Moira O’Connor

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Moira O’Connor is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moira O’Connor has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 59 papers in Clinical Psychology and 44 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Moira O’Connor's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (65 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (37 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (36 papers). Moira O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (65 papers), Cancer survivorship and care (37 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (36 papers). Moira O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Moira O’Connor's co-authors include Lauren J. Breen, Julie Ann Pooley, Georgia Halkett, Samar Aoun, Colleen Fisher, Brenda Bentley, Pierre Horwitz, Robert Kane, Elise Alexander and Blake J. Lawrence and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Moira O’Connor

140 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Weight bias among health care professionals: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

2021 124 citations Blake J. Lawrence, Deborah A. Kerr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moira O’Connor Australia	33	1.4k	1.3k	834	749	603	149	3.5k
Robert Gramling United States	33	1.4k 1.0×	266 0.2×	803 1.0×	1000 1.3×	394 0.7×	138	3.7k
Allison Williams Canada	37	1.0k 0.7×	874 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	1.8k 2.4×	142 0.2×	215	4.9k
Gary Winkel United States	43	787 0.5×	899 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	1.6k 2.7×	105	5.6k
Irene H. Yen United States	37	917 0.6×	549 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	2.0k 2.7×	323 0.5×	112	5.5k
Hilary Graham United Kingdom	48	1.6k 1.1×	818 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	2.4k 3.1×	194 0.3×	138	6.8k
Jane Turner Australia	33	887 0.6×	647 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	823 1.1×	1.7k 2.9×	105	3.7k
Claire Foster United Kingdom	44	1.4k 1.0×	975 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	2.2k 3.6×	172	6.5k
Jennifer L. Scott Australia	30	327 0.2×	435 0.3×	610 0.7×	627 0.8×	617 1.0×	105	3.2k
Janice F. Bell United States	33	994 0.7×	502 0.4×	565 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	257 0.4×	125	3.3k
Susan Griffin United Kingdom	37	378 0.3×	793 0.6×	699 0.8×	781 1.0×	167 0.3×	165	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Moira O’Connor

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maxwell‐Smith, Chloé, et al.. (2025). SUN‐SHINE Sarcoma Systematic Environmental Scan: Evaluation of the Readability, Understandability, and Actionability of Websites Supporting Patients Diagnosed With Sarcoma and Their Caregivers. Psycho-Oncology. 34(12). e70349–e70349.

Haywood, Darren, Alexandre Chan, Raymond J. Chan, et al.. (2025). The MASCC COG-IMPACT: An unmet needs assessment for cancer-related cognitive impairment impact developed by the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. 33(2). 120–120. 1 indexed citations

Hardy, Claire, Moira O’Connor, Élena Elez, et al.. (2025). Oncology professionals’ perceptions and recommendations to improve well-being and health at work in times of crisis: qualitative thematic analysis from the ESMO Resilience Task Force survey series. ESMO Open. 10(3). 104298–104298.

Talati, Zenobia, et al.. (2024). Parent and child choice of sugary drinks under four labelling conditions. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 18(5). S21–S22.

Halkett, Georgia, et al.. (2024). Eliciting the views of left breast cancer patients' receiving deep inspiration breath hold radiation therapy to inform the design of multimedia education and improve patient‐centred care for prospective patients. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences. 71(3). 384–395. 1 indexed citations

Halkett, Georgia, et al.. (2024). Out-of-pocket costs for patients diagnosed with high-grade glioma and their carers. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 12(2). 231–245.

Talati, Zenobia, et al.. (2024). Exploring Sugary Drink Consumption and Perceptions among Primary-School-Aged Children and Parents in Australia. Nutrients. 16(19). 3320–3320.

Wright, Janine, Rebecca Ward, Jaya Dantas, et al.. (2023). Food Insecurity, Food Assistance, and Psychological Distress among University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey Western Australia, 2020. Nutrients. 15(11). 2431–2431. 12 indexed citations

Sheppard, D.M., et al.. (2023). ‘Beyond Cancer’ Rehabilitation Program to Support Breast Cancer Survivors to Return to Health, Wellness and Work: Feasibility Study Outcomes. Current Oncology. 30(2). 2249–2270. 5 indexed citations

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Haywood, Darren, Frank D. Baughman, Blake J. Lawrence, et al.. (2023). “Is My Brain Ever Going to Work Fully Again?”: Challenges and Needs of Cancer Survivors with Persistent Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment. Cancers. 15(22). 5331–5331. 20 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Moira, et al.. (2022). “My life’s not my own”: A qualitative study into the expectations of head and neck cancer carers. Supportive Care in Cancer. 30(5). 4073–4080. 10 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Moira, et al.. (2021). Does voluntary assisted dying cause public stigma for the bereaved? A vignette-based experiment. Palliative & Supportive Care. 19(5). 558–562. 11 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Moira, et al.. (2021). Perspectives of the sarcoma clinical nurse consultant role: A qualitative study. Collegian Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. 28(4). 422–430. 6 indexed citations

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Halkett, Georgia, et al.. (2020). From the carer's mouth: A phenomenological exploration of carer experiences with head and neck cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology. 29(10). 1695–1703. 18 indexed citations

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Halkett, Georgia, Sian K. Smith, Moira O’Connor, et al.. (2020). Supporting and preparing patients for radiotherapy: Patients’ and radiation therapists’ perspectives on their one‐to‐one consultations. European Journal of Cancer Care. 29(6). e13284–e13284. 6 indexed citations

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Youens, David, Georgia Halkett, Cameron Wright, et al.. (2019). Assessing the cost‐effectiveness of RT Prepare: A radiation therapist–delivered intervention for reducing psychological distress prior to radiotherapy. Psycho-Oncology. 28(5). 1110–1118. 4 indexed citations

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Halkett, Georgia, Moira O’Connor, Michael Jefford, et al.. (2018). RT Prepare: a radiation therapist-delivered intervention reduces psychological distress in women with breast cancer referred for radiotherapy. British Journal of Cancer. 118(12). 1549–1558. 32 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Moira, et al.. (2015). Exploring barriers to assessment of bereavement risk in palliative care: perspectives of key stakeholders. BMC Palliative Care. 14(1). 49–49. 29 indexed citations

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Bentley, Brenda & Moira O’Connor. (2014). Conducting Research Interviews with Bereaved Family Carers: When Do We Ask?. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 18(3). 241–245. 46 indexed citations

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Jiwa, Moyez, et al.. (2009). Triaging consumers who present bowel symptoms to community pharmacies: a pilot study of two interventions. eSpace (Curtin University). 28(6). 516–520. 6 indexed citations

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