Zhen Wang

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
264 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Zhen Wang is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Wang has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Environmental Engineering, 46 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zhen Wang's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (50 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (37 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers). Zhen Wang is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (50 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (37 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (27 papers). Zhen Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhen Wang's co-authors include Can Cui, Sha Peng, Beibei Niu, Zhihua Shi, Shuxia Yu, Liyuan Wei, Song Hong, Rusong Wang, Yong He and Qiong Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Wang

238 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Wang China	41	1.2k	1.1k	799	652	559	264	5.0k
Bing Xue China	45	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	830 1.0×	762 1.2×	635 1.1×	211	6.5k
Gang Wu China	34	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	744 0.9×	805 1.2×	598 1.1×	187	5.4k
Zhenci Xu China	31	1.0k 0.8×	958 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	234 0.4×	448 0.8×	90	4.1k
Steven Van Passel Belgium	47	945 0.8×	762 0.7×	803 1.0×	219 0.3×	752 1.3×	282	7.5k
Laixiang Sun United States	40	2.5k 2.0×	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.7×	524 0.8×	423 0.8×	165	6.1k
John Reilly United States	43	855 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	321 0.5×	250 0.4×	140	5.8k
Linn Persson Sweden	12	1.2k 1.0×	875 0.8×	1.9k 2.3×	891 1.4×	705 1.3×	23	8.5k
KV Ragnarsdottir Iceland	45	841 0.7×	467 0.4×	474 0.6×	429 0.7×	674 1.2×	143	6.8k
Maximilian Auffhammer United States	35	758 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.3×	654 1.0×	506 0.9×	89	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Wang

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

All Works

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Zhan, Yong, et al.. (2025). Navigating renewable technological innovations and green supply chain management: Crafting a novel framework for boosting ecological quality in China. Energy Economics. 142. 108178–108178. 7 indexed citations

Li, Jiusheng & Zhen Wang. (2025). Emerging Irrigation and Drainage Technologies: A Bibliometric Review of the Journal Irrigation and Drainage From 2010 to 2024. Irrigation and Drainage. 74(1). 3–26. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jianping, Benzhong Xian, Xianfeng Tan, et al.. (2024). Sub-lacustrine debrite system: Facies architecture and sediment distribution pattern. Petroleum Science. 22(1). 110–129. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Liyuan, Hua Yan, Manfred Lenzen, et al.. (2024). Outsourcing carbon emissions of the expanding affluent groups in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 106. 107541–107541. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongyong, Ming Dou, Ximing Cai, et al.. (2024). Modeling multi-source plastic pollution yield and transport driven by catchment hydrometeorological processes. Water Research. 259. 121863–121863. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Kai, et al.. (2024). Tracing China's virtual water trade in global value chain: Participation, characteristics, and inequality. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. 141663–141663. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Huifang, et al.. (2024). Optimizing Non-Point Source Pollution Management: Evaluating Cost-Effective Strategies in a Small Watershed within the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Land. 13(6). 742–742. 4 indexed citations

Peng, Sha, Chang Tang, Bo Meng, et al.. (2024). Multi-layer perspective of household-driven carbon emissions reveals new industrial chain hotspots in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 467. 142979–142979.

Chen, Chao-Nan, Zhen Wang, Mingxi Wan, et al.. (2024). Focal liver lesions: multiparametric microvasculature characterization via super-resolution ultrasound imaging. European Radiology Experimental. 8(1). 138–138. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yue, Weiqiang Li, Xinghua Han, et al.. (2024). Impact of carbon neutralization policy on the suitable habitat distribution of the North China leopard. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18821–18821.

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Dawood, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Reassessing China's virtual water trade with a global value chain framework: Participation, inequality and multi-scenario analysis. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107904–107904. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Chang, et al.. (2023). How different is the remediation effect of biochar for cadmium contaminated soil in various cropping systems? A global meta-analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 448. 130939–130939. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Ju, Liyuan Wei, Jian Zuo, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous driving effects of middle-class expansion on carbon emissions in various regions of China: A structural path decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 389. 136112–136112. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanbo, Shuxia Yu, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2023). Soil conservation of sloping farmland in China: History, present, and future. Earth-Science Reviews. 249. 104655–104655. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Ling, Baodong Xu, Jinsong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Socioecological Predicament on Global Steeply Sloped Cropland. Earth s Future. 11(3). 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, et al.. (2023). Preparing ultra-thin copper foil as current collector for improving the LIBs performances with reduced carbon footprint. Materials Today Communications. 35. 105952–105952. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyu, et al.. (2023). Factors affecting phase change in coupling coordination between population, crop yield, and soil erosion in China’s 281 cities. Land Use Policy. 132. 106761–106761. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2023). Have consumption-based CO2 emissions in developed countries peaked?. Energy Policy. 184. 113894–113894. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2020). Development and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Quality of Recovery-40 Questionnaire. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Ronghua, et al.. (2016). Water physical and chemical data of Taihu laboratory (2001 – 2006). China Scientific Data. 1(2). 21.86101.1/csdata.170.2015.0014–21.86101.1/csdata.170.2015.0014. 1 indexed citations

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