E. Tim O’Brien

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

E. Tim O’Brien is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Tim O’Brien has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cell Biology, 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in E. Tim O’Brien's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). E. Tim O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (3 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (2 papers). E. Tim O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. E. Tim O’Brien's co-authors include Richard Superfine, Karthikeyan Mythreye, Gerard C. Blobe, Andrew Berchuck, Vinay Swaminathan, Lukas D. Osborne, E. D. Salmon, Harold Erickson, R. A. Walker and Michael R. Falvo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

E. Tim O’Brien

9 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Mechanical Stiffness Grades Metastatic Potential in Patient Tumor Cells and in Cancer Cell Lines

2011 588 citations Vinay Swaminathan, Karthikeyan Mythreye et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Tim O’Brien United States	8	553	376	323	189	105	9	1.0k
Antonina Y. Alexandrova Russia	17	563 1.0×	176 0.5×	378 1.2×	129 0.7×	112 1.1×	31	981
Ernesto Cortés United Kingdom	15	501 0.9×	188 0.5×	383 1.2×	387 2.0×	133 1.3×	26	1.2k
Janet M. Tse United States	4	597 1.1×	403 1.1×	224 0.7×	292 1.5×	62 0.6×	6	925
Jennifer Lamb United States	10	627 1.1×	114 0.3×	640 2.0×	223 1.2×	141 1.3×	11	1.4k
Ying Bena Lim Singapore	11	309 0.6×	259 0.7×	308 1.0×	221 1.2×	138 1.3×	14	830
Inkyung Kang United States	18	540 1.0×	157 0.4×	493 1.5×	198 1.0×	197 1.9×	29	1.4k
M. Vetterlein Austria	16	130 0.2×	287 0.8×	383 1.2×	112 0.6×	120 1.1×	35	986
Kathryn M. Eisenmann United States	17	540 1.0×	106 0.3×	637 2.0×	199 1.1×	88 0.8×	26	1.3k
Jonathon N. Lakins United States	5	250 0.5×	100 0.3×	350 1.1×	113 0.6×	58 0.6×	6	639
Magnus Edlund United States	19	361 0.7×	107 0.3×	550 1.7×	253 1.3×	120 1.1×	23	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Tim O’Brien

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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O’Brien, E. Tim, et al.. (2015). Physical Determinants of Fibrinolysis in Single Fibrin Fibers. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0116350–e0116350. 43 indexed citations

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Cribb, Jeremy, Lukas D. Osborne, Leandra Vicci, et al.. (2015). A high throughput array microscope for the mechanical characterization of biomaterials. Review of Scientific Instruments. 86(2). 23711–23711. 3 indexed citations

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Osborne, Lukas D., George Z. Li, Tam How, et al.. (2014). TGF-β regulates LARG and GEF-H1 during EMT to affect stiffening response to force and cell invasion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(22). 3528–3540. 49 indexed citations

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Collins, Caitlin, Lukas D. Osborne, Christophe Guilluy, et al.. (2014). Haemodynamic and extracellular matrix cues regulate the mechanical phenotype and stiffness of aortic endothelial cells. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3984–3984. 93 indexed citations

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Hanna, Sara C., Bhavani Krishnan, Sean T. Bailey, et al.. (2013). HIF1α and HIF2α independently activate SRC to promote melanoma metastases. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(5). 2078–2093. 121 indexed citations

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Swaminathan, Vinay, Karthikeyan Mythreye, E. Tim O’Brien, et al.. (2011). Mechanical Stiffness Grades Metastatic Potential in Patient Tumor Cells and in Cancer Cell Lines. Cancer Research. 71(15). 5075–5080. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, E. Tim, et al.. (2008). Chapter 16 Magnetic Manipulation for Force Measurements in Cell Biology. Methods in cell biology. 433–450. 18 indexed citations

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O’Brien, E. Tim, Michael R. Falvo, Daniel Millard, et al.. (2008). Ultrathin self-assembled fibrin sheets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(49). 19438–19443. 28 indexed citations

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O’Brien, E. Tim, E. D. Salmon, R. A. Walker, & Harold Erickson. (1990). Effects of magnesium on the dynamic instability of individual microtubules. Biochemistry. 29(28). 6648–6656. 71 indexed citations

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