| Urban experimentation and institutional arrangements R Raven, F Sengers, P Spaeth, L Xie, A Cheshmehzangi, M De Jong European Planning Studies 27 (2), 258-281, 2019 | 253 | 2019 |
| Nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity governance L Xie, H Bulkeley Environmental Science & Policy 110, 77-87, 2020 | 114 | 2020 |
| The role of international actors in low-carbon transitions of Shenzhen's International Low Carbon City in China A Cheshmehzangi, L Xie, M Tan-Mullins Cities 74, 64-74, 2018 | 76 | 2018 |
| Green infrastructures for urban sustainability: Issues, implications, and solutions for underdeveloped areas A Cheshmehzangi, C Butters, L Xie, A Dawodu Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 59, 127028, 2021 | 53 | 2021 |
| Governance of the circular economy: A comparative examination of the use of standards by China and the United Kingdom A Flynn, N Hacking, L Xie Environmental innovation and societal transitions 33, 282-300, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Urban entrepreneurialism and sustainable development: A comparative analysis of Chinese eco-developments L Xie, A Cheshmehzangi, M Tan-Mullins, A Flynn, T Heath Journal of Urban technology 27 (1), 3-26, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| The making and remaking of ecological space in China: The political ecology of Chongming Eco-Island L Xie, A Flynn, M Tan-Mullins, A Cheshmehzangi Political Geography 69, 89-102, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Smart-eco cities in China: Trends and city profiles 2016 M Tan-Mullins, A Cheshmehzangi, S Chien, L Xie Exeter: University of Exeter (SMART-ECO Project), 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Mainstreaming sustainable innovation: unlocking the potential of nature-based solutions for climate change and biodiversity L Xie, H Bulkeley, L Tozer Environmental Science & Policy 132 (2), 119-130, 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
| Low-carbon promises and realities: Lessons from three socio-technical experiments in Shanghai H Den Hartog, F Sengers, Y Xu, L Xie, P Jiang, M De Jong Journal of Cleaner Production 181, 692-702, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| “I won’t cycle on a route like this; I don’t think I fully understood what isolation meant”: A critical evaluation of the safety principles in Cycling Level of Service (CLoS … L Xie, J Spinney Travel Behaviour and Society 13, 197-213, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Catalyzing sustainability pathways: Navigating urban nature based solutions in Europe L Tozer, H Bulkeley, A van der Jagt, H Toxopeus, L Xie, H Runhaar Global Environmental Change 74, 102521, 2022 | 30 | 2022 |
| Realising the urban opportunity: Cities and Post-2020 biodiversity governance H Bulkeley, M Kok, L Xie PBL Publishers, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Water and land: Environmental governance and Chinese eco-development L Xie, A Flynn, M Tan-Mullins, A Cheshmehzangi Journal of Cleaner Production 221, 839-853, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| Disappearing reeds on Chongming Island: An environmental microhistory of Chinese eco-development L Xie, C Mauch, M Tan-Mullins, A Cheshmehzangi Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 5 (1), 225-249, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Sponge City Program (SCP) and urban flood management (UFM)—the case of Guiyang, SW China Y Qi, FK Shun Chan, J Griffiths, M Feng, Y Sang, E O’Donnell, M Hutchins, ... Water 13 (19), 2784, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s sustainable safeguard mechanism on energy projects M Shao, M Tan-Mullins, L Xie Energy Strategy Reviews 38, 100711, 2021 | 13 | 2021 |
| Pioneering a Green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) alignment between China and other members: mapping BRI's sustainability plan A Cheshmehzangi, L Xie, M Tan-Mullins Blue-Green Systems 3 (1), 49-61, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
| Pathways for systemic integration of nature-based solutions L Xie, B Bulkeley, A van der Jagt, H Toxopeus, L Tozer, R Pearl-Martinez, ... NATURVATION. Deliverable 5 (10), 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| Governing people, governing places: Advancing the Protean environmental state in China A Flynn, L Xie, N Hacking Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 22 (5), 724-744, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
