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Researcher · Carleton University · Canada

William O’Brien

William O’Brien publishes mostly in Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Social Psychology, on topics such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Facilities and Workplace Management and Noise Effects and Management.

ORCID 0000-0002-0236-5383 OpenAlex
World rank
#179,324
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#6,015
of 183,316
Works
281
Citations
9k
Citations per work
32.1
h-index
49
i10-index 139Top 0.7% in Building and Construction
William O’Brien

What does William O’Brien research?

William O’Brien's work is mostly in Engineering (36%), Environmental Science (11%), Psychology (10%).

Physical Sciences: 143 works · 50.9% of their workEngineering: 103 works · 36.5% of their workBuilding and Construction: 92 works · 32.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 works · 3.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 30 works · 10.6% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 30 works · 10.6% of their workEnergy: 11 works · 3.8% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 96 works · 34.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 27 works · 9.7% of their workPsychology: 27 works · 9.7% of their workSocial Psychology: 27 works · 9.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 15 works · 5.3% of their workHealth Professions: 15 works · 5.3% of their workSpeech and Hearing: 15 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam O’Brien281works
Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering10336.5%
    2. Environmental Science3010.6%
    3. Energy113.8%
  2. Everything else9634.1%
    1. Psychology279.7%
    1. Health Professions155.3%
  1. 1Building and Construction33% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology10% of their works
  4. 4Speech and Hearing5% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, Building Energy Consumption, Energy Simulation, Facilities Management, Open-Plan Offices, Workspace Environment and Energy Consumption.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Thermal Comfort2052 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency1982 topics
  3. Building Energy Consumption1761 topic
  4. Energy Simulation1761 topic
  5. Facilities Management782 topics
  6. Open-Plan Offices611 topic
  7. Workspace Environment611 topic
  8. Energy Consumption512 topics
  9. Sustainability392 topics
  10. Health Effects381 topic
  11. Noise Pollution381 topic
  12. Green Building351 topic
  13. Sustainable Construction351 topic
  14. CFD Simulation331 topic
  15. Urban Microclimate331 topic
  16. Green Roofs291 topic
  17. Urban Heat Island291 topic
  18. Industrial Sector221 topic
  19. Manufacturing221 topic
  20. BIM171 topic
  21. Construction171 topic

Where does William O’Brien work?

William O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is Carleton University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does William O’Brien have?

OpenAlex counts 281 works and 9,021 citations for William O’Brien, an h-index of 49, ranking #179,324 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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