David O’Sullivan

10.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
93 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

David O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Transportation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David O’Sullivan has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 18 papers in Transportation and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David O’Sullivan's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (26 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (15 papers) and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (12 papers). David O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (26 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (15 papers) and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis (12 papers). David O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. David O’Sullivan's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David O’Sullivan

91 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

From Isovists to Visibility Graphs: A Methodology for the Analysis of Architectural Space

2001 609 citations David O’Sullivan et al. profile →
Geographic Information Analysis

2010 580 citations David O’Sullivan, David Unwin ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) profile →
3. Measures of Spatial Segregation

2004 552 citations Sean F. Reardon, David O’Sullivan profile →
Data colonialism through accumulation by dispossession: New metaphors for daily data

2016 299 citations Jim Thatcher, David O’Sullivan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David O’Sullivan New Zealand	37	2.0k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	960	93	6.5k
David W. S. Wong United States	36	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	230 0.2×	1.2k 1.3×	121	6.2k
Alan T. Murray United States	62	882 0.4×	3.0k 1.9×	3.2k 2.1×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	284	11.3k
Xinyue Ye United States	54	1.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	3.2k 2.1×	905 0.8×	2.1k 2.2×	398	10.0k
Chris Webster Hong Kong	52	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	280	9.9k
Martin Dijst Netherlands	52	1.1k 0.6×	4.9k 3.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	164	8.5k
Marco Helbich Netherlands	48	735 0.4×	2.3k 1.4×	2.8k 1.8×	832 0.7×	838 0.9×	189	8.4k
Jonathan Corcoran Australia	37	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	908 0.6×	612 0.5×	453 0.5×	215	4.5k
Waldo Tobler United States	33	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	734 0.6×	2.8k 2.9×	100	10.4k
Harvey J. Miller United States	43	569 0.3×	4.4k 2.8×	757 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	660 0.7×	147	7.2k
Martin Brockerhoff United States	26	2.2k 1.1×	538 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	489 0.4×	778 0.8×	53	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David O’Sullivan

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Fields of papers citing papers by David O’Sullivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David O’Sullivan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David O’Sullivan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David O’Sullivan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David O’Sullivan. David O’Sullivan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Mahmoudi, Dillon, et al.. (2024). From FOSS to profit: Digital spatial technologies and the mode of production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100101–100101. 2 indexed citations

Etherington, Thomas R., David O’Sullivan, George L. W. Perry, Daniel R. Richards, & John Wainwright. (2024). A least-cost network neutral landscape model of human sites and routes. Landscape Ecology. 39(3). 2 indexed citations

Lester, Philip J., David O’Sullivan, & George L. W. Perry. (2023). Gene drives for invasive wasp control: Extinction is unlikely, with suppression dependent on dispersal and growth rates. Ecological Applications. 33(7). e2912–e2912. 4 indexed citations

Bergmann, Luke, Luis Fernando Chaves, David O’Sullivan, & Robert G. Wallace. (2023). Dominant Modes of Agricultural Production Helped Structure Initial COVID-19 Spread in the U.S. Midwest. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(5). 195–195. 3 indexed citations

Etherington, Thomas R., Fraser Morgan, & David O’Sullivan. (2022). Binary space partitioning generates hierarchical and rectilinear neutral landscape models suitable for human-dominated landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 37(7). 1761–1769. 5 indexed citations

Mavoa, Suzanne, Karen E. Lamb, David O’Sullivan, Karen Witten, & Melody Smith. (2018). Are disadvantaged children more likely to be excluded from analysis when applying global positioning systems inclusion criteria?. BMC Research Notes. 11(1). 578–578. 7 indexed citations

Getz, Wayne M., Charles R. Marshall, Colin J. Carlson, et al.. (2017). Making ecological models adequate. Ecology Letters. 21(2). 153–166. 99 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, David & Steven M. Manson. (2015). Do Physicists Have Geography Envy? And What Can Geographers Learn from It?. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 105(4). 704–722. 37 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, David, Tom Evans, Steven M. Manson, et al.. (2015). Strategic directions for agent-based modeling: avoiding the YAAWN syndrome. Journal of Land Use Science. 11(2). 177–187. 82 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, David, et al.. (2014). Implementing Spatial Segregation Measures in R. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113767–e113767. 28 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, David & George L. W. Perry. (2013). Spatial Simulation. 63 indexed citations

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Mueller, Steffen, Daniel Exeter, Helen Petousis‐Harris, et al.. (2012). Measuring disparities in immunisation coverage among children in New Zealand. Health & Place. 18(6). 1217–1223. 12 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, David, et al.. (2012). Detecting ethnic residential clusters using an optimisation clustering method. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 26(8). 1457–1477. 5 indexed citations

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Mateos, Pablo, Paul Longley, & David O’Sullivan. (2011). Ethnicity and Population Structure in Personal Naming Networks. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e22943–e22943. 77 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, David & David Unwin. (2010). Geographic Information Analysis. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reardon, Sean F., Chad R. Farrell, Stephen A. Matthews, et al.. (2008). Race and space in the 1990s: Changes in the geographic scale of racial residential segregation, 1990–2000. Social Science Research. 38(1). 55–70. 133 indexed citations

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Dinneen, Seán F., C. C. Cronin, & David O’Sullivan. (1991). Long term efficacy of a pen injector. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 160(9). 286–287. 4 indexed citations

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Grainger, Richard, et al.. (1984). Investigations in Bantry Bay following the Betelgeuse oil tanker disaster. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 1(3). 221–31. 4 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Margaret, J. M. Malins, & David O’Sullivan. (1961). PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN WOMEN THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER BEARING A BIG BABY. The Lancet. 277(7189). 1250–1252. 28 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, David. (1954). Fatal obstetric shock due to Addison's disease.. PubMed. 35(208). 315–6. 2 indexed citations

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