Zuankuo Liu

722 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 582 citations indexed

About

Zuankuo Liu is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Zuankuo Liu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 582 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Zuankuo Liu's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (7 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 papers). Zuankuo Liu is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (7 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 papers). Zuankuo Liu collaborates with scholars based in China. Zuankuo Liu's co-authors include Hongyan Wang, Rongkun Liu, Shanglei Chai, Qiang Li, Qiang Ji, Yihan Zhang, Feifei Cao, Changyu Liu and Qianqian Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

In The Last Decade

Zuankuo Liu

12 papers receiving 575 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.

Has China's Belt and Road Initiative promoted its green total factor productivity？——Evidence from primary provinces along the route

2019 244 citations Zuankuo Liu et al. Energy Policy profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zuankuo Liu China	8	491	162	104	101	80	13	582
Chengfeng Zhuo China	10	470 1.0×	117 0.7×	73 0.7×	91 0.9×	146 1.8×	11	652
Silvia Albrizio United States	6	623 1.3×	161 1.0×	77 0.7×	203 2.0×	145 1.8×	15	733
Peixiao Qi China	4	367 0.7×	147 0.9×	39 0.4×	47 0.5×	89 1.1×	9	514
Hongzhong Fan China	12	448 0.9×	107 0.7×	117 1.1×	41 0.4×	108 1.4×	32	589
Weifeng Sun China	3	555 1.1×	43 0.3×	77 0.7×	131 1.3×	91 1.1×	5	655
Jiangfeng Hu China	11	525 1.1×	155 1.0×	27 0.3×	164 1.6×	137 1.7×	16	639
Fang Zhen China	7	403 0.8×	89 0.5×	27 0.3×	111 1.1×	80 1.0×	20	542
Muhammad Umer Quddoos Pakistan	9	428 0.9×	113 0.7×	41 0.4×	52 0.5×	71 0.9×	35	587
Shekhar Mishra India	9	765 1.6×	140 0.9×	62 0.6×	111 1.1×	98 1.2×	20	861
Jinye Li China	14	503 1.0×	127 0.8×	29 0.3×	107 1.1×	90 1.1×	34	621

Countries citing papers authored by Zuankuo Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zuankuo Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zuankuo Liu

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

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

Chai, Shanglei, et al.. (2025). Inhibition or inducement? The impact of carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) on corporate earnings management from the perspective of public pressure. International Review of Financial Analysis. 101. 104019–104019. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2025). Evolution of green collaborative innovation networks and their formation mechanisms: evidence from high-end equipment manufacturing industry in Bohai Rim Region, China. Environment Development and Sustainability.

Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2024). The driving effect of polycentric city network on the coordinated development of regional economy in Bohai Rim region of China. Heliyon. 10(23). e40173–e40173. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2024). How do enterprises’ green collaborative innovation network locations affect their green total factor productivity? Empirical analysis based on social network analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 438. 140766–140766. 31 indexed citations

Chai, Shanglei, et al.. (2023). Exploring the nexus between ESG disclosure and corporate sustainable growth: Moderating role of media attention. Finance research letters. 58. 104519–104519. 46 indexed citations

Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2023). Spatial correlation network structure of green innovation efficiency and its driving factors in the Bohai Rim region. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(11). 27227–27247. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyan, et al.. (2022). The impact and mechanisms of the Shanghai pilot free-trade zone on the green total factor productivity of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(27). 40997–41011. 36 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyan, et al.. (2020). The impact of the free trade zone on green total factor productivity ——evidence from the shanghai pilot free trade zone. Energy Policy. 148. 112000–112000. 143 indexed citations

Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2019). Does the China-Korea Free Trade Area Promote the Green Total Factor Productivity of China’s Manufacturing Industry?. Journal of Korea Trade. 23(5). 27–44. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2019). Has China's Belt and Road Initiative promoted its green total factor productivity？——Evidence from primary provinces along the route. Energy Policy. 129. 360–369. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2019). Does “replacing business tax with value-added tax” promote the energy efficiency of the logistics industry in China?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(32). 33169–33180. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2019). Dynamic analysis of spatial convergence of green total factor productivity in China’s primary provinces along its Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment. 17(2). 101–112. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Zuankuo, et al.. (2014). Research on Application of Balanced Scorecard in the Government Performance Appraisal. Open Journal of Social Sciences. 2(9). 91–96. 6 indexed citations

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