
Manfred Lenzen Australia 88 10.5k 1.2× 17.4k 2.0× 2.5k 0.7× 5.9k 1.9× 2.0k 0.7× 308 29.3k
Edgar G. Hertwich Norway 73 5.7k 0.6× 11.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 4.8k 1.5× 1.5k 0.5× 253 19.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuli Shan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuli Shan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuli Shan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuli Shan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuli Shan 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 Yuli Shan. Yuli Shan 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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Chen, Zhuo, Reetik Kumar Sahu, Taher Kahil, et al.. (2025). Impacts of water conservation, wastewater treatment, and reuse on water quantity and quality stress mitigation in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(3). 777–793. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Miaohan, Gengyuan Liu, Jingke Hong, et al.. (2025). City-level emergy metabolism accounts for China’s 281 cities from 2000 to 2020. Scientific Data. 12(1). 55–55. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, Kangkang Tong, Jinghang Xu, & Yuli Shan. (2025). Developing a novel city-wide useful energy demand model based on detailed energy conversion processes. Energy. 323. 135833–135833.
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Liu, Di, et al.. (2025). Marginal abatement cost of urban emissions under climate policy: Assessment and projection for China's 2030 climate target. Sustainable Cities and Society. 124. 106319–106319. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Ke, et al.. (2024). Changes in global trade patterns increase global inequality towards Sustainable Development Goals. Ecological Economics. 227. 108421–108421. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaohua, Heran Zheng, Kailan Tian, et al.. (2024). Environmental-social-economic synergy of China's investment on BRI countries. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 214. 108039–108039. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ning, Huabo Duan, Yuru Guan, et al.. (2024). The “Eastern Data and Western Computing” Initiative in China Contributes to Its Net-Zero Target. Engineering. 52. 256–261. 8 indexed citations
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Zhong, Chao, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the green path: How urban openness reduces pollution and paves the way to sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122378–122378. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zongyong, Yuli Shan, Dandan Zhao, et al.. (2024). City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China. Scientific Data. 11(1). 449–449. 15 indexed citations
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Xue, Rui, et al.. (2023). How does global value chain embeddedness affect environmental pollution? Evidence from Chinese enterprises. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140232–140232. 15 indexed citations
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Tian, Jinfang, Cheng Qian, Rui Xue, Yilong Han, & Yuli Shan. (2023). A dataset on corporate sustainability disclosure. Scientific Data. 10(1). 182–182. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Danyang, David Reiner, Fan Yang, et al.. (2023). Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8213–8213. 173 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yaxin, Yuli Shan, Xinzhu Zheng, et al.. (2023). Energy price shocks induced by the Russia-Ukraine conflict jeopardize wellbeing. Energy Policy. 182. 113743–113743. 24 indexed citations
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Cui, Can, Dabo Guan, Daoping Wang, et al.. (2022). Global mitigation efforts cannot neglect emerging emitters. National Science Review. 9(12). nwac223–nwac223. 9 indexed citations
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Hubacek, Klaus, et al.. (2022). Impacts of poverty alleviation on national and global carbon emissions. Nature Sustainability. 5(4). 311–320. 220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zongyong, Junguo Liu, Bofeng Cai, et al.. (2020). City‐level water withdrawal in China: Accounting methodology and applications. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24(5). 951–964. 22 indexed citations
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Han, Pengfei, Qixiang Cai, Tomohiro Oda, et al.. (2020). Assessing the recent impact of COVID-19 on carbon emissions from China using domestic economic data. 3 indexed citations
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Zheng, Heran, Jing Meng, Zhifu Mi, et al.. (2019). Linking city‐level input–output table to urban energy footprint: Construction framework and application. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(4). 781–795. 56 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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Cui, Can, Yuli Shan, Jianghua Liu, et al.. (2019). CO2 emissions and their spatial patterns of Xinjiang cities in China. Applied Energy. 252. 113473–113473. 39 indexed citations

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