Christine Shearer

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christine Shearer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine Shearer has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Christine Shearer's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (3 papers). Christine Shearer is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (3 papers). Christine Shearer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Christine Shearer's co-authors include Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira, Dan Tong, Qiang Zhang, Chaopeng Hong, Yue Qin, Yixuan Zheng, Heather Lazrus, Julie Maldonado and Kristina Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christine Shearer

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target
    2019 550 citations Dan Tong, Qiang Zhang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christine Shearer United States 11 397 340 336 302 230 25 1.5k
Melissa Gomis Sweden 9 528 1.3× 229 0.7× 195 0.6× 230 0.8× 266 1.2× 13 2.2k
Roz Pidcock France 5 550 1.4× 241 0.7× 202 0.6× 236 0.8× 284 1.2× 6 1.7k
Anna Pirani United Kingdom 8 736 1.9× 248 0.7× 208 0.6× 256 0.8× 293 1.3× 20 1.9k
Thomas K. Maycock United States 5 541 1.4× 228 0.7× 190 0.6× 228 0.8× 252 1.1× 5 1.6k
Hongwei Zhang China 24 298 0.8× 348 1.0× 212 0.6× 350 1.2× 113 0.5× 105 2.0k
Matthew C. Ives United Kingdom 18 385 1.0× 291 0.9× 278 0.8× 122 0.4× 128 0.6× 39 1.3k
Tarun Khanna Germany 7 557 1.4× 611 1.8× 345 1.0× 523 1.7× 204 0.9× 22 1.8k
Stephanie Waldhoff United States 20 800 2.0× 556 1.6× 345 1.0× 412 1.4× 126 0.5× 56 2.3k
Stephen M. Smith United States 24 583 1.5× 542 1.6× 265 0.8× 305 1.0× 140 0.6× 61 2.1k
Tabea Lissner Germany 12 764 1.9× 292 0.9× 171 0.5× 232 0.8× 196 0.9× 24 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Christine Shearer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christine Shearer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christine Shearer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christine Shearer. The network helps show where Christine Shearer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christine Shearer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christine Shearer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christine Shearer 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 Christine Shearer. Christine Shearer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davidson, Michael R., Xue Gao, Joshua W. Busby, Christine Shearer, & Joshua Eisenman. (2023). Hard to say goodbye: South Korea, Japan, and China as the last lenders for coal. Environmental Politics. 32(7). 1186–1207. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Xue, Michael Davidson, Joshua W. Busby, Christine Shearer, & Joshua Eisenman. (2021). The Challenges of Coal Phaseout: Coal Plant Development and Foreign Finance in Indonesia and Vietnam. Global Environmental Politics. 21(4). 110–133. 8 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2021). Deep Trouble: Tracking Global Coal Mine Proposals. 4 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2020). Committed Emissions of the U.S. Power Sector, 2000–2018. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 11 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine. (2020). South and Southeast Asia’s Last Coal Plants. 2 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2020). Boom and Bust 2020. 1 indexed citations
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Tong, Dan, Qiang Zhang, Yixuan Zheng, et al.. (2019). Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target. Nature. 572(7769). 373–377. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Ryna, Nathan Hultman, Morgan R. Edwards, et al.. (2019). Quantifying operational lifetimes for coal power plants under the Paris goals. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4759–4759. 132 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2019). Out Of Step: China Is Driving The Continued Growth Of The Global Coal Fleet. 3 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2017). Future CO2 emissions and electricity generation from proposed coal-fired power plants in India. AGUFM. 2017. 9 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2017). Boom and bust 2017: tracking the global coal plant pipeline. 50 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2017). Future CO2 emissions and electricity generation from proposed coal‐fired power plants in India. Earth s Future. 5(4). 408–416. 97 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, et al.. (2016). Quantifying expert consensus against the existence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program. Environmental Research Letters. 11(8). 84011–84011. 24 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine. (2015). On Corporate Accountability. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 25(2). 172–188. 4 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine, John Bistline, Mason Inman, & Steven J. Davis. (2014). The effect of natural gas supply on US renewable energy and CO2emissions. Environmental Research Letters. 9(9). 94008–94008. 78 indexed citations
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Howard, Heather & Christine Shearer. (2013). State Efforts to Promote Continuity of Coverage and Care under the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 38(6). 1173–1181. 1 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Julie, Christine Shearer, Robin Bronen, Kristina Peterson, & Heather Lazrus. (2013). The impact of climate change on tribal communities in the US: displacement, relocation, and human rights. Climatic Change. 120(3). 601–614. 139 indexed citations
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Shearer, Christine. (2012). The political ecology of climate adaptation assistance: Alaska Natives, displacement, and relocation. Journal of Political Ecology. 19(1). 49 indexed citations
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Teck, Sarah J., Benjamin S. Halpern, Carrie V. Kappel, et al.. (2010). Using expert judgment to estimate marine ecosystem vulnerability in the California Current. Ecological Applications. 20(5). 1402–1416. 140 indexed citations
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Carrie V. Kappel, Kimberly A. Selkoe, et al.. (2009). Mapping cumulative human impacts to California Current marine ecosystems. Conservation Letters. 2(3). 138–148. 144 indexed citations

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