Laura O’Connor

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Laura O’Connor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura O’Connor has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Laura O’Connor's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). Laura O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (11 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). Laura O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Laura O’Connor's co-authors include Nita G. Forouhi, Fumiaki Imamura, Zheng Ye, Yasuaki Hayashino, Jaakko Mursu, Shilpa N Bhupathiraju, Jaakko Mursu, Shilpa N Bhupathiraju, Nicholas J. Wareham and Kay‐Tee Khaw and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BMJ.

In The Last Decade

Laura O’Connor

34 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction
    2016 773 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Laura O’Connor et al. profile →
  2. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction
    2015 700 citations Fumiaki Imamura, Laura O’Connor et al. BMJ profile →

Peers

Laura O’Connor
Seema Gulati India
Jessica Smith United States
Lokesh Khurana India
Rachel Leach United Kingdom
Mai-Lis Hellénius Sweden
Carmen Sayón-Orea Spain
Evangelos Polychronopoulos Greece
Priyali Shah India
Jean Dallongeville France
Ian G. Davies United Kingdom
Seema Gulati India
Laura O’Connor
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Countries citing papers authored by Laura O’Connor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura O’Connor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Laura O’Connor. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Laura O’Connor. The network helps show where Laura O’Connor may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura O’Connor

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Drummond, Linda, et al.. (2023). Experiences of shared decision making in acute hospitals: A mixed methods secondary analysis of the Irish National Inpatient Experience Survey. Patient Education and Counseling. 113. 107755–107755. 3 indexed citations
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Orlandi, Fabrizio, et al.. (2022). Modelling temporal data in knowledge graphs: a systematic review protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 101–101. 1 indexed citations
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Hegarty, Josephine, et al.. (2022). Definitions of health and social care standards used internationally: A narrative review. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 38(1). 40–52. 5 indexed citations
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Browne, John, et al.. (2021). Determinants of regulatory compliance in health and social care services: a systematic review protocol. HRB Open Research. 4. 13–13. 1 indexed citations
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Hegarty, Josephine, et al.. (2021). Factors that influence the implementation of health and social care Standards: a systematic review and meta-summary protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 24–24. 2 indexed citations
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Browne, John, et al.. (2021). Determinants of regulatory compliance in health and social care services: a systematic review protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 13–13. 3 indexed citations
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Orlandi, Fabrizio, et al.. (2021). Modelling temporal data in knowledge graphs: a systematic review protocol. HRB Open Research. 4. 101–101. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Laura, et al.. (2018). A qualitative analysis of the enforcement of the regulation of nutrition and health claims made for foods and its implications for health. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0201178–e0201178. 2 indexed citations
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Walton, Janette, Laura O’Connor, & Albert Flynn. (2018). Cross-sectional association of dietary water intakes and sources, and adiposity: National Adult Nutrition Survey, the Republic of Ireland. European Journal of Nutrition. 58(3). 1193–1201. 5 indexed citations
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Morgan, Amy L. & Laura O’Connor. (2018). Long-term outcomes from critical care. Surgery (Oxford). 36(4). 201–204. 2 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Laura, Janette Walton, & Albert Flynn. (2016). Fruit and vegetable intakes, sources and contribution to total diet in very young children (1–4 years): the Irish National Pre-School Nutrition Survey. British Journal Of Nutrition. 115(12). 2196–2202. 8 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Laura, Fumiaki Imamura, Marleen A. H. Lentjes, et al.. (2015). Prospective associations and population impact of sweet beverage intake and type 2 diabetes, and effects of substitutions with alternative beverages. Diabetologia. 58(7). 1474–1483. 126 indexed citations
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Eriksen, Anne Kirstine, Therese Tillin, Laura O’Connor, et al.. (2015). The Impact of Health Behaviours on Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Europeans and South Asians – A Prospective Analysis in the UK SABRE Study. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0117364–e0117364. 25 indexed citations
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Imamura, Fumiaki, Laura O’Connor, Zheng Ye, et al.. (2015). Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, artificially sweetened beverages, and fruit juice and incidence of type 2 diabetes: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimation of population attributable fraction. BMJ. 351. h3576–h3576. 700 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Connor, Laura, Søren Brage, Simon J. Griffin, Nicholas J. Wareham, & Nita G. Forouhi. (2015). The cross-sectional association between snacking behaviour and measures of adiposity: the Fenland Study, UK. British Journal Of Nutrition. 114(8). 1286–1293. 87 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Laura, Janette Walton, & Albert Flynn. (2014). Dietary energy density: estimates, trends and dietary determinants for a nationally representative sample of the Irish population (aged 5–90 years). British Journal Of Nutrition. 113(1). 172–180. 13 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Laura, Janette Walton, & Albert Flynn. (2013). Dietary energy density and its association with the nutritional quality of the diet of children and teenagers. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2. e10–e10. 25 indexed citations

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