Sean O’Rourke

2.7k total citations
57 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sean O’Rourke is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Mathematical Physics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean O’Rourke has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Statistics and Probability, 17 papers in Mathematical Physics and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sean O’Rourke's work include Random Matrices and Applications (22 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers). Sean O’Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Random Matrices and Applications (22 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers). Sean O’Rourke collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Sean O’Rourke's co-authors include Bruce Bowerman, Michael R. Miller, David Renfrew, Tasha Q. Thompson, Gregory L. Challis, Keith Chater, Christophe Corre, Van Vu, Alexander Soshnikov and Ke Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Sean O’Rourke

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean O’Rourke United States 23 564 392 307 273 238 57 1.6k
Kevin Thornton United States 34 1.9k 3.5× 2.9k 7.3× 127 0.4× 87 0.3× 43 0.2× 56 4.4k
Jacopo Grilli Italy 24 705 1.3× 591 1.5× 288 0.9× 70 0.3× 27 0.1× 51 2.2k
Martin Howard United Kingdom 41 3.4k 6.0× 1.1k 2.7× 13 0.0× 550 2.0× 18 0.1× 100 4.9k
Rachel B. Brem United States 32 3.4k 6.1× 1.8k 4.6× 41 0.1× 260 1.0× 35 0.1× 72 5.1k
Eric J. Deeds United States 20 965 1.7× 214 0.5× 100 0.3× 119 0.4× 7 0.0× 45 1.5k
Galina Glazko United States 31 2.6k 4.6× 785 2.0× 65 0.2× 109 0.4× 57 0.2× 79 4.1k
Katharina T. Huber United Kingdom 20 858 1.5× 668 1.7× 71 0.2× 55 0.2× 9 0.0× 93 1.5k
Atsushi Mochizuki Japan 33 2.4k 4.2× 521 1.3× 28 0.1× 387 1.4× 4 0.0× 187 4.2k
Andrew D. Kern United States 30 2.6k 4.6× 2.5k 6.5× 100 0.3× 55 0.2× 15 0.1× 57 4.7k
Stephanie M. Gogarten United States 19 868 1.5× 1.4k 3.6× 147 0.5× 97 0.4× 16 0.1× 32 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean O’Rourke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean O’Rourke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean O’Rourke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean 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 Sean O’Rourke. Sean 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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O’Rourke, Sean, Melissa Jones, Michael R. Miller, et al.. (2024). Loss of genetic diversity and isolation by distance and by environment in populations of a keystone ungulate species. Conservation Genetics. 25(4). 939–953. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Tasha Q., et al.. (2024). Genomics and 20 years of sampling reveal phenotypic differences between subpopulations of outmigrating Central Valley Chinook salmon. Evolutionary Applications. 17(6). e13705–e13705. 4 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, Van Vu, & Ke Wang. (2023). Optimal Subspace Perturbation Bounds under Gaussian Noise. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 2601–2606. 1 indexed citations
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Peek, Ryan A., Sean O’Rourke, & Michael R. Miller. (2021). Flow modification associated with reduced genetic health of a river‐breeding frog, Rana boylii. Ecosphere. 12(5). 11 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, et al.. (2020). On the Ecology and Distribution of Steelhead ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in California’s Eel River. Journal of Heredity. 111(6). 548–563. 7 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean & Stefan Steinerberger. (2020). A nonlocal transport equation modeling complex roots of polynomials under differentiation. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 149(4). 1581–1592. 7 indexed citations
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Mola, John M., Michael R. Miller, Sean O’Rourke, & Neal M. Williams. (2020). Wildfire reveals transient changes to individual traits and population responses of a native bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(8). 1799–1810. 26 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean & Noah Williams. (2020). On the local pairing behavior of critical points and roots of random polynomials. Electronic Journal of Probability. 25(none). 4 indexed citations
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Pérez-Pardal, Lucía, et al.. (2019). The Local South American Chicken Populations Are a Melting-Pot of Genomic Diversity. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 1172–1172. 1 indexed citations
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Komoroske, Lisa M., Michael R. Miller, Sean O’Rourke, et al.. (2018). A versatile Rapture (RAD‐Capture) platform for genotyping marine turtles. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(2). 497–511. 17 indexed citations
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Margres, Mark J., Menna E. Jones, Brendan Epstein, et al.. (2018). Large‐effect loci affect survival in Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) infected with a transmissible cancer. Molecular Ecology. 27(21). 4189–4199. 38 indexed citations
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Thompson, Tasha Q., M. Renee Bellinger, Sean O’Rourke, et al.. (2018). Anthropogenic habitat alteration leads to rapid loss of adaptive variation and restoration potential in wild salmon populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(1). 177–186. 96 indexed citations
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Prince, Daniel J., Sean O’Rourke, Tasha Q. Thompson, et al.. (2017). The evolutionary basis of premature migration in Pacific salmon highlights the utility of genomics for informing conservation. Science Advances. 3(8). e1603198–e1603198. 153 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, Van Vu, & Ke Wang. (2016). Eigenvectors of random matrices: A survey. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 144. 361–442. 40 indexed citations
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Keikhaee, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2014). A Semi-Dominant Mutation in the General Splicing Factor SF3a66 Causes Anterior-Posterior Axis Reversal in One-Cell Stage C. elegans Embryos. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106484–e106484. 1 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, Bruce Nash, Douglas W. Turnbull, et al.. (2011). A Survey of New Temperature-Sensitive, Embryonic-Lethal Mutations in C. elegans: 24 Alleles of Thirteen Genes. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e16644–e16644. 49 indexed citations
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Chen, Lizhen, Zhiping Wang, Anindya Ghosh‐Roy, et al.. (2011). Axon Regeneration Pathways Identified by Systematic Genetic Screening in C. elegans. Neuron. 71(6). 1043–1057. 154 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, et al.. (2010). Caenorhabditis elegans EFA-6 limits microtubule growth at the cell cortex. Nature Cell Biology. 12(12). 1235–1241. 46 indexed citations
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Gassmann, Reto, Anthony Essex, Paul S. Maddox, et al.. (2008). A new mechanism controlling kinetochore–microtubule interactions revealed by comparison of two dynein-targeting components: SPDL-1 and the Rod/Zwilch/Zw10 complex. Genes & Development. 22(17). 2385–2399. 133 indexed citations
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O’Rourke, Sean, et al.. (2007). Dynein Modifiers in C. elegans: Light Chains Suppress Conditional Heavy Chain Mutants. PLoS Genetics. 3(8). e128–e128. 64 indexed citations

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