Daniel T. O'Brien

Daniel T. O'Brien

North Eastern University

H-index: 24

Asia-Thailand

About Daniel T. O'Brien

Daniel T. O'Brien, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at North Eastern University, specializes in the field of urban informatics, neighborhoods, local policy, computational social science, technology & society.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Pointillistic City: How Microspatial Inequities Affect Well-Being in Our Communities, and What We Can Do about It

Linking landlords to uncover ownership obscurity

Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime

Can a Twitter-Based Measure of Racial Heterogeneity Explain Neighborhood Crime Differences? Proposing an Ambient Population Measure of Social Disorganization

“Big Data” and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: The Advantages, Challenges, and Long-Term Potential of Naturally Occurring Data

Disentangling truth from bias in naturally occurring data

Do commercial place managers explain crime across places? Yes and NO (PE)

Whence the Action? The Persistence and Aggravation of Violent Crime at Addresses, Streets, and Neighborhoods

Daniel T. O'Brien Information

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Citations(all)

1877

Citations(since 2020)

1096

Cited By

1159

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

35

i10Index(since 2020)

27

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North Eastern University

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Daniel T. O'Brien Skills & Research Interests

urban informatics

neighborhoods

local policy

computational social science

technology & society

Top articles of Daniel T. O'Brien

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Pointillistic City: How Microspatial Inequities Affect Well-Being in Our Communities, and What We Can Do about It

Daniel T O'Brien

2025/1/14

Linking landlords to uncover ownership obscurity

Housing Studies

Forrest Hangen

Daniel T O’Brien

2024/3/1

Pacifying problem places: How problem property interventions increase guardianship and reduce disorder and crime

Criminology

Michael Zoorob

Daniel T O'Brien

2024/2/9

Can a Twitter-Based Measure of Racial Heterogeneity Explain Neighborhood Crime Differences? Proposing an Ambient Population Measure of Social Disorganization

CrimRxiv

Riley Tucker

Daniel T O'Brien

Forrest Hangen

2024/2/7

“Big Data” and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: The Advantages, Challenges, and Long-Term Potential of Naturally Occurring Data

Daniel T O’Brien

2024/1/23

Disentangling truth from bias in naturally occurring data

Nature Computational Science

Daniel T O’Brien

2024/1

Do commercial place managers explain crime across places? Yes and NO (PE)

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Riley Tucker

Daniel T O’Brien

2024/3/30

Whence the Action? The Persistence and Aggravation of Violent Crime at Addresses, Streets, and Neighborhoods

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Dan O'Brien

Alex Ciomek

2023/11

In pursuit of local solutions for climate resilience: Sensing microspatial inequities in heat and air pollution within urban neighborhoods in boston, ma

Sustainability

Daniel T O’Brien

Amy V Mueller

2023/2/7

The choice to discriminate: How source of income discrimination constrains opportunity for housing choice voucher holders

Urban Affairs Review

Forrest Hangen

Daniel T O’Brien

2023/9

The emergence and evolution of problematic properties: onset, persistence, aggravation, and desistance

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Daniel T O’Brien

Alina Ristea

Riley Tucker

Forrest Hangen

2023/9

Strategies and inequities in balancing recreation and COVID exposure when visiting green spaces

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Sarina Dass

Daniel T O’Brien

Alina Ristea

2023/6

Comparing access to urban parks across six OECD countries

Talia Kaufmann

Swapnil Vispute

Mansi Kansal

Daniel T O'Brien

Tomer Shekel

...

2023/4/11

Exposure to infection when accessing groceries reveals racial and socioeconomic inequities in navigating the pandemic

Scientific Reports

Daniel T O’Brien

Alina Ristea

Sarina Dass

2023/2/11

Social Justice & Technical Efficiency: The Role of Digital Technology in Boston's 311 System

Ping Wang

Myeong Lee

Forrest Hangen

Daniel T O'Brien

Xinlin Tang

2022

Urban Informatics: Using Big Data to Understand and Serve Communities

Daniel T O'Brien

2022/12/8

Different places, different problems: profiles of crime and disorder at residential parcels

Crime Science

Daniel T O’Brien

Alina Ristea

Forrest Hangen

Riley Tucker

2022/12

A multisource database tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the communities of Boston, MA, USA

Scientific Data

Alina Ristea

Riley Tucker

Shunan You

Mehrnaz Amiri

Nicholas Beauchamp

...

2022/6/20

In Search of Social Justice: The Role of Digital Technology in a Government Information System

Academy of Management Proceedings

Xinlin Tang

Myeong Lee

Forrest Hangen

Daniel T O'Brien

Ping Wang

2022

Translating Data Generated by the Transit App into Insights on Transportation Use in Greater Boston

Daniel T O'Brien

Qi Wang

Justin de Benedictis-Kessner

2021/4/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 119
Robert J Sampson

Robert J Sampson

Harvard University

H-index: 49
Christopher Winship

Christopher Winship

Harvard University

H-index: 39
Patricia H. Hawley

Patricia H. Hawley

Texas Tech University

H-index: 27
Glenn Geher

Glenn Geher

State University of New York at New Paltz

H-index: 19
Dietmar Offenhuber

Dietmar Offenhuber

Northeastern University

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