Patrick O’Rourke

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick O’Rourke is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick O’Rourke has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick O’Rourke's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (6 papers). Patrick O’Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (6 papers). Patrick O’Rourke collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Patrick O’Rourke's co-authors include Steven J. Smith, Linh Vu, Tyler Pitkanen, Tami C. Bond, Laura Dawidowski, Zifeng Lü, Leyang Feng, Ryan M. Bolt, Nazar Kholod and Liang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick O’Rourke

24 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

2018 1.2k citations Rachel Hoesly, Steven J. Smith et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales

2021 373 citations Erin E. McDuffie, Randall V. Martin et al. Nature Communications profile →
A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector- and fuel-specific sources (1970–2017): an application of the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

2020 328 citations Erin E. McDuffie, Steven J. Smith et al. Earth system science data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick O’Rourke United States	11	1.3k	1.1k	847	436	224	27	2.3k
Nazar Kholod United States	13	1.0k 0.8×	983 0.9×	471 0.6×	238 0.5×	124 0.6×	21	1.8k
Viral Shah United States	22	1.6k 1.2×	869 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	740 1.7×	90 0.4×	38	2.6k
Susumu Tohno Japan	28	894 0.7×	502 0.5×	864 1.0×	659 1.5×	230 1.0×	127	2.2k
Christopher S. Malley United Kingdom	17	935 0.7×	397 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	461 1.1×	98 0.4×	39	2.0k
J. A. van Aardenne Germany	11	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	795 0.9×	472 1.1×	170 0.8×	17	2.3k
Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie Norway	25	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	441 0.5×	408 0.9×	559 2.5×	55	2.6k
Wenjun Meng China	22	1.2k 1.0×	713 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	601 1.4×	226 1.0×	43	2.4k
Siyi Cai China	19	1.2k 0.9×	384 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	570 1.3×	196 0.9×	20	2.2k
Haotian Zheng China	29	1.4k 1.1×	538 0.5×	1.9k 2.3×	914 2.1×	270 1.2×	86	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick O’Rourke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick O’Rourke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ferreira, João Pedro, William Shobe, Patrick O’Rourke, et al.. (2025). How demand for and trade of construction materials affects greenhouse gas emissions. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 223. 108513–108513.

Wolfram, Paul, Page Kyle, Jay Fuhrman, Patrick O’Rourke, & Haewon McJeon. (2024). The hydrogen economy can reduce costs of climate change mitigation by up to 22%. One Earth. 7(5). 885–895. 22 indexed citations

Edwards, Morgan R., et al.. (2024). Advancing equitable value chains for the global hydrogen economy. WU Research. 5. 100166–100166. 5 indexed citations

Wolfram, Paul, Patrick O’Rourke, Haewon McJeon, & Page Kyle. (2024). Helping the climate by replacing liquefied natural gas with liquefied hydrogen or ammonia?. Environmental Research Letters. 19(5). 54005–54005. 3 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Patrick, Jay Fuhrman, Haewon McJeon, et al.. (2024). The impact of regional resources and technology availability on carbon dioxide removal potential in the United States. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 45007–45007. 2 indexed citations

Fuhrman, Jay, Patrick O’Rourke, Glen P. Peters, et al.. (2024). Ambitious efforts on residual emissions can reduce CO₂ removal and lower peak temperatures in a net-zero future. Environmental Research Letters. 19(6). 64012–64012. 12 indexed citations

Mignone, Bryan K., Leon Clarke, Jae Edmonds, et al.. (2024). Drivers and implications of alternative routes to fuels decarbonization in net-zero energy systems. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3938–3938. 13 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Patrick, Jay Fuhrman, Lisa M. Colosi, et al.. (2023). Integrated Assessment of the Leading Paths to Mitigate CO₂ Emissions from the Organic Chemical and Plastics Industry. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(49). 20571–20582. 16 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Patrick, Bryan K. Mignone, Page Kyle, et al.. (2023). Supply and Demand Drivers of Global Hydrogen Deployment in the Transition toward a Decarbonized Energy System. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(48). 19508–19518. 24 indexed citations

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Binod, K., B. Maiorov, Krzysztof Gofryk, et al.. (2023). Structure and properties of NdCuGa 3 single crystals. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 589. 171515–171515. 2 indexed citations

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Binod, K., Patrick O’Rourke, & Utpal Roy. (2022). Review on crystal structures and magnetic properties of RTX ₃ materials. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 34(27). 273002–273002. 7 indexed citations

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Fuhrman, Jay, Andrés F. Clarens, Katherine Calvin, et al.. (2021). The role of direct air capture and negative emissions technologies in the shared socioeconomic pathways towards +1.5 °C and +2 °C futures. Environmental Research Letters. 16(11). 114012–114012. 75 indexed citations

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Ou, Yang, Christopher Roney, Katherine Calvin, et al.. (2021). Deep mitigation of CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases toward 1.5 °C and 2 °C futures. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6245–6245. 130 indexed citations

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McJeon, Haewon, Bryan K. Mignone, Patrick O’Rourke, et al.. (2021). Fossil energy deployment through midcentury consistent with 2°C climate stabilization. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2. 100034–100034. 6 indexed citations

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McDuffie, Erin E., Randall V. Martin, Joseph V. Spadaro, et al.. (2021). Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3594–3594. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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McDuffie, Erin E., Rachel Hoesly, Patrick O’Rourke, et al.. (2020). emcduffie/CEDS: CEDS_GBD-MAPS_SourceCode_2020_v1.0. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

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McDuffie, Erin E., Steven J. Smith, Patrick O’Rourke, et al.. (2020). A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector- and fuel-specific sources (1970–2017): an application of the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS). Earth system science data. 12(4). 3413–3442. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Rourke, Patrick & Steven J. Smith. (2019). Global Air Pollutant Emissions Estimates to 2018 and Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) Project Updates. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019.

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Hoesly, Rachel, Steven J. Smith, Leyang Feng, et al.. (2018). Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS). Geoscientific model development. 11(1). 369–408. 1191 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Rourke, Patrick, et al.. (2001). Performance Evaluation of Linux Virtual Server. USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference. 79–92. 15 indexed citations

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