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Researcher · Smith College · United States

Joseph O’Rourke

Joseph O’Rourke publishes mostly in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Geometry and Topology and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation, Advanced Materials and Mechanics and Mathematics and Applications.

ORCID 0000-0001-5844-506X OpenAlex
World rank
#329,047
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#121,505
of 358,040
Works
108
Citations
436
Citations per work
4.0

What does Joseph O’Rourke research?

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 23.3%Geometry and Topology: 10.5%Mechanical Engineering: 8.7%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6.4%other fields: 51.1%23%top field
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design23.3%Geometry and Topology10.5%Mechanical Engineering8.7%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition6.4%other fields51.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design23% of their works
  2. 2Geometry and Topology10% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition6% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph O’Rourke's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Approximation Algorithms, Delaunay Triangulations, Mesh Generation, Biomimetic, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Polymer Films and Connected Components.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Approximation Algorithms452 topics
  2. Delaunay Triangulations381 topic
  3. Mesh Generation381 topic
  4. Biomimetic121 topic
  5. Geometry121 topic
  6. Hyperbolic121 topic
  7. Polymer Films121 topic
  8. Connected Components71 topic
  9. Finite Elements71 topic
  10. Graph Theory71 topic
  11. Labeling71 topic
  12. NURBS71 topic
  13. Parameterized Complexity71 topic
  14. GPS Trajectories61 topic
  15. Trajectory Data Mining61 topic
  16. Cutting51 topic
  17. Packing51 topic

Where does Joseph O’Rourke work?

Joseph O’Rourke's main affiliation in the publication record is Smith College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Joseph O’Rourke have?

Science Explorer counts 108 works and 436 citations for Joseph O’Rourke, ranking #329,047 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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