Michael O’Connell

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Michael O’Connell is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael O’Connell has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael O’Connell's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (37 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (16 papers). Michael O’Connell is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (37 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (16 papers). Michael O’Connell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Ireland and United States. Michael O’Connell's co-authors include J. Brian Dempson, Jonathan Wright, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Per‐Arne Amundsen, Bror Jönsson, Anders Klemetsen, Nina Jönsson, Daniel E. Ruzzante, Friso Palstra and A. Farid and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Michael O’Connell

117 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Atlantic salmonSalmo salarL., brown troutSalmo truttaL. and Arctic charrSalvelinus alpinus(L.): a review of aspects of their life histories

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael O’Connell Canada	28	1.9k	1.2k	1.2k	760	755	121	3.8k
Peter Smith New Zealand	38	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	630 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	219	4.5k
Robert M. Ross United States	31	671 0.3×	429 0.4×	715 0.6×	282 0.4×	506 0.7×	118	3.3k
Christopher J. Schneider United States	30	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	92 0.1×	1.4k 1.9×	71	5.0k
Alan C. Taylor United Kingdom	24	635 0.3×	216 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	429 0.6×	565 0.7×	61	2.6k
Owen R. Jones United Kingdom	29	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	185 0.2×	632 0.8×	87	4.9k
Brian Hayden Canada	30	917 0.5×	224 0.2×	1.6k 1.4×	262 0.3×	561 0.7×	94	3.5k
Daniel W. A. Noble Australia	34	800 0.4×	790 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	99 0.1×	1.2k 1.5×	121	4.6k
Stefano Mariani United Kingdom	39	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	3.1k 2.6×	552 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	165	5.3k
Richard L. Pyle United States	40	752 0.4×	402 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	173 0.2×	724 1.0×	142	5.7k
A. P. Møller France	46	759 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	3.0k 2.5×	57 0.1×	565 0.7×	87	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael O’Connell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael O’Connell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Marks, Gary & Michael O’Connell. (2024). Student achievement is much more about cognitive ability and genetics than SES: A response to Debouwere. Review of Education. 12(2). 1 indexed citations

O’Connor, Cathal, Garret O’Connell, Michael O’Connell, et al.. (2023). Biological and JAK inhibitor therapy outcomes for severe psoriasis in trisomy 21. The Journal of Dermatology. 50(10). 1339–1342. 1 indexed citations

Marks, Gary & Michael O’Connell. (2023). The importance of parental ability for cognitive ability and student achievement: Implications for social stratification theory and practice. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 83. 100762–100762. 15 indexed citations

Marks, Gary & Michael O’Connell. (2021). Inadequacies in the SES–Achievement model: Evidence from PISA and other studies. Review of Education. 9(3). 25 indexed citations

O’Connor, Cathal, et al.. (2020). Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy: first report of a rare small vessel vasculitis in the neonatal period. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 106(6). 582–582. 1 indexed citations

O’Connell, Michael, et al.. (2019). Development of the Office of Commissioner of Victims’ Rights as an Appropriate Response to Improving the Experiences of Victims in the Criminal Justice System: Integrity, Access and Justice for Victims of Crime. Figshare. 45(1). 1–28.

O’Connell, Michael, et al.. (2014). An interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the lived experience of individuals dying from terminal cancer in Ireland. Palliative & Supportive Care. 13(3). 641–651. 18 indexed citations

O’Connell, Michael & V. Goulden. (2012). “Half-Half” Blisters. New England Journal of Medicine. 366(20). e31–e31. 6 indexed citations

Conejeros, Pablo, Anna Phan, Michael Power, et al.. (2008). MH class IIα polymorphism in local and global adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.). Immunogenetics. 60(6). 325–337. 12 indexed citations

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Palstra, Friso, Michael O’Connell, & Daniel E. Ruzzante. (2007). Population structure and gene flow reversals in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) over contemporary and long‐term temporal scales: effects of population size and life history. Molecular Ecology. 16(21). 4504–4522. 99 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael. (2003). An examination of the use of angling data to estimate total returns of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, to two rivers in Newfoundland, Canada. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 10(4). 201–208. 12 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael. (2001). Establishing a Mutual Reality. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. 39(10). 46–50. 3 indexed citations

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Connolly, M. Kari, et al.. (2001). Cryotherapy of viral warts: a sustained 10-s freeze is more effective than the traditional method.. British Journal of Dermatology. 145(4). 554–557. 43 indexed citations

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MacLachlan, Malcolm & Michael O’Connell. (2000). Cultivating pluralism : psychological, social and cultural perspectives on a changing Ireland. 32 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael. (1999). Is Irish Opinion towards Crime Distorted by Media Bias. European Journal of Communication. 191–212. 1 indexed citations

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Jefferies, Sarah, Rosalind A. Eeles, David E. Goldgar, et al.. (1999). The role of genetic factors in predisposition to squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. British Journal of Cancer. 79(5-6). 865–867. 36 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael, et al.. (1998). The use of the Children’s Depression Inventory in an Irish context. The Irish Journal of Psychology. 19(2-3). 313–331. 8 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael, Jonathan Wright, & A. Farid. (1996). Development of PCR primers for nine polymorphic American mink Mustela vison microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology. 5(2). 311–312. 39 indexed citations

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Reddin, David G., et al.. (1992). Assessment of an automated fish counter in a Canadian river. Aquaculture Research. 23(1). 113–121. 11 indexed citations

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O’Connell, Michael. (1979). TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF RESPONDING DURING DISCRETE‐TRIAL OMISSION TRAINING IN RATS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 31(1). 31–40. 13 indexed citations

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