Michael R. Davidson

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 684 citations indexed

About

Michael R. Davidson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael R. Davidson has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 684 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael R. Davidson's work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (4 papers). Michael R. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (4 papers). Michael R. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Michael R. Davidson's co-authors include Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang, Valerie J. Karplus, Gang He, John Paul Helveston, Weiming Xiong, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Qixin Chen, Chongqing Kang and Hongye Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael R. Davidson

27 papers receiving 640 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.

Quantifying the cost savings of global solar photovoltaic supply chains

2022 126 citations John Paul Helveston, Gang He et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael R. Davidson United States	12	347	157	151	135	77	30	684
Ren Ling-zhi China	10	214 0.6×	190 1.2×	130 0.9×	98 0.7×	67 0.9×	17	525
Junling Huang China	14	213 0.6×	188 1.2×	156 1.0×	150 1.1×	115 1.5×	49	689
Birgit Fais United Kingdom	9	363 1.0×	212 1.4×	270 1.8×	241 1.8×	63 0.8×	11	760
Pei‐Hao Li United Kingdom	10	321 0.9×	136 0.9×	164 1.1×	151 1.1×	52 0.7×	11	610
Weiming Xiong China	8	306 0.9×	109 0.7×	118 0.8×	129 1.0×	53 0.7×	8	500
Felix Schreyer Germany	7	260 0.7×	124 0.8×	169 1.1×	128 0.9×	62 0.8×	12	586
Kais Siala Germany	9	272 0.8×	94 0.6×	139 0.9×	219 1.6×	87 1.1×	19	658
Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo Mexico	13	178 0.5×	174 1.1×	197 1.3×	189 1.4×	143 1.9×	19	705
Felix Müsgens Germany	14	514 1.5×	153 1.0×	147 1.0×	41 0.3×	51 0.7×	55	727
Corinna Kleßmann Germany	9	331 1.0×	199 1.3×	131 0.9×	67 0.5×	111 1.4×	15	642

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael R. Davidson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Ratcheting up wind and solar targets for decarbonizing the power sector in China and beyond. 2(7). 100389–100389.

Zhang, Ning, Ershun Du, Haiyang Jiang, et al.. (2025). Emerging demand-side flexible resources accelerate China’s power system transition toward carbon neutrality. iScience. 28(5). 112372–112372. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Donghui, Baihe Gu, Mengye Zhu, & Michael R. Davidson. (2025). Critical mineral bottlenecks constrain sub-technology choices in low-carbon energy deployment. iScience. 28(9). 113267–113267.

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Coordinating power sector climate transitions under policy uncertainty. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3786–3786. 2 indexed citations

Murakami, Kohei, et al.. (2025). Wildfire Resilient Unit Commitment Under Uncertain Demand. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 40(4). 3131–3143. 1 indexed citations

Davidson, Michael R., et al.. (2024). Simulating institutional heterogeneity in sustainability science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(8). e2215674121–e2215674121. 17 indexed citations

Davidson, Michael R.. (2024). Managing the decline of coal in a decarbonizing China. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 15(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chongyu, et al.. (2024). Assessing the synergies of flexibly-operated carbon capture power plants with variable renewable energy in large-scale power systems. Applied Energy. 377. 124459–124459. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Da, Shi Chen, Chongyu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Spatially resolved land and grid model of carbon neutrality in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(10). e2306517121–e2306517121. 28 indexed citations

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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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Davidson, Michael R. & Dev Millstein. (2022). Limitations of reanalysis data for wind power applications. Wind Energy. 25(9). 1646–1653. 26 indexed citations

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Helveston, John Paul, Gang He, & Michael R. Davidson. (2022). Quantifying the cost savings of global solar photovoltaic supply chains. Nature. 612(7938). 83–87. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davidson, Michael R. & Margaret M. Pearson. (2022). Static Electricity: Institutional and Ideational Barriers to China’s Market Reforms. Studies in Comparative International Development. 57(3). 385–409. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Hongye, Michael R. Davidson, Qixin Chen, et al.. (2020). Power market reform in China: Motivations, progress, and recommendations. Energy Policy. 145. 111717–111717. 107 indexed citations

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Haupt, Sue Ellen, Michael R. Davidson, Jan Dobschinski, et al.. (2019). The Use of Probabilistic Forecasts: Applying Them in Theory and Practice. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 17(6). 46–57. 42 indexed citations

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Davidson, Michael R. & José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. (2018). Modeling Unit Commitment in Political Context: Case of China's Partially Restructured Electricity Sector. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 33(5). 4889–4901. 17 indexed citations

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Davidson, Michael R. & José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. (2017). Modeling Unit Commitment in Political Context: Case of China's Partially Restructured Electricity Sector. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Davidson, Michael R., Da Zhang, Weiming Xiong, Xiliang Zhang, & Valerie J. Karplus. (2016). Modelling the potential for wind energy integration on China’s coal-heavy electricity grid. Nature Energy. 1(7). 190 indexed citations

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Zhang, Da, et al.. (2014). An Integrated Assessment of China's Wind Energy Potential. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 23 indexed citations

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Davidson, Michael R., et al.. (1977). Ecological considerations of the solar alternatives. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 77. 33655. 1 indexed citations

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