David O’Sullivan

10.0k citations
93 papers · 6.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 37

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David O’Sullivan

91 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Data colonialism through accumulation by dispossession: New metaphors for daily data 2016 · 299 citations
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David O’Sullivan
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  • Transportation 1.6k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 493
  • Building and Construction 1.2k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.5k
  • Urban Studies 389
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside David O’Sullivan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
From Isovists to Visibility Graphs: A Methodology for the Analysis of Architectural Space
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Geographic Information Analysis
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2010580
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3. Measures of Spatial Segregation
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2004552
4 2006376
5 2011306
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Data colonialism through accumulation by dispossession: New metaphors for daily data
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7 1999290
8 2008280
9 2000279
10 2008249
11 2001192
12 2008133
13 2004133
14 2000119
15 201799
16 200799
17 200699
18 200199
19 200685
20 201582

About David O’Sullivan

David O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Transportation, Global and Planetary Change, Building and Construction and Urban Studies, having authored 93 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (26 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (15 papers), Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (12 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (11 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (10 papers), Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (9 papers), Housing Market and Economics (8 papers) and Data Management and Algorithms (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transportation (1.6k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (493 citations), Building and Construction (1.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.5k citations) and Urban Studies (389 citations). David O’Sullivan has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Sean F. Reardon, David Unwin, Alasdair Turner, Alan Penn, Brent Yarnal, Jim Thatcher, Glenn Firebaugh, Chad R. Farrell, Stephen A. Matthews and Muki Haklay. Their work appears in journals such as Environment and Planning B Planning and Design, Geographical Analysis, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, Progress in Human Geography and Computers Environment and Urban Systems.

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