Léan V. O’Brien

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 775 citations indexed

About

Léan V. O’Brien is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Léan V. O’Brien has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 775 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Léan V. O’Brien's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Léan V. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (9 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Léan V. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Léan V. O’Brien's co-authors include Samantha K. Stanley, Teaghan L. Hogg, Helen Berry, Clare Watsford, Marc Wilson, Ning Ding, Yoshihisa Kashima, Madeline Judge, Julian W. Fernando and Sara Charlesworth and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Léan V. O’Brien

26 papers receiving 744 citations

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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 Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale

2021 200 citations Teaghan L. Hogg, Samantha K. Stanley et al. Global Environmental Change profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Léan V. O’Brien Australia	15	376	264	162	157	151	27	775
Jacqueline Middleton Canada	6	307 0.8×	184 0.7×	100 0.6×	172 1.1×	162 1.1×	9	556
Samantha K. Stanley Australia	16	801 2.1×	584 2.2×	289 1.8×	214 1.4×	82 0.5×	53	1.2k
Paolo Cianconi Italy	8	225 0.6×	118 0.4×	113 0.7×	498 3.2×	210 1.4×	11	992
Joanne Durkin Australia	12	250 0.7×	133 0.5×	90 0.6×	90 0.6×	160 1.1×	21	663
Luigi Janiri Italy	6	198 0.5×	98 0.4×	95 0.6×	389 2.5×	190 1.3×	10	760
Julian W. Fernando Australia	15	269 0.7×	113 0.4×	67 0.4×	53 0.3×	55 0.4×	28	579
Martha Frías Armenta Mexico	17	265 0.7×	316 1.2×	82 0.5×	80 0.5×	125 0.8×	84	1.1k
Susie Burke Australia	7	520 1.4×	337 1.3×	173 1.1×	573 3.6×	319 2.1×	15	1.2k
John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta Philippines	16	170 0.5×	215 0.8×	93 0.6×	67 0.4×	78 0.5×	53	591
Mathew Ling Australia	16	293 0.8×	136 0.5×	91 0.6×	61 0.4×	69 0.5×	43	948

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léan V. O’Brien

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20 of 20 papers shown

Moreno‐Poyato, Antonio R., Juan Roldán‐Merino, Samantha K. Stanley, et al.. (2024). Mental health during ecological crisis: translating and validating the Hogg Eco-anxiety Scale for Argentinian and Spanish populations. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 227–227. 13 indexed citations

Stanley, Samantha K., et al.. (2024). Part of or apart from nature? Characteristics, environmental attitudes, and priorities of the nature (dis)connected. AMBIO. 54(3). 552–565.

Hogg, Teaghan L., Samantha K. Stanley, Léan V. O’Brien, Clare Watsford, & Iain Walker. (2024). Clarifying the nature of the association between eco-anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 95. 102249–102249. 28 indexed citations

Sampaio, Francisco, Lara Guedes de Pinho, Carlos Sequeira, et al.. (2023). Validating a measure for eco-anxiety in Portuguese young adults and exploring its associations with environmental action. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 25 indexed citations

Hogg, Teaghan L., Samantha K. Stanley, & Léan V. O’Brien. (2023). Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 88. 102003–102003. 40 indexed citations

Hogg, Teaghan L., Samantha K. Stanley, Léan V. O’Brien, Marc Wilson, & Clare Watsford. (2021). The Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale. Global Environmental Change. 71. 102391–102391. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

Fernando, Julian W., Léan V. O’Brien, Madeline Judge, & Yoshihisa Kashima. (2019). More Than Idyll Speculation: Utopian Thinking for Planetary Health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 16–16. 14 indexed citations

Schirmer, Jacki, et al.. (2019). Farm exit, wellbeing and autonomy: a quantitative analysis of exited farmers in Australia. Rural Society. 28(2). 108–126. 5 indexed citations

Fernando, Julian W., et al.. (2019). Greens or space invaders: Prominent utopian themes and effects on social change motivation. European Journal of Social Psychology. 50(2). 278–291. 38 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Léan V., Christine Critchley, Paul Dudgeon, et al.. (2018). Low Carbon Readiness Index: A short measure to predict private low carbon behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 57. 34–44. 24 indexed citations

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Ding, Ning, Helen Berry, & Léan V. O’Brien. (2015). One-year reciprocal relationship between community participation and mental wellbeing in Australia: A panel analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 128. 246–254. 68 indexed citations

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Hogan, Anthony, Katherine J. Reynolds, Isabel Latz, & Léan V. O’Brien. (2015). Stigma and its Consequences for Social Identity. 33–48. 1 indexed citations

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Ding, Ning, Helen Berry, & Léan V. O’Brien. (2015). The Effect of Extreme Heat on Mental Health – Evidence from Australia.. International Journal of Epidemiology. 44(suppl_1). i64–i64. 12 indexed citations

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Friel, Sharon, Helen Berry, Huong Dinh, Léan V. O’Brien, & Helen Walls. (2014). The impact of drought on the association between food security and mental health in a nationally representative Australian sample. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 1102–1102. 51 indexed citations

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Schirmer, Jacki, Helen Berry, & Léan V. O’Brien. (2013). Healthier land, healthier farmers: Considering the potential of natural resource management as a place-focused farmer health intervention. Health & Place. 24. 97–109. 26 indexed citations

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Cruwys, Tegan, et al.. (2013). Marginalised Australians: Characteristics and Predictors of Exit Over Ten Years 2001-10. eSpace (Curtin University). 1–48. 7 indexed citations

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Charlesworth, Sara, et al.. (2011). Parents' Jobs in Australia: Work Hours Polarisation and the Consequences for Job Quality and Gender Equality. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 43 indexed citations

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Kemppainen, Jeanne, et al.. (2000). Quantifying patient engagement with nurses: validation of a scale with AIDS patients.. PubMed. 3(4). 167–74. 5 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Hans, J. Seidenberg, Léan V. O’Brien, et al.. (1998). Small airway patency in infants with apparent life-threatening events. European Journal of Pediatrics. 157(1). 71–74. 18 indexed citations

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Kemppainen, Jeanne, et al.. (1998). The behaviors of aids patients toward their nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 35(6). 330–338. 24 indexed citations

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