Irena O'Brien

702 total citations
6 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Irena O'Brien is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Irena O'Brien has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Irena O'Brien's work include Reading and Literacy Development (3 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (3 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (2 papers). Irena O'Brien is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (3 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (3 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (2 papers). Irena O'Brien collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Irena O'Brien's co-authors include Norman Segalowitz, Barbara F. Freed, Natalie A. Phillips, Naomi Yamasaki, Debra Titone, Caroline Palmėr, Benjamin G. Schultz, David H. McFarland, Gilles Beaudoin and Martín Lepage and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognitive Brain Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition and Applied Psycholinguistics.

In The Last Decade

Irena O'Brien

6 papers receiving 423 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irena O'Brien Canada 6 323 208 205 119 53 6 461
Lluïsa Astruc United Kingdom 9 231 0.7× 117 0.6× 130 0.6× 178 1.5× 77 1.5× 20 433
Wayne O’Neil United States 7 239 0.7× 132 0.6× 264 1.3× 79 0.7× 26 0.5× 21 464
Bene Bassetti United Kingdom 13 352 1.1× 184 0.9× 164 0.8× 342 2.9× 39 0.7× 29 603
Kyriakos Antoniou Cyprus 10 167 0.5× 93 0.4× 179 0.9× 114 1.0× 16 0.3× 14 314
Jason W. Gullifer Canada 10 418 1.3× 105 0.5× 481 2.3× 156 1.3× 20 0.4× 23 638
Kira Gor United States 13 397 1.2× 121 0.6× 341 1.7× 165 1.4× 22 0.4× 31 520
Carrie N. Jackson United States 15 444 1.4× 307 1.5× 399 1.9× 161 1.4× 51 1.0× 43 616
Bart Hollebrandse Netherlands 11 328 1.0× 151 0.7× 205 1.0× 105 0.9× 10 0.2× 36 453
Stacy Birch United States 8 239 0.7× 101 0.5× 252 1.2× 244 2.1× 12 0.2× 11 413
Jeannette Schaeffer Netherlands 10 448 1.4× 210 1.0× 327 1.6× 105 0.9× 8 0.2× 39 599

Countries citing papers authored by Irena O'Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Irena O'Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irena O'Brien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Irena O'Brien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Irena O'Brien based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Irena O'Brien. Irena O'Brien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Schultz, Benjamin G., Irena O'Brien, Natalie A. Phillips, et al.. (2015). Speech rates converge in scripted turn-taking conversations. Applied Psycholinguistics. 37(5). 1201–1220. 37 indexed citations
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O'Brien, Irena, et al.. (2008). Phonological memory and children's second language grammar learning. Applied Psycholinguistics. 29(3). 463–487. 98 indexed citations
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O'Brien, Irena, et al.. (2007). PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY PREDICTS SECOND LANGUAGE ORAL FLUENCY GAINS IN ADULTS. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 29(4). 127 indexed citations
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O'Brien, Irena, et al.. (2006). Phonological memory and lexical, narrative, and grammatical skills in second language oral production by adult learners. Applied Psycholinguistics. 27(3). 377–402. 117 indexed citations
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Phillips, Natalie A., Norman Segalowitz, Irena O'Brien, & Naomi Yamasaki. (2003). Semantic priming in a first and second language: evidence from reaction time variability and event-related brain potentials. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 17(2-3). 237–262. 58 indexed citations
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Lepage, Martín, et al.. (1999). Frontal cortex and the programming of repetitive tapping movements in man: lesion effects and functional neuroimaging. Cognitive Brain Research. 8(1). 17–25. 24 indexed citations

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