Conor S. O’Brien

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Conor S. O’Brien is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Occupational Therapy and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Conor S. O’Brien has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 9 papers in Occupational Therapy and 8 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Conor S. O’Brien's work include Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (17 papers), Sleep and related disorders (9 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (9 papers). Conor S. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (17 papers), Sleep and related disorders (9 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (9 papers). Conor S. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Conor S. O’Brien's co-authors include Charles A. Czeisler, Laura K. Barger, Steven W. Lockley, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Salim Qadri, Jason P. Sullivan, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Andrew J. K. Phillips, Akane Sano and Rosalind W. Picard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Conor S. O’Brien

44 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing

2017 391 citations Andrew J. K. Phillips, Conor S. O’Brien et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Conor S. O’Brien United States	19	1.1k	395	273	268	260	45	2.0k
Katherine M. Kirk Australia	31	730 0.7×	194 0.5×	321 1.2×	138 0.5×	52 0.2×	70	2.6k
Michael Ingre Sweden	24	1.3k 1.2×	319 0.8×	595 2.2×	103 0.4×	208 0.8×	63	2.0k
Thomas Kantermann Germany	20	1.8k 1.6×	189 0.5×	185 0.7×	39 0.1×	1.5k 5.7×	36	2.7k
Dorothee Fischer Germany	24	930 0.8×	133 0.3×	104 0.4×	35 0.1×	587 2.3×	51	2.0k
Ivan A. Iachine Denmark	23	202 0.2×	477 1.2×	85 0.3×	58 0.2×	64 0.2×	44	2.9k
Lynne Farr United States	19	678 0.6×	172 0.4×	86 0.3×	17 0.1×	316 1.2×	29	1.9k
May Yang United States	30	471 0.4×	188 0.5×	127 0.5×	14 0.1×	138 0.5×	45	3.0k
Sara Marelli Italy	24	772 0.7×	102 0.3×	122 0.4×	20 0.1×	640 2.5×	76	2.6k
Myriam Juda Canada	12	1.7k 1.5×	170 0.4×	163 0.6×	31 0.1×	1.3k 4.9×	18	2.3k
Rubens Reimão Brazil	20	657 0.6×	87 0.2×	35 0.1×	45 0.2×	192 0.7×	90	1.4k

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Elton, Linzy, Conor S. O’Brien, M. Muzslay, et al.. (2024). Tracing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales at the patient: ward environmental nexus. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 23(1). 108–108.

Çalışkan, Abdullah, et al.. (2023). An Efficient Siamese Network and Transfer Learning-Based Predictive Maintenance System for More Sustainable Manufacturing. Sustainability. 15(12). 9272–9272. 1 indexed citations

Phillips, Andrew J. K., Melissa A. St. Hilaire, Laura K. Barger, et al.. (2023). Predicting neurobehavioral performance of resident physicians in a Randomized Order Safety Trial Evaluating Resident-Physician Schedules (ROSTERS). Sleep Health. 10(1). S25–S33. 2 indexed citations

Anderson, Clare, Michael L. Lee, William J. Horrey, et al.. (2023). Feeling sleepy? stop driving—awareness of fall asleep crashes. SLEEP. 46(11). 8 indexed citations

Zai, Adrian, et al.. (2021). The Implementation and Acceptability of a Combined Mobile Application with a COVID-19 at-Home Test Kit. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 28(7). 1064–1069. 1 indexed citations

Sandkam, Benjamin A., Laura Campello, Conor S. O’Brien, et al.. (2020). Tbx2a Modulates Switching of RH2 and LWS Opsin Gene Expression. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(7). 2002–2014. 17 indexed citations

Weaver, Matthew D., Christopher P. Landrigan, Jason P. Sullivan, et al.. (2020). The Association Between Resident Physician Work-Hour Regulations and Physician Safety and Health. The American Journal of Medicine. 133(7). e343–e354. 46 indexed citations

Peterson, Scott, Alexander Wolkow, Steven W. Lockley, et al.. (2019). Associations between shift work characteristics, shift work schedules, sleep and burnout in North American police officers: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 9(11). e030302–e030302. 76 indexed citations

Blackwell, Terri, Eric Vittinghoff, Conor S. O’Brien, et al.. (2019). Design and recruitment of the randomized order safety trial evaluating resident-physician schedules (ROSTERS) study. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 80. 22–33. 6 indexed citations

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Weaver, Matthew D., Jason P. Sullivan, Salim Qadri, et al.. (2019). 0997 Scheduling Factors Associated With Resident Physician And Patient Safety In More Senior Residents. SLEEP. 42(Supplement_1). A401–A402. 1 indexed citations

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Weaver, Matthew D., Céline Vetter, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, et al.. (2018). Sleep disorders, depression and anxiety are associated with adverse safety outcomes in healthcare workers: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Sleep Research. 27(6). e12722–e12722. 111 indexed citations

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Ogeil, Rowan P., Laura K. Barger, Steven W. Lockley, et al.. (2018). Cross-sectional analysis of sleep-promoting and wake-promoting drug use on health, fatigue-related error, and near-crashes in police officers. BMJ Open. 8(9). e022041–e022041. 22 indexed citations

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Phillips, Andrew J. K., Conor S. O’Brien, Akane Sano, et al.. (2017). Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3216–3216. 391 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Yulan, William J. Horrey, Mark E. Howard, et al.. (2017). Prediction of drowsiness events in night shift workers during morning driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 126. 105–114. 57 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Conor S., et al.. (2014). Interspecific Variation in Rx1 Expression Controls Opsin Expression and Causes Visual System Diversity in African Cichlid Fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(9). 2297–2308. 26 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Conor S., et al.. (2013). Reaction time‐monitored patient‐maintained propofol sedation: a pilot study in oral surgery patients. Anaesthesia. 68(7). 760–764. 5 indexed citations

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Allam, Shalini D., et al.. (2012). Patient‐maintained propofol sedation using reaction time monitoring: a volunteer safety study *. Anaesthesia. 68(2). 154–158. 7 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Conor S., William E. Bradshaw, & Christina M. Holzapfel. (2011). Testing for causality in covarying traits: genes and latitude in a molecular world. Molecular Ecology. 20(12). 2471–2476. 14 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Conor S., et al.. (2009). Latitudinal variation in photoperiodic response of the three‐spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatusin western North America. Journal of Fish Biology. 75(8). 2075–2081. 13 indexed citations

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Domínguez, Isabel, et al.. (2007). The Alpha Catalytic Subunit of Protein Kinase CK2 Is Required for Mouse Embryonic Development. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(1). 131–139. 184 indexed citations

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