Michael Craig

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Craig is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Craig has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Craig's work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (13 papers), Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (11 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (8 papers). Michael Craig is often cited by papers focused on Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (13 papers), Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (11 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (8 papers). Michael Craig collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Michael Craig's co-authors include Bri‐Mathias Hodge, Paulina Jaramillo, Carlo Brancucci, Joseph S. Chen, Daniel Gruner, Richard Peltier, Scott Northrup, Ching-Hsing Yu, Chris Loken and Ramses van Zon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Craig

45 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Craig United States	16	461	114	111	104	94	50	1.0k
Wolf‐Gerrit Früh United Kingdom	17	471 1.0×	99 0.9×	50 0.5×	79 0.8×	87 0.9×	80	1.0k
Phil Coker United Kingdom	16	590 1.3×	80 0.7×	45 0.4×	189 1.8×	39 0.4×	28	956
Jiawei Wu China	18	420 0.9×	64 0.6×	29 0.3×	44 0.4×	36 0.4×	54	1.0k
Hongbo Wang China	22	171 0.4×	52 0.5×	86 0.8×	187 1.8×	38 0.4×	144	1.7k
Hyun‐Goo Kim South Korea	18	388 0.8×	175 1.5×	13 0.1×	161 1.5×	53 0.6×	230	1.6k
Dawei Liu China	25	347 0.8×	105 0.9×	44 0.4×	27 0.3×	35 0.4×	144	2.1k
Robert K. Niven Australia	18	54 0.1×	59 0.5×	51 0.5×	48 0.5×	75 0.8×	75	1.4k
Xiaojing Liu China	21	307 0.7×	67 0.6×	26 0.2×	23 0.2×	50 0.5×	135	1.6k
Guo -	17	327 0.7×	43 0.4×	85 0.8×	53 0.5×	74 0.8×	513	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Craig

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Craig

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Craig

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Vaishnav, Parth, et al.. (2026). Technological improvements in EV batteries offset climate-induced durability challenges. Nature Climate Change.

Kong, Qinqin, et al.. (2025). Climate change will increase high-temperature risks, degradation, and costs of rooftop photovoltaics globally. Joule. 10(1). 102218–102218. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Stephen R., et al.. (2025). Optimizing utility-scale solar siting for local economic benefits and regional decarbonization. Energy Policy. 207. 114834–114834.

Yi, Ming, et al.. (2025). Cross-sectoral trade-offs in a changing climate: Surrogate models to balance home energy bills, occupant comfort, and power system externalities. iScience. 28(6). 112728–112728.

Mills, Sarah, et al.. (2025). Implications of Zoning Ordinances for Rural Utility‐Scale Solar Deployment and Power System Decarbonization in the Great Lakes Region. Earth s Future. 13(10).

Lehner, Flavio, et al.. (2024). Identifying Robust Decarbonization Pathways for the Western U.S. Electric Power System Under Deep Climate Uncertainty. Earth s Future. 12(10). 5 indexed citations

Stewart, William R., et al.. (2024). The role of policy and module manufacturing learning in industrial decarbonization by small modular reactors. Nature Energy. 10(1). 77–89. 5 indexed citations

Craig, Michael, et al.. (2023). Cost and deployment consequences of advanced planning for negative emissions with direct air capture in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection. Applied Energy. 350. 121649–121649. 5 indexed citations

Shi, Ying, et al.. (2023). Optimal Strategies for Hybrid Battery‐Storage Systems Design. Energy Technology. 11(10). 9 indexed citations

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Woody, Maxwell, Michael Craig, Parth Vaishnav, Geoffrey Lewis, & Gregory A. Keoleian. (2022). Optimizing future cost and emissions of electric delivery vehicles. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(3). 1108–1122. 9 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, et al.. (2022). The costs of replacing coal plant jobs with local instead of distant wind and solar jobs across the United States. iScience. 25(8). 104817–104817. 18 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, et al.. (2021). The value of vehicle-to-grid in a decarbonizing California grid. Journal of Power Sources. 513. 230472–230472. 38 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, Omar José Guerra Fernandez, Carlo Brancucci, Kwabena Addo Pambour, & Bri‐Mathias Hodge. (2020). Valuing intra-day coordination of electric power and natural gas system operations. Energy Policy. 141. 111470–111470. 13 indexed citations

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Carreño, Ignacio, Michael Craig, Michael Rossol, et al.. (2020). Potential impacts of climate change on wind and solar electricity generation in Texas. Climatic Change. 163(2). 745–766. 27 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, Paulina Jaramillo, Bri‐Mathias Hodge, Bart Nijssen, & Carlo Brancucci. (2019). Compounding climate change impacts during high stress periods for a high wind and solar power system in Texas. Environmental Research Letters. 15(2). 24002–24002. 15 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, et al.. (2019). Carbon Capture and Sequestration. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, Stuart Cohen, Jordan Macknick, et al.. (2018). A review of the potential impacts of climate change on bulk power system planning and operations in the United States. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 98. 255–267. 89 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael. (2017). Economic and Environmental Costs, Benefits, and Trade-offs of Low-carbon Technologies in the Electric Power Sector. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1 indexed citations

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Craig, Michael, Paulina Jaramillo, Haibo Zhai, & Kelly Klima. (2016). The Economic Merits of Flexible Carbon Capture and Sequestration as a Compliance Strategy with the Clean Power Plan. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(3). 1102–1109. 21 indexed citations

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McDonald‐Buller, Elena, Yosuke Kimura, Michael Craig, et al.. (2016). Dynamic Management of NO_x and SO₂ Emissions in the Texas and Mid-Atlantic Electric Power Systems and Implications for Air Quality. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(3). 1611–1619. 17 indexed citations

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