Maureen A. O’Leary

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Maureen A. O’Leary is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maureen A. O’Leary has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Maureen A. O’Leary's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (39 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (23 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers). Maureen A. O’Leary is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (39 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (23 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (16 papers). Maureen A. O’Leary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mali and France. Maureen A. O’Leary's co-authors include John Gatesy, Seth Kaufman, Eric M. Roberts, Famory Sissoko, Michelle Spaulding, Mamadou Lamine Bouaré, Jonathan H. Geisler, Kenneth D. Rose, Terri Schwartz and Richard H. Scheuermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Maureen A. O’Leary

59 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in older and high-risk adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence from developed countries

2022 127 citations Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Maureen A. O’Leary et al. European Respiratory Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maureen A. O’Leary United States	24	1.1k	628	580	523	401	62	2.2k
Rutger Vos Netherlands	20	739 0.7×	761 1.2×	864 1.5×	327 0.6×	742 1.9×	49	2.6k
Leonora Pires Costa Brazil	21	951 0.9×	999 1.6×	757 1.3×	497 1.0×	161 0.4×	51	2.1k
Robin M. D. Beck Australia	27	2.0k 1.9×	1.0k 1.6×	1.2k 2.1×	449 0.9×	670 1.7×	65	3.4k
Tracy A. Heath United States	19	1.4k 1.3×	443 0.7×	860 1.5×	495 0.9×	1.1k 2.7×	34	3.0k
John A. Finarelli United States	28	1.3k 1.2×	770 1.2×	495 0.9×	483 0.9×	361 0.9×	47	2.2k
Nathan S. Upham United States	18	981 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	831 1.4×	245 0.5×	277 0.7×	51	2.4k
Norberto P. Giannini Argentina	32	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	1.6k 2.8×	479 0.9×	221 0.6×	106	2.8k
Johannes Müller Germany	32	2.2k 2.0×	443 0.7×	582 1.0×	1.3k 2.4×	442 1.1×	195	4.0k
W. Bryan Jennings United States	16	535 0.5×	442 0.7×	497 0.9×	388 0.7×	387 1.0×	35	1.7k
Remko Leys Australia	19	658 0.6×	610 1.0×	898 1.5×	313 0.6×	290 0.7×	31	2.2k

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Hill, Robert V., et al.. (2024). A Composite Section of Fossiliferous Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene Localities in Senegal and Preliminary Description of a New Late Maastrichtian Vertebrate Fossil Assemblage. American Museum Novitates. 2024(4013).

Novacek, Michael J., Eva A. Hoffman, & Maureen A. O’Leary. (2022). First occurrence of the eutherian mammal Asioryctes nemegtensis from the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and a revised alpha taxonomy based on the skull and dentition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42(4). 1 indexed citations

Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Jonathan S., Maureen A. O’Leary, Emily T. Martin, et al.. (2022). Burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in older and high-risk adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence from developed countries. European Respiratory Review. 31(166). 220105–220105. 127 indexed citations breakdown →

Robalino, Javier, et al.. (2016). The Origin of Large-Bodied Shrimp that Dominate Modern Global Aquaculture. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0158840–e0158840. 15 indexed citations

O’Leary, Maureen A.. (2016). Comparative basicranial anatomy of extant terrestrial and semiaquatic Artiodactyla. (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 409). American Museum Novitates. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Mark A., Terri Schwartz, Brett E Pickett, et al.. (2015). A RESTful API for Access to Phylogenetic Tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 11. 43–8. 385 indexed citations

Orliac, Maëva J., Julien Benoît, & Maureen A. O’Leary. (2012). The inner ear ofDiacodexis, the oldest artiodactyl mammal. Journal of Anatomy. 221(5). 417–426. 46 indexed citations

O’Leary, Maureen A., Biren A. Patel, & Mark N. Coleman. (2011). Endocranial petrosal anatomy ofBothriogenys(Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae), and petrosal volume and density comparisons among aquatic and terrestrial artiodactyls and outgroups. Journal of Paleontology. 86(1). 44–50. 13 indexed citations

O’Leary, Maureen A.. (2010). An Anatomical and Phylogenetic Study of the Osteology of the Petrosal of Extant and Extinct Artiodactylans (Mammalia) and Relatives. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 335. 1–206. 73 indexed citations

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Tapanila, Leif, Eric M. Roberts, Mamadou Lamine Bouaré, Famory Sissoko, & Maureen A. O’Leary. (2008). Phosphate Taphonomy of Bone and Coprolite Conglomerates: A Case Study from the Eocene of Mali, NW Africa. Palaios. 23(3). 139–152. 28 indexed citations

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Roberts, Eric M., et al.. (2007). Acleistochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali ; American Museum novitates, no. 3549. 3 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A., et al.. (2006). Malian Paenungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia): new African afrotheres from the early Eocene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(4). 981–988. 16 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A., John Gatesy, & Michael J. Novacek. (2003). Are the Dental Data Really at Odds with the Molecular Data? Morphological Evidence for Whale Phylogeny (Re)Reexamined. Systematic Biology. 52(6). 853–864. 5 indexed citations

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Brochu, Christopher A., Harold N. Bryant, Jessica M. Theodor, et al.. (2001). Modern phylogenetics in paleontology: comments on Vermeij 1999. Paleobiology. 27(1). 174–176. 4 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A.. (2001). The Phylogenetic Position of Cetaceans: Further Combined Data Analyses, Comparisons with the Stratigraphic Record and a Discussion of Character Optimization1. American Zoologist. 41(3). 487–506. 34 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A. & Mark D. Uhen. (1999). The time of origin of whales and the role of behavioral changes in the terrestrial-aquatic transition. Paleobiology. 25(4). 534–556. 59 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A. & Jonathan H. Geisler. (1999). The Position of Cetacea Within Mammalia: Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data from Extinct and Extant Taxa. Systematic Biology. 48(3). 455–490. 97 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A.. (1999). Parsimony Analysis of Total Evidence from Extinct and Extant Taxa and the Cetacean‐Artiodactyl Question (Mammalia, Ungulata). Cladistics. 15(3). 315–330. 58 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A.. (1997). Dental evolution in the early Eocene Notharctinae (primates, adapiformes) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming : documentation of gradual evolution in the oldest true primates. UMI eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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O’Leary, Maureen A. & Kenneth D. Rose. (1995). New mesonychian dentitions from the Paleocene and Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 64(2). 147–172. 23 indexed citations

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