Kevin C. O’Connor

13.4k citations

154 papers · 7.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.2%
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Immunology top 0.5%
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Papers in

Neurology 49
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders 36
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma 32
Immunology 43
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology 28
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 17
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 10

Co-authors: David A. Hafler Richard J. Nowak Steven H. Kleinstein Jason A. Vander Heiden Panos Stathopoulos David E. Anderson Steven Kirshblum Gur Yaari
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (12 papers)Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation (7 papers)Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (6 papers)Journal of Neuroimmunology (5 papers)Frontiers in Immunology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Kevin C. O’Connor

143 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Precision targeting of autoantigen-specific B cells in muscle-specific tyrosine kinase myasthenia gravis with chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells 2023 · 107 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Biotechnology
2022 Seminars in Immunopathology
2015 JAMA
2015 Science
2015 Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

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1	Autoimmune mechanisms elucidated through muscle acetylcholine receptor structures Cell ·Huanhuan Li, Minh Pham, Jinfeng Teng, Kevin C. O’Connor, Colleen Noviello, Ryan Hibbs	2025	7
2	A Distinct Immunological Signature in Late‐Onset Myasthenia Gravis: Insights from an Exploratory Proteomics Study Annals of Neurology ·Bhaskar Roy, Jiaxin Chen, Fatemeh Khani‐Habibabadi, Nilay P. McLaren, Betty Soliven, Vern C. Juel, Kevin C. O’Connor, Richard J. Nowak, Linda L. Kusner, Henry J. Kaminski	2025	0
3	IgA autoantibodies demonstrate a novel mechanism of MuSK myasthenia gravis pathology Brain ·Gianvito Masi, Kangzhi Chen, Alexandra Clarissa Bayer, Rafael Bayarri‐Olmos, Minh Pham, Annabel Wallace, Silvia Falso, Amelia Evoli, Raffaele Iorio, Kenneth B. Hoehn, Akiko Iwasaki, Richard J. Nowak, Kevin C. O’Connor	2025	0
4	The Plasma Cell Infiltrate Populating the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis Features Distinct B Cell Receptor Repertoire Properties ImmunoHorizons ·Ruoyi Jiang, Bhaskar Roy, Qian Wu, Subhasis Mohanty, Richard J. Nowak, Albert C. Shaw, Steven H. Kleinstein, Kevin C. O’Connor	2023	5
5	Precision targeting of autoantigen-specific B cells in muscle-specific tyrosine kinase myasthenia gravis with chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells Nature Biotechnology ·Sangwook Oh, Xuming Mao, Sílvio M. Vieira, Jinmin Lee, Darshil Patel, Eun Jung Choi, Andrea Alvarado, Ebony Cottman‐Thomas, Damián Maseda, Patricia Tsao, Christoph T. Ellebrecht, Sami Khella, David P. Richman, Kevin C. O’Connor, Uri Herzberg, Gwendolyn K. Binder, Michael C. Milone, Samik Basu, Aimee Payne Hit paper breakdown →	2023	107
6	MOGAD patient autoantibodies induce complement, phagocytosis, and cellular cytotoxicity JCI Insight ·Soumya S. Yandamuri, Beata Filipek, Abeer Obaid, Nikhil Lele, Joshua M. Thurman, Naila Makhani, Richard J. Nowak, Yong Guo, Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Eoin P. Flanagan, Erin E. Longbrake, Kevin C. O’Connor	2023	24
7	2736 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy following astra zeneca COVID19 vaccination Anna Tierney, Wai Yie Leong, Vicky Fabian, Kevin C. O’Connor	2023	0
8	Individual myasthenia gravis autoantibody clones can efficiently mediate multiple mechanisms of pathology Acta Neuropathologica ·Minh Pham, Gianvito Masi, Rosa Patzina, Abeer Obaid, Seneca R. Oxendine, Sangwook Oh, Aimee Payne, Richard J. Nowak, Kevin C. O’Connor	2023	19
9	Clinicoserological insights into patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor‐induced myasthenia gravis Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·Gianvito Masi, Minh Pham, Tabitha Karatz, Sangwook Oh, Aimee Payne, Richard J. Nowak, James F. Howard, Jeffrey T. Guptill, Vern C. Juel, Kevin C. O’Connor	2023	11
10	Heterogeneity of Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibody–Mediated Complement Activity in Patients With Myasthenia Gravis Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·Abeer Obaid, Chrysoula Zografou, Douangsone D. Vadysirisack, Bailey Munro-Sheldon, Miriam L. Fichtner, Bhaskar Roy, William M. Philbrick, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Richard J. Nowak, Kevin C. O’Connor	2022	37
11	EBVerified TCRs and multiple sclerosis Science Immunology ·Esen Sefik, Kevin C. O’Connor	2022	1
12	Elevated N-Linked Glycosylation of IgG V Regions in Myasthenia Gravis Disease Subtypes The Journal of Immunology ·Caleigh Mandel‐Brehm, Miriam L. Fichtner, Ruoyi Jiang, Valerie J. Winton, Sara E. Vazquez, Minh Pham, Kenneth B. Hoehn, Neil L. Kelleher, Richard J. Nowak, Steven H. Kleinstein, Michael R. Wilson, Joseph L. DeRisi, Kevin C. O’Connor	2021	17
13	CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Yisi Lu, Ruoyi Jiang, Alec W. Freyn, Jiawei Wang, Shirin Strohmeier, Katlyn Lederer, Michela Locci, Hongyu Zhao, Davide Angeletti, Kevin C. O’Connor, Steven H. Kleinstein, Raffael Nachbagauer, Joe Craft	2020	37
14	Single-cell repertoire tracing identifies rituximab-resistant B cells during myasthenia gravis relapses JCI Insight ·Ruoyi Jiang, Miriam L. Fichtner, Kenneth B. Hoehn, Minh Pham, Panos Stathopoulos, Richard J. Nowak, Steven H. Kleinstein, Kevin C. O’Connor	2020	44
15	Early B cell tolerance defects in neuromyelitis optica favour anti-AQP4 autoantibody production Brain ·Elizabeth Cotzomi, Panos Stathopoulos, Casey S. Lee, Alanna Ritchie, John Soltys, Fabien Delmotte, Tyler Oe, Joel Sng, Ruoyi Jiang, K. Anthony, Jason A. Vander Heiden, Steven H. Kleinstein, Michael Levy, Jeffrey L. Bennett, Eric Meffre, Kevin C. O’Connor	2019	74
16	Impaired B‐cell tolerance checkpoints promote the development of autoimmune diseases and pathogenic autoantibodies Immunological Reviews ·Eric Meffre, Kevin C. O’Connor	2019	106
17	Dysregulation of B Cell Repertoire Formation in Myasthenia Gravis Patients Revealed through Deep Sequencing The Journal of Immunology ·Jason A. Vander Heiden, Panos Stathopoulos, Julian Q. Zhou, Luan Chen, Tamara J. Gilbert, Christopher R. Bolen, Richard J. Barohn, Mazen M. Dimachkie, Emma Ciafaloni, Teresa J. Broering, François Vigneault, Richard J. Nowak, Steven H. Kleinstein, Kevin C. O’Connor	2017	75
18	Comprehensive serological profiling of human populations using a synthetic human virome Science ·George Xu, Tomasz Kula, Qikai Xu, Mamie Z. Li, Suzanne D. Vernon, Thumbi Ndung’u, Kiat Ruxrungtham, Jorge Sánchez, Christian Brander, Raymond T. Chung, Kevin C. O’Connor, Bruce D. Walker, H. Benjamin Larman, Stephen J. Elledge Hit paper breakdown →	2015	278
19	Antibodies to Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) in Children and Adults with Demyelinating Disorders (NMO) Annals of Neurology ·Patrick Waters, Mark Woodhall, Yael Hacohen, Kevin C. O’Connor, Michael Absoud, Jackie Palace, Markus Reindl, Ming Lim, Maria Isabel Leite, Angela Vincent	2013	3
20	The Importance of Proximity in Economic Competitiveness: Rethinking the Role of Clusters in Local Economic Development Policy Australasian journal of regional studies ·Andrew McDougall, Kevin C. O’Connor	2005	3

About Kevin C. O’Connor

Kevin C. O’Connor is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 154 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (36 papers), Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma (32 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (21 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (18 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (17 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (12 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (2.4k citations), Immunology (2.6k citations), Neurology (1.8k citations), Neurology (716 citations) and Biological Psychiatry (207 citations). Kevin C. O’Connor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include David A. Hafler, Richard J. Nowak, Steven H. Kleinstein, Jason A. Vander Heiden, Panos Stathopoulos, David E. Anderson, Steven Kirshblum, Gur Yaari, François Vigneault and Joel N. H. Stern. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Neuroimmunology and Frontiers in Immunology.

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