Patrick O’Rourke

4.4k citations

27 papers · 2.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 11

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 1%
- Air Quality and Health Impacts

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 8
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 7
Economics and Econometrics 7
- Climate Change Policy and Economics 7

Co-authors: Steven J. Smith (7 shared papers)Tyler Pitkanen (3 shared papers)Zifeng Lü (1 shared paper)Leyang Feng (3 shared papers)Jonathan J. Seibert (3 shared papers)Rachel Hoesly (3 shared papers)Zbigniew Klimont (1 shared paper)Greet Janssens‐Maenhout (1 shared paper)
Journals: Nature Communications (3 papers)Environmental Research Letters (3 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (2 papers)One Earth (1 paper)Geoscientific model development (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States South Korea Austria

In The Last Decade

Patrick O’Rourke

24 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales 2021 · 373 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Communications
2020 Earth system science data
2018 Geoscientific model development

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Co-authors

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1	Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) Geoscientific model development ·Rachel Hoesly, Steven J. Smith, Leyang Feng, Zbigniew Klimont, Greet Janssens‐Maenhout, Tyler Pitkanen, Jonathan J. Seibert, Linh Vu, R. J. Andres, Ryan M. Bolt, Tami C. Bond, Laura Dawidowski, Nazar Kholod, June-ichi Kurokawa, Meng Li, Liang Liu, Zifeng Lü, Maria Cecilia P. Moura, Patrick O’Rourke, Qiang Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2018	1191
2	Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales Nature Communications ·Erin E. McDuffie, Randall V. Martin, Joseph V. Spadaro, Richard T. Burnett, Steven J. Smith, Patrick O’Rourke, Melanie S. Hammer, Aaron van Donkelaar, Liam Bindle, Viral Shah, Lyatt Jaeglé, Gan Luo, Fangqun Yu, Jamiu Adetayo Adeniran, Jintai Lin, Michael Bräuer Hit paper breakdown →	2021	373
3	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 ·Erin E. McDuffie, Steven J. Smith, Patrick O’Rourke, Kushal Tibrewal, Chandra Venkataraman, Eloïse A. Marais, Bo Zheng, Monica Crippa, Michael Bräuer, Randall V. Martin Hit paper breakdown →	2020	328
4	Deep mitigation of CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases toward 1.5 °C and 2 °C futures Nature Communications ·Yang Ou, Christopher Roney, Jameel Alsalam, Katherine Calvin, Jared Creason, Jae Edmonds, Allen A. Fawcett, Page Kyle, Kanishka B. Narayan, Patrick O’Rourke, Pralit Patel, Shaun Ragnauth, Steven J. Smith, Haewon McJeon	2021	130
5	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 ·Jay Fuhrman, Andrés F. Clarens, Katherine Calvin, Scott C. Doney, Jae Edmonds, Patrick O’Rourke, Pralit Patel, Shreekar Pradhan, William Shobe, Haewon McJeon	2021	75
6	Supply and Demand Drivers of Global Hydrogen Deployment in the Transition toward a Decarbonized Energy System Environmental Science & Technology ·Patrick O’Rourke, Bryan K. Mignone, Page Kyle, Bryan Chapman, Jay Fuhrman, Paul Wolfram, Haewon McJeon	2023	24
7	The hydrogen economy can reduce costs of climate change mitigation by up to 22% One Earth ·Paul Wolfram, Page Kyle, Jay Fuhrman, Patrick O’Rourke, Haewon McJeon	2024	22
8	Integrated Assessment of the Leading Paths to Mitigate CO₂ Emissions from the Organic Chemical and Plastics Industry Environmental Science & Technology ·Wade E. Fritzeen, Patrick O’Rourke, Jay Fuhrman, Lisa M. Colosi, Sha Yu, William Shobe, Scott C. Doney, Haewon McJeon, Andrés F. Clarens	2023	16
9	Performance Evaluation of Linux Virtual Server USENIX Large Installation Systems Administration Conference ·Patrick O’Rourke, Mike Keefe	2001	15
10	Drivers and implications of alternative routes to fuels decarbonization in net-zero energy systems Nature Communications ·Bryan K. Mignone, Leon Clarke, Jae Edmonds, Angelo Gurgel, Howard J. Herzog, Jeremiah X. Johnson, Dharik S. Mallapragada, Haewon McJeon, Jennifer Morris, Patrick O’Rourke, Sergey Paltsev, Steven K. Rose, Daniel Steinberg, Aranya Venkatesh	2024	13
11	Ambitious efforts on residual emissions can reduce CO₂ removal and lower peak temperatures in a net-zero future Environmental Research Letters ·Jay Fuhrman, Simone Speizer, Patrick O’Rourke, Glen P. Peters, Haewon McJeon, Seth Monteith, Laura Aldrete Lopez, Frances Wang	2024	12
12	Enhanced efficiency of electrostatically charged insecticide aerosols Pest Management Science ·L.F. Whitmore, John F. Hughes, Neale M Harrison, Mario Abela, Patrick O’Rourke	2001	9
13	Review on crystal structures and magnetic properties of RTX ₃ materials Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·K. Binod, Patrick O’Rourke, Utpal Roy	2022	7
14	Fossil energy deployment through midcentury consistent with 2°C climate stabilization OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Haewon McJeon, Bryan K. Mignone, Patrick O’Rourke, Russell Horowitz, Haroon S. Kheshgi, Leon Clarke, Page Kyle, Pralit Patel, Jae Edmonds	2021	6
15	Community Emissions Data System Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Rachel Hoesly, Patrick O’Rourke, Caleb Braun, Leyang Feng, Steven J. Smith, Tyler Pitkanen, Jonathan J. Seibert, Linh Vu, Muwan Presley, Ryan M. Bolt, Ben Goldstein, Nazar Kholod	2019	6
16	Advancing equitable value chains for the global hydrogen economy WU Research ·Kathleen M. Kennedy, Maria A. Borrero, Morgan R. Edwards, Patrick O’Rourke, Nathan Hultman, Kavita Surana	2024	5
17	CHANGES IN GLOBAL LAND USE AND CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM US BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION: WHAT DRIVES DIFFERENCES IN ESTIMATES BETWEEN CORN AND CELLULOSIC ETHANOL? Climate Change Economics ·Bryan K. Mignone, Jonathan E. Huster, Sarah Torkamani, Patrick O’Rourke, Marshall Wise	2022	5
18	Investigating the hydrolysis of cryogenically layered molybdenum hexafluoride through a disordered hydrogen-bonded network Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Louis E. McNamara, Abigail Waldron, Michael B. Thomas, Willis Jones, Patrick O’Rourke, D.W. Simmons, K. Alicia Strange Fessler	2022	4
19	Helping the climate by replacing liquefied natural gas with liquefied hydrogen or ammonia? Environmental Research Letters ·Paul Wolfram, Patrick O’Rourke, Haewon McJeon, Page Kyle	2024	3
20	The impact of regional resources and technology availability on carbon dioxide removal potential in the United States SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Parisa Javadi, Patrick O’Rourke, Jay Fuhrman, Haewon McJeon, Scott C. Doney, William Shobe, Andrés F. Clarens	2024	2

About Patrick O’Rourke

Patrick O’Rourke is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 27 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (6 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (4 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (3 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (3 papers) and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (1.3k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (847 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.1k citations), Environmental Engineering (436 citations) and Automotive Engineering (187 citations). Patrick O’Rourke has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Steven J. Smith, Tyler Pitkanen, Zifeng Lü, Leyang Feng, Jonathan J. Seibert, Rachel Hoesly, Zbigniew Klimont, Greet Janssens‐Maenhout, Linh Vu and Maria Cecilia P. Moura. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Science & Technology, One Earth and Geoscientific model development.

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