Publications

The following works offer an overview of my research.

( * indicates the corresponding author; † indicates co-first authors.)

Transportation, Energy and Environment

Zhao, P.*, Li, Z.*, He, Z., Chen, Y.*, & Xiao, Z. (2024). Reducing the road freight emissions through integrated strategy in the port cities. Nature Communications, 16, 2563. [Paper]
Li, Z., Zhao, P.*, He, Z., & Xiao, Z. (2024). Non-linear effects of CO₂ emissions from road transport in port landside area. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 132, 104264. [Paper]
Zhao, P.*, Li, Z., Xiao, Z., Jiang, S., He, Z., & Zhang, M. (2023). Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of CO₂ emissions from road freight transportation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 125, 103983. [Paper]

Li, Z., Ma, X., Pan, R., Yang, C., & Yuan, Q*. (2025). Explaining the spatial dynamics and identifying potential risks of hazardous materials truck movements. Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104125. [Paper]
He, Z., Zhao, P.*, Xiao, Z., Huang, X., Li, Z., & Kang, T. (2024). Exploring the distance decay in port hinterlands under port regionalization using truck GPS data. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 181, 103390. [Paper]
He, Z., Zhao, P.*, Zhang, S., Li, Z., Huang, G., Zhang, C., & Niu, Y. (2024). Analyzing foreland dynamics in China’s port clusters under global major events (2019–2022) by AIS trajectory data. Ocean & Coastal Management, 255, 107269. [Paper]