Donough OʼBrien

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Donough OʼBrien is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Surgery and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Donough OʼBrien has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 15 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Donough OʼBrien's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (24 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (9 papers). Donough OʼBrien is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (24 papers), Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (9 papers). Donough OʼBrien collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Donough OʼBrien's co-authors include H. Peter Chase, Malcolm A. Holliday, Charles R. Scriver, O. L. Kline, L. J. Filer, Howard A. Pearson, Felix P. Heald, George M. Owen, Charles U. Lowe and David Baird Coursin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Donough OʼBrien

72 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300
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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.

  1. COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
    1967 373 citations Charles U. Lowe, David Baird Coursin et al. PEDIATRICS profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donough OʼBrien United States 26 545 391 351 294 281 79 2.2k
Eric Reiss United States 27 429 0.8× 213 0.5× 561 1.6× 441 1.5× 286 1.0× 53 3.0k
Herman Baker United States 37 665 1.2× 391 1.0× 748 2.1× 121 0.4× 568 2.0× 128 3.7k
J. C. Haworth Canada 31 214 0.4× 559 1.4× 545 1.6× 189 0.6× 293 1.0× 95 2.3k
Sheila T. Callender United Kingdom 30 357 0.7× 306 0.8× 239 0.7× 247 0.8× 338 1.2× 76 2.7k
Peter R. Dallman United States 36 1.7k 3.0× 563 1.4× 394 1.1× 234 0.8× 500 1.8× 86 4.1k
Robert W. Winters United States 25 678 1.2× 358 0.9× 423 1.2× 905 3.1× 371 1.3× 90 2.8k
Harold E. Harrison United States 32 530 1.0× 228 0.6× 548 1.6× 499 1.7× 289 1.0× 67 2.7k
Robert E. Hodges United States 27 981 1.8× 111 0.3× 288 0.8× 132 0.4× 516 1.8× 74 2.6k
Joseph Sack Israel 25 193 0.4× 523 1.3× 793 2.3× 310 1.1× 168 0.6× 103 2.6k
P.J. Collipp United States 23 428 0.8× 175 0.4× 398 1.1× 67 0.2× 250 0.9× 91 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Donough OʼBrien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donough OʼBrien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Donough OʼBrien. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Donough OʼBrien. The network helps show where Donough OʼBrien may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donough OʼBrien

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kempe, C. Henry, Henry K. Silver, & Donough OʼBrien. (1984). Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 27 indexed citations
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Holliday, Malcolm A., Arnold S. Anderson, Lewis A. Barness, et al.. (1976). Special Diets for Infants With Inborn Errors of Amino Acid Metabolism. PEDIATRICS. 57(5). 783–792. 22 indexed citations
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Holliday, Malcolm A., Arnold S. Anderson, Lewis A. Barness, et al.. (1974). Should Milk Drinking by Children Be Discouraged?. PEDIATRICS. 53(4). 576–582. 18 indexed citations
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Humbert, James R., et al.. (1971). The stale-fish syndrome: A new metabolic disorder associated with trimethyaminuria. Pediatric Research. 5(8). 395–395. 1 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough. (1970). Evidence for an abnormal insulin in diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetologica. 7-7(1). 211–219. 1 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough, et al.. (1970). TRIMETHYLAMINURIA: THE FISH-ODOUR SYNDROME. The Lancet. 296(7676). 770–771. 126 indexed citations
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Chase, H. Peter & Donough OʼBrien. (1970). Effect of Excess Phenylalanine and of Other Amino Acids on Brain Developmen in the Infant Rat. Pediatric Research. 4(1). 96–102. 52 indexed citations
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Chase, H. Peter, et al.. (1969). Undernutrition and Cerebellar Development. Nature. 221(5180). 554–555. 102 indexed citations
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Lowe, Charles U., David Baird Coursin, Felix P. Heald, et al.. (1967). COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION OBESITY IN CHILDHOOD. PEDIATRICS. 40(3). 455–467. 12 indexed citations
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Goodman, Stephen I., et al.. (1967). Impaired intestinal transport of proline in a patient with familial iminoaciduria. The Journal of Pediatrics. 71(2). 246–249. 36 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough, et al.. (1967). Further Studies on an Abnormal Insulin of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes. 16(8). 572–575. 12 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough. (1966). Childhood Diabetes. Clinical Pediatrics. 5(1). 21–28. 1 indexed citations
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Stimmler, L., et al.. (1964). PLASMA-INSULIN LEVELS IN THE NEWBORN INFANTS OF NORMAL AND DIABETIC MOTHERS. The Lancet. 283(7325). 137–138. 27 indexed citations
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Fisher, Harold W., Donough OʼBrien, & Theodore T. Puck. (1962). The hydrolytic products of fetuin. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 99(2). 241–248. 18 indexed citations
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Lubchenco, Lula O., et al.. (1961). Relation of Serum Tocopherol Level to Nitrogen Retention, Creatine, Creatinine and Free Alpha Amino Acid Nitrogen Excretion in Premature Infants. Journal of Nutrition. 73(3). 325–328. 1 indexed citations
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Butterfield, Joseph H., et al.. (1961). 428. Patterns in electrolyte and nitrogen balance in the newborn premature infant.. Nursing Research. 10(2). 117–117. 2 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough, et al.. (1960). Interrelationships in the urinary excretion of creatine, creatinine, free alpha amino acid nitrogen, and total nitrogen in premature infants. The Journal of Pediatrics. 56(5). 635–638. 4 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough. (1959). Idiopathic hypercalcemia of infancy.. PubMed. 23(4). 640–3. 2 indexed citations
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OʼBrien, Donough, J. D. L. Hansen, & Clement A. Smith. (1954). EFFECT OF SUPERSATURATED ATMOSPHERES ON INSENSIBLE WATER LOSS IN THE NEWBORN INFANT. PEDIATRICS. 13(2). 126–132. 24 indexed citations

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