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Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Development in China: Assessment and Regulation
Part of: SpringerBriefs in Geography

by Prof. Meiyu Guo et al.
 

Hong, P., Guo, M.*, Liang, S., Shi, W., Li, Y., & Lu, X.
Carbon sequestration for geological negative emissions of the shale gas value chain in China
Nature Communications, DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-68829-y
[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 15.7]

Lyu, X., Hong, P., Guo, M*., & Zhou, Y. (2026).
Recycling of Perovskite Solar Cells.
Joule, 10, 102221
[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 35.4]

Hong, P., Zhang, Y., Shi, W., Zhao, S., Feng, X., Zhuang, M., Lu, X., Guo, M.* (2026).
Assessing Methane Emissions from Shale Gas Production in China: A Two-tiered Mobile Measurement Approach.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 60, 364
[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 11.3]

Zheng, J., Guo, M*., & Lo, K. (2025).
Shaping sustainability: Circular economy development through digital technology innovation.
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge，10(5), 100784.
[SSCI, Q1, Impact factor: 15.5]

Shi, W., Guo, M*., Li, J., Huang, Z., Hong, P., Wang, P., Feng Y., Zhao H. & Zhang, H. K. (2025).

Innovative assessment of CO2 storage potential in China’s shale oil fracturing: A storage index-well layout approach.

Gas Science and Engineering，142, 205702.
[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 5.9]

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Guo, M., Zheng, J., Zhang, J., Li, J., Wang, Q., & Lai, D. W. (2025).

Impact of extreme weather events on mental health among older adults in China: A longitudinal study. Sustainable Cities and Society，130, 106580.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 12.0]

Guo, M., Hui, J., Chan, K. K., & Zhu, Y. (2025).

Enhancing Hong Kong's climate resilience: Integrating climate change into environmental impact assessment.

Environmental Impact Assessment Review，115, 107982.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 11.2]

Zhang, J., Kong, D., Li, J., Qiu, J., Zhang, Y., Gu, X., & Guo, M. (2025).

Comparison and integration of hydrological models and machine learning models in global monthly streamflow simulation.

Journal of Hydrology，650, 132549.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 6.3]

Zheng, J., Guo, M.*, Lo, K., Lian, B., Chen, Y., Wu, Y., & Lin, L. (2024).

Assessing energy efficiency of natural gas in China’s transition towards carbon neutrality.

Energy, Ecology and Environment, 9, 1-17.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 3.6]

Shi, W., Li, J., Huang, Z., Feng, Y., Hong, P., Lei, S. & Guo, M.* (2024).

Refracturing shale gas wells in China: Doubling water consumption for enhanced gas recovery. Science of The Total Environment, 946, 174407.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 8.0]

Xia, Z., Li, Y., Guo, S., Jia, N., Pan, X., Mu, H., Chen R., Guo M. & Du, P. (2024).

Balancing photovoltaic development and cropland protection: Assessing Agrivoltaic potential in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption，2024，50，205.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 9.6]

Min, W., Chen, Y., Huang, W., Wilson, J. P., Tang, H., Guo, M., & Xu, R. (2024).

Incorporating of spatial effects in forest canopy height mapping using airborne, spaceborne lidar and spatial continuous remote sensing data.

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 133, 104123.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 8.6]

Xu, R., Chen, Y., Han, G., Guo, M., Wilson, J. P., Min, W., & Ma, J. (2024).

Incorporating Spatial Autocorrelation into GPP Estimation Using Eigenvector Spatial Filtering.

Forests，15, 1198.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 2.4]

Shi, W., Feng, Y., Zhao, H., Huang, Z., Guo, M., Jiang, S. & Shi, Y. (2024).

Study on Key Technologies of Geosteering for Shale Gas Horizontal Wells in the Complex Structural Area of Block H in Western Hubei-Eastern Chongqing.

ACS Omega，9, 17626

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 4.3]

Shi, W., Zhu, L., Guo, M.*, Huang, Z., Wang, G., Lin, L., He L., Liao Y., He H. & Gong, J. (2023), Assessment of CO2 Fracturing in China's Shale Oil Reservoir: Fracturing Effectiveness and Carbon Storage Potential.

Resources, Conservation & Recycling,197， 107101

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 10.9]

Lin L. & Guo M.*. (2023).

Effects of urbanization on multiple human perceived temperatures in South China.

Frontiers in Environmental Science，11,1117443

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor : 3.3]

Yang, Q., Kim, J., Cho, Y., Lee, W. J., Lee, D. W., Yuan, Q.,Wang, F., Zhou, C., Zhang, X., Zhou, C., Guo M., Guo Y., Carmichael, G. & Gao, M. (2023).

A synchronized estimation of hourly surface concentrations of six criteria air pollutants with GEMS data.

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6, 94.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 8.5]

He, L., Chen, B., Luo, Y., Xu, Y., Ye, W., Guo, M., Wu, P., Li, Z., Chen, Ye., Feng, H., Wang, J., Wang Y. & Xu, L. (2023).

Comparison of water stress regarding potential shale energy development in China and the US. Resources, Conservation and Recycling,190, 106823.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 10.9]

Liu, J., Lo, K., Mah, D., & Guo, M. (2021).

Cross-Border Governance and Sustainable Energy Transition: The Case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 8(2), 101-106.

[SCI, Q1]

Shi, W.R., Guo M., Huang Z., Zhang Z., Zhang C. & Shi Y. (2021)

Study on Development of Shale Gas Horizontal Well with Time-phased Staged Fracturing and Refracturing: Follow-up and Evaluation of Well R9-2, A Pilot Well in Fuling Shale Gas Field.

IEEE Access, 9, 117027

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 3.6]

Wang J., Lei C. & Guo M.* (2020)

Daily natural gas price forecasting by a weighted hybrid data-driven model.

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 192, 107240 

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 5.0, Cited by 62]

​Shi W.R., Wang X.Z., Guo M.*, Y.H. Shi, A.G. Feng, R.H. & Arshad Raza. (2020)

Water use for shale gas development in China’s Fuling Shale Gas Field.

Journal of Cleaner Production, 256, 12680.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 9.8, Cited by 45]

Wang J., Guo M.*, Liu M. & Wei X. (2020)

Long-term outlook for global rare earth production.

Resources Policy, 65, 101569

[SSCI, Q1, Impact factor: 3.2, Cited by 114]

​Hu, Z., Zhou, Q., Chen, X., Chen, D., Li, J., Guo, M., Yin, G. & Duan, Z., (2019)

Groundwater Depletion Estimated from GRACE: A Challenge of Sustainable Development in an Arid Region of Central Asia.

Remote Sensing, 11(16), 1908.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 4.9, Cited by 85]

​Guo, M., Y. Xu & Y. Q. D. Chen. (2019)

Environmental enforcement and compliance in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 144, 24-31.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 10.9, Cited by 30]

Guo, M. & Yuan Xu. (2018)

Coal-to-liquids projects in China under water and carbon constraints.

Energy Policy, 117, 58-65.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 7.6]

Hu, Z.Y., X. Chen, D.L. Chen, J.F. Li, S. Wang, Q.M. Zhou, G. Yin & M. Guo (2018)

Dry gets drier, wet gets wetter”: a case study over the arid regions of Central Asia.

International Journal of Climatology,39(2), 1072

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 3.76, Cited by 120]

Raza, A., Guo, M., R. Gholami, R. Rezaee, V. Rasouli, M. Sarmadivaleh & A. Bhatti. (2018)

Shale gas: A solution for energy crisis and lower CO2 emission in Pakistan.

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects， 40, 1674-1656.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 2.2]

Raza, A., R. Gholami, Guo, M., V. Rasouli, M. Sarmadivaleh, A. Bhatti & R. Rezaee. (2018)

A review on natural gas potential of Pakistan for transition to a low-carbon future.

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, 41, 1149-1159.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 2.2]

Guo, M., Y. Xu & Y. Q. D. Chen. (2017)

Catching environmental noncompliance in shale gas development in China and the United States.

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 121, 73-81.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 10.9, Cited by 28]

Guo, M., X. Lu, C.P. Nielsen, M.B. McElroy, W.R. Shi, Y.T. Chen & Y. Xu. (2016)

Prospects for shale gas production in China: Implications for water demand.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 66, 742-750

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 16.8, Cited by 104]

Shi, W.R., Guo, M., Zhang Z.S, Zhang C.M., Li A, Yuan S.Y., Ren Y. and Shi Y.H. (2015)

Case Study on Adsorption and Desorption Gas Experiment Measurement of Shale Gas.

Science Technology and Engineering, 15 (7), 167-172 (in Chinese) 

Guo, M., Y. Xu & Y. Q. D. Chen. (2014).

Fracking and Pollution: Can China Rescue its Environment in Time?

Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 891-892.

[SCI, Q1, Impact factor: 11.3, Cited by 29]

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