Ciara K. O’Sullivan

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
227 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Ciara K. O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ciara K. O’Sullivan has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Molecular Biology, 81 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ciara K. O’Sullivan's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (122 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (66 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (35 papers). Ciara K. O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (122 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (66 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (35 papers). Ciara K. O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Ireland. Ciara K. O’Sullivan's co-authors include G. G. Guilbault, Iván Lobato, Abd‐Elgawad Radi, Eva Baldrich, Josep Lluís Acero Sánchez, Alex Fragoso, Ioanis Katakis, Mayreli Ortiz, Markéta Svobodová and Teresa Mairal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ciara K. O’Sullivan

224 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Recombinase polymerase amplification: Basics, applications and recent advances

2017 770 citations Ciara K. O’Sullivan et al. profile →
Reagentless, Reusable, Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Molecular Beacon Aptasensor

2005 536 citations Josep Lluís Acero Sánchez, Ciara K. O’Sullivan et al. profile →
Commercial quartz crystal microbalances – theory and applications

1999 469 citations Ciara K. O’Sullivan, G. G. Guilbault Biosensors and Bioelectronics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ciara K. O’Sullivan Spain	45	6.0k	4.1k	1.9k	928	708	227	8.9k
Mohammed Zourob Saudi Arabia	55	4.7k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	580 0.6×	843 1.2×	209	7.9k
Maria Minunni Italy	40	4.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	575 0.6×	464 0.7×	144	6.2k
John D. Brennan Canada	55	6.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	377 0.4×	1.8k 2.5×	233	9.6k
Richard O’Kennedy Ireland	53	5.8k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	445 0.5×	695 1.0×	277	11.4k
Sara Tombelli Italy	38	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	422 0.5×	344 0.5×	108	5.7k
Dietmar Knopp Germany	49	4.6k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	651 0.7×	1.7k 2.4×	139	8.0k
Petr Skládal Czechia	45	3.4k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	959 1.4×	209	7.5k
Liqiang Liu China	55	6.3k 1.0×	5.6k 1.4×	786 0.4×	441 0.5×	1.8k 2.6×	476	11.9k
Ibtisam E. Tothill United Kingdom	45	2.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	816 0.9×	415 0.6×	90	5.1k
Boris B. Dzantiev Russia	39	3.8k 0.6×	3.6k 0.9×	510 0.3×	297 0.3×	894 1.3×	300	6.3k

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Skouridou, Vasso, et al.. (2025). Biotin/avidin-free sandwich aptamer-based lateral flow assay (ALFA) for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis. Sensors & Diagnostics. 4(3). 216–228. 1 indexed citations

Redondo, Miriam, et al.. (2025). Versatile Enzymatic Approach for Truncation, Labeling, and Mutation of Nucleobase‐Modified Aptamers Demonstrated on Indole‐Modified β ‐Conglutin Aptamer. ChemBioChem. 26(20). e202500534–e202500534.

Jauset‐Rubio, Miriam, Markéta Svobodová, Vasso Skouridou, et al.. (2024). Sandwich enzyme-linked aptamer-based assay for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. Analytical Biochemistry. 695. 115656–115656. 1 indexed citations

Jauset‐Rubio, Miriam, Matthew S. Hall, Hans-Peter Dimai, et al.. (2023). Semiautomated Electrochemical Melting Curve Analysis Device for the Detection of an Osteoporosis Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Blood. Analytical Chemistry. 95(38). 14192–14202. 4 indexed citations

Ortiz, Mayreli, et al.. (2023). Normalized Multipotential Redox Coding of DNA Bases for Determination of Total Nucleotide Composition. Analytical Chemistry. 95(34). 12586–12589. 2 indexed citations

Jauset‐Rubio, Miriam, et al.. (2023). Ultrasensitive determination of β-conglutin food allergen by means an aptamer assay based on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detection. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1252. 341042–341042. 7 indexed citations

Ortiz, Mayreli, Miriam Jauset‐Rubio, Olivia Trummer, et al.. (2023). Generic Platform for the Multiplexed Targeted Electrochemical Detection of Osteoporosis-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Recombinase Polymerase Solid-Phase Primer Elongation and Ferrocene-Modified Nucleoside Triphosphates. ACS Central Science. 9(8). 1591–1602. 16 indexed citations

Moabelo, Koena Leah, Miriam Jauset‐Rubio, Nicole Remaliah Samantha Sibuyi, et al.. (2022). A Label-Free Gold Nanoparticles-Based Optical Aptasensor for the Detection of Retinol Binding Protein 4. Biosensors. 12(12). 1061–1061. 7 indexed citations

Moser, Tobias, Ciara K. O’Sullivan, Georg Pilz, et al.. (2021). Pre-Existing Humoral Immunological Memory Is Retained in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Receiving Cladribine Therapy. Biomedicines. 9(11). 1584–1584. 10 indexed citations

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Viéitez, Irene, Alicia Gutiérrez‐Valencia, Vasso Skouridou, et al.. (2021). Elevated Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and IL-6, IL-8, MIP-1β, Early Predictors of Severe COVID-19. Microorganisms. 9(11). 2259–2259. 16 indexed citations

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Pohl, Radek, Mayreli Ortiz, Luděk Havran, et al.. (2019). Tuning of Oxidation Potential of Ferrocene for Ratiometric Redox Labeling and Coding of Nucleotides and DNA. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(6). 1286–1291. 41 indexed citations

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Ortiz, Mayreli, Markéta Svobodová, Serge Thorimbert, et al.. (2017). PCR Incorporation of Polyoxometalate Modified Deoxynucleotide Triphosphates and Their Application in Molecular Electrochemical Sensing of Yersinia pestis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(44). 10597–10603. 18 indexed citations

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Beni, Valerio, et al.. (2014). DNA biosensor based on hybridization refractory mutation system approach for single mismatch detection. Analytical Biochemistry. 474. 66–68. 7 indexed citations

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Efstathiou, Konstantinos, et al.. (2013). A compact hybrid-multiplexed potentiostat for real-time electrochemical biosensing applications. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 47. 482–489. 32 indexed citations

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Beni, Valerio, et al.. (2010). Development of a gold nano-particle-based fluorescent molecular beacon for detection of cystic fibrosis associated mutation. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(2). 307–313. 24 indexed citations

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Pinto, Alessandro, Miriam Redondo, Veli Cengiz Özalp, & Ciara K. O’Sullivan. (2009). Real-time apta-PCR for 20 000-fold improvement in detection limit. Molecular BioSystems. 5(5). 548–553. 51 indexed citations

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Özalp, Veli Cengiz, Anders O.H. Nygren, & Ciara K. O’Sullivan. (2008). Fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) based detection of a multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay (MLPA) product. Molecular BioSystems. 4(9). 950–954. 3 indexed citations

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Henry, Olivier, et al.. (2008). Electrochemical quantification of DNA amplicons via the detection of non-hybridised guanine bases on low-density electrode arrays. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 24(7). 2064–2070. 21 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Ciara K.. (2002). Aptasensors - the future of biosensing?. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 372(2). 44–48. 4 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Ciara K., et al.. (1999). Piezoelectric Immunosensors - Theory and Applications. Analytical Letters. 32(12). 2353–2377. 67 indexed citations

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