James E. O’Connor

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 818 citations indexed

About

James E. O’Connor is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. O’Connor has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 818 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Instrumentation, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in James E. O’Connor's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (8 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (4 papers). James E. O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (9 papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (8 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (4 papers). James E. O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. James E. O’Connor's co-authors include Stefano Puliti, J. Rosette, Carlos Çabo, Livia Piermattei, H. Lee Swanson, John B. Cooney, E. Raymond Corey, M. R. James, Mike J. Smith and Clement G. Chase and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Inorganic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James E. O’Connor

25 papers receiving 760 citations

Hit Papers

Structure from Motion Photogrammetry in Forestry: a Review 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Structure from Motion Photogrammetry in Forestry: a Review
    2019 416 citations Carlos Çabo, Stefano Puliti et al. Current Forestry Reports profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James E. O’Connor South Africa 11 372 236 170 112 78 28 818
Gary G. Gray United States 19 47 0.1× 110 0.5× 59 0.3× 43 0.4× 10 0.1× 51 1.2k
Michael Sartori United States 7 234 0.6× 144 0.6× 122 0.7× 19 0.2× 14 408
Tom Patterson United States 14 83 0.2× 38 0.2× 17 0.1× 33 0.3× 11 0.1× 33 430
Anu Akujärvi Finland 16 193 0.5× 114 0.5× 277 1.6× 2 0.0× 108 1.4× 30 680
Robert M. Carter Australia 24 28 0.1× 164 0.7× 202 1.2× 10 0.1× 12 0.2× 52 1.3k
Wenbin China 14 49 0.1× 9 0.0× 117 0.7× 17 0.2× 7 0.1× 118 680
David Pratt United States 11 85 0.2× 47 0.2× 42 0.2× 3 0.0× 15 0.2× 32 409
Robert Thomas United States 12 101 0.3× 48 0.2× 123 0.7× 2 0.0× 11 0.1× 56 548
Johannes Schmidt Germany 12 103 0.3× 26 0.1× 85 0.5× 4 0.0× 11 0.1× 40 463
S. Huber Switzerland 17 265 0.7× 5 0.0× 583 3.4× 2 0.0× 105 1.3× 44 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James E. O’Connor

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All Works

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Çabo, Carlos, et al.. (2019). Structure from Motion Photogrammetry in Forestry: a Review. Current Forestry Reports. 5(3). 155–168. 416 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Connor, James E., et al.. (2019). Impact of image compression on Structure from Motion photogrammetry. EGUGA. 15523. 2 indexed citations
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Denlinger, Roger P., et al.. (2017). MODELING CATACLYSMIC OUTBURST FLOODS FROM PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E., Mike J. Smith, & M. R. James. (2017). Cameras and settings for aerial surveys in the geosciences. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 41(3). 325–344. 82 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E., Mike J. Smith, & M. R. James. (2016). Camera settings for UAV image acquisition. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Crause, Lisa A., et al.. (2012). A happy conclusion to the SALT image quality saga. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8444. 84444I–84444I. 2 indexed citations
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Crause, Lisa A., et al.. (2010). Use of a Faro Arm for optical alignment. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7739. 77392S–77392S. 3 indexed citations
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O’Donoghue, D., et al.. (2010). Saving SALT: repairs to the spherical aberration corrector of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7739. 77390Q–77390Q. 7 indexed citations
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Potter, S., D. A. H. Buckley, D. O’Donoghue, et al.. (2009). Polarized QPOs from theINTEGRALpolar IGRJ14536-5522 (=Swift J1453.4-5524). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 402(2). 1161–1170. 31 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael P., K. H. Nordsieck, Eric B. Burgh, et al.. (2006). The prime focus imaging spectrograph for the Southern African Large Telescope: structural and mechanical design and commissioning. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6269. 62692A–62692A. 12 indexed citations
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O’Donoghue, D., et al.. (2004). High-speed SALT instrument CCD detectors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5499. 406–406. 3 indexed citations
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O’Donoghue, D., et al.. (2003). SALTICAM: $0.5M acquisition camera: every big telescope should have one. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 465–465. 13 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E., et al.. (1994). Mathematics and Science Partnerships: Products, People, Performance, and Multimedia.. ˜The œComputing teacher. 22(1). 27–30. 4 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E., et al.. (1994). The Effects of Technology Infusion on the Mathematics and Science Curriculum.. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education. 10(4). 15–18. 3 indexed citations
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Swanson, H. Lee, James E. O’Connor, & John B. Cooney. (1990). An Information Processing Analysis of Expert and Novice Teachers’ Problem Solving. American Educational Research Journal. 27(3). 533–556. 120 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E. & Clement G. Chase. (1989). Uplift of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir Baja California, Mexico. Tectonics. 8(4). 833–844. 19 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E. & E. L. Amma. (1969). Crystal and molecular structure of trans-dichlorotetrakis(thiourea) cobalt(II). Inorganic Chemistry. 8(11). 2367–2374. 14 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E. & E. Raymond Corey. (1967). Molecular and crystal structure of dichlorobis-(dicarbonyl-.pi.-cyclopentadienyliron)tin(IV), Cl2Sn[.pi.-C5H5Fe-(CO)2]2. Inorganic Chemistry. 6(5). 968–971. 43 indexed citations
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O’Connor, James E. & E. Raymond Corey. (1967). Chlorobis(.pi.-cyclopentadienyldicarbonyliron)(.pi.-cyclopentadienyltricarbonylmolybdenum)tin(IV). A new meal cluster compound. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(15). 3930–3931. 17 indexed citations

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