Kristen Dams-O’Connor

12.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
179 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Kristen Dams-O’Connor is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristen Dams-O’Connor has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Epidemiology, 99 papers in Emergency Medicine and 80 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Kristen Dams-O’Connor's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (122 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (75 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (67 papers). Kristen Dams-O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (122 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (75 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (67 papers). Kristen Dams-O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kristen Dams-O’Connor's co-authors include Matthew P. Martens, Wayne A. Gordon, Raquel C. Gardner, C. Dirk Keene, Geoffrey T. Manley, William Stewart, John D. Corrigan, David Menon, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia and Paul K. Crane and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Kristen Dams-O’Connor

168 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

2015 559 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Wayne A. Gordon et al. profile →
The chronic and evolving neurological consequences of traumatic brain injury

2017 389 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, David Menon et al. profile →
Symptomatology and Functional Outcome in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Results from the Prospective TRACK-TBI Study

2013 382 citations John K. Yue, Ava M. Puccio et al. Journal of Neurotrauma profile →
Association of Traumatic Brain Injury With Late-Life Neurodegenerative Conditions and Neuropathologic Findings

2016 318 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Julie A. Schneider et al. profile →
Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Epidemiology, Outcomes, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions

2017 296 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Geoffrey T. Manley et al. Journal of Neurotrauma profile →
Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disorder

2021 238 citations Benjamin L. Brett, Kristen Dams-O’Connor et al. profile →
Management of Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Synthesis of Practice Guidelines

2019 197 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Michael McCrea et al. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation profile →
Traumatic brain injury as a chronic disease: insights from the United States Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Research Program

2023 100 citations Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Shannon B. Juengst et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristen Dams-O’Connor United States	38	3.6k	2.8k	2.3k	539	470	179	5.8k
Amy K. Wagner United States	47	3.2k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 2.6×	953 2.0×	173	6.7k
Jessica Gill United States	41	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	783 0.3×	1.1k 2.1×	369 0.8×	165	5.5k
Brandon E. Gavett United States	27	2.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	419 0.8×	957 2.0×	87	4.7k
Joan Machamer United States	35	3.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	219 0.4×	498 1.1×	54	5.1k
Tamara Bushnik United States	37	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	298 0.6×	877 1.9×	111	4.3k
Walter M. High United States	43	4.4k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	140 0.3×	1.0k 2.2×	81	6.2k
Sue R. Beers United States	29	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	333 0.6×	424 0.9×	85	4.2k
Regina E. McGlinchey United States	39	1.4k 0.4×	824 0.3×	556 0.2×	438 0.8×	649 1.4×	169	4.6k
Knut Waterloo Norway	39	714 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	332 0.1×	551 1.0×	585 1.2×	109	4.9k
Thomas S.D. Getchius United States	16	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	188 0.3×	1.2k 2.6×	22	4.3k

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Bragge, Peter, Molly McNett, Mark Bayley, et al.. (2025). Starting with the End in Mind: Recommendations to Optimize Implementation of a Novel TBI Classification from the 2024 NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Workshop’s Knowledge to Practice Working Group. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(13-14). 1096–1108. 1 indexed citations

Asken, Breton M., Benjamin L. Brett, William Barr, et al.. (2025). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: State-of-the-science update and narrative review. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 39(8). 2159–2183. 1 indexed citations

Corrigan, John D., Michael L. Alosco, Joukje van der Naalt, et al.. (2025). Retrospective Identification and Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury—Recommendations from the 2024 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Retrospective Classification Working Group. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(13-14). 1086–1095. 3 indexed citations

Martin, Aaron M., Jessica M. Ketchum, Stephanie Agtarap, et al.. (2025). Characterizing Extreme Phenotypes for Pain Catastrophizing in Persons With Chronic Pain Following Mild to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Requiring Inpatient Rehabilitation: A NIDILRR and VA TBI Model Systems Collaborative Project. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 41(1). 63–75. 1 indexed citations

Suh, Young Jin, et al.. (2024). Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review. Journal of Neurotrauma. 41(13-14). 1494–1508. 7 indexed citations

Dams-O’Connor, Kristen, Joseph T. Giacino, Shannon B. Juengst, et al.. (2024). Relationship between the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended and Measures of Disability, Function, Participation, Psychosocial Symptoms & Life Satisfaction Following Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 105(4). e186–e186.

Dams-O’Connor, Kristen, et al.. (2023). Screening for Brain Injury Sustained in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Measure Development and Preliminary Utility of the Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire IPV Module. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(19-20). 2087–2099. 23 indexed citations

Kumar, Raj G., Daniel W. Klyce, Risa Nakase‐Richardson, et al.. (2022). Associations of Military Service History and Health Outcomes in the First Five Years After Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(11-12). 1173–1186. 1 indexed citations

Klyce, Daniel W., Paul B. Perrin, Shannon B. Juengst, et al.. (2022). A Network Analysis of the PART-O at 1 and 2 Years After TBI: A Veterans Affairs Model Systems Study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 38(5). 401–409. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Raj G., Xiaobo Zhong, Gale G. Whiteneck, et al.. (2021). Development and Validation of a Functionally Relevant Comorbid Health Index in Adults Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 39(1-2). 67–75. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Shelley H., Robert‐Paul Juster, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, & Julie Spicer. (2021). Response to: On item response theory models in allostatic load scoring. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100040–100040.

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Fann, Jesse R., Tessa Hart, Marcia A. Ciol, et al.. (2021). Improving transition from inpatient rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury: Protocol for the BRITE pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 104. 106332–106332. 10 indexed citations

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Dams-O’Connor, Kristen, Patrick S.F. Bellgowan, Roderick A. Corriveau, et al.. (2021). Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Summit 2019: National Research Priorities for the Investigation of Traumatic Brain Injury as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(23). 3186–3194. 11 indexed citations

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Pugh, Mary Jo, Eamonn Kennedy, Eric M. Prager, et al.. (2021). Phenotyping the Spectrum of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review and Pathway to Standardization. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(23). 3222–3234. 30 indexed citations

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Kretzmer, Tracy, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Xinyu Tang, et al.. (2021). Health Conditions Among Special Operations Forces Versus Conventional Military Service Members: A VA TBI Model Systems Study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 37(4). E292–E298. 12 indexed citations

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Kumar, Raj G., Katherine Ornstein, Evan Bollens‐Lund, et al.. (2020). Lifetime history of traumatic brain injury is associated with increased loneliness in adults: A US nationally representative study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 35(5). 553–563. 16 indexed citations

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Magnus, Brooke E., Nancy Temkin, Sureyya Dikmen, et al.. (2019). Diagnosing the GOSE: Structural and Psychometric Properties Using Item Response Theory, a TRACK-TBI Pilot Study. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(17). 2493–2505. 13 indexed citations

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Lingsma, Hester F., John K. Yue, Andrew I.R. Maas, et al.. (2014). Outcome Prediction after Mild and Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: External Validation of Existing Models and Identification of New Predictors Using the TRACK-TBI Pilot Study. Journal of Neurotrauma. 32(2). 83–94. 135 indexed citations

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Dams-O’Connor, Kristen, Jeffrey P. Cuthbert, John Whyte, et al.. (2013). Traumatic Brain Injury among Older Adults at Level I and II Trauma Centers. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(24). 2001–2013. 97 indexed citations

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Kozlowski, Allan J., Christopher R. Pretz, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Scott Kreider, & Gale G. Whiteneck. (2012). An Introduction to Applying Individual Growth Curve Models to Evaluate Change in Rehabilitation: A National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Report. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 94(3). 589–596. 38 indexed citations

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