Anne O’Brien

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Anne O’Brien is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Urban Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne O’Brien has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Gender Studies, 14 papers in Urban Studies and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Anne O’Brien's work include Cultural Industries and Urban Development (14 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (10 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (7 papers). Anne O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Industries and Urban Development (14 papers), Gender Diversity and Inequality (10 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (7 papers). Anne O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Australia. Anne O’Brien's co-authors include Jolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam, Jonathan Gosling, Richard Bolden, Deborah J. Terry, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Julie M. Duck, Leda Blackwood, Matthew J. Hornsey and Pauline Cullen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Toxicology.

In The Last Decade

Anne O’Brien

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Taking the strain: Social identity, social support, and t... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Taking the strain: Social identity, social support, and the experience of stress
    2005 540 citations S. Alexander Haslam, Anne O’Brien et al. British Journal of Social Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anne O’Brien Ireland 13 502 396 229 204 198 33 1.2k
Jason Hughes United Kingdom 15 702 1.4× 171 0.4× 110 0.5× 128 0.6× 160 0.8× 46 1.1k
Ni He United States 20 1.1k 2.1× 224 0.6× 171 0.7× 139 0.7× 348 1.8× 34 1.6k
Jorge Vala Portugal 19 963 1.9× 547 1.4× 53 0.2× 176 0.9× 113 0.6× 83 1.3k
Anisa Zvonkovic United States 18 658 1.3× 237 0.6× 134 0.6× 281 1.4× 173 0.9× 56 1.2k
Ilka H. Gleibs United Kingdom 17 333 0.7× 243 0.6× 138 0.6× 99 0.5× 164 0.8× 38 872
Maree Roche New Zealand 16 451 0.9× 554 1.4× 713 3.1× 84 0.4× 259 1.3× 59 1.4k
Barbara M. Montgomery United States 12 561 1.1× 800 2.0× 179 0.8× 93 0.5× 161 0.8× 23 1.6k
Amy Levin United States 9 470 0.9× 215 0.5× 401 1.8× 145 0.7× 659 3.3× 23 1.5k
Liat Kulik Israel 19 749 1.5× 289 0.7× 111 0.5× 340 1.7× 221 1.1× 105 1.2k
Liora Findler Israel 21 660 1.3× 310 0.8× 123 0.5× 135 0.7× 92 0.5× 38 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Anne O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anne O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anne O’Brien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anne O’Brien 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 Anne O’Brien. Anne O’Brien 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’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2025). Employment motivations and values in the creative industries: Reorienting from creativity to well-being among Generation Zs in Ireland. European Journal of Cultural Studies. 28(6). 1588–1604.
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2025). Introduction to “Motherhood, Subjectivity, and Work”. Gender Work and Organization. 32(4). 1649–1653.
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2024). “I never thought about how much of a juggle it would be”: motherhood and work in contemporary Lithuanian and Irish creative industries. Feminist Media Studies. 25(5). 1245–1261. 2 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2024). Combining motherhood and work in the creative industries: Mothers have the problem. Media Culture & Society. 46(6). 1200–1215. 3 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne. (2024). The subjectivity load: Negotiating the internalization of “mother” and “creative worker” identities in creative industries. Gender Work and Organization. 32(1). 369–384. 3 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2023). From grassroots to dissent: media activism and campaigning for equality, diversity and inclusion in media industries. Continuum. 37(4). 433–447. 2 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2021). Doing women’s film & television history. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3–11. 1 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne, et al.. (2020). Gay the right way? Roles and routines of Irish media production among gay and lesbian workers. European Journal of Communication. 35(4). 355–369. 14 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne. (2019). Women, Inequality and Media Work. 44 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne. (2017). Community radio and governance: Leadership, relationship and organizational identity. Radio Journal International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media. 15(2). 227–242. 1 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne. (2016). “A fine old time”: feminist print journalism in the 1970s. Irish Studies Review. 25(1). 42–55. 2 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Anne. (2014). ‘Men own television’: why women leave media work. Media Culture & Society. 36(8). 1207–1218. 34 indexed citations
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Bolden, Richard, Jonathan Gosling, & Anne O’Brien. (2013). Citizens of the academic community? A societal perspective on leadership in UK higher education. Studies in Higher Education. 39(5). 754–770. 54 indexed citations
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Bolden, Richard, Jonathan Gosling, & Anne O’Brien. (2012). Academic leadership: Changing conceptions, identities and experiences in UK higher education, London: Leadership foundation for higher education. Toxicology. 333. 14–24. 30 indexed citations
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Haslam, S. Alexander, et al.. (2005). Taking the strain: Social identity, social support, and the experience of stress. British Journal of Social Psychology. 44(3). 355–370. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hornsey, Matthew J., Leda Blackwood, & Anne O’Brien. (2005). Speaking for Others: The Pros and Cons of Group Advocates using Collective Language. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 8(3). 245–257. 16 indexed citations
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Jetten, Jolanda, et al.. (2002). Changing identity: Predicting adjustment to organizational restructure as a function of subgroup and superordinate identification. British Journal of Social Psychology. 41(2). 281–297. 141 indexed citations
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Jetten, Jolanda, Julie M. Duck, Deborah J. Terry, & Anne O’Brien. (2002). Being Attuned to Intergroup Differences in Mergers: The Role of Aligned Leaders for Low-Status Groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 28(9). 1194–1201. 33 indexed citations
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Ellis, E. A., et al.. (2000). Role of vegetation in the stability and servicibility of railway embankments. 1 indexed citations

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