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Researcher · University of Toronto · Canada

Colin P. O’Brien

Colin P. O’Brien publishes mostly in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis, on topics such as CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Ionic liquids properties and applications and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

ORCID 0000-0003-0824-2752 OpenAlex
World rank
#52,824
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#1,480
of 183,316
Works
70
Citations
8.2k
Citations per work
117.2
h-index
35
i10-index 46Top 8.6% in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Colin P. O’Brien

What does Colin P. O’Brien research?

Colin P. O’Brien's work is mostly in Energy (35%), Engineering (24%), Chemical Engineering (21%).

Physical Sciences: 59 works · 83.6% of their workEnergy: 25 works · 35.1% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 works · 35.1% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 23.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 works · 15.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 6 works · 8.2% of their workChemical Engineering: 14 works · 20.7% of their workCatalysis: 8 works · 11.9% of their workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 6 works · 8.8% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 4.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 16.4% of their workTHEIR WORKColin P. O’Brien70works
Physical Sciences84%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Energy2535.1%
    2. Engineering1723.7%
    3. Chemical Engineering1420.7%
    4. Materials Science34.1%
  2. Everything else1116.4%
  1. 1Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment35% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Catalysis12% of their works
  4. 4Process Chemistry and Technology9% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Colin P. O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysts, Electrocatalysis, Carbon Dioxide, Electrochemical Conversion, Renewable Fuels, Catalysis, Energy Conversion and Ionic Liquids.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysts682 topics
  2. Electrocatalysis682 topics
  3. Carbon Dioxide672 topics
  4. Electrochemical Conversion501 topic
  5. Renewable Fuels501 topic
  6. Catalysis352 topics
  7. Energy Conversion181 topic
  8. Ionic Liquids181 topic
  9. Oxygen Reduction181 topic
  10. Solvents181 topic
  11. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries171 topic
  12. Chemical Synthesis171 topic
  13. Energy Storage171 topic
  14. Hydrogenation171 topic
  15. CO2 Capture Technology111 topic
  16. Carbon Dioxide Capture111 topic
  17. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes61 topic
  18. Proton Exchange Membranes61 topic
  19. Detection41 topic
  20. Electrochemical41 topic

Where does Colin P. O’Brien work?

Colin P. O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Toronto, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Colin P. O’Brien have?

OpenAlex counts 70 works and 8,202 citations for Colin P. O’Brien, an h-index of 35, ranking #52,824 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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