Karen O’Brien

19.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
106 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Karen O’Brien is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen O’Brien has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Karen O’Brien's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (24 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (17 papers). Karen O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (24 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (19 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (17 papers). Karen O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Karen O’Brien's co-authors include Robin Leichenko, Siri Eriksen, Lynn P. Nygaard, Jon Barnett, W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Linda Sygna, Nadine Marshall, Johanna Wolf and Mark Pelling and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Karen O’Brien

97 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation

2012 926 citations Karen O’Brien et al. profile →
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and globalization in India

2004 893 citations Karen O’Brien, Robin Leichenko et al. profile →
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization

2000 751 citations Karen O’Brien, Robin Leichenko profile →
Why different interpretations of vulnerability matter in climate change discourses

2007 750 citations Karen O’Brien, Siri Eriksen et al. profile →
Global environmental change II

2011 714 citations Karen O’Brien profile →
Adaptation and transformation

2014 482 citations Karen O’Brien et al. profile →
When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation

2011 380 citations Siri Eriksen, Paulina Aldunce et al. Climate and Development profile →
Exploring youth activism on climate change: dutiful, disruptive, and dangerous dissent

2018 276 citations Karen O’Brien et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The human right to a safe climate 2025 ·Nature Sustainability ·Sebastián Villasante, Lynne Shannon, Sandra Waddock, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Nathan Bennett, Joyeeta Gupta, David Obura, Albert V. Norström, Karen O’Brien, Unai Pascual, Arun Agrawal	0
2	Qualitative Study of Longitudinal Specialty-Aligned Palliative Care for Inpatients with Advanced Liver Disease 2024 ·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Nneka N. Ufere, Nancy A. Mason, Kirsten G. Engel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sara D’Arpino, Karen O’Brien, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anna Revette, Vicki A. Jackson, Areej El‐Jawahri	1
3	Fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability 2023 ·AMBIO ·Karen O’Brien, (unknown), Irmelin Gram-Hanssen, Gail Hochachka, Linda Sygna, (unknown)	26
4	The Role of Actionless Action in Generating Quantum Social Change: Forum on Snapshots from Home 2023 ·Journal of International Political Theory ·Karen O’Brien	1
5	Climate change and health: a 2-week course for medical students to inspire change 2023 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·Erlend T. Aasheim, (unknown), Karen O’Brien, (unknown), Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Lene Frost Andersen, Dag O. Hessen, B. H. Samset, Dan Banik	14
6	Teaching the “how” of transformation 2021 ·Sustainability Science ·Robin Leichenko, Irmelin Gram-Hanssen, Karen O’Brien	24
7	Getting to the heart of transformation 2021 ·Sustainability Science ·Coleen Vogel, Karen O’Brien	57
8	A Pharmacist’s Role in a Dental Clinic: Establishing a Collaborative and Interprofessional Education Site 2018 ·INNOVATIONS in pharmacy ·(unknown), Kevin T. Fuji, (unknown), (unknown), Karen O’Brien, (unknown)	14
9	A Novel Use of Peer Coaching to Teach Primary Palliative Care Skills: Coaching Consultation 2017 ·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Juliet Jacobsen, Corinne Alexander, (unknown), (unknown), Joseph A. Greer, Karen O’Brien, (unknown), Vicki A. Jackson	7
10	Where Is the Nursing?: Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions of Nontraditional Child Health Clinical Placements 2016 ·Journal of Nursing Education ·(unknown), Karen O’Brien	9
11	Revealing the Voices of Public Health Nurses by Exploring Their Lived Experience 2014 ·Public Health Nursing ·(unknown), Karen O’Brien, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	5
12	When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation breakdown → 2011 ·Climate and Development ·Siri Eriksen, Paulina Aldunce, Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Rafael D’Almeida Martins, (unknown), Charles Nhemachena, Karen O’Brien, Felix Olorunfemi, Jacob Park, Linda Sygna, Kirsten Ulsrud	380
13	Climate Change, Ethics and Human Security 2010 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·(unknown), (unknown), Karen O’Brien, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Asunción Lera St. Clair, (unknown), (unknown)	89
14	Learning Style Preference and Student Aptitude for Concept Maps 2007 ·Journal of Nursing Education ·Carol T. Kostovich, (unknown), Karen D. Wood, Karen O’Brien	48
15	Questioning Complacency: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in Norway 2006 ·AMBIO ·Karen O’Brien, Siri Eriksen, Linda Sygna, Lars Otto Næss	149
16	What's in a word? Conflicting interpretations of vulnerability in climate change research 2004 ·Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·Karen O’Brien, Siri Eriksen, (unknown), Lynn P. Nygaard	202
17	Climate Vulnerability in the Barents Sea Ecoregion: A Multi-Stressor Approach 2004 ·Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·Karen O’Brien, (unknown), Siri Eriksen, Päl Prestrud	10
18	Coping with climate variability: the use of seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa. 2003 ·Karen O’Brien, Coleen Vogel	75
19	Virkninger av klimaendringer i Norge 2001 ·BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)) ·Linda Sygna, Karen O’Brien	5
20	Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Adaptive Management 1997 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Garry Peterson, Giulio A. De Leo, Jessica J. Hellmann, Marco A. Janssen, Ann P. Kinzig, Jay R. Malcolm, Karen O’Brien, Shealagh E. Pope, Dale S. Rothman, Elena Shevliakova, Rob Tinch	46

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