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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
10056
World Ranking
2538
National Ranking
257

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
63
Citations
10494
World Ranking
1205
National Ranking
18

Sai Liang publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sai Liang sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Sai Liang D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sai Liang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sai Liang is affiliated with Guangdong University of Technology in China and focuses on environmental science with a significant body of work spanning related subfields and topics. Their research contributions are largely centered on issues of environmental impact, sustainability, and the intersection of energy, economy, and environmental policies.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Mapping global carbon footprint in China, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Spatially explicit carbon emissions at the county scale, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Toward low-carbon development: Assessing emissions-reduction pressure among Chinese cities, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Virtual water scarcity risk in China, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling

Sai Liang collaborates regularly with several co-authors, most frequently with:

  • Qiumeng Zhong
  • Zhifeng Yang
  • Yumeng Li
  • Jianchuan Qi
  • Cuiyang Feng

The scientist's work appears repeatedly in specific publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Sai Liang's main field of study is Environmental Science, with extensive contributions totaling 178 publications. Within this field, the major subfields covered include:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

The primary topics addressed in their research are:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Best Publications

  • Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China

    Zhifu Mi;Jiali Zheng;Jiali Zheng;Jing Meng;Jiamin Ou

  • Be a “Superhost”: The importance of badge systems for peer-to-peer rental accommodations

    Sai Liang;Markus Schuckert;Rob Law;Chih Chien Chen

  • Food-energy-water (FEW) nexus for urban sustainability: A comprehensive review

    Pengpeng Zhang;Lixiao Zhang;Yuan Chang;Ming Xu

  • Temporal Trend and Spatial Distribution of Speciated Atmospheric Mercury Emissions in China During 1978–2014

    Qingru Wu;Shuxiao Wang;Guoliang Li;Sai Liang

  • Targeted opportunities to address the climate-trade dilemma in China

    Zhu Liu;Zhu Liu;Zhu Liu;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Kuishuang Feng;Kuishuang Feng;Klaus Hubacek

  • Features, trajectories and driving forces for energy-related GHG emissions from Chinese mega cites: The case of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing

    Zhu Liu;Sai Liang;Yong Geng;Bing Xue

  • Trans-provincial health impacts of atmospheric mercury emissions in China.

    Long Chen;Sai Liang;Maodian Liu;Yujun Yi

  • Carbon dioxide emission drivers for a typical metropolis using input–output structural decomposition analysis

    Yafei Wang;Hongyan Zhao;Liying Li;Zhu Liu

  • China high resolution emission database (CHRED) with point emission sources, gridded emission data, and supplementary socioeconomic data

    Bofeng Cai;Sai Liang;Jiong Zhou;Jinnan Wang

  • Revisiting drivers of energy intensity in China during 1997–2007: A structural decomposition analysis

    Lin Zeng;Ming Xu;Sai Liang;Siyu Zeng

  • Mapping global carbon footprint in China

    Yuantao Yang;Shen Qu;Bofeng Cai;Sai Liang

  • Supply chain sustainability risk and assessment

    Ming Xu;Yuanyuan Cui;Meng Hu;Xinkai Xu

  • Betweenness-Based Method to Identify Critical Transmission Sectors for Supply Chain Environmental Pressure Mitigation

    Sai Liang;Shen Qu;Ming Xu

  • Environmental impact and economic assessment of secondary lead production: Comparison of main spent lead-acid battery recycling processes in China

    Xi Tian;Xi Tian;Yufeng Wu;Ping Hou;Sai Liang

  • Decoupling analysis and socioeconomic drivers of environmental pressure in China.

    Sai Liang;Sai Liang;Zhu Liu;Zhu Liu;Douglas Crawford-Brown;Yafei Wang

  • Mercury Flows in China and Global Drivers

    Mulin Hui;Qingru Wu;Shuxiao Wang;Sai Liang

  • Income-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Nations.

    Sai Liang;Shen Qu;Zeqi Zhu;Dabo Guan

  • Critical review of the energy-water-carbon nexus in cities

    Fanxin Meng;Fanxin Meng;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Sai Liang;Meirong Su

  • Life cycle assessment of biodiesel production in China.

    Sai Liang;Ming Xu;Tianzhu Zhang

  • Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China

    Chao Zhang;Lijin Zhong;Sai Liang;Kelly T. Sanders

  • Scarcity-weighted fossil fuel footprint of China at the provincial level

    Heming Wang;Heming Wang;Guoqiang Wang;Jianchuan Qi;Heinz Schandl

  • Lifting China’s Water Spell

    Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek;Martin Tillotson;Hongyan Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zhifeng Yang
Zhifeng Yang Guangdong University of Technology
Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu Tsinghua University
Lixiao Zhang
Lixiao Zhang Beijing Normal University
Gengyuan Liu
Gengyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Anthony S.F. Chiu
Anthony S.F. Chiu De La Salle University
Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng University of Hong Kong
Zhifu Mi
Zhifu Mi University College London

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