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Rory V. O'Connor

Rory V. O'Connor

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
38
Citations
6142
World Ranking
8022
National Ranking
33

Rory V. O'Connor publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rory V. O'Connor sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 248 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Rory V. O'Connor D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rory V. O'Connor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rory V. O'Connor was affiliated with Dublin City University in Ireland. Their academic contributions spanned multiple fields, primarily within computer science and medicine.

Their research prominently covered these fields of study:

  • Computer Science
  • Medicine

Within these domains, subfields addressed in their work included:

  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Management Information Systems

The core topics investigated by O'Connor consisted of:

  • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
  • Technology Assessment and Management
  • Business Process Modeling and Analysis
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

Their recent publications included:

  • "Timothy John O'Connor," 2023, BMJ
  • "Health & well-being experiences of patients with pulmonary fibrosis from dancing intervention," 2023, European Journal of Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rory V. O'Connor were:

  • Claude Y. Laporte
  • Sergio Galván-Cruz
  • Manuel Mora
  • Francisco Acosta
  • Francisco Javier Álvarez Rodríguez

Their scholarly work was published notably in these venues:

  • BMJ
  • European Journal of Public Health

Best Publications

  • The situational factors that affect the software development process: Towards a comprehensive reference framework

    Paul Clarke;Rory V. O'Connor

  • Using grounded theory to understand software process improvement: A study of Irish software product companies

    Gerry Coleman;Rory O'Connor

  • Investigating software process in practice: A grounded theory perspective

    Gerry Coleman;Rory O'Connor

  • Acquiring and sharing tacit knowledge in software development teams: An empirical study

    Sharon Ryan;Rory V. O’Connor

  • A Software Engineering Lifecycle Standard for Very Small Enterprises

    Claude Y. Laporte;Simon Alexandre;Rory V. O'Connor

  • Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement

    Andreas Riel;Rory O'Connor;Serge Tichkiewitch;Richard Messnarz

  • Development of a team measure for tacit knowledge in software development teams

    Sharon Ryan;Rory V. O'Connor

  • An investigation into software development process formation in software start‐ups

    Gerry Coleman;Rory V. O'Connor

  • Software Process Improvement in Very Small Organizations

    Xabier Larrucea;Rory V. O'Connor;Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Claude Y. Laporte

  • An examination of personality traits and how they impact on software development teams

    Murat Yilmaz;Rory V. OConnor;Ricardo Colomo-Palacios;Paul Clarke

  • Continuous software engineering—A microservices architecture perspective

    Rory V. O'Connor;Peter Elger;Paul M. Clarke

  • Understanding the gap between software process practices and actual practice in very small companies

    Mary-Luz Sánchez-Gordón;Rory V. O'connor

  • Software Engineering Education and Games: A Systematic Literature Review

    Mehmet Kosa;Murat Yilmaz;Rory V. O'Connor;Paul M. Clarke

  • A Scrumban integrated gamification approach to guide software process improvement: a Turkish case study

    Murat Yilmaz;Rory V. O’Connor

  • International systems and software engineering standards for very small entities

    Claude Y. Laporte;Rory V. O'Connor;Gauthier Fanmuy

  • Software Development Processes for Games: A Systematic Literature Review

    Ann Osborne O’Hagan;Gerry Coleman;Rory V. O’Connor

  • A complexity theory viewpoint on the software development process and situational context

    Paul Clarke;Rory V. O'Connor;Brian Leavy

  • Software Project Management in Very Small Entities with ISO/IEC 29110

    Rory V. O’Connor;Claude Y. Laporte

  • Understanding the Perception of Very Small Software Companies towards the Adoption of Process Standards

    Shuib Basri;Rory V. O’Connor

  • Exploring the Relationship between Software Process Adaptive Capability and Organisational Performance

    Paul Clarke;Rory V. OConnor;Brian Leavy;Murat Yilmaz

  • Ignoring "Best Practice": Why Irish Software SMEs are Rejecting CMMI and ISO 9000

    Rory V. O’Connor;Gerry Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Colomo-Palacios
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Østfold University College
Maurizio Morisio
Maurizio Morisio Polytechnic University of Turin
Kari Smolander
Kari Smolander Lappeenranta University of Technology
Dewayne E. Perry
Dewayne E. Perry The University of Texas at Austin
Jean-Bernard Martens
Jean-Bernard Martens Eindhoven University of Technology
Joseph C. Woicik
Joseph C. Woicik National Institute of Standards and Technology
John Collins
John Collins University of Minnesota

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