John O’Sullivan

3.5k total citations
102 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

John O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, John O’Sullivan has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 26 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in John O’Sullivan's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (19 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (15 papers). John O’Sullivan is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (19 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (15 papers). John O’Sullivan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. John O’Sullivan's co-authors include Michael Bruen, C. S. James, A. A. Jordanova, A. L. Birkhead, M. Salauddin, Soroush Abolfathi, Stefano De Dominicis, Juha Aaltonen, Marino Bonaiuto and Kerry A. Waylen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

John O’Sullivan

98 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John O’Sullivan Ireland 27 628 599 465 324 318 102 2.4k
Gregory A. Kiker United States 24 594 0.9× 878 1.5× 388 0.8× 204 0.6× 132 0.4× 93 2.7k
Wei Deng China 29 812 1.3× 889 1.5× 417 0.9× 286 0.9× 84 0.3× 156 2.7k
Rajendra P. Shrestha Thailand 30 561 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 325 0.7× 389 1.2× 104 0.3× 116 2.6k
Craig W. Hutton United Kingdom 23 306 0.5× 729 1.2× 409 0.9× 319 1.0× 80 0.3× 74 1.8k
D. Clarke United Kingdom 21 195 0.3× 794 1.3× 333 0.7× 111 0.3× 311 1.0× 47 1.8k
James E. Neumann United States 25 177 0.3× 869 1.5× 265 0.6× 310 1.0× 179 0.6× 64 2.4k
Jeremy Martinich United States 30 267 0.4× 953 1.6× 323 0.7× 305 0.9× 162 0.5× 56 2.4k
Jing’ai Wang China 22 255 0.4× 1.1k 1.8× 236 0.5× 429 1.3× 226 0.7× 87 2.1k
Xianfeng Zhang China 28 1.0k 1.6× 488 0.8× 609 1.3× 123 0.4× 390 1.2× 159 4.0k
Ruishan Chen China 31 372 0.6× 1.3k 2.1× 239 0.5× 295 0.9× 63 0.2× 115 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John O’Sullivan

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Fields of papers citing papers by John O’Sullivan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John O’Sullivan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Sullivan, John, et al.. (2025). Advances in understanding the challenges and opportunities of hybrid sea defence approaches for coastal resilience. Environmental Challenges. 19. 101130–101130. 8 indexed citations
2.
Abolfathi, Soroush, et al.. (2025). Advancing wave overtopping prediction at eco-engineered Seawalls: Integrating laboratory experiments and machine learning. Ocean Engineering. 340. 122284–122284. 2 indexed citations
3.
Abolfathi, Soroush, et al.. (2024). Efficient data-driven machine learning models for scour depth predictions at sloping sea defences. Frontiers in Built Environment. 10. 36 indexed citations
4.
O’Sullivan, John, et al.. (2023). The Use of Transport Time Scales as Indicators of Pollution Persistence in a Macro-Tidal Setting. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(5). 1073–1073. 3 indexed citations
5.
O’Sullivan, John, Michael Bruen, Jonathan Turner, et al.. (2023). Export pathways of biosolid derived microplastics in soil systems – Findings from a temperate maritime climate. The Science of The Total Environment. 888. 164028–164028. 9 indexed citations
6.
Reynolds, Liam J., Laura Sala‐Comorera, Niamh A. Martin, et al.. (2023). Land use as a critical determinant of faecal and antimicrobial resistance gene pollution in riverine systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 162052–162052. 13 indexed citations
7.
Sala‐Comorera, Laura, Liam J. Reynolds, Niamh A. Martin, et al.. (2023). Bacteriophages from faecal contamination are an important reservoir for AMR in aquatic environments. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165490–165490. 7 indexed citations
8.
Sala‐Comorera, Laura, Liam J. Reynolds, Niamh A. Martin, et al.. (2021). crAssphage as a human molecular marker to evaluate temporal and spatial variability in faecal contamination of urban marine bathing waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 789. 147828–147828. 24 indexed citations
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Murphy, Sinéad, Heather Lally, Ian O’Connor, et al.. (2020). Microplastics in brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758) from an Irish riverine system. Environmental Pollution. 267. 115572–115572. 37 indexed citations
10.
Huyghe, Steven, et al.. (2018). The CRITHINKEDU European Course on critical thinking education for university teachers : from conception to delivery. Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin). 4 indexed citations
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Elen, Jan, et al.. (2018). A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 1–62. 14 indexed citations
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Rymszewicz, A., John O’Sullivan, Michael Bruen, et al.. (2017). Measurement differences between turbidity instruments, and their implications for suspended sediment concentration and load calculations: A sensor inter-comparison study. Journal of Environmental Management. 199. 99–108. 50 indexed citations
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Rymszewicz, A., Michael Bruen, John O’Sullivan, et al.. (2017). Modelling spatial and temporal variations of annual suspended sediment yields from small agricultural catchments. The Science of The Total Environment. 619-620. 672–684. 14 indexed citations
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Conroy, Emer, Jonathan Turner, A. Rymszewicz, et al.. (2016). Evaluating the relationship between biotic and sediment metrics using mesocosms and field studies. The Science of The Total Environment. 568. 1092–1101. 23 indexed citations
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Conroy, Emer, Jonathan Turner, A. Rymszewicz, et al.. (2016). The impact of cattle access on ecological water quality in streams: Examples from agricultural catchments within Ireland. The Science of The Total Environment. 547. 17–29. 43 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, John, et al.. (2015). Evaluating a microbial water quality prediction model for beach management under the revised EU Bathing Water Directive. Journal of Environmental Management. 167. 49–58. 34 indexed citations
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Abolfathi, Soroush, et al.. (2013). Prediction of Wave Overtopping Rates at Sloping Structures Using Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress. 40. 404–413. 1 indexed citations
18.
Ahilan, S, John O’Sullivan, & Michael Bruen. (2012). Influences on flood frequency distributions in Irish river catchments. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(4). 1137–1150. 22 indexed citations
19.
Lyness, J. F., et al.. (2005). Prediction Of Bed Form Height In StraightAnd Meandering Compound Channels. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 80. 1 indexed citations
20.
Lyness, J. F., et al.. (1998). Hydraulic Performance of Environmental Features in Rivers. Water and Environment Journal. 12(4). 286–291. 1 indexed citations

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