Publications šŸ“°

Journal Articles

  1. Tian, J., Gong, Y., Sun, M., & Sun, Y. (2026). Capturing Additive, Nonlinear, and Conditional Processes in Climate Change Attitudes: Evidence from Reverse Intergenerational Influence. Journal of Environmental Psychology (SCI/SSCI, Q1, 5-year IF = 9.9) [link]
  2. Li, Y., Tian, J., Liu, H., Gong, Y., Sun, Y. (2026). Enhancing Eco-friendly Product Purchase through Connectedness to Nature: The Role of Mediating Mechanisms. International Journal of Consumer Studies (SCI/SSCI, Q1, 5-year IF = 9.7)
  3. Wang, Y.#, Tian, J.#, Sun, Y. From Costs to Fairness: How Income Shapes Public Support for Climate Policies. Carbon Footprint.
  4. Ji, Z., Gong, Y., Tian, J., Tong, Z., Tian, X., Sun, Y. (2025). The effects of second-order climate beliefs on environmental communication behavior: The mediating role of environmental discussion efficacy. Journal of Environmental Psychology (SCI/SSCI, Q1, 5-year IF = 8.7) [link]
  5. Tian, J., Gong, Y., Zeng, C., Tian, X., Li, Y., Zheng, X., Sun, Y. (2025). Interpersonal environmental communication promotes pro-environmental behaviors: a systematic examination across time and groups. Journal of Environmental Management (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 8.4) [link]
  6. Ji, Z., Tian, J., Gong, Y., Li, Y., & Sun, Y. (2025). Factors Influencing Public Support for Individual Low-carbon Behavior Reward System in China: The Intertemporally Stabilizing Predictive Role of Climate Change Perceptions and Macroeconomic Expectations. Sustainability Science (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 5.3) [link]
  7. Tian, J., Li, Y., Sun, Y., Yang, B., & Chen, X. (2024). Warming climate apathy to mitigate the disparity in climate policy support across distinct income strata. Energy Policy, 192, 114245. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 9.3) [link]
  8. Zong, X.#, Tian, J.#, Zheng, X., Tong, Z., She, S., & Sun, Y. (2024). Influence of climate change beliefs on adolescent food saving behavior: mechanisms mediating environmental concerns. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-19. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 4.9) [link]
  9. Li, Y., Liang, Y., Tian, J., Sun, Y., & Meng, M. (2024). How to win public support for financial climate policies: both climate anxiety and economic anticipation work. Climate and Development, 1-9. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 4.3) [link]
  10. Tian, J., Gong, Y., Li, Y., Sun, Y., & Chen, X. (2023). Children-led environmental communication fosters their own and parents’ conservation behavior. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 42, 322-334. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 12.1) [link]
  11. Tian, J.#, Zheng, X.#, & Sun, Y. (2023). Fostering public climate change discussions from a social interaction perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 3.8) [link]
  12. Gong, Y., Tian, J., Li, Y., Zhou, J., Pongpiachan, S., Chen, X., & Sun, Y. (2023). Mitigating Perceived Environment Insignificance Through Information Engagement. Science Communication, 45(4), 431-459. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 9) [link]
  13. Sun, Y., Chen, X., Gong, Y., Tian, J., Ji, Z., Li, Y., … & Zhang, L. (2023). Progress and development suggestions for psychological research on climate change. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version), 38(8), 1197-1211. [link]
  14. Tian, J., Gong, Y., Li, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, L., & Sun, Y. (2022). Can policy implementation increase public waste sorting behavior? The comparison between regions with and without waste sorting policy implementation in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 363, 132401. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 11.1) [link]
  15. Tian, J., Sun, M., Gong, Y., Chen, X., & Sun, Y. (2022). Chinese residents’ attitudes toward consumption-side climate policy: The role of climate change perception and environmental topic involvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 182, 106294. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 13.72) [link]
  16. Yue, D.#, Tong, Z.#, Tian, J., Li, Y., Zhang, L., & Sun, Y. (2021). Anthropomorphic strategies promote wildlife conservation through empathy the moderation role of the public epidemic situation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3565. (SCI/SSCI, Q1, IF = 4.6) [link]
  17. Long, Z., Tian. J., Yang, J., Zhang, L., & Sun, Y. (2021). Study on Characteristics of Environmental Awareness Among Adolescents. Environment Science and Management (In Chinese), 46(4), 5-8.

Papers (Under Review/Submitted)

  1. Tian, J., Gong, Y., Li, Y., Lee, T. M., & Sun, Y. (Under Review). The climate minds among different social class: interpersonal communication, risk perceptions and climate policy support.
  2. Li, Y., Tian, J., & Sun, Y. (Under Review) Perceived fairness during extreme weather events enhances public acceptability of climate policies.
  3. Tian, J., Li, Y., Jiang, K., Sun, Y. (Submitted) Addressing the public cost-benefit dilemma requires collective effort.
  4. Tian, J., Li, J., Sun, Y. (Under Review) Artificial Intelligence’s Understanding of the Human-Nature Relationship.
  5. Tian, J., Zhang, W., Cao, Y., Zheng, H., Chen, X., Li, H., Sun, Y. (Submitted) The impact of school greenness on adolescent depression.
  6. Tian, J., Jiang, K., Wei, C., Li, Y., Sun, Y. (Submitted) Assessing the Feasibility of Achieving Paris Agreement Targets: Insights from the Emissions Game Paradigm.



Conferences Papers

  1. Qi, Y., Fu, F., Tian, J., & Sun, Y. (2024, October). Can AI Be Environmentally Responsible? A Comparative Study on the Pro-Environmental Portrait of ChatGPT and Chinese Respondents. In 2024 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education (ICAITE).
  2. Fu, F., Tian, J., Zhao, Z., Tong, Z., & Sun, Y. (2023, June). The Influence of Social Emotion Representation Framework on Residents’ Water-Saving Education Project. In 2023 4th International Conference on Education, Knowledge and Information Management (ICEKIM 2023) (pp. 822-827). Atlantis Press.
  3. Lun, X., Tian, J., Zhao, Z., Tong, Z., & Sun, Y. (2022, November). Research on The Classification and Application of Social Emotional Information in Water-saving Education Based on Facial Recognition Technology. In 2022 3rd International Conference on Information Science and Education (ICISE-IE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.