D. P. O’Brien

9.9k citations

114 papers · 5.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 36

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Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Geophysics top 2%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- High-pressure geophysics and materials

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 98
- Astro and Planetary Science 92
- Planetary Science and Exploration 68
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 23
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 9
Atmospheric Science 26
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 25

Co-authors: Alessandro Morbidelli (17 shared papers)Sean N. Raymond (12 shared papers)K. J. Walsh (7 shared papers)Avi M. Mandell (4 shared papers)R. Greenberg (7 shared papers)W. F. Bottke (10 shared papers)Harold F. Levison (1 shared paper)J. I. Lunine (4 shared papers)
Journals: Icarus (17 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (7 papers)Meteoritics and Planetary Science (6 papers)Planetary and Space Science (6 papers)Nature (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Germany

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D. P. O’Brien

113 papers receiving 5.0k citations

D. P. O’Brien's Hit Papers

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Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water 2014 · 300 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.

2014 Icarus
2012 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2011 Nature

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1	A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration Nature ·K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, D. P. O’Brien, Avi M. Mandell Hit paper breakdown →	2011	729
2	Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water Icarus ·D. C. Rubie, Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli, D. P. O’Brien, Edward Young, J. de Vries, F. Nimmo, H. Palme, D. J. Frost Hit paper breakdown →	2014	300
3	Building Terrestrial Planets Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ·Alessandro Morbidelli, J. I. Lunine, D. P. O’Brien, Sean N. Raymond, K. J. Walsh Hit paper breakdown →	2012	296
4	Terrestrial planet formation with strong dynamical friction Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien, A MORBIDELLI, Harold F. Levison	2006	292
5	Building the terrestrial planets: Constrained accretion in the inner Solar System Icarus ·Sean N. Raymond, D. P. O’Brien, Alessandro Morbidelli, Nathan A. Kaib	2009	257
6	Iron meteorites as remnants of planetesimals formed in the terrestrial planet region Nature ·W. F. Bottke, David Nesvorný, R. E. Grimm, Alessandro Morbidelli, D. P. O’Brien	2006	210
7	The Violent Collisional History of Asteroid 4 Vesta Science ·S. Marchi, H. Y. McSween, D. P. O’Brien, P. Schenk, M. C. De Sanctis, R. W. Gaskell, R. Jaumann, S. Mottola, Frank Preusker, C. A. Raymond, T. Roatsch, C. T. Russell	2012	163
8	Water delivery and giant impacts in the ‘Grand Tack’ scenario Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien, K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, Avi M. Mandell	2014	161
9	Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact Nature ·Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, D. P. O’Brien, K. J. Walsh, D. C. Rubie	2014	151
10	The global effects of impact-induced seismic activity on fractured asteroid surface morphology Icarus ·J RICHARDSONJR, H. J. Melosh, Richard N. Greenberg, D. P. O’Brien	2005	140
11	The Geologically Recent Giant Impact Basins at Vesta’s South Pole Science ·P. Schenk, D. P. O’Brien, S. Marchi, R. W. Gaskell, Frank Preusker, T. Roatsch, R. Jaumann, D. L. Buczkowski, T. B. McCord, H. Y. McSween, D. A. Williams, Aileen Yingst, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell	2012	136
12	The collisional and dynamical evolution of the main-belt and NEA size distributions Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien, R. Greenberg	2005	123
13	Stability of Satellites around Close‐in Extrasolar Giant Planets The Astrophysical Journal ·Jason W. Barnes, D. P. O’Brien	2002	123
14	Steady-state size distributions for collisional populations: Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien, R. Greenberg	2003	118
15	STELLAR DIAMETERS AND TEMPERATURES. I. MAIN-SEQUENCE A, F, AND G STARS The Astrophysical Journal ·Tabetha S. Boyajian, Harold A. McAlister, Gerald van Belle, Douglas R. Gies, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Kaspar von Braun, C. Farrington, P. J. Goldfinger, D. P. O’Brien, J. R. Parks, Noel D. Richardson, Stephen T. Ridgway, Gail Schaefer, L. Sturmann, J. Sturmann, Y. Touhami, N. H. Turner, R. J. White	2012	111
16	A Melt-through Model for Chaos Formation on Europa Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien	2002	103
17	The primordial excitation and clearing of the asteroid belt—Revisited Icarus ·D. P. O’Brien, Alessandro Morbidelli, W. F. Bottke	2007	103
18	High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites Nature Geoscience ·S. Marchi, W. F. Bottke, B. A. Cohen, K. Wünnemann, D. A. Kring, H. Y. McSween, M. C. De Sanctis, D. P. O’Brien, P. Schenk, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell	2013	84
19	Populating the asteroid belt from two parent source regions due to the migration of giant planets—“The Grand Tack” Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, D. P. O’Brien, Avi M. Mandell	2012	80
20	Origin and history of ureilitic material in the solar system: The view from asteroid 2008 TC₃ and the Almahata Sitta meteorite Meteoritics and Planetary Science ·C. A. Goodrich, W. K. Hartmann, D. P. O’Brien, S. J. Weidenschilling, Lionel Wilson, Patrick Michel, Martin Jutzi	2014	78

About D. P. O’Brien

D. P. O’Brien is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Ecology, having authored 114 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (92 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (68 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (23 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (9 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (7 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.8k citations), Geophysics (1.2k citations), Atmospheric Science (979 citations), Instrumentation (137 citations) and Ecology (457 citations). D. P. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, K. J. Walsh, Avi M. Mandell, R. Greenberg, W. F. Bottke, Harold F. Levison, J. I. Lunine, Seth A. Jacobson and D. C. Rubie. Their work appears in journals such as Icarus, The Astrophysical Journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Planetary and Space Science and Nature.

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