Peter O’Connor

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

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Peter O’Connor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter O’Connor has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 28 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter O’Connor's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (22 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (21 papers). Peter O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (31 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (22 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (21 papers). Peter O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Peter O’Connor's co-authors include R. Saffhill, Geoff Margison, Brett Martin, Geoffrey P. Margison, Andrew W. Craig, Maria Kaya, Andrew Hill, Donald P. Cooper, Jeromy Anglim and Vidya S. Athota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Peter O’Connor

147 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The Measurement of Emotional Intelligence: A Critical Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Researchers and Practitioners

2019 252 citations Peter O’Connor et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter O’Connor United Kingdom	31	1.5k	551	534	452	434	156	3.7k
Keiko Takahashi Japan	34	1.5k 1.0×	376 0.7×	401 0.8×	251 0.6×	189 0.4×	168	4.1k
Hui Wang China	41	2.1k 1.4×	668 1.2×	350 0.7×	118 0.3×	212 0.5×	407	6.9k
Christiane Stock Denmark	39	957 0.6×	218 0.4×	467 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	250 0.6×	257	5.2k
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Sweden	58	2.4k 1.6×	454 0.8×	416 0.8×	811 1.8×	260 0.6×	188	10.2k
D.L. Knook Netherlands	32	1.5k 1.0×	459 0.8×	165 0.3×	194 0.4×	180 0.4×	76	5.6k
Stephen J. Cutler United States	41	854 0.6×	163 0.3×	283 0.5×	213 0.5×	283 0.7×	184	5.8k
Robert J. Smith United States	53	2.9k 2.0×	536 1.0×	356 0.7×	114 0.3×	161 0.4×	161	8.6k
James Mahmud Rice United States	33	912 0.6×	481 0.9×	130 0.2×	263 0.6×	196 0.5×	107	3.8k
Helen Kim United States	53	1.6k 1.1×	220 0.4×	199 0.4×	165 0.4×	653 1.5×	294	9.6k
Young Mi Kim United States	39	2.4k 1.6×	503 0.9×	142 0.3×	214 0.5×	145 0.3×	226	7.0k

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

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Dickman, Mark J., Esther Allen, Lars Holm Rasmussen, et al.. (2025). Bracken Fern Carcinogen, Ptaquiloside, Forms a Guanine O⁶-Adduct in DNA. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(2). 1053–1061.

Niessen, Cornelia, et al.. (2025). Introversion in Leaders: Role-Congruent Leader Behavior and Thriving in Daily Working Life. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 62(1). 74–104.

O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (2025). Beyond black and white: Reducing dichotomous thinking to foster intellectual humility. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 57. 101841–101841.

O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (2024). From belief to action: How constructive rule beliefs influence rule-breaking in entrepreneurial settings. Journal of Small Business Management. 63(5). 2288–2319. 2 indexed citations

Costa, Rui M. Gil da, Andrew Povey, Carmel Ramwell, et al.. (2024). Sixty years of research on bracken fern (Pteridium spp.) toxins: Environmental exposure, health risks and recommendations for bracken fern control. Environmental Research. 257. 119274–119274. 3 indexed citations

Sawang, Sukanlaya, Peter O’Connor, Robbert Kivits, & Paul Jones. (2020). Business Owner-Managers’ Job Autonomy and Job Satisfaction: Up, Down or No Change?. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1506–1506. 10 indexed citations

Collins, Michael D., Chris J. Jackson, B. R. Walker, Peter O’Connor, & Elliroma Gardiner. (2016). Integrating the context-appropriate balanced attention model and reinforcement sensitivity theory: Towards a domain-general personality process model.. Psychological Bulletin. 143(1). 91–106. 27 indexed citations

O’Connor, Peter & Vidya S. Athota. (2013). The intervening role of Agreeableness in the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and Machiavellianism : reassessing the potential dark side of EI. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

O’Connor, Peter. (2005). Forecasting of spinal cord injury annual case numbers in Australia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86(1). 48–51. 28 indexed citations

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Saad, A.A., Peter O’Connor, M.H. Mostafa, et al.. (2005). Glutathione S-transferase M1, T1 and P1 polymorphisms and bladder cancer risk in Egyptians. The International Journal of Biological Markers. 20(1). 69–72. 21 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (2004). Adolescents with suicidal behaviour: attendance at A&E and six month follow-up. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 21(3). 78–84. 15 indexed citations

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Povey, Andrew C., Kathryn Harrison, Alaa F. Badawi, et al.. (2002). DNA Alkylation and Repair in the Large Bowel: Animal and Human Studies. Journal of Nutrition. 132(11). 3518S–3521S. 54 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Peter. (2002). Incidence and patterns of spinal cord injury in Australia. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 34(4). 405–415. 77 indexed citations

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Lankshear, Colín & Peter O’Connor. (1999). Response to "Adult Literacy: The Next Generation". Educational Researcher. 28(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations

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Badawi, Alaa, et al.. (1995). Role of schistosomiasis in human bladder cancer. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 4(1). 45–60. 68 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (1995). Identification in rat stomach mucosae of a cell population characterized by a deficiency for the repair of O⁶-methyldeoxyguanosine from DNA. Carcinogenesis. 16(3). 461–469. 5 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Peter. (1989). Molecular Mechanisms in Chemically Induced Cancer. CHEST Journal. 96(1). 24S–25S. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Chongxi, W. H. Butler, & Peter O’Connor. (1989). Cell and tissue specific localization of O⁶-methylguanine in the DNA of rats given N-nitrosodiinethylamine: effects of protein deficient and normal diets. Carcinogenesis. 10(10). 1967–1970. 16 indexed citations

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Myers, Kevin A., R. Saffhill, & Peter O’Connor. (1988). Repair of alkylated purines in the hepatic DNA of mitochondria and nuclei in the rat. Carcinogenesis. 9(2). 285–292. 85 indexed citations

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O’Connor, Peter, et al.. (1988). Phenobarbital: a non-genotoxic agent which induces the repair of O⁶-methylguanine from hepatic DNA. Carcinogenesis. 9(11). 2033–2038. 19 indexed citations

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