Brian Sweeney

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Brian Sweeney is a scholar working on Surgery, Neurology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Sweeney has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 16 papers in Neurology and 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Brian Sweeney's work include HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (7 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (6 papers). Brian Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (7 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (6 papers). Brian Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Brian Sweeney's co-authors include Michael E. Hyland, Stuart M. Cobbe, J. Wouter Jukema, Ivan J. Perry, Allan Gaw, Brendan M. Buckley, Michael Murphy, Edward Bollen, Gerard J. Blauw and Chris J. Packard and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Brian Sweeney

80 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Sweeney Ireland	21	2.2k	850	843	682	427	83	3.9k
Andrew M. Tershakovec United States	24	3.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.9×	691 1.6×	55	5.1k
Guðmundur Þorgeirsson Iceland	32	2.1k 1.0×	474 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	2.1k 3.1×	597 1.4×	85	5.7k
Sarah Parish United Kingdom	33	1.4k 0.6×	270 0.3×	959 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	358 0.8×	84	3.9k
John H. Contois United States	28	1.6k 0.7×	201 0.2×	1.6k 1.9×	686 1.0×	520 1.2×	49	3.5k
Avinesh Pillai New Zealand	20	1.4k 0.7×	294 0.3×	2.1k 2.5×	1.2k 1.8×	299 0.7×	50	4.6k
David J. Graham United States	33	982 0.5×	585 0.7×	630 0.7×	1.6k 2.3×	117 0.3×	115	5.6k
Stella Trompet Netherlands	34	816 0.4×	224 0.3×	741 0.9×	784 1.1×	226 0.5×	149	3.7k
Jari Stengård Finland	24	1.6k 0.7×	273 0.3×	1.4k 1.6×	779 1.1×	263 0.6×	52	5.0k
Don P. Wilson United States	22	1.4k 0.7×	308 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	623 0.9×	299 0.7×	93	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Sweeney

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Kelleher, Eric, David Mothersill, April Hargreaves, et al.. (2025). Cognitive outcomes and performance of patients diagnosed and treated for N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antibody-mediated (NMDAR) encephalitis compared with patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 349. 111983–111983. 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Inessa, Pawan Goyal, Aarti Gupta, et al.. (2025). Mapping Emergency Medicine Data to the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model: A Gap Analysis of the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Emergency Data Registry. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 6(1). 100016–100016. 1 indexed citations

Kenny, Lorna, Zahra Azizi, Kevin Moore, et al.. (2024). Inter-rater reliability of hand motor function assessment in Parkinson’s disease: Impact of clinician training. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 11. 100278–100278. 6 indexed citations

Bhatia, Mehak, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, Norman Delanty, et al.. (2022). Germline mosaicism in a family withMBD5haploinsufficiency. Molecular Case Studies. 8(7). a006253–a006253.

Keyes, Daniel C., et al.. (2021). Change in urban and non-urban pattern of ED use during the COVID-19 pandemic in 28 Michigan hospitals: an observational study. BMJ Open. 11(2). e043024–e043024. 11 indexed citations

Cronin, Owen, Aisling Ryan, Brian Sweeney, et al.. (2019). Cycle ergometer training enhances plasma interleukin-10 in multiple sclerosis. Neurological Sciences. 40(9). 1933–1936. 5 indexed citations

O’Connor, Antoinette, Brian McNamara, & Brian Sweeney. (2016). Diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 13(2). e9–e11. 3 indexed citations

Doherty, Liam, Catherine Crowe, & Brian Sweeney. (2010). National narcolepsy survey.. PubMed. 103(4). 110, 112–3. 8 indexed citations

Brennan, Cameron, Owen J. O’Connor, Kevin N. O’Regan, et al.. (2010). Metastatic meningioma: positron emission tomography CT imaging findings. British Journal of Radiology. 83(996). e259–e262. 7 indexed citations

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O'Sullivan, S. S., Aidan Neligan, S. Daly, et al.. (2008). Aetiology and prognosis of encephalopathic patterns on electroencephalogram in a general hospital. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 15(6). 637–642. 4 indexed citations

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Bettolli, Marcos, et al.. (2008). Laparoscopic-Assisted Colostomy in Children. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 18(3). 481–483. 6 indexed citations

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Bettolli, Marcos, et al.. (2008). Thoracoscopic Treatment of a Neonatal Traumatic Pneumatocele. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 18(1). 170–173. 7 indexed citations

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Bettolli, Marcos, et al.. (2008). Colonic dysmotility in postsurgical patients with Hirschsprung's disease. Potential significance of abnormalities in the interstitial cells of Cajal and the enteric nervous system. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 43(8). 1433–1438. 27 indexed citations

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Bettolli, Marcos, et al.. (2008). Iatrogenic Anterior Diaphragmatic Hernia in Childhood. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 18(4). 275–276. 7 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Sean S., Jennifer Spillane, Elaine McMahon, et al.. (2007). Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients diagnosed with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A 5-year review. Epilepsy & Behavior. 11(1). 77–84. 77 indexed citations

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Johnston, Donna L., Brian Sweeney, & Jacqueline Halton. (2007). Bilateral Adrenal Neuroblastoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 29(9). 652–655. 5 indexed citations

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O'Sullivan, S. S., Aidan Neligan, Aoife J McCarthy, et al.. (2007). A study of idiopathic generalised epilepsy in an Irish population. Seizure. 16(3). 204–210. 24 indexed citations

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Connolly, Seán, Hadi Manji, Clive Loveday, et al.. (1995). Neurophysiological assessment of peripheral nerve and spinal cord function in asymptomatic HIV-1 infection: Results from the UCMSM/Medical Research Council neurology cohort. Journal of Neurology. 242(6). 406–414. 5 indexed citations

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Paley, M., W.K. Chong, Iain D. Wilkinson, et al.. (1994). Cerebrospinal fluid-intracranial volume ratio measurements in patients with HIV infection: CLASS image analysis technique.. Radiology. 190(3). 879–886. 27 indexed citations

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Chong, W.K., Brian Sweeney, Iain D. Wilkinson, et al.. (1993). PROTON SPECTROSCOPY OF THE BRAIN IN HIV-INFECTION - CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL, AND MR-IMAGING FINDINGS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 19 indexed citations

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