Recently, a paper entitled “Assessing the transition to low-carbon urban transport: A global comparison” finished by Dr. Li Wenxiang as the first author was officially published in the top journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling (CAS Q1, Top Journal, IF=10.204). This paper was published with the Business School of USST as the first agency, Li Wenxiang as the first author, and Dr. Bao Lei and Professor Li Ye at Tongji University as the corresponding authors.
Under the strategic goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in China, the low-carbon transition of urban transport is urgent. However, due to the lack of global unified measurement and evaluation standards, the characteristics and transition stages of transport carbon emissions in different cities around the world are not clear. Therefore, based on the global city data with unified statistical caliber, this paper compares and analyzes the spatial differences in transport carbon emissions and transition characteristics of 180 cities around the world in different periods, and takes the lead in proposing a four-stage transition evaluation framework based on the carbon peak time to assess the progress of low-carbon transport transition in each city. The results of the study show that the cities in North America began the low-carbon transition earliest, followed by cities in Oceania, Europe, and Asia. Major cities in developed countries in Europe and the United States have achieved transport carbon peaking and entered the transition stabilization period, while major cities in China are still at the beginning of the transition, and most of them have not even started the transition yet. This study can help the government to better develop, implement, evaluate and dynamically adjust the low-carbon transition path of urban transport, and thus help the country to achieve the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.
In addition to the above paper, Dr. Li Wenxiang has published 12 academic papers as first author/corresponding author in high-quality journals such as Transportation Research Part D, Journal of Transport Geography, Climate Policy, etc. since he joined our university in March 2020. Among these papers, there are 8 SCI/ SSCI papers (2 papers in CAS Top journals and 6 papers in JCR Q1 journals). It reflects the remarkable achievements of Business School in scientific research and talent training in recent years.
The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling is published by Elsevier. It belongs to the CAS Q1 SCI journal in the fields of Environmental Sciences and Ecology and Environmental Sciences. It is also a JCR Q1 journal in the field of Environment Sciences. The latest impact factor of this journal is 10.204 (2020). According to Elsevier's 2020 CiteScore, the journal is in the top 1% of international journals in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance.
Links to the paper：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106179
