Papers on “Chinese cities”
Research on “Chinese cities” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Chinese cities” appeared in 689 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (414), finance (137) and operations research (60).
- 154 of them were published in 2025, against 17 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (20), Xi'an Jiaotong University (17) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (17).
- The journals publishing most of them were Economic Analysis and Policy (60), Finance research letters (44) and Energy Economics (40).
- The most-cited of them is “Environmental regulation, green technology innovation, and industrial structure upgrading: The road to the green transformation of Chinese cities” (Energy Economics, 2021), with 1,192 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 14 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 52 | 77 | 82 | 65 |
| Finance | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 46 | 37 |
| Operations Research | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Management | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 17 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 91 | 133 | 154 | 130 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 60 |
| 2 | Finance research letters | 44 |
| 3 | Energy Economics | 40 |
| 4 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 40 |
| 5 | Resources Policy | 21 |
| 6 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 18 |
| 7 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 17 |
| 8 | Land Use Policy | 16 |
| 9 | Energy Policy | 15 |
| 10 | Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice | 13 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peking University | 20 |
| 2 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 17 |
| 3 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 17 |
| 4 | Chongqing University | 15 |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Finance and Economics | 15 |
| 6 | Sun Yat-sen University | 15 |
| 7 | Tsinghua University | 15 |
| 8 | Wuhan University | 15 |
| 9 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 14 |
| 10 | Nanchang University | 14 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 483 |
| 2 | United States | 47 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 26 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 23 |
| 5 | Australia | 16 |
| 6 | Macao | 10 |
| 7 | France | 7 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 7 |
| 9 | Singapore | 7 |
| 10 | Canada | 6 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | spatial spillover effects | 83 |
| 2 | regional heterogeneity | 72 |
| 3 | industrial upgrading | 49 |
| 4 | green innovation | 47 |
| 5 | resource-based cities | 44 |
| 6 | digital economy | 41 |
| 7 | CO2 emissions | 34 |
| 8 | environmental regulation | 34 |
| 9 | green technology innovation | 31 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,192 | 17.7 | Environmental regulation, green technology innovation, and industrial structure upgrading: The road to the green transformation of Chinese cities | Energy Economics | 2021-03-26 | Kerui Du, Yuanyuan Cheng, Xin Yao |
| 2 | 697 | 12.7 | Digital economy and carbon emission performance: Evidence at China's city level | Energy Policy | 2022-04-07 | Wei David Zhang, Xuemeng Liu, Die Wang et al. |
| 3 | 567 | 12.4 | Impact of the digital economy on high-quality urban economic development: Evidence from Chinese cities | Economic Modelling | 2023-01-13 | Bingnan Guo, Yu Wang, Hao Zhang et al. |
| 4 | 415 | 5.6 | How does manufacturing agglomeration affect green economic efficiency? | Energy Economics | 2020-09-09 | Huaxi Yuan, Yidai Feng, Chien‐Chiang Lee et al. |
| 5 | 298 | 6.1 | Does green innovation induce green total factor productivity? Novel findings from Chinese city level data | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 2022-09-26 | Xin Zhao, Joanna Nakonieczny, Fauzia Jabeen et al. |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “Chinese cities”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-cities
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