Research Centre on One-Belt-One-Road
UNECE Tsing Hua University
Dr. James Jixian WANG

Dr. James Jixian WANG

Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Management Sciences

Former

 

PhD Toronto, FCIT
M.Phil HKU
BA People's U of China

Dr. James Jixian WANG is visiting associate professor of Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. Born in Beijing, he received his Bachelor in Economics from the People's University of China, M.Phil from the University of Hong Kong, and Ph.D. from University of Toronto. Currently he is a member of IGU Transport & Geography Commission Steering Committee, council member of Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies, and Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT-HK). Prior to CityU, Dr. Wang worked at Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong for 24 years as special in Transport Geography, with research focus in port development and port-city relations, and public transport in China. He has published widely in many internationally refereed journals and is editorial board member of Journal of Transport Geography, Transportmetrica A, Transportmetrica B, Transport and Society, Asian Geographer. He is chief editor of Ports, Cities, and Global Supply Chains published by Ashgate in 2007, and “Port-City Interplays in China” by Ashgate (2014) is his latest publication. As a portcity specialist, Dr. Wang has participated in port-city planning projects and strategic studies for more than 30 Chinese and other Asian port cities and regions. His recent research interests include also the impacts of high-speed train and airport on cities, the logistics geography of e-commerce, and the global consumption network (GCN). He is advisor of various committees on transport or port area development for port city governments in China, including Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Publications

Scholarly books, monographs

(A) Authored and Edited Books

  1. Wang, James Jixian (2014) Port-City Interplays in China, single-author book, Aldershot: Ashgate, UK.
  2. Wang, Jixian (2010) Ports and their Cities in China: Development and Interactions, single-author book in Chinese, Nanjing: Southeast University Publishing House (王缉宪 （2010）《中国港口城市的互动与发展》，东南大学出版社,) 141pages
  3. Wang, James, Olivier, D., Slack, B., and Notteboom, T. (eds) (2007) Ports, Cities, and Global Supply Chains. Aldershot: Ashgate, UK. 278 pages (cited 18 times, according to Scopus) (leading editor)

Journal Publications

(B) Published and accepted by internationally refereed journals

  1. Liu, Q. Wang, J.J., Chen, P. and Xiao, Z. (forthcoming) How does parking interplay with the built environment and affect automobile commuting in high-density cities? A case study in China, Urban Studies, (journal ranking 4 out 127 in urban studies by SJR, ISI 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.191)
  2. Cheng, Michael C.B., James J. Wang (2016) An integrative approach in measuring hub-port supply chain performance: Potential contributions of a logistics and transport data exchange platform, Case Studies in Transport Policy Vol 4, pp. 150-160. (impact actor: 0.646)
  3. Li，Jinyu, Theo Notteboom, James J Wang (2016) An institutional analysis of the evolution of inland waterway transport and inland ports on the Pearl River, Geo Journal, doi:10.1007/s10708-016-9696-0, first online: May 2016 (journal ranking 172 out 528 by JCR, impact factor 0.519).
  4. Wang, J.J. and Xiao Z. (2015) Co-evolution between etailing and parcel express industry and its geographical imprints: The case of China, Journal of Transport Geography, 46, 20-34. (ISI 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.520, journal ranking 21 out 623 in geography, planning and development ranked by SJR)
  5. Wang, James J., M. Cheng (2015) “Mature Hub Ports in the Free Trade Environment, the Way Forward from a Global Supply Chain Perspective: An Asian Case”, Maritime Policy and Management. London: Guildhall University, 42(5) 436-458.
  6. Wang, James and Timo H. Heinonen (2014) “Aeropolitics in East Asia: An institutional approach to air transport liberalization”, Journal of Air Transport Management. Elsevier. 42, 176-183
  7. Wang, James and Q. Liu (2014) “Understanding the Parking Supply Mechanism in China: A case study of Shenzhen”, Journal of Transport Geography 40, 77-88 (ISI 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.520)
  8. Wang, James (2014) “Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities”, book review, Journal of Transport Geography (ISI 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.520)
  9. Wang, James J., M. Cheng (2014 in print) “Mature Hub Ports in the Free Trade Environment, the Way Forward from a Global Supply Chain Perspective: An Asian Case”, Maritime Policy and Management. London: Guildhall University. (ISI 2012 Impact Factor - 0.816 (Transportation), the flagship journal of international shipping and port research). (80% contribution)
  10. Wang, James J., J. Xu, and He J. (2013) Spatial impacts of high-speed railways in China: a total-travel-time approach, Environment and Planning A, vol. 45, pages 2261 – 2280. (ISI Impact Factor: 1.89) (60% contribution)
  11. Wang, James and Jin-Yu Li (2012) “The Inland Waterway Transport in the Pearl River Basin, China”, L'espace géographique Vol.3, 196-209. (50% contribution)
  12. Wang, James J., Chaohe Rong, Jiang Xu, and Sui Wai Oscar Or (2012) “The funding of hierarchical railway development in China”, Research in Transportation Economics Vol. 35, 26-33. (Impact Factor: 0.6*) , cited 3 times (50% contribution)
  13. Xu, Jiang and James Wang (2012) “Reassembling the state in urban China”, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 53, 7-22. (Impact Factor: 0.771, ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 13/65 (Area Studies); 42/72 (Geography)) (30% contribution)
  14. Ng, A.K.Y., Wang, J.J. (2012) Transport development in China Research in Transportation Economics, 35 (1), pp. 1-2. (40% contribution)
  15. Wang, James and NG, Adolf (2010) “The Geographical Connectedness of Chinese Ports with Foreland Markets: A New Trend?”, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. Vol.102, 188–204. (Impact Factor: 0.753, ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 44/72 (Geography); 175/332 (Economics), cited 9 times (Google Scholar) (80% contribution).
  16. Wang, James J. and Cheng, M. (2010) “From a hub port city to a global supply chain management center: a case study of Hong Kong”, Journal of Transport Geography. 18(1), 104-115. (ISI 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.520, 2010 Impact factor: 1.706, © Ranking: 2011: 7/72 (Geography) , cited 28 times (Google Scholar) . (70% contribution)
  17. Olivier, D., Parola, F., Slack, B., Wang, J.J. (2007) The Time Scale of Internationalisation: The Case of the Container Port Industry, Maritime Economics and Logistics, 9 (1), pp. 1-34, (impact factor: 0.833) citied 31 times. (Google scholar) (10% contribution)
  18. Wang, James J. and D. Olivier (2006) “Port-FEZ bundles as spaces of global articulation: the case of Tianjin, China”, Environment and Planning A, London: Pion Ltd. 38(8) 1487 – 1503 (SSCI, Impact Factor: 1.89, cited 21 times (Google scholar) (80% contribution) .
  19. Wang, James, Daniel Olivier et Adolf K Y Ng (2006) “L’impact de l’internationalisation: le cas de la gouvernance des zones portuaires”, in L’éveil du Dragon: Les Défis du développement de la Chine au XXIe siècle, 169-192. (50% contribution) cited once.
  20. David D. Zhang, C. Y. Jim, George C-S Lin, Yuan-Qing He, James J. Wang, Harry F. Lee (2006) Climatic Change, Wars and Dynastic Cycles in China Over the Last Millennium, Climatic Change, 76(3-4), pp 459-477,(Impact Factor : 3.64, 2012, cited 53 times (Google Schalor) (10% contribution)

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