Sarah O’Neill

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

Sarah O’Neill is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah O’Neill has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sarah O’Neill's work include Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (9 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (8 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (7 papers). Sarah O’Neill is often cited by papers focused on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues (9 papers), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment (8 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (7 papers). Sarah O’Neill collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and United Kingdom. Sarah O’Neill's co-authors include M E Mendelsohn, Yan Zhu, Joseph Loscalzo, D George, Koen Peeters Grietens, Susan Dierickx, Charlotte Gryseels, Umberto D’Alessandro, Christina Pallitto and Eric H. Lieberman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah O’Neill

41 papers receiving 890 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.

Safer non-viral DNA delivery using lipid nanoparticles loaded with endogenous anti-inflammatory lipids

2025 22 citations Sachchidanand Tiwari, Yufei Wang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah O’Neill Belgium	17	213	203	165	130	109	43	912
Xiaoqin Chen China	21	275 1.3×	89 0.4×	87 0.5×	135 1.0×	82 0.8×	102	1.2k
Iván Delgado‐Enciso Mexico	23	387 1.8×	182 0.9×	104 0.6×	243 1.9×	132 1.2×	193	1.6k
Thomas Held Germany	22	269 1.3×	167 0.8×	94 0.6×	121 0.9×	289 2.7×	102	1.8k
Sabina Cauci Italy	31	475 2.2×	190 0.9×	229 1.4×	69 0.5×	208 1.9×	66	2.3k
Shaozhong Wei China	15	373 1.8×	73 0.4×	121 0.7×	159 1.2×	51 0.5×	46	1.5k
Moslem Bahadori Iran	20	212 1.0×	135 0.7×	161 1.0×	274 2.1×	371 3.4×	83	1.6k
Howard Hait United States	20	150 0.7×	379 1.9×	54 0.3×	82 0.6×	66 0.6×	27	1.3k
Xiaorui Chen China	16	206 1.0×	62 0.3×	188 1.1×	326 2.5×	80 0.7×	41	1.1k
Caroline Fenton New Zealand	16	169 0.8×	140 0.7×	49 0.3×	209 1.6×	61 0.6×	47	1.1k
S. Majumdar India	18	218 1.0×	167 0.8×	181 1.1×	54 0.4×	161 1.5×	87	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah O’Neill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah O’Neill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah O’Neill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah O’Neill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah O’Neill based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sarah O’Neill. Sarah O’Neill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Tiwari, Sachchidanand, et al.. (2025). Safer non-viral DNA delivery using lipid nanoparticles loaded with endogenous anti-inflammatory lipids. Nature Biotechnology. 44(1). 79–89. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Illing, Jan, Marie McIlroy, Ronan Daly, et al.. (2025). Exploring the lived experience of faculty implementing case-based learning: A phenomenological study. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 892–892.

O’Neill, Sarah, Fabienne Richard, Sophie Alexander, & Isabelle Godin. (2024). Knowledge of female genital cutting among health and social care professionals in Francophone Belgium: A cross-sectional survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(7). e0002225–e0002225. 1 indexed citations

Baldé, Mamadou Diouldé, et al.. (2022). Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea. Reproductive Health. 19(1). 156–156. 4 indexed citations

Baldé, Mamadou Diouldé, et al.. (2021). Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0249998–e0249998. 6 indexed citations

Hendy, Adam, Kenneth Pfarr, Philippe Nwane, et al.. (2021). Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Mbam valley of Cameroon following 16 years of annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin, and the description of a new cytotype of Simulium squamosum. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 563–563. 15 indexed citations

Gryseels, Charlotte, Susan Dierickx, Kristien Verdonck, et al.. (2021). In pursuit of a cure: The plural therapeutic landscape of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in Cameroon – A mixed methods study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(2). e0009206–e0009206. 3 indexed citations

O’Neill, Sarah, et al.. (2020). Rethinking the Anti-FGM Zero-Tolerance Policy: from Intellectual Concerns to Empirical Challenges. Current Sexual Health Reports. 12(4). 266–275. 14 indexed citations

O’Neill, Sarah, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Catherine Abbo, et al.. (2019). Stigma and epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Africa: a review and recommendations from the onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy working group. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 8(1). 34–34. 30 indexed citations

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Punjabi, Prakash P, et al.. (2019). Does Scheduling a Postdischarge Visit with a Primary Care Physician Increase Rates of Follow-up and Decrease Readmissions?. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 14. e37–e42. 9 indexed citations

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Njamnshi, Alfred K., Innocent Semali, Joseph Rujumba, et al.. (2018). Challenges for ivermectin uptake to prevent nodding syndrome in onchocerciasis hyper-endemic areas of Cameroon, Tanzania and Uganda. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99(4). 249–249. 1 indexed citations

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Hendy, Adam, Andreas Krüger, Kenneth Pfarr, et al.. (2018). The blackfly vectors and transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in Mahenge, south eastern Tanzania. Acta Tropica. 181. 50–59. 37 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sarah, Susan Dierickx, Joseph Okebe, et al.. (2016). The Importance of Blood Is Infinite: Conceptions of Blood as Life Force, Rumours and Fear of Trial Participation in a Fulani Village in Rural Gambia. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160464–e0160464. 27 indexed citations

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Dierickx, Susan, Charlotte Gryseels, Julia Mwesigwa, et al.. (2016). Factors Associated with Non-Participation and Non-Adherence in Directly Observed Mass Drug Administration for Malaria in The Gambia. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148627–e0148627. 32 indexed citations

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Jaiteh, Fatou, Susan Dierickx, Charlotte Gryseels, et al.. (2016). ‘Some anti-malarials are too strong for your body, they will harm you.’ Socio-cultural factors influencing pregnant women’s adherence to anti-malarial treatment in rural Gambia. Malaria Journal. 15(1). 195–195. 16 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sarah, Charlotte Gryseels, Susan Dierickx, et al.. (2015). Foul wind, spirits and witchcraft: illness conceptions and health-seeking behaviour for malaria in the Gambia. Malaria Journal. 14(1). 167–167. 38 indexed citations

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Moran, Niamh, et al.. (2013). Regulation of Platelet Activity in a Changing Redox Environment. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 20(13). 2074–2089. 12 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sarah, et al.. (2011). Improving Outpatient Access and Patient Experiences in Academic Ambulatory Care. Academic Medicine. 87(2). 194–199. 13 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sarah, et al.. (2009). Tailored adsorption of His₆-tagged protein onto nickel(ii)–cyclam grafted mesoporous silica. Chemical Communications. 46(7). 1124–1126. 29 indexed citations

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Melia, Michael T., et al.. (2009). Development of a Flexible, Computerized Database to Prioritize, Record, and Report Influenza Vaccination Rates for Healthcare Personnel. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 30(4). 361–369. 14 indexed citations

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