Keith O’Brien

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Keith O’Brien is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith O’Brien has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Keith O’Brien's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), Sexual function and dysfunction studies (5 papers) and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (4 papers). Keith O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (5 papers), Sexual function and dysfunction studies (5 papers) and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (4 papers). Keith O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Keith O’Brien's co-authors include Sweta Rani, Claire Corcoran, Lorraine O’Driscoll, John Crown, Marek W. Radomski, Ray McDermott, William Watson, Glenn F. Webb, Maria Prencipe and Amanda O’Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Keith O’Brien

13 papers receiving 999 citations

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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.

Docetaxel-Resistance in Prostate Cancer: Evaluating Associated Phenotypic Changes and Potential for Resistance Transfer via Exosomes

2012 377 citations Claire Corcoran, Sweta Rani et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith O’Brien United States	9	835	668	111	100	84	13	1.0k
Antonio Traficante Italy	12	374 0.4×	167 0.3×	25 0.2×	83 0.8×	86 1.0×	30	614
U Ferrando Italy	8	321 0.4×	156 0.2×	31 0.3×	213 2.1×	321 3.8×	24	630
Daohu Wang China	11	181 0.2×	86 0.1×	39 0.4×	90 0.9×	70 0.8×	32	399
Hadi Shojaei Iran	13	197 0.2×	97 0.1×	20 0.2×	60 0.6×	143 1.7×	36	798
Aude-Hélène Capietto United States	15	333 0.4×	86 0.1×	45 0.4×	82 0.8×	468 5.6×	21	1.1k
Gerhard Feil Germany	18	344 0.4×	94 0.1×	27 0.2×	133 1.3×	95 1.1×	76	962
Zhiyuan Zheng China	16	300 0.4×	138 0.2×	12 0.1×	149 1.5×	117 1.4×	38	670
Xiaofu Qiu China	13	205 0.2×	133 0.2×	18 0.2×	62 0.6×	66 0.8×	30	461
S. Bennis Morocco	15	139 0.2×	124 0.2×	25 0.2×	94 0.9×	198 2.4×	52	600
Christine Wallace United States	14	334 0.4×	163 0.2×	18 0.2×	35 0.3×	176 2.1×	28	1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

Cervantes, C. Elena, et al.. (2017). Why It Is Not Always Anxiety: A Tough Diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2017. 1–3. 9 indexed citations

O’Brien, Keith. (2016). TaqMan Low Density Array: MicroRNA Profiling for Biomarker and Oncosuppressor Discovery. Methods in molecular biology. 1509. 71–84. 3 indexed citations

O’Brien, Keith, Michelle C. Lowry, Claire Corcoran, et al.. (2015). miR-134 in extracellular vesicles reduces triple-negative breast cancer aggression and increases drug sensitivity. Oncotarget. 6(32). 32774–32789. 213 indexed citations

Deveci, Serkan, et al.. (2015). A survey of patient expectations regarding sexual function following radical prostatectomy. British Journal of Urology. 118(4). 641–645. 28 indexed citations

Shaharyar, Sameer, et al.. (2015). Severe Rhabdomyolysis without Systemic Involvement: A Rare Case of Idiopathic Eosinophilic Polymyositis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2015. 1–5. 5 indexed citations

O’Brien, Keith, Sweta Rani, Claire Corcoran, et al.. (2013). Exosomes from triple-negative breast cancer cells can transfer phenotypic traits representing their cells of origin to secondary cells. European Journal of Cancer. 49(8). 1845–1859. 191 indexed citations

Mehta, Akanksha, Doron S. Stember, Keith O’Brien, & John P. Mulhall. (2013). Defining the aetiology of erectile dysfunction in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Andrology. 1(3). 483–486. 3 indexed citations

Corcoran, Claire, Sweta Rani, Keith O’Brien, et al.. (2012). Docetaxel-Resistance in Prostate Cancer: Evaluating Associated Phenotypic Changes and Potential for Resistance Transfer via Exosomes. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e50999–e50999. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

Flores, Stefan, Raanan Tal, Keith O’Brien, & John P. Mulhall. (2011). Outcomes of Crural Ligation Surgery for Isolated Crural Venous Leak. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 8(12). 3495–3499. 10 indexed citations

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Rani, Sweta, Keith O’Brien, Fergal C. Kelleher, et al.. (2011). Isolation of Exosomes for Subsequent mRNA, MicroRNA, and Protein Profiling. Methods in molecular biology. 784. 181–195. 93 indexed citations

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Deveci, Serkan, et al.. (2009). AN ANALYSIS OF EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS REGARDING SEXUAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY. The Journal of Urology. 181(4S). 369–369. 1 indexed citations

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Deveci, Serkan, Keith O’Brien, Absaar Ahmed, et al.. (2008). Can the International Index of Erectile Function distinguish between organic and psychogenic erectile function?. British Journal of Urology. 102(3). 354–356. 25 indexed citations

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Deveci, Serkan, Carin V. Hopps, Keith O’Brien, et al.. (2006). Defining the Clinical Characteristics of Peyronie’s Disease in Young Men. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 4(2). 485–490. 60 indexed citations

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