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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, Sustainable Building Design and Assessment and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

ORCID 0000-0002-0236-5383 OpenAlex
World rank
#67,086
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#2,110
of 38,960
Works
63
Citations
648
Citations per work
10.3

What does William O’Brien research?

Building and Construction: 36.4%Environmental Engineering: 11.1%Social Psychology: 10.1%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6.1%other fields: 36.3%36%top field
Building and Construction36.4%Environmental Engineering11.1%Social Psychology10.1%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6.1%other fields36.3%

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

  1. 1Building and Construction36% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering11% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology10% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort, Building Energy Consumption, Energy Simulation, Energy Consumption, Renewable Energy, Green Building and Sustainable Construction.

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. Energy Efficiency332 topics
  2. Thermal Comfort332 topics
  3. Building Energy Consumption281 topic
  4. Energy Simulation281 topic
  5. Energy Consumption102 topics
  6. Renewable Energy82 topics
  7. Green Building71 topic
  8. Sustainable Construction71 topic
  9. CFD Simulation61 topic
  10. Open-Plan Offices61 topic
  11. Urban Microclimate61 topic
  12. Workspace Environment61 topic
  13. Green Roofs51 topic
  14. Industrial Sector51 topic
  15. Manufacturing51 topic
  16. Urban Heat Island51 topic
  17. Activity Recognition31 topic
  18. Demand Response31 topic
  19. Pervasive Computing31 topic
  20. Smart Grid31 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?

Science Explorer counts 63 works and 648 citations for William O’Brien, ranking #67,086 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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