Zhonghua Cheng

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
81 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Zhonghua Cheng is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhonghua Cheng has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 18 papers in Environmental Engineering and 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhonghua Cheng's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (47 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (15 papers). Zhonghua Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (47 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (15 papers). Zhonghua Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Zhonghua Cheng's co-authors include Lianshui Li, Jun Liu, Yaozu Liao, Xiang Li, Liu Jun, Jun Liu, Arne Thomas, Jun Liu, Jun Liu and Huiming Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zhonghua Cheng

74 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Industrial structure, technical progress and carbon intensity in China's provinces

2017 512 citations Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li et al. profile →
Identifying the spatial effects and driving factors of urban PM2.5 pollution in China

2017 316 citations Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li et al. profile →
Natural resource abundance, resource industry dependence and economic green growth in China

2020 217 citations Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li et al. profile →
The effect of environmental regulation on green total-factor productivity in China's industry

2022 146 citations Zhonghua Cheng et al. Environmental Impact Assessment Review profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Zhonghua Cheng

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhonghua Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhonghua Cheng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Environmental management system certification and corporate ESG greenwashing 2025 ·Energy Economics ·Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown)	1
2	ESG performance and green transformation of industrial corporates 2025 ·Economic Change and Restructuring ·Zhonghua Cheng, Minghui Zhao	0
3	The impact of climate policy uncertainty on corporate ESG greenwashing 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Zhonghua Cheng, Yixuan Wu	1
4	Can the issuance of green bonds promote corporate green transformation? 2024 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Zhonghua Cheng, Yixuan Wu	35
5	ESG and Chinese corporate OFDI 2024 ·Research in International Business and Finance ·Zhonghua Cheng, Yang Su	14
6	China's carbon emissions trading system and energy directed technical change 2024 ·Environmental Impact Assessment Review ·Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown)	13
7	Enhanced Conductivity in Conjugated Microporous Polymers via Integrating of Carbon Nanotubes for Ultrasensitive NO ₂ Chemiresistive Sensor 2024 ·Small ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), He Liu, Zhonghua Cheng, Shuang Li, Wei Lyu, Gang Xu, Xiaopeng Cheng, Yaozu Liao	4
8	Can new-type urbanization promote the green intensive use of land? 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Zhonghua Cheng, Xiang Li, Qi Zhang	69
9	Carbazole‐Based Donor‐Acceptor Conjugated Microporous Polymers for Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution^† 2023 ·Chinese Journal of Chemistry ·(unknown), Yang Chen, Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Cheng Qian, Yaozu Liao	17
10	The impact of water resource taxes on total factor water efficiency 2023 ·Water Policy ·(unknown), Zhonghua Cheng	12
11	Has green finance reform promoted green growth in Chinese industry? 2023 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Yichen Su, Zhonghua Cheng	4
12	Can carbon emissions trading improve corporate total factor productivity? 2023 ·Technological Forecasting and Social Change ·Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown)	38
13	Can central environmental protection inspection induce corporate green technology innovation? 2023 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown)	59
14	Does the smart city policy promote the green growth of the urban economy? Evidence from China 2021 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Yu Qian, Liu Jun, Zhonghua Cheng, Jeffrey Yi‐Lin Forrest	76
15	A Ni or Co single atom anchored conjugated microporous polymer for high-performance photocatalytic hydrogen evolution 2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yang Chen, Zhonghua Cheng, Giorgio Divitini, Cheng Qian, Bo Hou, Yaozu Liao	50
16	The spatial effect of fiscal decentralization on haze pollution in China 2021 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown)	40
17	Solvothermal synthesis of porphyrin-ferrocenyl conjugated microporous polymer nanospheres for shape-stable phase change materials with improved latent heat and cyclability 2021 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Huimin Li, Nan Meng, Wei Lyu, Zhonghua Cheng, (unknown), Weiyi Zhang, Yaozu Liao	40
18	The effect of information technology on environmental pollution in China 2019 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li, Jun Liu	68
19	Research on energy directed technical change in China's industry and its optimization of energy consumption pattern 2019 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li, Jun Liu, Huiming Zhang	30
20	Bifurcation and chaos of a three-species Lotka-Volterra food-chain model with spatial diffusion and time delays 2010 ·Scientific Research and Essays ·(unknown), Xisheng Jia, Jianmin Zhao, Zhonghua Cheng	1

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