Kieran Brennan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

Kieran Brennan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Allergy and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kieran Brennan has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kieran Brennan's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (8 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (3 papers). Kieran Brennan is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (8 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (5 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (3 papers). Kieran Brennan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Canada and Lithuania. Kieran Brennan's co-authors include Margaret M. Mc Gee, Alfonso Blanco, Yunjie Wu, Ciarán Richardson, S. P. Fitzgerald, Katrin Martin, Jeff O’Sullivan, Ann M. Hopkins, Elaine McSherry and Lance Hudson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Kieran Brennan

15 papers receiving 934 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. A comparison of methods for the isolation and separation of extracellular vesicles from protein and lipid particles in human serum
    2020 641 citations Kieran Brennan, Katrin Martin et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kieran Brennan Ireland 9 800 362 129 128 116 15 938
Roberta Palmulli France 9 855 1.1× 398 1.1× 112 0.9× 134 1.0× 59 0.5× 13 987
Maarten P. Bebelman Netherlands 10 887 1.1× 509 1.4× 111 0.9× 162 1.3× 74 0.6× 16 1.0k
Stephanie N. Hurwitz United States 15 1.4k 1.7× 713 2.0× 126 1.0× 242 1.9× 148 1.3× 23 1.6k
Dinuka Ariyaratne Australia 2 1.0k 1.3× 597 1.6× 93 0.7× 156 1.2× 47 0.4× 6 1.2k
Luize G. Lima Brazil 17 1.4k 1.7× 822 2.3× 195 1.5× 375 2.9× 220 1.9× 23 1.8k
K. Emelie M. Blomberg Sweden 14 1.0k 1.3× 495 1.4× 72 0.6× 450 3.5× 82 0.7× 19 1.5k
Eduard Willms Australia 10 1.7k 2.1× 917 2.5× 226 1.8× 249 1.9× 56 0.5× 12 1.8k
Seema Sinha United States 8 698 0.9× 414 1.1× 79 0.6× 100 0.8× 90 0.8× 12 1.0k
Joanne L. Welton United Kingdom 7 865 1.1× 456 1.3× 102 0.8× 139 1.1× 83 0.7× 7 1.0k
Johann Mar Gudbergsson Denmark 10 1.3k 1.6× 724 2.0× 234 1.8× 122 1.0× 62 0.5× 16 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kieran Brennan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kieran Brennan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kieran Brennan

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Brennan, Kieran, et al.. (2025). Menstrual blood serum extracellular vesicles reveal novel molecular biomarkers and potential endotypes of unexplained infertility. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 11974–11974. 3 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kieran, et al.. (2025). Proteomic signature of menstrual blood mesenchymal stromal cells and their extracellular vesicles in women with unexplained infertility. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 51(4). 104980–104980. 4 indexed citations
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García-Posadas, Laura, et al.. (2023). Isolation and Characterization of Human Conjunctival Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Their Extracellular Vesicles. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(12). 38–38. 6 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kieran, et al.. (2023). Phosphorylation of the prolyl isomerase Cyclophilin A regulates its localisation and release from the centrosome during mitosis. Cell Cycle. 22(8). 951–966. 2 indexed citations
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Madden, Stephen F., et al.. (2022). A Transcriptional Link between HER2, JAM-A and FOXA1 in Breast Cancer. Cells. 11(4). 735–735. 8 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kieran, et al.. (2022). Investigation of canine extracellular vesicles in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0274261–e0274261. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Yunjie, Kieran Brennan, Alfonso Blanco, & Margaret M. Mc Gee. (2021). Cyclophilin A regulates secretion of tumour-derived extracellular vesicles. Translational Oncology. 14(8). 101112–101112. 4 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kieran, Katrin Martin, S. P. Fitzgerald, et al.. (2020). A comparison of methods for the isolation and separation of extracellular vesicles from protein and lipid particles in human serum. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 1039–1039. 641 indexed citations breakdown →
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Casey, Jillian P., Kieran Brennan, Paul McGettigan, et al.. (2016). Recessive NEK9 mutation causes a lethal skeletal dysplasia with evidence of cell cycle and ciliary defects. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(9). 1824–1835. 33 indexed citations
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McSherry, Elaine, Kieran Brennan, Lance Hudson, Arnold D. Hill, & Ann M. Hopkins. (2011). Breast cancer cell migration is regulated through junctional adhesion molecule-A-mediated activation of Rap1 GTPase. Breast Cancer Research. 13(2). R31–R31. 98 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kieran, Gozie Offiah, Elaine McSherry, & Ann M. Hopkins. (2010). Tight Junctions: A Barrier to the Initiation and Progression of Breast Cancer?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2010. 1–16. 66 indexed citations

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