Jake O’Brien

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Jake O’Brien is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jake O’Brien has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pollution, 50 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 29 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Jake O’Brien's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (53 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (29 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (23 papers). Jake O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (53 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (29 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (23 papers). Jake O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and China. Jake O’Brien's co-authors include Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Phong K. Thai, Phil M. Choi, Francisca Ribeiro, Elvis D. Okoffo, Stacey O’Brien, Saer Samanipour and Jiaying Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jake O’Brien

157 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community

2020 1.3k citations Jake O’Brien, Phil M. Choi et al. profile →
Wastewater-based epidemiology biomarkers: Past, present and future

2018 347 citations Phil M. Choi, Benjamin J. Tscharke et al. profile →
There's something in the air: A review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere

2023 232 citations Stacey O’Brien, Francisca Ribeiro et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jake O’Brien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jake O’Brien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jake 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 Jake O’Brien. Jake O’Brien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of human lifestyle on the pathogenic potential of urban wastewater 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiawei Zhao, Jake O’Brien, Lachlan Coin, Faisal I. Hai, Martina Sanderson‐Smith, Guangming Jiang	0
2	Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: Exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors 2024 ·Drug and Alcohol Dependence ·(unknown), Michael Livingston, Jake O’Brien, Richard Bade, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, (unknown), Bradley S. Simpson, (unknown), Cobus Gerber, Jason M. White, Phong K. Thai	3
3	High throughput and sensitive quantitation of tobacco-specific alkaloids and nitrosamines in wastewater 2024 ·Talanta ·Zhe Wang, Qiuda Zheng, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jinglong Li, Jake O’Brien, (unknown), (unknown), Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, Phong K. Thai	4
4	Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Discovered in Cattle Exposed to AFFF-Impacted Groundwater 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Pradeep Dewapriya, Sandra Nilsson, Sara Ghorbani Gorji, Jake O’Brien, Jennifer Bräunig, María José Gómez, Eric Donaldson, Saer Samanipour, Jonathan W. Martin, Jochen F. Mueller, Sarit Kaserzon, Kevin V. Thomas	13
5	Critical Assessment of the Chemical Space Covered by LC–HRMS Non-Targeted Analysis 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jake O’Brien, Aleksandra Chojnacka, Kevin V. Thomas, Saer Samanipour	37
6	National Wastewater Reconnaissance of Analgesic Consumption in Australia 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Fahad Ahmed, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, Wayne Hall, Peter J. Cabot, (unknown), Saer Samanipour, Kevin V. Thomas	15
7	Wastewater-based monitoring could help guide responses to the USA opioid epidemic 2023 ·Nature Water ·Fahad Ahmed, Jake O’Brien, Aparna Keshaviah, Wayne Hall, Richard Bade, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Mariana Matus, Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin V. Thomas, Daniel A. Burgard	12
8	Emergence and occurrence of performance-enhancing substance use in Australia determined by wastewater analysis 2023 ·Nature Water ·Katja M. Shimko, Jake O’Brien, Benjamin J. Tscharke, (unknown), Catrin Goebel, (unknown), (unknown), Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin V. Thomas	3
9	Out of sight but not out of mind: Size fractionation of plastics bioaccumulated by field deployed oysters 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Francisca Ribeiro, Elvis D. Okoffo, Jake O’Brien, Stacey O’Brien, Jonathan M. Harris, Saer Samanipour, Sarit Kaserzon, Jochen F. Mueller, Tamara S. Galloway, Kevin V. Thomas	45
10	Estimating Alcohol Consumption by Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: An Assessment of the Correction Factor for Ethyl Sulfate Using Large-Scale National Monitoring Data 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology Letters ·Phong K. Thai, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, Qiuda Zheng, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller	19
11	From Centroided to Profile Mode: Machine Learning for Prediction of Peak Width in HRMS Data 2021 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Saer Samanipour, Phil M. Choi, Jake O’Brien, Bob W.J. Pirok, Malcolm J. Reid, Kevin V. Thomas	14
12	Using Prescription and Wastewater Data to Estimate the Correction Factors of Atenolol, Carbamazepine, and Naproxen for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Applications 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Jianfa Gao, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Phil M. Choi, Jake O’Brien, Tim Boogaerts, Hui Jiang, Mengting Yang, Samantha Hollingworth, Phong K. Thai	27
13	In-sewer stability of selected analgesics and their metabolites 2021 ·Water Research ·Fahad Ahmed, Jiaying Li, Jake O’Brien, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Saer Samanipour, Phong K. Thai, Zhiguo Yuan, Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin V. Thomas	13
14	Systematic Evaluation of the In-Sample Stability of Selected Pharmaceuticals, Illicit Drugs, and Their Metabolites in Wastewater 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Phil M. Choi, Jack Thompson, (unknown), Rory Verhagen, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Elissa O’Malley, Katja M. Shimko, (unknown), Kevin V. Thomas, Jake O’Brien	31
15	Urinary Concentrations of Bisphenols in the Australian Population and Their Association with the Per Capita Mass Loads in Wastewater 2020 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Shaoyu Tang, Chang He, Phong K. Thai, Amy L. Heffernan, Soumini Vijayasarathy, Leisa‐Maree Toms, Kristie Thompson, Peter Hobson, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller	58
16	Self Adjusting Algorithm for the Nontargeted Feature Detection of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Liquid Chromatography Profile Data 2019 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Saer Samanipour, Jake O’Brien, Malcolm J. Reid, Kevin V. Thomas	20
17	Wastewater treatment plants as a source of plastics in the environment: a review of occurrence, methods for identification, quantification and fate 2019 ·Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·Elvis D. Okoffo, Stacey O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Kevin V. Thomas	179
18	Harnessing the Power of the Census: Characterizing Wastewater Treatment Plant Catchment Populations for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, Christoph Ort, Sharon Grant, Cobus Gerber, Richard Bade, Phong K. Thai, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller	72
19	Social, demographic, and economic correlates of food and chemical consumption measured by wastewater-based epidemiology 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Phil M. Choi, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Saer Samanipour, Wayne Hall, Coral Gartner, Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin V. Thomas, Jake O’Brien	110
20	Comparing methamphetamine, MDMA, cocaine, codeine and methadone use between the Auckland region and four Australian states using wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). 2018 ·PubMed ·Chris Wilkins, Foon Yin Lai, Jake O’Brien, Phong K. Thai, Jochen F. Mueller	5

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