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Researcher · Shenzhen University · China

Yani Lai

Yani Lai publishes mostly in Urban Studies, Transportation and Building and Construction, on topics such as Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Urbanization and City Planning.

ORCID 0000-0001-6804-3355 OpenAlex
World rank
#166,439
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#16,231
of 978,568
Works
65
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
28.4
h-index
22
i10-index 33Top 2.6% in Urban Studies
Yani Lai

What does Yani Lai research?

Yani Lai's work is mostly in Social Sciences (45%), Engineering (10%), Environmental Science (9%).

Social Sciences: 33 works · 50.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 29 works · 45.1% of their workUrban Studies: 12 works · 18.5% of their workTransportation: 12 works · 17.9% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 works · 8.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 5.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 29.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 19.6% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 10.4% of their workBuilding and Construction: 7 works · 10.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 9.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKYani Lai65works
Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences51%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2945.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance45.8%
  2. Everything else1929.5%
    1. Engineering710.4%
    2. Environmental Science69.2%
  1. 1Urban Studies18% of their works
  2. 2Transportation18% of their works
  3. 3Building and Construction10% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change9% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations9% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Yani Lai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Urbanization, Land Tenure, Sustainability, Active Travel, Built Environment, Ecosystem Services, Land Use Change and Shrinking Cities.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Urbanization413 topics
  2. Land Tenure202 topics
  3. Sustainability202 topics
  4. Active Travel161 topic
  5. Built Environment161 topic
  6. Ecosystem Services161 topic
  7. Land Use Change161 topic
  8. Shrinking Cities151 topic
  9. Urban Decline151 topic
  10. China131 topic
  11. Political Economy131 topic
  12. Slum Upgrading121 topic
  13. Urban Poverty121 topic
  14. GPS Data91 topic
  15. Human Mobility91 topic
  16. Agricultural Investment81 topic
  17. Property Rights81 topic
  18. BIM41 topic
  19. Construction41 topic

Where does Yani Lai work?

Yani Lai's main affiliation in the publication record is Shenzhen University, China.

How many publications and citations does Yani Lai have?

OpenAlex counts 65 works and 1,845 citations for Yani Lai, an h-index of 22, ranking #166,439 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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