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Nan Li

Associate Researcher

Studies environmental systems analysis, environmental big data and information systems, and applications of generative AI to environmental problems.

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2020Article

Journal of Cleaner Production

Bibliometric overview of research trends on heavy metal health risks and impacts in 1989–2018

Ruru Han, Beihai Zhou, Yuanyi Huang, Xiaohui Lu, Shuo Li et al.

183 citations10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123249

2018Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Bibliometric analysis of research trends on solid waste reuse and recycling during 1992–2016

Nan Li, Ruru Han, Xiaohui Lu

112 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.11.008

2019Article

Journal of Cleaner Production

Spatial-temporal analysis of selected industrial aquatic heavy metal pollution in China

Yuanyi Huang, Beihai Zhou, Nan Li, Yumeng Li, Ruru Han et al.

60 citations10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117944

2024Article

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Building resilience in Asian mega-deltas

Faith Ka Shun Chan, Amelie Paszkowski, Zilin Wang, Xiaohui Lu, Gordon Mitchell et al.

53 citations10.1038/s43017-024-00561-x

2022Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Advancing UN Comtrade for Physical Trade Flow Analysis: Review of Data Quality Issues and Solutions

Chuke Chen, Zhihan Jiang, Nan Li, Heming Wang, Peng Wang et al.

49 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106526

2013Article

Journal of Industrial Ecology

How to Deal with Resource Productivity

Yu Gan, Tianzhu Zhang, Sai Liang, Zhongnan Zhao, Nan Li

49 citations10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00547.x

2024Article

Ocean & Coastal Management

Compound flood effects, challenges and solutions: Lessons toward climate-resilient Chinese coastal cities

Faith Ka Shun Chan, Xiaohui Lu, Jianfeng Li, Yangchen Lai, Ming Luo et al.

48 citations10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.107015

2024Article

Environmental Science & Technology

Mitigating Grand Challenges in Life Cycle Inventory Modeling through the Applications of Large Language Models

Qingshi Tu, Jing Guo, Nan Li, Jianchuan Qi, Ming Xu

43 citations10.1021/acs.est.4c07634

2021Article

Scientific Data

China material stocks and flows account for 1978–2018

Lulu Song, Ji Han, Nan Li, Yuanyi Huang, Min Hao et al.

41 citations10.1038/s41597-021-01075-7

2013Article

Waste Management

Reutilisation-extended material flows and circular economy in China

Nan Li, Tianzhu Zhang, Sai Liang

33 citations10.1016/j.wasman.2013.01.029

2025Article

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Shedding light on the shadows: Transparency challenge in background life cycle inventory data

Jing Guo, Ruiqiao Li, Ruirui Zhang, Jianchuan Qi, Nan Li et al.

29 citations10.1111/jiec.70010

2022Article

Journal of Cleaner Production

Health risks of industrial wastewater heavy metals based on improved grey water footprint model

Yuanyi Huang, Ruru Han, Jianchuan Qi, Huabo Duan, Chuke Chen et al.

28 citations10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134472

2025Article

Journal of Environmental Management

Emission factors and driving forces of provincial-level CO2 from electricity production and consumption in China from 2013 to 2020

Ruoxi Xiong, Chenling Fu, Huimin Chang, Nan Li, Shen Qu et al.

26 citations10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124644

2025Article

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

Fine-tuning large language models for interdisciplinary environmental challenges

Yuanxin Zhang, Sijie Lin, Yaxin Xiong, Nan Li, Lijin Zhong et al.

25 citations10.1016/j.ese.2025.100608

2022Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Advancing UN Comtrade for Physical Trade Flow Analysis: Addressing the Issue of Outliers

Zhihan Jiang, Chuke Chen, Nan Li, Heming Wang, Peng Wang et al.

25 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106524

2022Article

Scientific Reports

Improving urban flood resilience via GDELT GKG analyses in China's Sponge Cities

Xiaohui Lu, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Nan Li, Chuke Chen, Wei-Qiang Chen et al.

22 citations10.1038/s41598-022-24370-8

2022Article

Frontiers in Earth Science

Quantifying spatiotemporal dynamics of urban building and material metabolism by combining a random forest model and GIS-based material flow analysis

Ting Mao, Yupeng Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen, Nan Li, Nan Dong et al.

22 citations10.3389/feart.2022.944865

2020Article

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

China’s industrial gray water footprint assessment and implications for investment in industrial wastewater treatment

Yuanyi Huang, Beihai Zhou, Ruru Han, Xiaohui Lu, Shuo Li et al.

22 citations10.1007/s11356-019-07405-y

2022Article

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Estimation of entity‐level land use and its application in urban sectoral land use footprint: A bottom‐up model with emerging geospatial data

Wei Xie, Huajun Yu, Yang Li, Min Dai, Xinyi Long et al.

20 citations10.1111/jiec.13191

2019Article

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Quantitative assessment of enterprise environmental risk mitigation in the context of Na-tech disasters

Ruru Han, Beihai Zhou, Luyang An, Haibo Jin, Lei Ma et al.

19 citations10.1007/s10661-019-7351-1

2025Article

Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Addressing critical challenges towards a robust data system for life cycle assessment

Changqing Xu, Tianyu Jia, Jianchuan Qi, Zimeng Cai, Ruirui Zhang et al.

16 citations10.1038/s44359-025-00107-4

2022Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Advancing UN Comtrade for physical trade flow analysis: Addressing the issue of missing values

Zhihe Zhang, Zhihan Jiang, Chuke Chen, Xu Zhang, Heming Wang et al.

16 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106525

2023Article

Resources Conservation and Recycling

Cement production life cycle inventory dataset for China

Siqi Yang, Li Zhang, Jing Guo, Jianchuan Qi, Nan Li et al.

12 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107064

2026Article

Environmental Science & Technology

Leveraging LLMs for Environmental Complexity: Structured Fine-Tuning Data Sets and Deployment Strategies

Chuke Chen, Nan Li, Jianchuan Qi, H. Chang, Wenjie Shi et al.

11 citations10.1021/acs.est.5c09526

2023Article

Environmental Science & Technology

Material Flow Analysis of Dysprosium in the United States

Chuke Chen, Nan Li, Jianchuan Qi, Jianlimin Wei, Wei-Qiang Chen

11 citations10.1021/acs.est.3c07496

2021Article

Chinese Science Bulletin

Resource nexus for sustainable development: Status quo and prospect

Chao Zhang, Beibei Liu, Nan Li, Peng Wang, Chuke Chen et al.

11 citations10.1360/tb-2020-1193

2023Article

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Green Design Evaluation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Based on Knowledge Graph

Meng-Yuan Dang, Qiao-Chu Wang, Jianchuan Qi, Guoguo Liu, Nan Li et al.

7 citations10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05866

2022Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Advancing UN Comtrade for physical trade flow analysis

Wei-Qiang Chen, Heming Wang, Nan Li, Peng Wang

6 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106520

2026Article

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Life cycle environmental impact and disposal strategy selection of wind turbine blades based on uncertainty analysis

Ziqi Wang, Changqing Xu, Huimin Chang, Jing Guo, Cuiyang Feng et al.

5 citations10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108214

2025Article

Journal of Cleaner Production

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation opportunities of high-speed train in China

Zimeng Cai, Changqing Xu, Huimin Chang, Jing Guo, Chenling Fu et al.

4 citations10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145422

2024Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Transparent and open-source aluminum life cycle inventory dataset for China

Jinliang Xie, Yuzhen Feng, Huimin Chang, Changqing Xu, Ruoxi Xiong et al.

4 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107666

2022Article

Scientific Data

China economy-wide material flow account database from 1990 to 2020

Chuke Chen, Jianchuan Qi, Nan Li, Tiantian Ji, Heming Wang et al.

4 citations10.1038/s41597-022-01611-z

2024Article

Resources Conservation and Recycling

Incorporating generative AI agents into socio-economic metabolism modelling: The next frontier

Jianchuan Qi, Jing Guo, Peng Wang, Nan Li, Ming Xu

3 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107670

2020Article

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Spatial-temporal characteristics and driving factors of the human health impacts of five industrial aquatic toxic metals in China

Yuanyi Huang, Beihai Zhou, Ruru Han, Xiaohui Lu, Shuo Li et al.

3 citations10.1007/s10661-020-08279-1

2007Article

Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Mineral, Metallurgy, Material

Preparation of nanometer yellow iron and its UV absorption capacity

Chunbao Sun, Beihai Zhou, Nan Li, Ruiming Wang

3 citations10.1016/s1005-8850(07)60015-2

2026Article

Nature Communications

Unlocking energy-carbon-water synergies in global water supply system maintenance

Saige Wang, Yujing Huang, Yu Shao, Tuqiao Zhang, Shuang Song et al.

2 citations10.1038/s41467-026-72300-3

2025Article

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Reclaimed water treatment life cycle inventory dataset for China

Zimeng Cai, Huimin Chang, Changqing Xu, Wei Lin, Jing Guo et al.

2 citations10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107945

2013Article

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Estimation of regional physical imports and exports of EW-MFA in China using monetary input-output tables

Nan Li, Tianzhu Zhang

2 citations10.1007/s11783-012-0443-6

2026Article

Journal of Industrial Ecology

TianGong database—an open-source, ILCD entry-level life cycle unit process database of china

Ming Xu, Weiqiang Chen, Yutao Wang, Lei Shi, Zhi Cao et al.

1 citations10.1007/s44498-026-00136-7

2026Article

Water Research

Deep learning-based optimal adaptive regulation pathway of algal blooms in urban rivers under long-term uncertainties

Changqing Xu, Tianyu Jia, Te Xu, Yuqiao Lan, Nan Li et al.

1 citations10.1016/j.watres.2025.124677

2024Article

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Mapping manufactured capital in mainland China with harmonized night‐time light images between 1992 and 2018

Lulu Song, Yuanyi Huang, Yupeng Liu, Nan Li, Wei‐Qiang Chen

1 citations10.1111/jiec.13525

2017Article

Water Policy

Input-output model based ecological risk assessment for ecological risk management of watersheds: a case study in the Taihu Lake watershed, China

Jianchuan Qi, Nan Li, Ping Yang, Bo Lai

1 citations10.2166/wp.2017.038

2015Article

Sustainability

Using Multiple Tools to Analyze Resource Exchange in China

Nan Li, Tianzhu Zhang, Jianchuan Qi, Yuanyi Huang

1 citations10.3390/su70912372

2027Article

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Quantifying energy–cost–carbon tradeoffs in China's onshore wind expansion: A life cycle-based turbine design optimization

Simeng Chen, Changqing Xu, Huimin Chang, Jianchuan Qi, Jing Guo et al.

0 citations10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108724

2026Article

Sustainable Production and Consumption

Household carbon emissions analysis under aging population scenarios in China: Insights from micro household surveys and input-output analysis

Daming Li, Nan Li, Saige Wang, Chengming Li, Ming Xu

0 citations10.1016/j.spc.2026.04.009

2026Article

生态学报 / Acta Ecologica Sinica (Chinese edition)

Coupling mechanisms between climate adaptation and intelligent operation of high-organic-load municipal wastewater treatment plants

Lujing Zhang, Hongtao Pang, Yuehan Wu, Zimeng Cai, Chuke Chen et al.

Citations unavailable10.20103/j.stxb.202511263177

2025Article

China Population, Resources and Environment

Comparative study of international standards for carbon emission accounting methods in building life cycles

Jing Guo, Yueyang Bai, Jianchuan Qi, Nan Li, Ming Xu

Citations unavailable10.12062/cpre.20241006

2024Article

Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering

Prospects for the application of generative artificial intelligence in environmental engineering

Jianchuan Qi, Wenjie Shi, Changqing Xu, Nan Li, Ming Xu

Citations unavailable10.12030/j.cjee.202406021

2024Article

Urban Mass Transit

Research on Data Coupling and Independent Consistency for Urban Rail Transit Intelligent Operation-maintenance

Hongtao Ni, Jiaqiao Hu, Qiang Wu, Nan Li, Junlin Chen

Citations unavailable10.16037/j.1007-869x.2024.05.002

2024Article

智慧电力

Prospects for Development of Low-carbon Electricity Markets Based on Large Language Models

Yi Cao, Li Zhang, Jing Guo, Nan Li, Jianchuan Qi et al.

Citations unavailableDOI to be added

2015Article

环境科学研究

System-level ecological risk assessment of a lake watershed

韩茹茹, 周北海, 李楠, 齐剑川, 黄远奕

Citations unavailable10.13198/j.issn.1001-6929.2015.07.15

2007Article

现代化工

Research and establishment of inventory of China existing chemical substances database

李楠, 周北海, 王波, 聂晶磊, 李炳一 et al.

Citations unavailable10.16606/j.cnki.issn0253-4320.2007.s1.089

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