Patrick M. O’Connor

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Patrick M. O’Connor is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick M. O’Connor has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Paleontology, 45 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Patrick M. O’Connor's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (69 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (61 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (36 papers). Patrick M. O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (69 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (61 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (36 papers). Patrick M. O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Tanzania. Patrick M. O’Connor's co-authors include Eric M. Roberts, Kurt W. Kohn, Nancy J. Stevens, David W. Krause, Yves Pommier, Leon P. A. M. Claessens, Richard Bertrand, Eric Gorscak, Michael D. Gottfried and Joseph J. W. Sertich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patrick M. O’Connor

124 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nonclinical Antiangiogenesis and Antitumor Activities of Axitinib (AG-013736), an Oral, Potent, and Selective Inhibitor of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinases 1, 2, 3

2008 515 citations Dana D. Hu‐Lowe, Helen Y. Zou et al. Clinical Cancer Research profile →
Induction of a Common Pathway of Apoptosis by Staurosporine

1994 452 citations Richard Bertrand, Éric Solary et al. Experimental Cell Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick M. O’Connor United States	41	3.0k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	635	127	6.6k
Peter J. Wagner United States	36	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	406 0.2×	1.4k 1.3×	244 0.4×	98	5.9k
John A. Long Australia	43	2.9k 0.9×	633 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	113 0.1×	212 0.3×	219	5.9k
Joel W. Martin United States	45	561 0.2×	3.6k 1.7×	582 0.3×	303 0.3×	751 1.2×	195	7.7k
John D. Taylor United Kingdom	55	1.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	384 0.2×	262 0.2×	1.8k 2.8×	253	9.7k
Sankar Chatterjee United States	37	2.4k 0.8×	724 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	256 0.2×	460 0.7×	111	3.9k
Junhyong Kim United States	48	537 0.2×	4.6k 2.2×	218 0.1×	227 0.2×	226 0.4×	139	8.4k
Christopher J. Lowe United States	36	803 0.3×	2.4k 1.2×	142 0.1×	204 0.2×	1.1k 1.7×	74	4.3k
Norihiro Okada Japan	66	1.4k 0.5×	8.2k 3.9×	1.3k 0.7×	100 0.1×	516 0.8×	272	13.0k
Oliver Rackham Australia	43	332 0.1×	4.0k 1.9×	668 0.4×	202 0.2×	563 0.9×	146	6.7k
John R. Finnerty United States	38	2.2k 0.7×	4.1k 1.9×	274 0.2×	96 0.1×	1.6k 2.4×	79	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick M. O’Connor

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Griffin, Christopher T., et al.. (2025). A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex. Science. 391(6782). 300–305.

Groenke, Joseph, et al.. (2025). Development of postcranial pneumaticity in the turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ): insight from the forelimb skeleton. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1920). 20240357–20240357. 1 indexed citations

Torres, Christopher R., Julia A. Clarke, Joseph Groenke, et al.. (2025). Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity. Nature. 638(8049). 146–151. 6 indexed citations

Ren, Siqi, Huanhuan Liu, Simon Y. Tang, et al.. (2025). Intervertebral disc degeneration is accelerated by GH overexpression but attenuated by GH antagonism. GeroScience. 1 indexed citations

O’Connor, Patrick M., et al.. (2024). Genetic interaction between TTG2 and AtPLC1 reveals a role for phosphoinositide signaling in a co-regulated suite of Arabidopsis epidermal pathways. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9752–9752. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Huanhuan, Silvana Duran‐Ortiz, Gabriela G. Loots, et al.. (2024). Growth hormone-receptor disruption in mice reduces osteoarthritis and chondrocyte hypertrophy. GeroScience. 46(5). 4895–4908. 6 indexed citations

Roberts, Eric M., Patrick M. O’Connor, Julia A. Clarke, et al.. (2022). New age constraints support a K/Pg boundary interval on Vega Island, Antarctica: Implications for latest Cretaceous vertebrates and paleoenvironments. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 135(3-4). 867–885. 6 indexed citations

O’Connor, Patrick M., David W. Krause, Nancy J. Stevens, et al.. (2019). A new mammal from the Turonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations

Lamanna, Matthew C., Judd A. Case, Eric M. Roberts, et al.. (2019). Late Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica: description of new material, updated synthesis, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 228–250. 20 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Patrick M., et al.. (2016). A New Centrosaurine Ceratopsid, Machairoceratops cronusi gen et sp. nov., from the Upper Sand Member of the Wahweap Formation (Middle Campanian), Southern Utah. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154403–e0154403. 24 indexed citations

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Stevens, Nancy J., Erik R. Seiffert, Eric M. Roberts, & Patrick M. O’Connor. (2015). Faunal diversity in the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. 1 indexed citations

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Gottfried, Michael D., et al.. (2009). A new Cretaceous lungfish (Dipnoi: Ceratodontidae) from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 5(1). 31–36. 15 indexed citations

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Hu‐Lowe, Dana D., Helen Y. Zou, Maren L. Grazzini, et al.. (2008). Nonclinical Antiangiogenesis and Antitumor Activities of Axitinib (AG-013736), an Oral, Potent, and Selective Inhibitor of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinases 1, 2, 3. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(22). 7272–7283. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blasina, Alessandra, Jill Hallin, Enhong Chen, et al.. (2008). Breaching the DNA damage checkpoint via PF-00477736, a novel small-molecule inhibitor of checkpoint kinase 1. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(8). 2394–2404. 171 indexed citations

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Krause, David W., Patrick M. O’Connor, Kristina Curry Rogers, et al.. (2006). LATE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES FROM MADAGASCAR: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATIN AMERICAN BIOGEOGRAPHY¹. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 93(2). 178–208. 102 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Patrick M.. (2004). Pulmonary pneumaticity in the postcranial skeleton of extant Aves: A case study examining Anseriformes. Journal of Morphology. 261(2). 141–161. 105 indexed citations

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Graves, Paul R., Lijia Yu, Julie K. Schwarz, et al.. (2000). The Chk1 Protein Kinase and the Cdc25C Regulatory Pathways Are Targets of the Anticancer Agent UCN-01. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(8). 5600–5605. 453 indexed citations

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Bertrand, Richard, Éric Solary, Patrick M. O’Connor, Kurt W. Kohn, & Yves Pommier. (1994). Induction of a Common Pathway of Apoptosis by Staurosporine. Experimental Cell Research. 211(2). 314–321. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Connor, Patrick M., Donna Kerrigan, Richard Bertrand, Kurt W. Kohn, & Yves Pommier. (1990). 10,11-Methylenedioxycamptothecin, a Topoisomerase I Inhibitor of Increased Potency: DNA Damage and Correlation to Cytotoxicity in Human Colon Carcinoma (HT-29) Cells. PubMed. 2(12). 395–400. 17 indexed citations

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Jones, D. M. & Patrick M. O’Connor. (1962). Pasteurella haemolytica var. ureae from human sputum. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 15(3). 247–248. 14 indexed citations

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