Rourke O’Brien

1.5k total citations
38 papers, 992 citations indexed

About

Rourke O’Brien is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rourke O’Brien has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Rourke O’Brien's work include Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers), Global Health Care Issues (10 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers). Rourke O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Employment and Welfare Studies (12 papers), Global Health Care Issues (10 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (9 papers). Rourke O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Rourke O’Brien's co-authors include Atheendar Venkataramani, Gerald P. Brierley, Alexander C. Tsai, Elizabeth F. Bair, Abigail B. Sussman, Ichiro Kawachi, Sachin J. Shah, Nathan Seltzer, Barbara Kiviat and Adam Hayes and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rourke O’Brien

37 papers receiving 929 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rourke O’Brien United States	18	366	259	190	169	155	38	992
David Simon United States	13	258 0.7×	190 0.7×	132 0.7×	43 0.3×	45 0.3×	32	743
Laudan Aron United States	13	492 1.3×	276 1.1×	141 0.7×	176 1.0×	37 0.2×	31	1.1k
Heather H. Kelley United States	14	134 0.4×	201 0.8×	95 0.5×	103 0.6×	28 0.2×	56	779
Nai Peng Tey Malaysia	18	272 0.7×	229 0.9×	311 1.6×	113 0.7×	18 0.1×	70	1.1k
Paul Bingley Denmark	16	232 0.6×	230 0.9×	144 0.8×	38 0.2×	26 0.2×	54	908
Stefano Mazzuco Italy	18	316 0.9×	411 1.6×	161 0.8×	40 0.2×	31 0.2×	51	1.2k
Donald R. Williams United States	16	246 0.7×	366 1.4×	87 0.5×	193 1.1×	19 0.1×	54	1.1k
Steve Morgan Canada	24	375 1.0×	82 0.3×	75 0.4×	135 0.8×	112 0.7×	86	1.8k
Dean R. Lillard United States	19	279 0.8×	386 1.5×	258 1.4×	52 0.3×	13 0.1×	57	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rourke O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rourke O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Brien, Rourke, et al.. (2025). Local government expenditure centralization and spatial variation in working-age mortality. SSM - Population Health. 30. 101791–101791.

Rudolph, Kara E., et al.. (2023). Has the opening of Amazon fulfillment centers affected demand for disability insurance?. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0294453–e0294453. 1 indexed citations

Parolin, Zachary, Christina J. Cross, & Rourke O’Brien. (2023). Administrative Burdens and Economic Insecurity Among Black, Latino, and White Families. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 9(5). 56–75. 7 indexed citations

O’Brien, Rourke, et al.. (2023). Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies. Social Forces. 102(4). 1249–1268. 2 indexed citations

Venkataramani, Atheendar, et al.. (2020). Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence. PLoS Medicine. 17(9). e1003319–e1003319. 31 indexed citations

O’Brien, Rourke, et al.. (2020). Structural racism, economic opportunity and racial health disparities: Evidence from U.S. counties. SSM - Population Health. 11. 100564–100564. 90 indexed citations

Venkataramani, Atheendar & Rourke O’Brien. (2020). WI20-08: Economic Opportunity, Drug Overdose Mortality, and Disability. 2 indexed citations

Venkataramani, Atheendar, Erin Cook, Rourke O’Brien, et al.. (2019). College affirmative action bans and smoking and alcohol use among underrepresented minority adolescents in the United States: A difference-in-differences study. PLoS Medicine. 16(6). e1002821–e1002821. 20 indexed citations

Homonoff, Tatiana, Rourke O’Brien, & Abigail B. Sussman. (2019). Does Knowing Your FICO Score Change Financial Behavior? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Student Loan Borrowers. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 103(2). 236–250. 17 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rourke, et al.. (2018). Prenatal exposure to air pollution and intergenerational economic mobility: Evidence from U.S. county birth cohorts. Social Science & Medicine. 217. 92–96. 18 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rourke. (2018). The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 47(2). 162–164. 11 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rourke & Barbara Kiviat. (2018). Disparate Impact? Race, Sex, and Credit Reports in Hiring. Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 4. 20 indexed citations

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Venkataramani, Atheendar, Sachin J. Shah, Rourke O’Brien, Ichiro Kawachi, & Alexander C. Tsai. (2017). Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration programme: a quasi-experimental study. The Lancet Public Health. 2(4). e175–e181. 111 indexed citations

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Venkataramani, Atheendar, et al.. (2016). Economic opportunity, health behaviours, and health outcomes in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study. The Lancet Public Health. 1(1). e18–e25. 43 indexed citations

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Sussman, Abigail B. & Rourke O’Brien. (2015). Using Gambling to Incentivize Prudent Financial Decisions. ACR North American Advances. 1 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rourke. (2015). Monetizing illness: The influence of disability assistance priming on how we evaluate the health symptoms of others. Social Science & Medicine. 128. 31–35. 8 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rourke. (2015). Medicaid and Intergenerational Economic Mobility. 4 indexed citations

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Sussman, Abigail B. & Rourke O’Brien. (2015). Knowing When to Spend: Unintended Financial Consequences of Earmarking to Encourage Savings. Journal of Marketing Research. 53(5). 790–803. 60 indexed citations

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Hershfield, Hal E., Abigail B. Sussman, Rourke O’Brien, & Christopher J. Bryan. (2015). Leveraging Psychological Insights to Encourage the Responsible Use of Consumer Debt. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(6). 749–752. 15 indexed citations

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Brierley, Gerald P. & Rourke O’Brien. (1965). Compartmentation of Heart Mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(11). 4532–4539. 67 indexed citations

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