Total citations = 1900; H-index = 24 Scopus

2026

[77] Wan, W., Zhang, X.*, Sun, Z., Zhou, X., He, Y., Lv, T., Hou, H. (2026). “Assessing the impact of photovoltaic system construction on the green environment in China: An interpretable machine learning approach”. Renewable Energy, 256, 124120. Link
[76] Xu, Y., Wang, Y., Su, Y., Zhang, X.* (2026). “Impacts of enterprise digital transformation on green technology innovation in China”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27. Link
[75] Wan, W., Zhang, X.*, Zhou, X., Lv, T., Xu, G., Fu, S. (2026). “Coordinated development of land use change and habitat quality in the border mountainous area of China: A multi-scenario perspective”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27. Link
[74] Lv, T., Geng, C., Fu, S., Zhao, Q., Hu, H., Zhang, X.* (2026). “Exploring the impact of the digital economy on carbon emission intensity: A case study of an urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27. Link
[73] He, Y., Cheng, H., Zou, P., Zhou, Y., Zhang, X.*, Chen, J. (2026). “Multi-subject collaboration in agricultural green production: a tripartite evolutionary game of central government, local governments, and farmers”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27. Link

2025

[72] Wang, T., Zhou, X., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Lu, W. (2025). “Urban cyclists’ exposure to PM2.5: A quantitative analysis using trajectory data and mobile monitoring”. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 16(11), 102655. Link
[71] Zhang, X.*, Wan, W., Estoque, R. C. (2025). “Impacts of urban and cropland expansions on natural habitats in Southeast Asia”. Nature Communications, 16, 8479. Link
[70] Zhou, X., Wang, T., Zhang, X., Bao, Y., Wu, J., Chen, X., Lu, Y., Zhou, G. (2025). “Assessing carbon sink potentials in the built environment: A study of 40 Chinese cities using a bottom-up high-resolution approach”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 519, 146058. Link
[69] Fu, S., Peng, Y., Xu, B., Feng, Y., Yu, J., Zeng, X., Zhang, X. (2025). “Investigating the effects of urban expansion on carbon stocks and developing optimization strategies: A case study of Nanchang”. Ecological Frontiers, 45(5), 1486-1497. Link
[68] Hu, H., Yan, K., Fan, H., Lv, T., Huang, Y., Zhang, X., Feng, Y. (2025). “Coordination or imbalance? Understanding the relationship between economic resilience and ecological resilience in Hunan Province”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 140, 103997. Link
[67] Wang, R., Murayama, Y., Liu, F., Zhang, X., Hou, H., Morimoto, T., Derdouri, A. (2025). “Impact of urban morphology on land surface temperature: A case study of the central Tokyo, Japan”. City and Environment Interactions, 28, 100227. Link
[66] Hu, H., Yan, K., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Huang, Y., Zhao, H., Zhao, Q. (2025). “Rethinking the assessment and nonlinear effects of ecological urbanization: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta”. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 31(2). Link
[65] Zhang, X.*, Wan, W., Yang, H., Yi, K. (2025). “Rapid development of wind energy infrastructure threatens bird migration”. The Innovation Geoscience, 3(3), 100142. Link
[64] Fu, S., Lv, T., Wu, G., Li, H., Zhu, L., Zhang, X. (2025). “Discerning changes in carbon emission intensity of cultivated land utilization since agricultural green transformation: Based on the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) framework”. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 114, 107946. Link
[63] Dong, X., Zhang, X.*, Liu, F., Zhou, C., Lv, T. (2025). “Spatio-temporal assessment of landscape ecological risk and its influencing factors in Jiangxi Province, China”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197, 480. Link
[62] Jin, S., Wu, Z., Bao, B., Zhang, X., Wang, X. (2025). “Financial transfer payment and green development transition in backward area: A case study in Jiangxi Province, China”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27(6), 14669-14701. Link
[61] Zhou, X., Huang, Z., Xia, T., Zhang, X., Duan, Z., Wu, J., Zhou, G. (2025). “The integrated application of big data and geospatial analysis in maritime transportation safety management: A comprehensive review”. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 138, 104444. Link
[60] Huang, R., Hou, H., Li, J., Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, X., Hu, T. (2025). “Investigating the cooling effect of urban lakes from the perspective of their characteristics and surrounding landscapes: A case study of 82 urban lakes in China”. Science of the Total Environment, 969, 178925. Link
[59] He, Y., Shu, C., Zhu, L., He, Y., Zhang, X.* (2025). “Does the digital economy realize the synergistic reduction of pollution and carbon emissions in China? From the perspective of the local neighborhood effects”. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 20, 1392-1403. Link
[58] Fan, H., Zhang, X.*, Zhou, X., Sun, Z., He, Y., Wan, W., Lv, T. (2025). “Comprehensive evaluation of land-use carbon emissions integrating social network analysis and a zone-based machine learning approach”. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 112, 107775. Link
[57] Li, Q., Ge, J., Zhang, X.*, Wu, X., Fan, H., Yang, L. (2025). “Assessment of the interaction between digital infrastructure and ecological resilience: Insights from Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration in China”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 486, 144364. Link

2024

[56] Lv, T., Zhao, Q., Fu, S., Jin, G., Zhang, X., Hu, H., Xu, G. (2024). “Deciphering flows: Spatial correlation characteristics and factors influencing carbon emission intensity in the Yangtze River Delta”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 483, 144290. Link
[55] Hu, H., Yan, K., Fan, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X.* (2024). “How to decipher the environmental resilience performance? A case study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 136, 103725. Link
[54] Hu, H., Yan, K., Shi, Y., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Wang, X. (2024). “Decrypting resilience: The spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of ecological resilience in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration”. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 106, 107540. Link
[53] Lv, T., Hu, H., Han, H., Zhang, X., Fan, H., Yan, K. (2024). “Towards sustainability: The spatiotemporal patterns and impact mechanism of urban sprawl intensity in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration”. Habitat International, 148, 103089. Link
[52] Lv, T., Geng, C., Zhang, X.*, Hu, H., Li, Z., Zhao, Q. (2024). “Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors of urban industrial carbon emission efficiency in the Mid-Yangtze River urban agglomeration of China”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 135, 103607. Link
[51] Zhang, X., Fan, H., Hou, H., Xu, C., Sun, L., Li, Q., Ren, J. (2024). “Spatiotemporal evolution and multi-scale coupling effects of land-use carbon emissions and ecological environmental quality”. Science of the Total Environment, 922, 171149. Link
[50] Hu, H., Yan, K., Fan, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X. (2024). “Detecting regional unevenness and influencing factors of ecological resilience in China”. Energy & Environment, 34(8). Link
[49] Wu, Z., Zeng, T., Chen, H., Zhang, X., Yang, J., Jin, S. (2024). “Rural transformation in the hilly and mountainous region of southern China: Livelihood trajectory and cross-scale effects”. Habitat International, 144, 103011. Link
[48] Hu, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Li, H., Yan, K., Chen, Y. (2024). “Intrinsic mechanisms and spatial effects of multidimensional urbanization and carbon emissions”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(4), 5699–5715. Link
[47] Zhang, X., Fan, H., Sun, L., Liu, W., Wang, C., Wu, Z., Lv, T. (2024). “Identifying regional eco-environment quality and its influencing factors: A case study of an ecological civilization pilot zone in China”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 435, 140308. Link
[46] Lv, T., Hu, H., Zhang, X., Sun, L., Li, Z., Chen, Y., Fu, S. (2024). “Driving mechanism of the allometric relationship between economic development and carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(8),21073-21096. Link
[45] Zhang, X.*, Wan, W., Fan, H., Dong, X., Lv, T. (2024). “Temporal and spatial responses of landscape patterns to habitat quality changes in the Poyang Lake region, China”. Journal for Nature Conservation, 77, 126546. Link
[44] Wang, L., Lv, T., Xie, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Cai, J., Liu, Y., Liu, J. (2024). “Assessing urban smart growth in China based on the sustainable development goals framework”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(8),19627-19657. Link
[43] Lv, T., Li, Z., Zhang, X.*, Geng, C., Hu, H., Xiao, J. (2024). “Spatial-temporal differences and influencing factors of agricultural water use efficiency in the main grain-producing areas of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River”. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 33(1), 753-765. Link

2023

[42] Xu, Y., Yu, H., Zeng, X., Zhang, X.* (2023). “Impacts of environmental regulation on innovation in the context of the Internet”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(11), 13281-13303. Link
[41] Lv, T., Geng, C., Zhang, X.*, Li, Z., Hu, H., Fu, S. (2023). “Impact of the intensive use of urban construction land on carbon emission efficiency: evidence from the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(53), 113729-113746. Link
[40] Xu, C., Hui, J., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Wang, W., Cui, Z. (2023). “Quantifying the contributions of natural and anthropogenic dust sources in Shanxi Province, northern China”. Chemosphere, 344, 140280. Link
[39] Zhang, X., Fan, H., Liu, F., Lv, T., Sun, L., Li, Z., Shang, W., Xu, G. (2023). “Coupling coordination between the ecological environment and urbanization in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration”. Urban Climate, 52, 101698. Link
[38] Lv, T., Zhao, Q., Zhang, X.*, Hu, H., Geng, C. (2023). “Spatiotemporal pattern and influencing factors of regional carbon emission efficiency: An empirical analysis of Jiangsu Province in China”. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 18, 1048-1059. Link
[37] Lv, T., Fu, S., Zhang, X.*, Hu, H., Zhang, Y. (2023). “Spatiotemporal evolution and convergence of agricultural eco-efficiency in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 131, 103438. Link
[36] Zhang, X., Fan, H., Zhou, C., Sun, L., Xu, C., Lv, T., Ranagalage, M. (2023). “Spatiotemporal change in ecological quality and its influencing factors in the Dongjiangyuan region, China”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(26), 69533-69549. Link
[35] Lv, T., Geng, C., Zhang, X.*, Xiao, J., Hu, H., Zhao, Q. (2023). “Spatiotemporal evolution of the green efficiency of industrial water resources and its influencing factors in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River of China”. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 32(5), 4161-4176. Link
[34] Hu, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Xie, H., Fu, S., Geng, C., Li, Z. (2023). “Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and decoupling decomposition of industrial carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration of China”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(17), 50412-50430. Link
[33] He, Y., Zhu, Z., Xie, H., Zhang, X., Sheng, M. (2023). “A case study in China of the influence mechanism of industrial park efficiency using DEA”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(7), 7261-7280. Link
[32] Zhang, X.*, Dong, X., Xu, C., Wang, R., Lv, T., Ranagalage, M. (2023). “Landscape ecological risk assessment in the Dongjiangyuan region, China, from 1985 to 2020 using geospatial techniques”. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14(1), 2173662. Link
[31] Xiao, K., Ullah, W., Fu, J., Zhang, X.* (2023). “Poverty alleviation efficiency of tourism and its spatiotemporal differentiation in Jiangxi province of China based on the DEA model”. SAGE Open, 13(2), 1168835. Link
[30] Hu, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Xie, H., Fu, S., Wang, L. (2023). “Spatiotemporal coupling of multidimensional urbanization and resource-environment performance in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration of China”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 129, 103360. Link
[29] Lv, T., Hu, H., Xie, H., Zhang, X.*, Wang, L., Shen, X. (2023). “An empirical relationship between urbanization and carbon emissions in an ecological civilization demonstration area of China based on the STIRPAT model”. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(3), 2465-2486. Link
[28] Zhang, X.*, Dong, X., Liu, F., Lv, T., Wu, Z., Ranagalage, M. (2023). “Spatiotemporal dynamics of ecological security in a typical conservation region of southern China based on catastrophe theory and GIS”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(1), 90. Link

2022

[27] Lv, T., Fu, S., Zhang, X., Wu, G., Hu, H., Tian, J. (2022). “Assessing cultivated land-use transition in the major grain-producing areas of China based on an integrated framework”. Land, 11(10), 1622. Link
[26] Hu, H., Lv, T., Zhang, X.*, Fu, S., Geng, C., Li, Z. (2022). “Spatiotemporal dynamics and decoupling mechanism of economic growth and carbon emissions in an urban agglomeration of China”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(9), 616. Link
[25] Lv, T., Hu, H., Zhang, X.*, Xie, H., Fu, S., Wang, L. (2022). “Spatiotemporal pattern of regional carbon emissions and its influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration of China”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(7), 515. Link
[24] Chen, Q., Wen, Y., Zhang, X., Zhu, Z. (2022). “Evolutionary overview of terrace research based on bibliometric analysis in Web of Science from 1991 to 2020”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 7796. Link
[23] Lv, T., Hu, H., Zhang, X.*, Wang, L., Fu, S. (2022). “Impact of multidimensional urbanization on carbon emissions in an ecological civilization experimental area of China”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 126, 103120. Link
[22] Lv, T., Hu, H., Zhang, X.*, Xie, H., Wang, L., Fu, S. (2022). “Spatial spillover effects of urbanization on carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(23), 33920-33934. Link
[21] Wang, L., Lv, T., Zhang, X., Hu, H., Cai, X. (2022). “Global research trends and gaps in ecological compensation studies from 1990 to 2020: A scientometric review”. Journal for Nature Conservation, 65, 126097. Link

2021

[20] Lv, T., Liu, W., Zhang, X.*, Yao, L. (2021). “Spatiotemporal evolution of the green efficiency of industrial water resources and its influencing factors in the Poyang Lake region”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 124, 103049. Link
[19] Lv, T., Wang, L., Xie, H., Zhang, X.*, Zhang, Y. (2021). “Exploring the global research trends of land use planning based on a bibliometric analysis: Current status and future prospects”. Land, 10(3), 304. Link
[18] Xie, H., Wen, Y., Choi, Y., Zhang, X. (2021). “Global trends on food security research: A bibliometric analysis”. Land, 10(2), 119. Link
[17] Zhang, X.*, Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Ranagalage, M. (2021). “Capturing urban heat island formation in a subtropical city of China based on Landsat images: implications for sustainable urban development”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(3), 130. Link
[16] Lv, T., Wang, L., Xie, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y. (2021). “Evolutionary overview of water resource management (1990–2019) based on a bibliometric analysis in Web of Science”. Ecological Informatics, 61, 101218. Link

2020 and before

[15] Zhou, C., Zhang, X.* (2020). “Measuring the efficiency of fiscal policies for environmental pollution control and the spatial effect of fiscal decentralization in China”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(23), 8974. Link
[14] Zhang, X.*, Xie, H., Shi, J., Lv, T., Zhou, C., Liu, W. (2020). “Assessing changes in ecosystem service values in response to land cover dynamics in Jiangxi province, China”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3018. Link
[13] Liu, F., Zhang, X., Murayama, Y., Morimoto, T. (2020). “Impacts of land cover/use on the urban thermal environment: A comparative study of 10 megacities in China”. Remote Sensing, 12(2), 307. Link
[12] Zhang, X.*, Xie, H., Zhou, C., Zeng, B. (2020). “Jingdezhen: The millennium porcelain capital”. Cities, 98, 102569. Link [11] Lv, T., Wang, L., Zhang, X., Xie, H., Lu, H., Li, H., Liu, W., Zhang, Y. (2019). “Coupling coordinated development and exploring its influencing factors in Nanchang, China: From the perspectives of land urbanization and population urbanization”. Land, 8(12), 178. Link
[10] Lv, T., Xie, H., Lu, H., Zhang, X., Yang, L. (2019). “A game theory-based approach for exploring water resource exploitation behavior in the Poyang Lake Basin, China”. Sustainability, 11(22), 6237. Link
[9] Zhou, C., Xie, H., Zhang, X. (2019). “Does fiscal policy promote third-party environmental pollution control in China? An evolutionary game theoretical approach”. Sustainability, 11(16), 4434. Link
[8] Zhang, X.*, Estoque, R. C., Xie, H., Murayama, Y., Ranagalage, M. (2019). “Bibliometric analysis of highly cited articles on ecosystem services”. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0210707. Link
[7] Ranagalage, M., Dissanayake, D., Murayama, Y., Zhang, X.*, Estoque, R. C., Perera, E., Morimoto, T. (2018). “Quantifying surface urban heat island formation in the world heritage tropical mountain city of Sri Lanka”. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7(9), 341. Link
[6] Ranagalage, M., Estoque, R. C., Handayani, H. H., Zhang, X., Morimoto, T., Tadono, T., Murayama, Y. (2018). “Relation between urban volume and land surface temperature: A comparative study of planned and traditional cities in Japan”. Sustainability, 10(7), 2366. Link
[5] Lu, H., Xie, H., He, Y., Wu, Z., Zhang, X. (2018). “Assessing the impacts of land fragmentation and plot size on yields and costs: A translog production model and cost function approach”. Agricultural Systems, 161, 81-88. Link
[4] Ranagalage, M., Estoque, R. C., Zhang, X.*, Murayama, Y. (2018). “Spatial changes of urban heat island formation in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka: Implications for sustainability planning”. Sustainability, 10(5), 1367. Link
[3] Xie, H., Wang, W., Zhang, X. (2018). “Evolutionary game and simulation of management strategies of fallow cultivated land: A case study in Hunan province, China”. Land Use Policy, 71, 86-97. Link
[2] Wang, W., Xie, H., Lu, F., Zhang, X. (2017). “Measuring the performance of industrial green development using a non-radial directional distance function approach: A case study of Jiangxi province in China”. Sustainability, 9(10), 1757. Link
[1] Zhang, X.*, Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y. (2017). “An urban heat island study in Nanchang City, China based on land surface temperature and social-ecological variables”. Sustainable Cities and Society, 32, 557-568. Link