Jack W. O’Sullivan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Jack W. O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack W. O’Sullivan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jack W. O’Sullivan's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers). Jack W. O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (6 papers), Healthcare cost, quality, practices (6 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers). Jack W. O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Jack W. O’Sullivan's co-authors include John P. A. Ioannidis, Sam Grigg, Euan A. Ashley, Carl Heneghan, Igho Onakpoya, Rafael Perera, Brian D Nicholson, Carl Heneghan, Jeffrey K Aronson and Carla Márquez‐Luna and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Jack W. O’Sullivan

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2022 207 citations Jack W. O’Sullivan, Sridharan Raghavan et al. Circulation profile →

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Jean Lachaîne Canada

Stacey Knight United States

Yuji Nishizaki Japan

Omar Yaxmehen Bello‐Chavolla Mexico

Gabriele Savioli Italy

Jong‐Myon Bae South Korea

Jae Moon Yun South Korea

Marlies Noordzij Netherlands

Chien‐Cheng Huang Taiwan

Andrew D. Morris United Kingdom

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267 ×1.4

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141 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack W. O’Sullivan

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Thompson, Deborah J., Michael E. Weale, Fernando Riveros-Mckay, et al.. (2026). Preventing premature deaths through polygenic risk scores. Nature Communications. 17(1). 1379–1379.

Kim, Daniel Seung, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Steven G. Hershman, et al.. (2025). Unlocking insights: Clinical associations from the largest 6-minute walk test collection via the my Heart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study, a fully digital smartphone platform. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 89. 45–52. 3 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Jack W., Theresia M. Schnurr, Pagé C. Goddard, et al.. (2023). Genetic architecture of cardiac dynamic flow volumes. Nature Genetics. 56(2). 245–257. 12 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Jack W., Sridharan Raghavan, Carla Márquez‐Luna, et al.. (2022). Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 146(8). e93–e118. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Sullivan, Jack W., Anna Shcherbina, Johanne Marie Justesen, et al.. (2021). Combining Clinical and Polygenic Risk Improves Stroke Prediction Among Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 14(3). e003168–e003168. 28 indexed citations

Riveros-Mckay, Fernando, Michael E. Weale, Rachel Moore, et al.. (2021). Integrated Polygenic Tool Substantially Enhances Coronary Artery Disease Prediction. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 14(2). e003304–e003304. 96 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Jack W. & John P. A. Ioannidis. (2021). Reproducibility in the UK biobank of genome-wide significant signals discovered in earlier genome-wide association studies. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18625–18625. 5 indexed citations

Heneghan, Carl, Jack W. O’Sullivan, & Kamal R Mahtani. (2020). Should blood pressure medications be taken at bedtime?. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 26(1). 31–32. 2 indexed citations

O’Sullivan, Jack W., Ali Albasri, Brian D Nicholson, et al.. (2018). Overtesting and undertesting in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 8(2). e018557–e018557. 83 indexed citations

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Oke, Jason, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Rafael Perera, & Brian D Nicholson. (2018). The mapping of cancer incidence and mortality trends in the UK from 1980–2013 reveals a potential for overdiagnosis. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14663–14663. 19 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Jack W., Sarah Stevens, Jason Oke, et al.. (2018). Practice variation in the use of tests in UK primary care: a retrospective analysis of 16 million tests performed over 3.3 million patient years in 2015/16. BMC Medicine. 16(1). 229–229. 20 indexed citations

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Bobrovitz, Niklas, Carl Heneghan, Igho Onakpoya, et al.. (2018). Medications that reduce emergency hospital admissions: an overview of systematic reviews and prioritisation of treatments. BMC Medicine. 16(1). 115–115. 17 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Jack W., Ali Albasri, Constantinos Koshiaris, et al.. (2018). Diagnostic test guidelines based on high-quality evidence had greater rates of adherence: a meta-epidemiological study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 103. 40–50. 12 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Brian D, William Hamilton, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Paul Aveyard, & Richard Hobbs. (2018). Weight loss as a predictor of cancer in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of General Practice. 68(670). e311–e322. 45 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Jack W., Amitava Banerjee, Carl Heneghan, & Annette Plüddemann. (2018). Verification bias. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 23(2). 54–55. 30 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Jack W., Sarah Stevens, Richard Hobbs, et al.. (2018). Temporal trends in use of tests in UK primary care, 2000-15: retrospective analysis of 250 million tests. BMJ. 363. k4666–k4666. 90 indexed citations

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Nunan, David, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Carl Heneghan, et al.. (2017). Ten essential papers for the practice of evidence-based medicine. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 22(6). 202–204. 3 indexed citations

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Heneghan, Carl, Elizabeth Spencer, Niklas Bobrovitz, et al.. (2016). Lack of evidence for interventions offered in UK fertility centres. BMJ. 355. i6295–i6295. 48 indexed citations

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Onakpoya, Igho, Jack W. O’Sullivan, Matthew Thompson, & Carl Heneghan. (2015). The effect of wind turbine noise on sleep and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Environment International. 82. 1–9. 81 indexed citations

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Aldous, Sally, Mark Richards, Peter M. George, et al.. (2014). Comparison of new point-of-care troponin assay with high sensitivity troponin in diagnosing myocardial infarction. International Journal of Cardiology. 177(1). 182–186. 26 indexed citations

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