Zongguo Wen

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Zongguo Wen is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongguo Wen has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 64 papers in Environmental Engineering and 33 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Zongguo Wen's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (60 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (45 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (41 papers). Zongguo Wen is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (60 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (45 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (41 papers). Zongguo Wen collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Zongguo Wen's co-authors include Kunmin Zhang, Djavan De Clercq, Fan Fei, Christian Doh Dinga, Jining Chen, Yihan Wang, Xiaoyan Meng, Yuan Tao, Fanxin Meng and Yi Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zongguo Wen

148 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Review and challenges of policies of environmental protection and sustainable development in China

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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
Zongguo Wen China	44	2.0k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	976	154	6.5k
Idiano D’Adamo Italy	53	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.8×	935 0.9×	825 0.8×	182	7.5k
Raimund Bleischwitz United Kingdom	37	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	831 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	148	5.4k
Jingzheng Ren Hong Kong	61	1.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	325	12.1k
Yuichi Moriguchi Japan	37	1.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.7×	736 0.6×	935 0.9×	666 0.7×	155	5.1k
Ester van der Voet Netherlands	46	1.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.6×	587 0.5×	723 0.7×	994 1.0×	106	6.4k
Zengwei Yuan China	46	2.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	671 0.6×	801 0.8×	154	9.1k
Matthias Finkbeiner Germany	53	1.6k 0.8×	4.3k 2.6×	2.0k 1.7×	648 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	277	9.3k
Stefan Pauliuk Germany	39	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	769 0.7×	887 0.9×	86	5.6k
David Pennington Italy	31	1.9k 1.0×	4.4k 2.7×	1.2k 1.1×	591 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	67	8.1k
Steven Van Passel Belgium	47	1.2k 0.6×	945 0.6×	835 0.7×	762 0.7×	751 0.8×	282	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zongguo Wen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zongguo Wen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongguo Wen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zongguo Wen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zongguo Wen 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 Zongguo Wen. Zongguo Wen 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

Wang, Yihan, Zongguo Wen, Mao Xu, & Christian Doh Dinga. (2025). Long-term transformation in China’s steel sector for carbon capture and storage technology deployment. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4251–4251. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Allocation equality of battery replacement subsidy for electric buses: Evidence from provinces and cities in China. Energy Policy. 210. 115005–115005.

Song, Qingbin, et al.. (2025). Dynamic nitrogen metabolism in urban environments: Cross-sectoral and cross-media insights for sustainable management. Resources Environment and Sustainability. 19. 100193–100193.

Fei, Fan, et al.. (2025). New data-driven off-site-supervision mode for flue gas emissions: Data mining of 713 municipal solid-waste incineration factories in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 390. 126219–126219. 1 indexed citations

Fei, Fan, et al.. (2024). Is multi-source solid waste co-disposal practices in waste-to-energy plants sustainable? A comparative life cycle assessment. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 215. 108069–108069. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Advancing circular economy of pallets: A comprehensive evaluation framework. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 211. 107874–107874.

Zhang, Zechen, et al.. (2024). The spatial pattern, driving factors and evolutionary trend of energy cooperation and consumption in the “Belt and Road Initiative” countries. Energy. 306. 132416–132416. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Kaihan, Ni Sheng, Wang Li, et al.. (2024). What influences different stakeholders' willingness to accept and pay for reusable tableware? Evidence from a CVM survey of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 110. 107671–107671. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Circular economy strategies for the booming industrial pallet use in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 46. 244–255. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Xin, Chang Liu, Mingxuan Wu, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneity and connection in the spatial–temporal evolution trend of China’s energy consumption at provincial level. Applied Energy. 336. 120842–120842. 23 indexed citations

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Beck, M.B., et al.. (2023). Multi-sectoral analysis of smarter urban nitrogen metabolism: A case study of Suzhou, China. Ecological Modelling. 478. 110286–110286. 11 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2021). Approaches and Policies to Promote Zero-Waste City Construction: China’s Practices and Lessons. Sustainability. 13(24). 13537–13537. 31 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2021). China’s plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide. Nature Communications. 12(1). 425–425. 221 indexed citations

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Cao, Xin, et al.. (2017). Transforming the Cement Industry into a Key Environmental Infrastructure for Urban Ecosystem: A Case Study of an Industrial City in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(4). 881–893. 34 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo. (2017). The Research and Application of Sustainable Long-release Carbon Material with Agricultural Waste. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 2 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2016). Rare Earths from Mines to Metals: Comparing Environmental Impacts from China's Main Production Pathways. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(5). 1277–1290. 100 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2016). Location Optimization of Urban Mining Facilities with Maximal Covering Model in GIS: A Case of China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(4). 913–923. 15 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2015). Urban Mining's Potential to Relieve China's Coming Resource Crisis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 19(6). 1091–1102. 62 indexed citations

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Ma, Shuhua, Zongguo Wen, & Jining Chen. (2012). Scenario Analysis of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Reduction Potential in China's Iron and Steel Industry. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(4). 506–517. 42 indexed citations

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Wen, Zongguo, et al.. (2010). Materials Metabolism Analysis of China's Highway Traffic System (HTS) for Promoting Circular Economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 14(4). 641–649. 23 indexed citations

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