Richard E. O’Brien

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Richard E. O’Brien is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard E. O’Brien has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Richard E. O’Brien's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (2 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (2 papers) and Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients (2 papers). Richard E. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (2 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (2 papers) and Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients (2 papers). Richard E. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Richard E. O’Brien's co-authors include Zhiqing Wang, Danmei Zhang, Glenn E. Kirsch, Pedro Brugada, Josép Brugada, Mark T. Keating, Qing Wang, Andrés Moyá, Günter Breithardt and Qiuyun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Diabetes and Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

In The Last Decade

Richard E. O’Brien

7 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

1998 1.2k citations Qiuyun Chen, Glenn E. Kirsch et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard E. O’Brien United States	5	1.2k	1.0k	132	74	66	8	1.4k
Takashi Washizuka Japan	21	1.1k 0.9×	486 0.5×	87 0.7×	61 0.8×	109 1.7×	82	1.3k
Gertie C. M. Beaufort‐Krol Netherlands	12	595 0.5×	465 0.5×	80 0.6×	60 0.8×	41 0.6×	21	780
Kiyotaka Matsuo Japan	17	2.3k 1.9×	1.5k 1.5×	161 1.2×	53 0.7×	32 0.5×	37	2.4k
Kirsi Piippo Finland	13	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	122 0.9×	43 0.6×	10 0.2×	20	1.5k
Sven Zumhagen Germany	18	622 0.5×	488 0.5×	87 0.7×	30 0.4×	20 0.3×	30	832
Charly Belterman Netherlands	15	673 0.6×	366 0.4×	85 0.6×	58 0.8×	21 0.3×	31	843
Federica Dagradi Italy	18	910 0.8×	629 0.6×	89 0.7×	33 0.4×	13 0.2×	38	1.1k
Nancy Ball United States	12	758 0.6×	617 0.6×	101 0.8×	40 0.5×	20 0.3×	13	927
Georgia Bottelli Italy	6	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	184 1.4×	66 0.9×	14 0.2×	7	1.7k
Suveer Bagwe United States	9	671 0.6×	311 0.3×	103 0.8×	43 0.6×	17 0.3×	10	815

Countries citing papers authored by Richard E. O’Brien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard E. O’Brien

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Brainin, Michael, Gregory W. Albers, Konstantin-A. Hossmann, et al.. (2014). Textbook of Stroke Medicine. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

2.

O’Brien, Richard E. & Kennedy R. Lees. (2012). Management of acute poststroke blood pressure and detection of atrial fibrillation: a postal questionnaire of UK stroke physicians’ current clinical practice. Scottish Medical Journal. 57(4). 204–208. 2 indexed citations

3.

Justino, Henri, Richard E. O’Brien, V. Vivian Dimas, et al.. (2005). Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure: Modified balloon sizing technique to avoid overstretching the defect and oversizing the Amplatzer septal occluder. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 66(3). 390–396. 59 indexed citations

4.

Straub, Susanne G., Karen E. Cosgrove, R M Shepherd, et al.. (2001). Hyperinsulinism of Infancy: The Regulated Release of Insulin by KATP Channel--Independent Pathways. Diabetes. 50(2). 329–339. 50 indexed citations

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Macfarlane, Wendy M., Richard E. O’Brien, Patrick D. Barnes, et al.. (2000). Sulfonylurea receptor 1 and Kir6.2 expression in the novel human insulin-secreting cell line NES2Y.. Diabetes. 49(6). 953–960. 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Qiuyun, Glenn E. Kirsch, Danmei Zhang, et al.. (1998). Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. Nature. 392(6673). 293–296. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, Richard E., et al.. (1985). Analysis of Training Requirements for the Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course for M1 Tank Commanders (19K BNCOC).

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O’Brien, Richard E.. (1964). A study of the information-gathering techniques of the small businessman (manufacturing). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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