---
title: "China City Statistical Yearbook: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 53 archived papers mentioned China City Statistical Yearbook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Feb 2024 (7)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-city-statistical-yearbook
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license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 53 archived papers mentioned China City Statistical Yearbook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Feb 2024 (7). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# China City Statistical Yearbook

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory.md)

Province- and city-level statistics from Chinese statistical yearbooks, and regional indices built from them.

- data category: China statistical yearbooks and regional indices
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: China City Statistical Yearbook

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All China statistical yearbooks and regional indices datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-statistical-yearbooks-and-regional-indices.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 53 archived papers mentioned China City Statistical Yearbook in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Feb 2024 (7).
- China City Statistical Yearbook was mentioned in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #103 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Operations Research (1), Finance (1) and Management (1).
- Most of them appeared in Research in Transportation Business & Management (1), International Review of Economics & Finance (1) and Journal of International Management (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), China City Statistical Yearbook was mentioned in 53 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (19), economics (18) and management (10).
- 5 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (4), Hunan University (3) and Liaoning University (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were International Review of Economics & Finance (15), Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (3) and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2).
- The most-cited of them is “Climate policy in emerging economies: Evidence from China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot” (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024), with 83 citations.
- Papers use China City Statistical Yearbook most often with CSMAR (18), China Statistical Yearbook (14) and China government work reports (10); it has 14 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 14 | 5 | 34 | 53 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| All categories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 32 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 3 |
| 3 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Public Choice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-choice.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Journal of Urban Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-urban-economics.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 4 |
| 2 | [Hunan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hunan-university.md) | 3 |
| 3 | Liaoning University | 3 |
| 4 | [Nanjing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university.md) | 3 |
| 5 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xian-jiaotong-liverpool-university.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Guangzhou University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/guangzhou-university.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Harbin Institute of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/harbin-institute-of-technology.md) | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 49 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 7 |
| 3 | United States | 6 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 2 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 8 | Austria | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1 |
| 10 | Denmark | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Chinese cities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-cities.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [spatial spillover effects](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/spatial-spillover-effects.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [environmental regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/environmental-regulation.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 4 |
| 7 | digital infrastructure | 4 |
| 8 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [technological innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/technological-innovation.md) | 4 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 | 2.5 | [Climate policy in emerging economies: Evidence from China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102943) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2024-02-17 | Haibo Zhang, Corrado Di Maria, Bahar Ghezelayagh et al. |
| 2 | 57 | 1.8 | [Does unequal economic development contribute to the inequitable distribution of healthcare resources? Evidence from China spanning 2001–2020](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-024-01025-z) | [Globalization and Health](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/globalization-and-health.md) | 2024-03-05 | Afei Qin, Wenzhe Qin, Fangfang Hu et al. |
| 3 | 41 | 1.2 | [Does the low-carbon pilot cities policy make a difference to the carbon intensity reduction?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.10.032) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2023-11-20 | Yi‐Shuai Ren, Pei-Zhi Liu, Tony Klein et al. |
| 4 | 34 | 1.0 | [Digital inclusive finance and corporate environmental performance: Insights from Chinese micro, small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2024.02.009) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 2024-02-23 | Boqiang Lin, Chongchong Xu |
| 5 | 32 | 1.0 | [Foreign ownership and bribery in Chinese listed firms: An institutional perspective](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114530) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2024-02-01 | Wei Jiang, Daokang Luo, Liwen Wang et al. |

## Used together with

Papers use China City Statistical Yearbook most often with CSMAR (18), China Statistical Yearbook (14) and China government work reports (10); it has 14 partners in the code and data network, in the group around CSMAR, CNRDS, National Bureau of….

*What papers use China City Statistical Yearbook together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [CSMAR](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/csmar.md) | Dataset | 18 | 37.1 |
| [China Statistical Yearbook](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-statistical-yearbook.md) | Dataset | 14 | 85.4 |
| [China government work reports](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-government-work-reports.md) | Dataset | 10 | 123.7 |
| [Marketization index (Fan Gang)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/marketization-index-fan-gang.md) | Dataset | 7 | 9.4 |
| [CNRDS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cnrds.md) | Dataset | 6 | 37.6 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 6 | 2.3 |
| [National Bureau of Statistics of China](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/national-bureau-of-statistics-of-china.md) | Dataset | 6 | 33.0 |
| [Night-time lights (VIIRS, DMSP)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/night-time-lights-viirs-dmsp.md) | Dataset | 6 | 15.8 |
| [Peking University Digital Financial Inclusion Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/peking-university-digital-financial-inclusion-index.md) | Dataset | 5 | 92.1 |
| [China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo.md) | Dataset | 4 | 30.3 |
| [Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/chinese-industrial-enterprises-database.md) | Dataset | 4 | 100.3 |
| [Wind](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/wind.md) | Dataset | 4 | 22.1 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning China City Statistical Yearbook in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | [Toward greener urban freight: The effect of China's green freight distribution pilot program on PM2.5 concentrations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2026.101928) | [Research in Transportation Business & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-transportation-business-management.md) | Xu Zhang, Xuefu Sun, Yu Fu | Harbin University of Commerce |
| 2026-10-21 | [The impact of carbon emissions trading on the cleanliness of corporate export products: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment based on the carbon emissions trading pilot](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105997) | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | Xiaohng Chen, Jing Yang, Huaqing Zuoma et al. | Xinjiang Normal University; Xinjiang University; China University of Petroleum, East China |
| 2026-10-17 | [The transparency dividend: Effects of corporate environmental management information disclosure on green-tech FDIs in emerging-market cities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2026.101433) | [Journal of International Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-management.md) | Zhuoran Liu, Yameng Zhang, Honglan Yu et al. | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; University of Sheffield |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China City Statistical Yearbook. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-city-statistical-yearbook

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-china-city-statistical-yearbook,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {China City Statistical Yearbook},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-city-statistical-yearbook}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).