Chris Bataille

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Chris Bataille is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Bataille has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 22 papers in Environmental Engineering and 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Chris Bataille's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (21 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (17 papers). Chris Bataille is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (21 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (17 papers). Chris Bataille collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Chris Bataille's co-authors include Mark Jaccard, Henri Waisman, Lars J Nilsson, Noel Melton, Frank Jotzo, Jean-Charles Hourcade, Max Åhman, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Amandine Denis-Ryan and Steve Pye and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Chris Bataille

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A review of technology and policy deep decarbonization pathway options for making energy-intensive industry production consistent with the Paris Agreement

2018 395 citations Chris Bataille, Max Åhman et al. profile →
Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments

2024 64 citations Anne Olhoff, Chris Bataille et al. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Bataille France	19	810	797	693	341	286	39	1.8k
Chunping Xie China	22	660 0.8×	781 1.0×	515 0.7×	378 1.1×	321 1.1×	43	1.9k
Xunzhang Pan China	24	428 0.5×	780 1.0×	632 0.9×	378 1.1×	203 0.7×	55	1.7k
Keigo Akimoto Japan	26	581 0.7×	790 1.0×	707 1.0×	240 0.7×	380 1.3×	103	1.9k
Fuminori Sano Japan	25	745 0.9×	748 0.9×	661 1.0×	452 1.3×	253 0.9×	64	1.9k
Jia-Ning Kang China	19	365 0.5×	438 0.5×	681 1.0×	413 1.2×	451 1.6×	43	1.9k
Panagiotis Fragkos Greece	27	841 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	768 1.1×	564 1.7×	178 0.6×	79	2.3k
Mariësse A.E. van Sluisveld Netherlands	18	479 0.6×	644 0.8×	530 0.8×	222 0.7×	228 0.8×	26	1.5k
Leonidas Paroussos Greece	26	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	687 1.0×	644 1.9×	109 0.4×	47	2.3k
Bengt Johansson Sweden	21	676 0.8×	392 0.5×	343 0.5×	308 0.9×	172 0.6×	47	1.8k
Geoffrey J. Blanford United States	22	703 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	504 0.7×	355 1.0×	151 0.5×	36	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Bataille

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Bataille

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Bataille

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaufman, Noah & Chris Bataille. (2025). Avoiding misuses of energy-economic modelling in climate policymaking. Nature Climate Change. 15(5). 463–465. 1 indexed citations

Vishwanathan, Saritha Sudharmma, Chris Bataille, S. Cunha, et al.. (2025). Towards net-zero electricity sector in emerging economies – Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa. Climate Policy. 1–18.

Olhoff, Anne, Chris Bataille, John M. Christensen, et al.. (2024). Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 64 indexed citations breakdown →

Bataille, Chris, et al.. (2023). Towards net-zero emissions concrete and steel in India, Brazil and South Africa. Climate Policy. 1–16. 14 indexed citations

Bataille, Chris, Alaa Al Khourdajie, Heleen de Coninck, et al.. (2023). A Paris Agreement Compliant Definition for “Abated Fossil Fuels”. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Hermwille, Lukas, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Max Åhman, et al.. (2022). A climate club to decarbonize the global steel industry. Nature Climate Change. 12(6). 494–496. 44 indexed citations

Shaffer, Blake & Chris Bataille. (2021). The role of hydrogen in decarbonizing Alberta’s electricity system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Shaffer, Blake & Chris Bataille. (2021). The role of hydrogen in decarbonizing Alberta’s electricity system. The School of Public Policy Publications. 14(1). 4 indexed citations

Waisman, Henri, Adrien Vogt‐Schilb, Chris Bataille, et al.. (2021). A low GHG development pathway design framework for agriculture, forestry and land use. Energy Strategy Reviews. 37. 100683–100683. 14 indexed citations

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Pye, Steve, Oliver Broad, Chris Bataille, et al.. (2020). Modelling net-zero emissions energy systems requires a change in approach. Climate Policy. 21(2). 222–231. 124 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Lars J, Max Åhman, Fredric Bauer, et al.. (2020). A European industrial development policy for prosperity and zero emissions. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 2 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris, Céline Guivarch, Stéphane Hallegatte, Joeri Rogelj, & Henri Waisman. (2018). Carbon prices across countries. Nature Climate Change. 8(8). 648–650. 54 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris & Noel Melton. (2017). Energy efficiency and economic growth: A retrospective CGE analysis for Canada from 2002 to 2012. Energy Economics. 64. 118–130. 87 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris, et al.. (2016). The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP): insights and emerging issues. Climate Policy. 16(sup1). S1–S6. 52 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris, Noel Melton, & Mark Jaccard. (2014). Policy uncertainty and diffusion of carbon capture and storage in an optimal region. Climate Policy. 15(5). 565–582. 12 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris, et al.. (2010). Taxing Emissions, Not Income: How to Moderate the Regional Impact of Federal Environment Policy. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary. 3 indexed citations

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Bataille, Chris, Benjamin Dachis, & Nicholas Rivers. (2009). Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Impact on Canada's Competitiveness. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary. 4 indexed citations

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Hourcade, Jean Charles, Mark Jaccard, Chris Bataille, & Frédéric Ghersi. (2006). Hybrid Modeling: New Answers to Old Challenges. The Energy Journal. 2. 1–12. 78 indexed citations

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Hourcade, Jean-Charles, et al.. (2006). Hybrid Modeling: New Answers to Old Challenges Introduction to the Special Issue of The Energy Journal. The Energy Journal. 27(2_suppl). 1–11. 183 indexed citations

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Jaccard, Mark & Chris Bataille. (2002). If Sustainability Is Expensive, What Roles for Business and Government? A Case Study of GHG Reduction Policy in Canada. 65(9). 149–1108. 1 indexed citations

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