Joan M. O’Brien

245 total papers · 7.9k total citations
130 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Joan M. O’Brien is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan M. O’Brien has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Ophthalmology, 34 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joan M. O’Brien's work include Ocular Oncology and Treatments (52 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (45 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (25 papers). Joan M. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Oncology and Treatments (52 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (45 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (25 papers). Joan M. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Finland. Joan M. O’Brien's co-authors include Boris C. Bastian, Gary Green, Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, Elizabeth M. Simpson, Jürgen Bauer, Vladimir Bezrookove, Gregory S. Barsh, K.R. Van Quill, Raya Khanin and Igor Dolgalev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Joan M. O’Brien

122 papers receiving 5.1k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Frequent somatic mutations of GNAQ in uveal melanoma and blue naevi
    2008 1.1k citations Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, Vladimir Bezrookove et al. Nature profile →
  2. Mutations in GNA11 in Uveal Melanoma
    2010 1.0k citations Catherine D. Van Raamsdonk, Klaus Griewank et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Joan M. O’Brien 2.8k 2.1k 1.8k 765 588 130 5.2k
A. Linn Murphree 2.9k 1.0× 3.0k 1.4× 2.9k 1.6× 622 0.8× 425 0.7× 80 7.1k
Jacob Pe’er 3.3k 1.2× 3.6k 1.7× 1.8k 1.0× 1.5k 1.9× 804 1.4× 149 7.7k
Arupa Ganguly 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 304 0.4× 579 1.0× 143 6.5k
David W. Yandell 1.2k 0.4× 3.9k 1.8× 3.1k 1.7× 327 0.4× 271 0.5× 67 7.0k
Ichiro Ota 964 0.3× 3.3k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 577 0.8× 295 0.5× 115 5.8k
William J. LaRochelle 591 0.2× 2.8k 1.3× 951 0.5× 707 0.9× 550 0.9× 81 4.9k
Nikolaos E. Bechrakis 2.4k 0.8× 763 0.4× 787 0.4× 906 1.2× 326 0.6× 220 3.5k
Marc‐Henri Stern 911 0.3× 3.5k 1.7× 2.4k 1.3× 244 0.3× 1.2k 2.0× 148 6.5k
John L. Hungerford 2.8k 1.0× 789 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 814 1.1× 322 0.5× 121 3.7k
Ritu Roy 690 0.2× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 182 0.2× 404 0.7× 64 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Joan M. O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joan M. O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joan M. O’Brien. 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 Joan M. O’Brien. The network helps show where Joan M. O’Brien may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan M. O’Brien

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

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