Publications.

Journal article

Urban sprawl, natural environments, and mortality inequality: Socioeconomic pathways and spatial heterogeneity across U.S. counties

Yehua Dennis Wei, Yu Wang*, David S. Curtis, Sungeun Shin, and Ning Xiong

Applied Geography · 189, 103943

Conference paper

Tevatron-Elastic: A unified abstraction for training elastic retrievers and rerankers

Yu Wang, Shengyao Zhuang, Xueguang Ma, Zongyu Wu, Jimmy Lin, Vivek Srikumar, and Zhichao Xu*

SIGIR-AP 2026 · Accepted · arXiv:2608.08809

Conference paper

Tevatron Meets Megatron: Expert-parallel LLM reranker training on an academic budget

Zhichao Xu, Xueguang Ma, Shengyao Zhuang, Luyu Gao, Wenqian Ye, Yu Wang, Jamie Callan, and Jimmy Lin

SIGIR-AP 2026 · Accepted · arXiv:2608.00916

Journal article

Teleworking, social capital, and subjective well-being: Evidence from U.S. county-level data

Yu Wang, Yehua Dennis Wei*, and Ning Xiong

Cities · 167, 106355

Journal article

Urban sprawl and subjective well-being: U.S. county-level evidence

Yu Wang, Yehua Dennis Wei*, Ning Xiong, and Simon Brewer

Annals of the American Association of Geographers · 115(5), 1104–1124

Journal article

Neighborhood intergenerational mobility and population health inequality: Spatial dependency and heterogeneity

Ning Xiong, Yehua Dennis Wei*, and Yu Wang

Health & Place · 92, 103429

Journal article

Foreign trade, foreign direct investment, and urban inequality: The effects of China

Yu Wang, and Yehua Dennis Wei*

Journal of Urban Affairs · 47(9), 3453–3474

Journal article

Built environment, natural environment, and mental health

Yehua Dennis Wei, Yu Wang*, David S. Curtis, Sungeun Shin, and Ming Wen

GeoHealth · 8(6), e2024GH001047

Journal article

Local development, national strategies, and territorial restructuring in China: An empirical study based on the EHA logistic method

Zhensheng Kuang, and Yu Wang*

Eurasian Geography and Economics · 65(2), 203–232

Journal article

New economy and national city size distribution

Yu Wang, Yehua Dennis Wei*, and Bindong Sun

Habitat International · 127, 102632

Journal article

Equalization or polarization? The effect of the internet on national urban hierarchies across the world, 2000–2018

Yu Wang, Zhou Yu*, and Bindong Sun*

Cities · 131, 103989

Journal article

Defining ‘centres’ in analyses of polycentric urban regions: The case of the Yangtze River Delta

Weiyang Zhang, Ben Derudder, Xingjian Liu, Bindong Sun, and Yu Wang

Regional Studies · 56(1), 87–98

Chinese-language article

城市企业主义：概念内涵、中国特性及其空间效应

Urban entrepreneurialism: Conceptual content, Chinese characteristics and spatial effects

Zhensheng Kuang, and Yu Wang

Urban Problems · 3, 14–23

Journal article

Can the internet reshape the national city size distribution? Cross-country evidence

Yu Wang, Bindong Sun*, Sixu Wu, Wan Li, and Tinglin Zhang

Papers in Regional Science · 100(5), 1254–1272

Journal article

Are mega-cities wrecking urban hierarchies? A cross-national study on the evolution of city-size distribution

Bindong Sun, Tinglin Zhang*, Yu Wang, Liangliang Zhang, and Wan Li

Cities · 108, 102999

Chinese-language article

城市规模分布与空气质量的关系——基于LandScan数据的跨国研究

Relationship between city size distribution and air quality: A cross-country study based on LandScan data

Yu Wang, Bindong Sun*, and Wan Li

地理研究 · Geographical Research · 40(11), 3173–3190

Chinese-language article

国家城市规模分布的时空演化特征及影响因素——基于LandScan的全球实证研究

Temporal and spatial evolution of national city size distribution and influencing factors: A global empirical study based on LandScan

Yu Wang, Bindong Sun*, and Tinglin Zhang

地理科学进展 · Progress in Geography · 40(11), 1812–1823

Chinese-language article

城市规模分布对地区收入差距的影响——基于LandScan全球人口数据库的实证研究

Effects of city size distribution on regional income disparity: An empirical study based on the LandScan global population database

Yu Wang, and Bindong Sun*

Urban Development Studies · 28(6), 25–32

Chinese-language article

城市实体地域识别及城市规模分布再检验——基于LandScan人口数据的跨国研究

Identification of city entities and re-examination of city size distribution: A cross-country study based on LandScan data

Yu Wang, Bindong Sun, and Zhensheng Kuang*

城市问题 · Urban Problems · 10, 46–55

Journal article

Measuring resource, environmental, and economic efficiency of China’s urban agglomerations based on hybrid directional distance function

Xueqin Lin, and Yu Wang

Journal of Urban Planning and Development · 145(3), 05019011

Chinese-language article

经济增长与资源环境关系研究进展

Research progress on the relationship between economic growth, resources, and the environment

Yu Wang, Xueqin Lin, and Dai Wang

技术经济与管理研究 · Journal of Technical Economics and Management

Chinese-language article

京津冀一体化背景下北京制造业时空演化特征及疏解方向

Temporal and spatial evolution and decentralization direction of manufacturing in Beijing under Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei integration

Yu Wang, and Xueqin Lin*

人文地理 · Human Geography · 31(5), 63–70, 132

Chinese-language article

大国的均衡发展与中心城市的带动作用

Balanced development in large countries and the leading role of central cities

Bindong Sun, Zhensheng Kuang, Yu Wang, and Sixu Wu

中国名城 · China Ancient City