S. O’Brien

19.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
250 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

S. O’Brien is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Food Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. O’Brien has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Infectious Diseases, 85 papers in Food Science and 30 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in S. O’Brien's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (105 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (74 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (30 papers). S. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (105 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (74 papers) and Food Safety and Hygiene (30 papers). S. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Maldives. S. O’Brien's co-authors include Iain Gillespie, Goutam K. Adak, Clarence C. Tam, Elaine Scallan, Shannon E. Majowicz, Martyn Kirk, Frederick J. Angulo, Jennie Musto, Aamir Fazil and Robert M. Hoekstra and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

S. O’Brien

241 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

The Global Burden of NontyphoidalSalmonellaGastroenteritis

2010 1.9k citations S. O’Brien et al. profile →
Campylobacters as zoonotic pathogens: A food production perspective

2007 559 citations S. O’Brien et al. profile →
Longitudinal study of infectious intestinal disease in the UK (IID2 study): incidence in the community and presenting to general practice

2011 423 citations Clarence C. Tam, D S Tompkins et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. O’Brien

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mother’s experiences of shame and compassion in the early postnatal period: A thematic analysis 2025 ·Midwifery ·(unknown), Koa Whittingham, Jenny Ziviani, S. O’Brien, (unknown), Julie Jomeen, Pamela Meredith	0
2	Spatial and temporal epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 virus lineages in Teesside, UK, in 2020: effects of socio-economic deprivation, weather, and lockdown on lineage dynamics 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Ellen Moss, Stephen P. Rushton, Paul Baker, Matthew Bashton, Matthew Crown, (unknown), Andrew Nelson, S. O’Brien, (unknown), Roy Sanderson, Wen C. Yew, Gregory R. Young, Clare M. McCann, Darren Smith	1
3	Norovirus attribution study: Detection of norovirus from the commercial food preparation environment in outbreak and non-outbreak premises 2022 ·Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Nicola Elviss, David J. Allen, Daniel Kelly, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew J. Fox, Mark Hopkins, (unknown), S. O’Brien, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, (unknown)	3
4	English care home staff morale and preparedness during the COVID pandemic: A longitudinal analysis 2022 ·American Journal of Infection Control ·Julii Brainard, Diane Bunn, (unknown), Anne Killett, S. O’Brien, Iain Lake, (unknown), Kathleen Lane	3
5	Emergency department syndromic surveillance systems: a systematic review 2020 ·BMC Public Health ·Helen E. Hughes, Obaghe Edeghere, S. O’Brien, Roberto Vivancos, Alex J. Elliot	22
6	Prospective cohort study to investigate the burden and transmission of acute gastroenteritis in care homes: epidemiological results 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Thomas Inns, (unknown), John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Nicholas J. Beeching, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, S. O’Brien	1
7	A real-time spatio-temporal syndromic surveillance system with application to small companion animals 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Fernando Sánchez‐Vizcaíno, Barry Rowlingson, Alan Radford, Emanuele Giorgi, S. O’Brien, Peter J. Diggle	8
8	Estimating the burden of care home gastroenteritis outbreaks in England, 2014–2016 2019 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Thomas Inns, Helen E. Clough, John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Natalie Adams, S. O’Brien	6
9	A Fully Integrated Real-Time Detection, Diagnosis, and Control of Community Diarrheal Disease Clusters and Outbreaks (the INTEGRATE Project): Protocol for an Enhanced Surveillance System 2019 ·JMIR Research Protocols ·K. Marie McIntyre, F. J. Bolton, Robert Christley, Paul Cleary, (unknown), (unknown), Peter J. Diggle, Dyfrig Hughes, Simon de Lusignan, Lois Orton, Alan Radford, Alex J. Elliot, Gillian Smith, (unknown), Debbi Stanistreet, Roberto Vivancos, Craig Winstanley, S. O’Brien	4
10	Influence of socio-economic status on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection incidence, risk factors and clinical features 2019 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Natalie Adams, Lisa Byrne, Tanith C. Rose, G K Adak, Claire Jenkins, André Charlett, Mara Violato, S. O’Brien, M Whitehead, Ben Barr, David Taylor‐Robinson, (unknown)	6
11	How timely closure can reduce outbreak duration: gastroenteritis in care homes in North West England, 2012–2016 2018 ·BMC Public Health ·Thomas Inns, A. Keenan, (unknown), John Harris, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, S. O’Brien, Roberto Vivancos	7
12	The use of capture-recapture methods to provide better estimates of the burden of norovirus outbreaks from seafood in England, 2004–2011 2018 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Jo Hardstaff, (unknown), John Harris, James Lowther, (unknown), S. O’Brien	2
13	Social patterning of telephone health-advice for diarrhoea and vomiting: analysis of 24 million telehealth calls in England 2018 ·Journal of Infection ·Natalie Adams, Tanith C. Rose, Alex J. Elliot, Gillian Smith, Roger Morbey, Paul Loveridge, James Lewis, (unknown), Mara Violato, S. O’Brien, Margaret Whitehead, David Taylor‐Robinson, Jeremy Hawker, Ben Barr	4
14	A randomised controlled trial, cost-effectiveness and process evaluation of the implementation of self-management for chronic gastrointestinal disorders in primary care, and linked projects on identification and risk assessment 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·David G. Thompson, S. O’Brien, Anne Kennedy, Anne Rogers, Peter J. Whorwell, Karina Lovell, Gerry Richardson, David Reeves, Peter Bower, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, Elaine F. Harkness, (unknown)	3
15	Community-based surveillance of norovirus disease: a systematic review 2017 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Thomas Inns, John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, S. O’Brien	13
16	Prospective cohort study to investigate the burden and transmission of acute gastroenteritis in care homes: a study protocol 2017 ·BMJ Open ·Thomas Inns, (unknown), John Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Jonathan M. Read, Nicholas J. Beeching, David J. Allen, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, S. O’Brien	2
17	An Ontology to Improve Transparency in Case Definition and Increase Case Finding of Infectious Intestinal Disease: Database Study in English General Practice 2017 ·JMIR Medical Informatics ·Simon de Lusignan, (unknown), Ivelina Yonova, Jeremy van Vlymen, Alex J. Elliot, F. J. Bolton, Gillian Smith, S. O’Brien	8
18	The effect of deprivation, age and sex on NHS Direct call rates. 2005 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Gillian Smith, (unknown), Frances Chinemana, Maureen Baker, S. O’Brien	23
19	Point source outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni infection – are they more common than we think and what might cause them? 2003 ·Epidemiology and Infection ·Iain Gillespie, S. O’Brien, Goutam K. Adak, Clarence C. Tam, Jennifer A. Frost, F. J. Bolton, D S Tompkins	41
20	A Case-Case Comparison of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni Infection: A Tool for Generating Hypotheses 2002 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Iain Gillespie, S. O’Brien, Jennifer A. Frost, Goutam K. Adak, (unknown), A V Swan, Michael J. Painter, Keith Neal	18

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