Zhaohua Wang

20.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
290 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Zhaohua Wang is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhaohua Wang has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 84 papers in Environmental Engineering and 74 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhaohua Wang's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (83 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (81 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (62 papers). Zhaohua Wang is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (83 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (81 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (62 papers). Zhaohua Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhaohua Wang's co-authors include Bin Zhang, Bo Wang, Danish Khan, Jianhua Yin, Zahoor Ahmed, Yixiang Zhang, Chuan Wu, Ying Bai, Guo Li and Feng Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhaohua Wang

279 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Role of renewable energy and non-renewable energy consumption on EKC: Evidence from Pakistan

2017 514 citations Bin Zhang, Bo Wang et al. profile →
Does globalization increase the ecological footprint? Empirical evidence from Malaysia

2019 366 citations Zhaohua Wang et al. profile →
Co‐Construction of Sulfur Vacancies and Heterojunctions in Tungsten Disulfide to Induce Fast Electronic/Ionic Diffusion Kinetics for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2020 356 citations Yu Li, Ji Qian et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Investigating the impact of human capital on the ecological footprint in India: An empirical analysis

2019 341 citations Zhaohua Wang et al. profile →
From intention to action: How do personal attitudes, facilities accessibility, and government stimulus matter for household waste sorting?

2018 285 citations Bin Zhang, Kee‐hung Lai et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Probing the Energy Storage Mechanism of Quasi‐Metallic Na in Hard Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2021 264 citations Zhaohua Wang, Xin Feng et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
The moderating role of corruption between economic growth and CO2 emissions: Evidence from BRICS economies

2018 239 citations Zhaohua Wang, Bin Zhang et al. Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhaohua Wang China	77	7.5k	4.5k	4.2k	3.8k	2.1k	290	17.0k
Haitao Wu China	58	10.1k 1.4×	3.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	2.3k 1.1×	217	14.3k
Paul Ekins United Kingdom	51	3.4k 0.5×	4.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.4×	3.0k 0.8×	468 0.2×	224	12.5k
Jian Zuo Australia	81	3.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	3.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	558	22.9k
Muhammad Irfan China	68	8.6k 1.1×	4.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	944 0.2×	2.0k 1.0×	242	14.3k
Edgar G. Hertwich Norway	73	5.7k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	11.1k 2.6×	2.0k 0.5×	842 0.4×	253	19.6k
Arnold Tukker Netherlands	63	2.7k 0.4×	2.0k 0.4×	5.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	4.0k 1.9×	231	17.5k
Benjamin K. Sovacool United Kingdom	113	6.1k 0.8×	9.7k 2.2×	4.1k 1.0×	9.9k 2.6×	1.3k 0.6×	705	42.7k
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie Norway	60	11.6k 1.6×	7.4k 1.7×	4.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	766 0.4×	167	17.3k
Yi‐Ming Wei China	89	14.6k 2.0×	7.4k 1.6×	10.1k 2.4×	3.6k 0.9×	834 0.4×	388	25.6k
Sangwon Suh United States	60	2.8k 0.4×	2.7k 0.6×	9.9k 2.3×	1.7k 0.5×	471 0.2×	182	21.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhaohua Wang

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Shi, Han, et al.. (2025). Examining energy poverty under high temperatures in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 215. 115575–115575. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaohua, et al.. (2025). Towards sustainable future: Assessing the impact of coal phase-down on the sustainable development goals in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 378. 124713–124713. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2024). Ripple effects of coal phaseout on employment in China: From mining to coal consumption sectors. Resources Policy. 97. 105290–105290. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaohua, et al.. (2024). Multi-objective capacity configuration optimization of the combined wind - Storage system considering ELCC and LCOE. Energy. 301. 131558–131558. 10 indexed citations

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

Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2024). How does extreme temperature affect shared travel? Evidence from bike-sharing order flow in China. Journal of Transport Geography. 118. 103928–103928. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaohua, et al.. (2024). Construction of suspended bagasse bioflocs and evaluation of their effectiveness in shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) aquaculture systems. Aquaculture. 586. 740826–740826. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2023). Interprovincial inequality between economic benefit and carbon footprint: Perspective from China's Construction industry. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 104. 107293–107293. 21 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2023). Assessing the efforts of coal phaseout for carbon neutrality in China. Applied Energy. 352. 121924–121924. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2023). Does the energy efficiency of buildings bring price premiums? Evidence from urban micro-level energy data. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 181. 113315–113315. 31 indexed citations

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Deng, Nana, et al.. (2023). Does electricity price reduction bring a sustainable development of business: Evidence from fine-grained industrial electricity consumption data in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 335. 117522–117522. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Ying, Ying Li, Feng Wu, et al.. (2023). Multilevel Gradient‐Ordered Silicon Anode with Unprecedented Sodium Storage. Advanced Materials. 36(7). e2310270–e2310270. 20 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yanxia, Feng Wu, Yiran Liu, et al.. (2020). Rational Tuning of a Li₄SiO₄-Based Hybrid Interface with Unique Stepwise Prelithiation for Dendrite-Proof and High-Rate Lithium Anodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(35). 39362–39371. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Guanghai, Ying Bai, Yongsheng Gao, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of Crystallization of Poly(ethylene oxide) by Ionic Liquid: Insight into Plasticizing Mechanism and Application for Solid-State Sodium Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(46). 43252–43260. 76 indexed citations

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Ren, Haixia, Ying Bai, Xinran Wang, et al.. (2019). High-Capacity Interstitial Mn-Incorporated Mn_xFe_3–xO₄/Graphene Nanocomposite for Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(41). 37812–37821. 44 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Yahong Xu, Zhaohua Wang, et al.. (2018). Stable Carbon–Selenium Bonds for Enhanced Performance in Tremella‐Like 2D Chalcogenide Battery Anode. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(23). 85 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Xingzhen Zhou, Ying Bai, et al.. (2017). Building an Electronic Bridge via Ag Decoration To Enhance Kinetics of Iron Fluoride Cathode in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(23). 19852–19860. 57 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, Zhaohua Wang, & Kee‐hung Lai. (2015). Does Industrial Waste Reuse Bring Dual Benefits of Economic Growth and Carbon Emission Reduction?: Evidence of Incorporating the Indirect Effect of Economic Growth in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20(6). 1306–1319. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Guo, et al.. (2013). Supply coordination based on bonus policy in assembly under uncertain delivery time. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 26(2). 293–303. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhaohua, Jian‐Hua Yin, & Weimin Ma. (2008). A fuzzy modeling and solution algorithm for optimization on E-waste reverse logistics. 472–478. 1 indexed citations

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