Ryna Cui

3.2k citations

39 papers · 1.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

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General Energy top 5%
Environmental Engineering top 2%
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Papers in

Environmental Engineering 17
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability 15
Economics and Econometrics 24
- Climate Change Policy and Economics 21

Co-authors: Sha Yu (8 shared papers)Leon Clarke (7 shared papers)Nathan Hultman (12 shared papers)Haewon C. McJeon (13 shared papers)Morgan R. Edwards (5 shared papers)Arijit Sen (3 shared papers)Gokul C. Iyer (10 shared papers)Diyang Cui (3 shared papers)
Journals: Nature Communications (5 papers)Environmental Research Letters (3 papers)Earth s Future (3 papers)Applied Energy (2 papers)One Earth (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States China South Korea

In The Last Decade

Ryna Cui

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Ryna Cui's Hit Papers

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Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality 2021 · 297 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2021 National Science Review
2021 Nature Communications

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1	A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China Nature Communications ·Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman, Diyang Cui, Haewon C. McJeon, Sha Yu, Morgan R. Edwards, Arijit Sen, Kaihui Song, Christina Bowman, Leon Clarke, Junjie Kang, Jiehong Lou, Fuqiang Yang, Jiahai Yuan, Weirong Zhang, Mengye Zhu Hit paper breakdown →	2021	303
2	Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality National Science Review ·Jing Cheng, Dan Tong, Qiang Zhang, Yang Liu, Yu Yong Lei, Gang Yan, Liu Yan, Sha Yu, Ryna Cui, Leon Clarke, Guannan Geng, Bo Zheng, Xiaoye Zhang, Steven J. Davis, Kebin He Hit paper breakdown →	2021	297
3	Quantifying operational lifetimes for coal power plants under the Paris goals Nature Communications ·Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman, Morgan R. Edwards, Linlang He, Arijit Sen, Kavita Surana, Haewon C. McJeon, Gokul C. Iyer, Pralit Patel, Sha Yu, Ted Nace, Christine Shearer	2019	149
4	The mortality impacts of current and planned coal-fired power plants in India Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maureen Cropper, Ryna Cui, Sarath Guttikunda, Nate Hultman, Puja Jawahar, Yongjoon Park, Xinlu Yao, Xiao‐Peng Song	2021	55
5	Food security under high bioenergy demand toward long-term climate goals Climatic Change ·Tomoko Hasegawa, Ronald D. Sands, Thierry Brunelle, Ryna Cui, Stefan Frank, Shinichiro Fujimori, Alexander Popp	2020	52
6	A climate club to decarbonize the global steel industry Nature Climate Change ·Lukas Hermwille, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Max Åhman, Harro van Asselt, Chris Bataille, Stefan Kronshage, Annika Tönjes, Manfred Fischedick, Sebastian Oberthür, Amit Garg, Catherine Hall, Patrick E.P. Jochem, Clemens Schneider, Ryna Cui, Wolfgang Obergassel, Panagiotis F. Fragkos, Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Hilton Trollip	2022	47
7	EMF-33 insights on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) Climatic Change ·Matteo Muratori, Nico Bauer, Steven K. Rose, Marshall Wise, Vassilis Daioglou, Ryna Cui, Etsushi Kato, Gidden Matthew, Jessica Strefler, Shinichiro Fujimori, Ronald D. Sands, Detlef Peter van Vuuren, John P. Weyant	2020	47
8	Quantifying the regional stranded asset risks from new coal plants under 1.5 °C Environmental Research Letters ·Morgan R. Edwards, Ryna Cui, Matilyn Bindl, Nathan Hultman, Krinjal Mathur, Haewon C. McJeon, Gokul C. Iyer, Jiawei Song, Alicia Zhao	2022	41
9	Diversifying heat sources in China’s urban district heating systems will reduce risk of carbon lock-in Nature Energy ·Shangwei Liu, Yang Guo, Fabian Wagner, Hongxun Liu, Ryna Cui, Denise L. Mauzerall	2024	35
10	HOW MUCH COULD ARTICLE 6 ENHANCE NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION AMBITION TOWARD PARIS AGREEMENT GOALS THROUGH ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY? Climate Change Economics ·Jae Edmonds, Sha Yu, Haewon C. McJeon, Dirk Forrister, Joseph E. Aldy, Nathan Hultman, Ryna Cui, STEPHANIE T. WALDHOFF, Leon Clarke, Stefano De Clara, Clayton Munnings	2021	24
11	Reducing transition costs towards carbon neutrality of China’s coal power plants Nature Communications ·Rui Wang, Wenjia Cai, Ryna Cui, Lin Huang, Weidong Ma, Binbin Qi, Jia Zhang, Jiang Bian, Haoran Li, Shihui Zhang, Jianxiang Shen, Xian Zhang, Jiutian Zhang, W. Li, Le Yu, Ning Zhang, Can Wang	2025	22
12	Evaluating long-term model-based scenarios of the energy system Energy Strategy Reviews ·Matthew T. Binsted, Gokul C. Iyer, Ryna Cui, Zarrar Khan, Kalyn Dorheim, Leon Clarke	2020	20
13	Evaluating provincial-level employment challenge during the coal transition in China Advances in Climate Change Research ·Caitlin Hamilton, Jiawei Song, Ryna Cui, Colin C. Olson, Diyang Cui	2022	19
14	A GLOBAL FOOD DEMAND MODEL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF COMPLEX HUMAN-EARTH SYSTEMS Climate Change Economics ·Jae Edmonds, Robert P. Link, STEPHANIE T. WALDHOFF, Ryna Cui	2017	15
15	Quantifying the reductions in mortality from air-pollution by cancelling new coal power plants Energy and Climate Change ·Jon Sampedro, Ryna Cui, Haewon C. McJeon, Steven J. Smith, Nathan Hultman, Linlang He, Arijit Sen, Rita Van Dingenen, Ignacio Cazcarro	2020	15
16	High-ambition climate action in all sectors can achieve a 65% greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the United States by 2035 npj Climate Action ·Alicia Zhao, Kowan T. V. O’Keefe, Matthew T. Binsted, Haewon C. McJeon, Adriana Bryant, Claire V. Squire, Mengqi Zhang, Steven J. Smith, Ryna Cui, Yang Ou, Gokul C. Iyer, Shannon Kennedy, Nate Hultman	2024	15
17	A provincial analysis on wind and solar investment needs towards China's carbon neutrality Applied Energy ·Jiehong Lou, Sha Yu, Ryna Cui, Andy Miller, Nathan Hultman	2024	14
18	A U.S.‒China coal power transition and the global 1.5 °C pathway Advances in Climate Change Research ·Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman, Diyang Cui, Haewon C. McJeon, Leon Clarke, Jiahai Yuan, Wenjia Cai	2021	13
19	State-by-state energy-water-land-health impacts of the US net-zero emissions goal Energy and Climate Change ·Yang Ou, Gokul C. Iyer, Haewon C. McJeon, Ryna Cui, Alicia Zhao, Kowan T.V. O'Keefe, Mengqi Zhao, Yang Shuai Qiu, Daniel H. Loughlin	2023	12
20	Taking stock of nationally determined contributions: Continued ratcheting of ambition is critical to limit global warming to 1.5°C One Earth ·Gokul C. Iyer, Ryna Cui, Jae Edmonds, Allen J. Fawcett, Nathan Hultman, Haewon C. McJeon, Yang Ou	2023	11

About Ryna Cui

Ryna Cui is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change and Pollution, having authored 39 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (21 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (7 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (5 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (5 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (5 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Energy (31 citations), Environmental Engineering (375 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (245 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (238 citations) and Pollution (159 citations). Ryna Cui has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Sha Yu, Leon Clarke, Nathan Hultman, Haewon C. McJeon, Morgan R. Edwards, Arijit Sen, Gokul C. Iyer, Diyang Cui, Jiehong Lou and Jiahai Yuan. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Research Letters, Earth s Future, Applied Energy and One Earth.

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