Publications List

JCR Q1 Journal Papers about SDGs (Selected)

1. Xiao, H., Bao, S., Ren, J., Xu, Z., Xue, S., and Liu, J. (2024). Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective. Nature Communications 15, 500. [Highly cited paper]
2. Xiao H., Yoo C., Weng Q., Bao S., Xue S., Allen C., Ren J., Zhou J., Xu Z., Lu M., Liu J (2026). Spatiotemporal changes in inter-city sustainability impacts linked to emission challenges worldwide. Nature Communications (Accepted)
3. Xiao, H., Xu, Z., Ren, J., Zhou, Y., Lin, R., Bao, S., Zhang, L., Lu, S., Lee, C.K.M., and Liu, J. (2022). Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. The Innovation 3, 100288.
4. Xiao, H., Bao, S., Ren, J., and Xu, Z. (2023). Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society 92, 104496.
5. Xiao, H., Shan, Y., Zhang, N., Zhou, Y., Wang, D., and Duan, Z. (2019). Comparisons of CO₂ emission performance between secondary and service industries in Yangtze River Delta cities. Journal of Environmental Management 252, 109667.
6. Xue, S., Xiao, H.^*, & Ren, J. (2024). Cross-border interactions on the sustainable development between global countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 204, 107525. (^*Corresponding author)

JCR Q1 Journal Papers about Carbon (Selected)

1. Xiao, H., Zhao, W., Shan, Y., and Guan, D. (2021). CO₂ emission accounts of Russia’s constituent entities 2005–2019. Scientific Data 8, 172.
2. Xiao, H., Zhou, Y., Zhang, N., Wang, D., Shan, Y., and Ren, J. (2021). CO₂ emission reduction potential in China from combined effects of structural adjustment of economy and efficiency improvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 174, 105760.
3. Xiao, H., Wang, D., Qi, Y., Shao, S., Zhou, Y., and Shan, Y. (2021). The governance-production nexus of eco-efficiency in Chinese resource-based cities: A two-stage network DEA approach. Energy Economics 101, 105408.
4. Xiao, H., Duan, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhang, N., Shan, Y., Lin, X., and Liu, G. (2019). CO₂ emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta. Applied Energy 251, 113384.
5. Xiao, H., Liu, Y., and Ren, J. (2023). Synergies and trade-offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis. Sustainable Development 31, 1135–1148.
6. Yoo, C., Xiao, H., Zhong, Q. & Weng, Q. (2024). Unequal impacts of urban industrial land expansion on economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions. Communications Earth & Environment 5, 1–13.
7. Jia, S., Weng, Q., Yoo, C., Xiao, H. & Zhong, Q. (2024). Building energy savings by green roofs and cool roofs in current and future climates. npj Urban Sustainability 4, 1–13.
8. Lin, H., Wang, X., Bao, G., and Xiao, H. (2022). Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in China. Earth’s Future 10, e2021EF002331.
9. Zhang, L., Bai, W., Xiao, H., and Ren, J. (2021). Measuring and improving regional energy security: A methodological framework based on both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Energy 227.

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