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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
108
Citations
44009
World Ranking
228
National Ranking
24

Dabo Guan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dabo Guan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 304 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Dabo Guan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dabo Guan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Dabo Guan is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and works across several interconnected fields with a strong emphasis on environmental and economic research. Their scholarly contributions span environmental science and economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their research engages deeply with themes related to environmental impact, sustainability, climate change policy, economic growth, energy-environment interactions, and health impacts stemming from air quality and climate change. They engage with topics such as:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Dabo Guan's publication record includes recent papers that highlight their engagement with global environmental challenges, particularly carbon emissions and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains and emissions. Notable publications include:

  • "Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures" (2020), published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "China CO2 emission accounts 2016-2017" (2020), published in Scientific Data
  • "Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Environmental Regulation and Enterprise Innovation: A Review" (2020), published in Business Strategy and the Environment
  • "City-level emission peak and drivers in China" (2022), published in Science Bulletin

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Jing Meng
  • Yuli Shan
  • Heran Zheng
  • Peng Gong
  • Zhu Liu

The venues where Dabo Guan has most frequently published comprise:

  • Nature Communications
  • One Earth
  • Scientific Data
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Earth's Future

Their books cover topics of environmental footprints and carbon mitigation, with publications through Springer International Publishing and the World Bank:

  • "Multiregional Flood Footprint Analysis" (2023), Springer International Publishing
  • "Emerging Emitters and Global Carbon Mitigation Efforts" (2020), World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks

Dabo Guan's work intersects several subfields including economics and econometrics, environmental engineering, health toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, and renewable energy and sustainability. This reflects a multidisciplinary approach towards addressing complex environmental and economic issues.

Best Publications

  • Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

    Z Liu;Dabo Guan;Wei Wei;Steven J Davis

  • China CO2 emission accounts 1997-2015.

    Yuli Shan;Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Heran Zheng;Jiamin Ou

  • Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

    Qiang Zhang;Xujia Jiang;Dan Tong;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

  • China CO2 emission accounts 2016-2017.

    Yuli Shan;Qi Huang;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek;Klaus Hubacek

  • The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change

    Christopher L. Weber;Glen P. Peters;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Chinese CO2 emission flows have reversed since the global financial crisis

    Zhifu Mi;Zhifu Mi;Jing Meng;Dabo Guan;Yuli Shan

  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures.

    Dabo Guan;Daoping Wang;Stephane Hallegatte;Steven J. Davis

  • Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Zhu Liu;Philippe Ciais;Zhu Deng;Ruixue Lei

  • The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030

    Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek;Christopher L. Weber;Glen P. Peters;Glen P. Peters

  • China's growing CO2 emissions--a race between increasing consumption and efficiency gains.

    Glen P. Peters;Christopher L. Weber;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Outsourcing CO2 within China

    Kuishuang Feng;Steven J. Davis;Laixiang Sun;Laixiang Sun;Xin Li

  • New provincial CO2 emission inventories in China based on apparent energy consumption data and updated emission factors

    Yuli Shan;Jianghua Liu;Zhu Liu;Xinwanghao Xu

  • The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories

    Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Zhu Liu;Yong Geng;Soeren Lindner

  • INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

    J. C. Minx;T. Wiedmann;R. Wood;G. P. Peters

  • Substantial global carbon uptake by cement carbonation

    Fengming Xi;Fengming Xi;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Philippe Ciais;Douglas Crawford-Brown

  • Consumption-based emission accounting for Chinese cities

    Zhifu Mi;Yunkun Zhang;Dabo Guan;Yuli Shan

  • Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China

    Yuli Shan;Dabo Guan;Jianghua Liu;Zhifu Mi

  • China's international trade and air pollution in the United States

    Jintai Lin;Da Pan;Steven J. Davis;Qiang Zhang

  • Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China

    Xu Zhao;Junguo Liu;Qingying Liu;Martin R. Tillotson

  • Unequal household carbon footprints in China

    Dominik Wiedenhofer;Dabo Guan;Zhu Liu;Jing Meng

  • Assessment of regional trade and virtual water flows in China

    Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Environmental implications of urbanization and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints

    Klaus Hubacek;Dabo Guan;John Barrett;Thomas Wiedmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu Tsinghua University
Jing Meng
Jing Meng University College London
Yuli Shan
Yuli Shan University of Birmingham
Zhifu Mi
Zhifu Mi University College London
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Stanford University
Heran Zheng
Heran Zheng University College London
Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng University of Hong Kong

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