Michael O’Rourke

6.2k total citations
224 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael O’Rourke is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael O’Rourke has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 37 papers in Ocean Engineering and 34 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael O’Rourke's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (56 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (32 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers). Michael O’Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (56 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (32 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers). Michael O’Rourke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Michael O’Rourke's co-authors include Tarek Abdoun, Stephen Crowley, Thomas D. O’Rourke, Michael C. Palmer, Da Ha, Harry E. Stewart, Michael D. Symans, Chad Gonnerman, Ricardo Dobry and Sanford D. Eigenbrode and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Michael O’Rourke

203 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael O’Rourke United States 37 2.1k 818 564 564 385 224 4.0k
Jinsong Huang China 55 5.1k 2.5× 413 0.5× 239 0.4× 1.0k 1.9× 324 0.8× 278 9.3k
Zheng Han China 30 977 0.5× 97 0.1× 32 0.1× 526 0.9× 96 0.2× 154 3.5k
Rui Chen China 24 663 0.3× 90 0.1× 243 0.4× 89 0.2× 496 1.3× 93 2.0k
Wenwen Li China 37 118 0.1× 264 0.3× 187 0.3× 254 0.5× 278 0.7× 259 4.8k
Bernard Amadei United States 30 1.8k 0.9× 908 1.1× 7 0.0× 674 1.2× 456 1.2× 117 4.6k
Sanjeev Jha India 29 174 0.1× 202 0.2× 168 0.3× 102 0.2× 224 0.6× 96 2.7k
David Alexander United States 37 1.1k 0.5× 289 0.4× 21 0.0× 98 0.2× 3.1k 8.1× 142 6.4k
Paul Cooper Australia 43 236 0.1× 440 0.5× 28 0.0× 856 1.5× 345 0.9× 242 6.0k
David Moore United Kingdom 30 255 0.1× 103 0.1× 26 0.0× 221 0.4× 100 0.3× 136 3.6k
Peter Walker United Kingdom 40 2.2k 1.0× 62 0.1× 24 0.0× 372 0.7× 267 0.7× 274 7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael O’Rourke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael O’Rourke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael O’Rourke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael O’Rourke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael O’Rourke 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 Michael O’Rourke. Michael O’Rourke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jones, Martinque K., Petal Grower, Isis H. Settles, et al.. (2025). Initial development and validation of the Faculty Epistemic Exclusion Scale.. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 18(6). 793–804. 2 indexed citations
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Settles, Isis H., Martinque K. Jones, NiCole T. Buchanan, et al.. (2024). Epistemic exclusion: A theory for understanding racism in faculty research evaluations.. American Psychologist. 79(4). 539–552. 4 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2023). Consultative or participatory?: how environmental science graduate students envision transdisciplinarity. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 14(1). 193–201.
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Hoffmann, Sabine, et al.. (2022). Integrate the integrators! A call for establishing academic careers for integration experts. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 49 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2016). Analytical Model for Segmented Pipe Response to Tensile Ground Strain. Earthquake Spectra. 32(4). 2533–2548. 8 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, Evgueni T. Filipov, & Eren Uçkan. (2014). Towards Robust Fragility Relations for Buried Segmented Pipe in Ground Strain Areas. Earthquake Spectra. 31(3). 1839–1858. 18 indexed citations
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Symans, Michael D., Michael O’Rourke, Tarek Abdoun, et al.. (2013). Numerical Modeling of Buried HDPE Pipelines Subjected to Normal Faulting: A Case Study. Earthquake Spectra. 29(2). 609–632. 68 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2008). Wave Propagation Effects on Buried Pipe at Treatment Plants. Earthquake Spectra. 24(3). 725–749. 2 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2007). Situating Semantics: Essays on the Philosophy of John Perry. MIT Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Katherine & Michael O’Rourke. (2006). Queer masculinities, 1550-1800 : siting same-sex desire in the early modern world. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, T. D., et al.. (2006). Large displacement soil-structure interaction test facility for lifelines. 5766–5774. 12 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2004). Seismic Damage to Segmented Buried Pipe. Earthquake Spectra. 20(4). 1167–1183. 78 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Katherine & Michael O’Rourke. (2003). Love, sex, intimacy, and friendship between men, 1550-1800. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (2000). Seismic Fragility Curves for On‐Grade Steel Tanks. Earthquake Spectra. 16(4). 801–815. 97 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, T. D. & Michael O’Rourke. (1995). Pipeline Response to Permanent Ground Deformation: A Benchmark Case. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 288–295. 5 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, Masanobu Shinozuka, T. Ariman, et al.. (1992). 7. Pilot Study of Crude Oil Transmission System Seismic Vulnerability in the Central U.S.. Earthquake Spectra. 8(3). 443–469. 2 indexed citations
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Ballantyne, Donald L., et al.. (1991). 7 Lifelines. Earthquake Spectra. 7(2S). 93–117. 5 indexed citations
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Ayala, Gustavo, Michael O’Rourke, & J. Alberto Escobar. (1990). 2. Evaluation of the Effects of the 1985 Michoacan Earthquake on the Water Systems in Metropolitan Mexico City. Earthquake Spectra. 6(3). 473–496. 22 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael & Ricardo Dobry. (1982). Apparent horizontal propagation velocity for the 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 72. 2377–2380. 7 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Michael, et al.. (1981). Design of Buried Pipelines for Wall Propagation. 32–47. 2 indexed citations

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