Chris Nielsen

8.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
93 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Chris Nielsen is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Nielsen has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 26 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chris Nielsen's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (26 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (20 papers). Chris Nielsen is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (26 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (20 papers). Chris Nielsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Chris Nielsen's co-authors include Michael B. McElroy, Xi Lu, Yu Zhao, Haikun Wang, Kebin He, Yu Lei, Qiang Zhang, Shuxiao Wang, Shaojie Song and Xinyu Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chris Nielsen

88 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals

2021 292 citations Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
Cost increase in the electricity supply to achieve carbon neutrality in China

2022 287 citations Chris Nielsen, Xi Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →
China’s CO2 peak before 2030 implied from characteristics and growth of cities

2019 261 citations Haikun Wang, Xi Lu et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen

2022 255 citations Xi Yang, Chris Nielsen et al. Nature Energy profile →
Air quality and health co-benefits of China’s carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030

2022 217 citations Chris Nielsen, Haikun Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Nielsen

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Nielsen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Nielsen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Nielsen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Nielsen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Nielsen. Chris Nielsen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Future Ultrafast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles in China: Charging Patterns, Grid Impacts and Solutions, and Upgrade Costs 2025 ·Engineering ·Yang Zhao, Xinyu Chen, Peng Liu, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy	0
2	Redesigning electrification of China’s ammonia and methanol industry to balance decarbonization with power system security 2025 ·Nature Energy ·Jiarong Li, Jin Lin, Jianxiao Wang, Xi Lu, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy, Yonghua Song, Jié Song, Xuefeng Lyu, (unknown), (unknown), Zhipeng Yu	4
3	Powering air travel with jet fuel derived from municipal solid waste 2025 ·Nature Sustainability ·(unknown), Fang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Shaojun Zhang, Ye Wu, Chris Nielsen, Ming Zhao, Jiming Hao, Michael B. McElroy	0
4	Rising CO₂ and Decarbonization Strategies of Aviation in China in the Coming Decade 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Jingnan Zhang, (unknown), Chris Nielsen, Ye Wu, Jiming Hao, Shaojun Zhang, Michael B. McElroy	0
5	Texas: A green hydrogen hub to decarbonize the United States and beyond 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Haiyang Lin, Silvia A. González, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy	3
6	Impacts of Receiving International Industrial Transfer on China’s Air Quality and Health Exceed Those of Export Trade 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Yu Zhao, Hongyan Zhao, (unknown), Chris Nielsen	3
7	Sustained emission reductions have restrained the ozone pollution over China 2023 ·Nature Geoscience ·Yutong Wang, Yu Zhao, Yiming Liu, Yueqi Jiang, Bo Zheng, Jia Xing, Yang Liu, Shuai Wang, Chris Nielsen	75
8	Deploying solar photovoltaic energy first in carbon-intensive regions brings gigatons more carbon mitigations to 2060 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Shi Chen, Xi Lu, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy, Gang He, Shaohui Zhang, Kebin He, Xiu Yang, (unknown), Jiming Hao	13
9	Satisfactions on Self-Perceived Health of Urban Residents in Chengdu, China: Gender, Age and the Built Environment 2022 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), ChengHe Guan, (unknown), Bo Zhang, Zhibin Chen, Sumeeta Srinivasan, Chris Nielsen	3
10	Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions 2022 ·Nature Geoscience ·Yu Zhao, (unknown), Qiang Zhang, Zhaoxin Dong, (unknown), Kaiyue Zhou, Wen Xu, Jia Xing, Bo Zheng, Zhang Wen, Xuejun Liu, Chris Nielsen, Yang Liu, Yuepeng Pan, Lei Zhang	52
11	Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Energy ·Xi Yang, Chris Nielsen, Shaojie Song, Michael B. McElroy	255
12	Combined solar power and storage as cost-competitive and grid-compatible supply for China’s future carbon-neutral electricity system 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xi Lu, Shi Chen, Chris Nielsen, Chongyu Zhang, (unknown), He Xu, Ye Wu, Shuxiao Wang, Feng Song, Wei Chu, Kebin He, Michael B. McElroy, Jiming Hao	125
13	Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, Francesco Fantozzi, Ondřej Mašek, Foster A. Agblevor, (unknown), Haiping Yang, Hanping Chen, Xi Lu, G.Q. Chen, Chuguang Zheng, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy	292
14	Opportunities for household energy on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 2021 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Minghao Zhuang, Xi Lu, Wei Peng, Yanfen Wang, Jianxiao Wang, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy	32
15	A Reinforcement Learning-Based Decision System for Electricity Pricing Plan Selection by Smart Grid End Users 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid ·Tianguang Lü, Xinyu Chen, Michael B. McElroy, Chris Nielsen, Qiuwei Wu, Qian Ai	43
16	Evaluating China's anthropogenic CO ₂ emissions inventories: a northern China case study using continuous surface observations from 2005 to 2009 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), J. William Munger, Yuxuan Wang, Steven C. Wofsy, Yu Zhao, Thomas Nehrkorn, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy, Rachel Chang	8
17	Carbon dioxide emissions in Northern China based on atmospheric observations from 2005 to 2009 2018 ·(unknown), J. William Munger, Yuxuan Wang, Steven C. Wofsy, Yu Zhao, Thomas Nehrkorn, Chris Nielsen, Michael B. McElroy, Rachel Chang	1
18	Power System Capacity Expansion Under Higher Penetration of Renewables Considering Flexibility Constraints and Low Carbon Policies 2018 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Systems ·Xinyu Chen, Jiajun Lv, Michael B. McElroy, Xingning Han, Chris Nielsen, Jinyu Wen	159
19	Long-term trend and spatial pattern of PM2.5 induced premature mortality in China 2016 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Clive E. Sabel, Xi Lu, Weimo Zhu, Haidong Kan, Chris Nielsen, Haikun Wang	145
20	Soil acidification in China: Is controlling SO2 emissions enough? 2009 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Yulong Zhao, Lei Duan, Jia Xing, Thorjørn Larssen, Chris Nielsen, Junhong Hao	3

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