Kathleen O’Brien

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kathleen O’Brien is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen O’Brien has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Kathleen O’Brien's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Kathleen O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). Kathleen O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Kathleen O’Brien's co-authors include Andrew P. Beckerman, Oswald J. Schmitz, Tanya N. Antonini, Adrienne I. Kovach, Megan E. Narad, Jeffery N. Epstein, Leanne Tamm, Larry W. Hawk, Jennifer Walsh and W. Gregory Shriver and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen O’Brien

57 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

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Wendy Moore United States

Robert B. Wallace United States

David Owens United Kingdom

Steven S. Schwartz United States

Stephen C. Brown United States

Isabelle Girard Canada

Michael P. Carey United States

David Evans Australia

Karen Clark United States

Michael Wade United States

Wendy Moore United States

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368 ×0.5

ECOLO

133 ×0.3

NLC

487 ×1.3

EEBS

435 ×1.9

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39 ×0.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Kathleen O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kathleen O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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

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Macdonald, Ian, Mareen Sarah Kraus, Craig Erker, et al.. (2025). Intra- and interobserver agreement in evaluation of image-defined risk factors on computed tomography in pediatric neuroblastoma. Pediatric Radiology. 55(2). 305–311.

O’Brien, Kathleen, et al.. (2024). Risk of behavioural and developmental difficulties in early childhood in the Australian Capital Territory. Child Care Health and Development. 50(5). e13314–e13314.

O’Brien, Kathleen, Susan J. Woolford, Harlan McCaffery, et al.. (2024). 39. Do adolescents with disabilities have lower rates of STI screening than non-disabled peers?. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 37(2). 255–255.

O’Brien, Kathleen, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the Digital Health Experience for Patients in Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e50410–e50410. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Heather, Tao Huang, Kathleen O’Brien, et al.. (2024). Endometriosis first presenting in pleural fluid cytology. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 52(4). E95–E99.

Walsh, Jennifer, Chris S. Elphick, Jonathan B. Cohen, et al.. (2023). Surrounding landscape, habitat and hybridization dynamics drive population structure and genetic diversity in the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Ornithological applications. 125(4). 1 indexed citations

Lipner, Emily, Kathleen O’Brien, Elizabeth C. Breen, et al.. (2023). 61. Prenatal Maternal Inflammation, Cognition in Childhood, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry. 93(9). S118–S119.

O’Brien, Kathleen, et al.. (2022). Parents’ perceptions of their child’s weight among children in their first year of primary school: a mixed-methods analysis of an Australian cross-sectional (complete enumeration) study. International Journal of Obesity. 46(5). 992–1001. 5 indexed citations

O’Brien, Kathleen, et al.. (2022). Non-Obstetric Traumatic Vulvar Hematomas in Premenarchal and Postmenarchal Girls. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 35(5). 546–551. 2 indexed citations

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Lane, Oksana P., et al.. (2020). Long-term monitoring of mercury in adult saltmarsh sparrows breeding in Maine, Massachusetts and New York, USA 2000–2017. Ecotoxicology. 29(8). 1148–1160. 16 indexed citations

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Etterson, Matthew A., Thomas P. Hodgman, Jonathan B. Cohen, et al.. (2016). Seasonal fecundity is not related to geographic position across a species’ global range despite a central peak in abundance. Oecologia. 183(1). 291–301. 21 indexed citations

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Stolz, Lori, et al.. (2015). A Review of Lawsuits Related to Point-of-Care Emergency Ultrasound Applications. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 16(1). 1–4. 44 indexed citations

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Amini, Richard, Lori Stolz, Kathleen O’Brien, et al.. (2015). Theme-based teaching of point-of-care ultrasound in undergraduate medical education. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 10(5). 613–618. 33 indexed citations

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Hartlep, Nicholas D., et al.. (2015). What We Stand for, Not Against: Presenting Our Teacher Education Colleagues with the Case for Social Foundations in PK-12 Teacher Preparation Programs. Educational foundations. 28. 135–150. 7 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Srikar, Richard Amini, Lori Stolz, et al.. (2014). Implementation of a novel point-of-care ultrasound billing and reimbursement program: fiscal impact. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 32(6). 592–595. 31 indexed citations

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Savoy, Lucas, et al.. (2014). Elevated mercury levels in a wintering population of common eiders ( Somateria mollissima ) in the northeastern United States. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 86(1-2). 229–237. 14 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Srikar, Albert Fiorello, Lori Stolz, et al.. (2013). Ability of emergency physicians with advanced echocardiographic experience at a single center to identify complex echocardiographic abnormalities. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 32(4). 363–366. 12 indexed citations

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Lane, Oksana P., Kathleen O’Brien, David C. Evers, et al.. (2011). Mercury in breeding saltmarsh sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus caudacutus). Ecotoxicology. 20(8). 1984–1991. 31 indexed citations

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Mentkowski, Marcia, Glen Rogers, Georgine Loacker, et al.. (2000). Learning that lasts: Integrating learning, development and performance in college and beyond. Scholarly Commons (University of the Pacific). 1–576. 207 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Kathleen, et al.. (1993). Child Care under the Family Support Act: Unfinished Business.. Young children. 48(5). 54–57. 3 indexed citations

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