Matt O’Connor

788 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 510 citations indexed

About

Matt O’Connor is a scholar working on Social Psychology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt O’Connor has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 510 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 5 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Matt O’Connor's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (3 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (2 papers). Matt O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 papers), Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (3 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (2 papers). Matt O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Ireland and United Arab Emirates. Matt O’Connor's co-authors include Leanne M. Casey, Bonnie A. Clough, Laura E. Power, James M. Greene, Paula Calvert, Iffat Elbarazi, Emad Masuadi, Anne M. Horgan, Martina Hennessy and Luai A. Ahmed and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Oncology, Psychiatry Research and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Matt O’Connor

10 papers receiving 484 citations

Hit Papers

The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-base... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy
    2015 368 citations Matt O’Connor, Leanne M. Casey Psychiatry Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matt O’Connor Australia 4 351 316 158 77 70 10 510
Hanne Nissen Bjørnsen Norway 9 290 0.8× 329 1.0× 159 1.0× 72 0.9× 56 0.8× 13 532
Regine Ringdal Norway 9 277 0.8× 321 1.0× 148 0.9× 67 0.9× 56 0.8× 12 523
Alyssia Rossetto Australia 13 322 0.9× 402 1.3× 144 0.9× 64 0.8× 109 1.6× 38 532
José Carlos Santos Portugal 13 182 0.5× 378 1.2× 126 0.8× 29 0.4× 48 0.7× 57 495
Kaisa Mishina Finland 9 139 0.4× 339 1.1× 93 0.6× 56 0.7× 56 0.8× 24 516
Sebastian Hökby Sweden 6 207 0.6× 257 0.8× 138 0.9× 31 0.4× 39 0.6× 14 433
Erin E. Ayala United States 7 185 0.5× 200 0.6× 185 1.2× 31 0.4× 91 1.3× 16 445
Diarmuid Hurley Australia 10 214 0.6× 168 0.5× 78 0.5× 59 0.8× 50 0.7× 13 456
Sally Bradford Australia 9 119 0.3× 165 0.5× 99 0.6× 127 1.6× 36 0.5× 14 339
John A. Fayyad Lebanon 9 238 0.7× 445 1.4× 154 1.0× 21 0.3× 41 0.6× 12 607

Countries citing papers authored by Matt O’Connor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt O’Connor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matt 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 Matt O’Connor. The network helps show where Matt O’Connor may publish in the future.

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

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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O’Connor, Matt, et al.. (2024). Measurement properties of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A systematic review. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 101. 104214–104214. 2 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt, et al.. (2024). Measurement properties of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) validation studies: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 14(4). e081394–e081394. 2 indexed citations
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Power, Laura E. & Matt O’Connor. (2023). Radiographers’ experiences and educational needs in relation to caring for suicidal patients during radiology examinations. Radiography. 29(6). 1011–1020. 4 indexed citations
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Hennessy, Martina, et al.. (2021). 1619P Transition to a virtual cancer multidisciplinary team meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a regional Irish Cancer Centre. Annals of Oncology. 32. S1152–S1152. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt. (2020). School counselling during COVID-19: an initial examination of school counselling use during a 5-week remote learning period. Pastoral Care in Education. 40(1). 81–91. 13 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt. (2020). Orthopaedics and COVID-19: The surgery, the surgeon and the susceptible - a scoping review. The South African Orthopaedic Journal (SAOJ). 19(3). 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt. (2017). DOCTOR'S ORDERS 'Shop With Your Doc' program improves food choices.. PubMed. 91(2). 13–13. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt, et al.. (2016). School-Based Counselling Service Use: A Year in the Life of a School Counselling Department. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools. 27(2). 251–261. 1 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Matt & Leanne M. Casey. (2015). The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy. Psychiatry Research. 229(1-2). 511–516. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Connor, Matt, Leanne M. Casey, & Bonnie A. Clough. (2014). Measuring mental health literacy – a review of scale-based measures. Journal of Mental Health. 23(4). 197–204. 117 indexed citations

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