Catherine M. O’Connell

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Catherine M. O’Connell is a scholar working on Microbiology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine M. O’Connell has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Microbiology, 32 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Catherine M. O’Connell's work include Reproductive tract infections research (56 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (22 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (17 papers). Catherine M. O’Connell is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (56 papers), Reproductive System and Pregnancy (22 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (17 papers). Catherine M. O’Connell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Egypt. Catherine M. O’Connell's co-authors include Ross C. Hardison, Gek Kee Sim, Tom Maniatis, Elizabeth Lacy, Diana Quon, Argiris Efstratiadis, Maurice Cohen, Toni Darville, L Schmid and Cheryl L. Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Catherine M. O’Connell

91 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

The isolation of structural genes from libraries of eucaryotic DNA

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine M. O’Connell United States	31	1.8k	1.3k	980	934	550	94	4.6k
Agathe Subtil France	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	666 0.7×	666 0.7×	215 0.4×	59	3.3k
Jukka Finne Finland	53	4.9k 2.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	728 1.3×	146	8.3k
Sérgio Crovella Italy	44	3.3k 1.8×	956 0.7×	2.5k 2.5×	1.2k 1.3×	654 1.2×	499	8.5k
Paul R. Langford United Kingdom	39	1.6k 0.9×	2.8k 2.1×	1.3k 1.3×	798 0.9×	465 0.8×	222	5.7k
Patricia J. Johnson United States	44	2.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	888 0.9×	999 1.1×	153 0.3×	110	5.4k
Samuel M. Moskowitz United States	37	2.8k 1.5×	498 0.4×	601 0.6×	613 0.7×	981 1.8×	70	5.6k
Joanne N. Engel United States	51	5.5k 3.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.4×	1.7k 3.1×	108	9.7k
Peter Cole United Kingdom	38	1.2k 0.6×	382 0.3×	502 0.5×	750 0.8×	289 0.5×	114	4.3k
Thomas R. Moench United States	46	1.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.2×	2.3k 2.5×	297 0.5×	96	6.8k
Kevin J. Whaley United States	37	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	229 0.4×	103	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine M. O’Connell

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Brochu, Hayden, Hsuan Chou, Xiaojing Zheng, et al.. (2025). Cervicovaginal microbial features predict Chlamydia trachomatis spread to the upper genital tract of infected women. Infection and Immunity. 93(9). e0005725–e0005725.

Kollipara, Avinash, Chengwen Li, Xiaojing Zheng, et al.. (2025). T cell signatures associated with reduced Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection in a highly exposed cohort. JCI Insight. 10(7). 1 indexed citations

Darville, Toni, et al.. (2025). Influence of cervicovaginal microbiota on Chlamydia trachomatis infection dynamics. Microbial Cell. 12. 93–108. 2 indexed citations

Brochu, Hayden, Hsuan Chou, Toni Darville, et al.. (2025). Diagnostic-avoiding Chlamydia trachomatis variants detected in cervical and endometrial specimens from women during 16S microbiome profiling. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 349–349. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yanli, Joanna Warren, Taylor B. Poston, et al.. (2024). Low-Frequency, Sustained CD4 T-Cell Responses Chlamydia trachomatis in Women: Predominant Targeting of Chlamydial Proteaselike Activity Factor (CPAF). The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(2). e385–e395. 3 indexed citations

Turman, Breanna J., et al.. (2023). Virulence Protein Pgp3 Is Insufficient To Mediate Plasmid-Dependent Infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis. Infection and Immunity. 91(2). e0039222–e0039222. 5 indexed citations

Li, Chengwen, et al.. (2023). A Machine Learning-Based Analytic Pipeline Applied to Clinical and Serum IgG Immunoproteome Data To Predict Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Tract Ascension and Incident Infection in Women. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(4). e0468922–e0468922. 2 indexed citations

Li, Chengwen, Catherine M. O’Connell, Nilu Goonetilleke, et al.. (2021). Reduced Endometrial Ascension and Enhanced Reinfection Associated With Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Specific Chlamydia trachomatis Proteins in Women at Risk for Chlamydia. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(5). 846–855. 14 indexed citations

Zheng, Xiaojing, Wujuan Zhong, Catherine M. O’Connell, et al.. (2021). Host Genetic Risk Factors for Chlamydia trachomatis-Related Infertility in Women. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(Supplement_2). S64–S71. 9 indexed citations

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Cortes, Lizette M., James Robertson, Bernhard Kaltenboeck, et al.. (2020). Mucosal Vaccination with UV-Inactivated Chlamydia suis in Pre-Exposed Outbred Pigs Decreases Pathogen Load and Induces CD4 T-Cell Maturation into IFN-γ+ Effector Memory Cells. Vaccines. 8(3). 353–353. 14 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiaojing, Catherine M. O’Connell, Wujuan Zhong, et al.. (2018). Discovery of Blood Transcriptional Endotypes in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 200(8). 2941–2956. 20 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiaojing, Catherine M. O’Connell, Harold C. Wiesenfeld, et al.. (2016). Identification ofChlamydia trachomatisAntigens Recognized by T Cells From Highly Exposed Women Who Limit or Resist Genital Tract Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 214(12). 1884–1892. 41 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Catherine M.. (2014). Building Bridges: A Restorative Journey at Green Bay Prison Wisconsin. MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library (National University of Ireland, Maynooth). 1(2). 75–83. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiaojing, Lauren C. Frazer, Gina S. Sucato, et al.. (2014). Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis-specific T cell interferon-γ and interleukin-17 responses in CD4-enriched peripheral blood mononuclear cells of sexually active adolescent females. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 103. 29–37. 25 indexed citations

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Darville, Toni, et al.. (2011). Chlamydial Infection Increases Gonococcal Colonization in a Novel Murine Coinfection Model. Infection and Immunity. 79(4). 1566–1577. 35 indexed citations

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Frazer, Lauren C., Catherine M. O’Connell, & Toni Darville. (2009). Chlamydial-induced TLR2 signaling leads to increased neutrophil production of proinflammatory molecules and delayed spontaneous apoptosis (135.9). The Journal of Immunology. 182(Supplement_1). 135.9–135.9. 1 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Catherine M., Robin R. Ingalls, Charles W. Andrews, Amy M. Scurlock, & Toni Darville. (2007). Plasmid-Deficient Chlamydia muridarum Fail to Induce Immune Pathology and Protect against Oviduct Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 179(6). 4027–4034. 169 indexed citations

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Nagarajan, Uma M., Catherine M. O’Connell, & Roger G. Rank. (2004). Molecular characterization of guinea ‐ pig (Cavia porcellus) CD8α and CD8β cDNA. Tissue Antigens. 63(2). 184–189. 12 indexed citations

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Ram, Sanjay, Méabh Cullinane, Anna M. Blom, et al.. (2001). C4bp binding to porin mediates stable serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. International Immunopharmacology. 1(3). 423–432. 40 indexed citations

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Pfau, C. J., et al.. (1972). Arenaviruses: Inhibition by Amantadine Hydrochloride. Journal of General Virology. 14(2). 209–211. 11 indexed citations

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