Sean O’Neill

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sean O’Neill is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean O’Neill has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Sean O’Neill's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Sean O’Neill is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Sean O’Neill collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Sean O’Neill's co-authors include Diana R. Nemergut, Joseph E. Knelman, Scott Ferrenberg, Steven K. Schmidt, Lee F. Stanish, Ryan C. Lynch, Tadashi Fukami, John L. Darcy, Teresa Bilinski and Cory C. Cleveland and has published in prestigious journals such as Development, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sean O’Neill

40 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly

2013 1.4k citations Diana R. Nemergut, Steven K. Schmidt et al. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →
Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance

2013 351 citations Scott Ferrenberg, Sean O’Neill et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers

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John L. Darcy United States

Jennifer Adams Krumins United States

Lee F. Stanish United States

Anna Oliver United Kingdom

Michaeline Albright United States

Joshua Ladau United States

Jean‐Claude Walser Switzerland

Lucie Zinger France

Matthew D. Kane United States

John Dunbar United States

John L. Darcy United States

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1.9k ×1.2

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1.1k ×0.9

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360 ×0.8

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305 ×1.2

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Citations per year, relative to Sean O’Neill Sean O’Neill (= 1×) peers John L. Darcy

Countries citing papers authored by Sean O’Neill

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean O’Neill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sean O’Neill. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sean O’Neill. The network helps show where Sean O’Neill may publish in the future.

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean O’Neill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean 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 Sean O’Neill. Sean O’Neill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Walsh, Matthew J., Sean O’Neill, Anna Marie Prentiss, et al.. (2023). Ideas with Histories: Traditional Knowledge Evolves. ARCTIC. 76(1). 26–47. 4 indexed citations

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Estapa, Margaret, Colleen A. Durkin, Wayne Slade, et al.. (2023). A new, global optical sediment trap calibration. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 22(2). 77–92. 6 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (2022). Weights-Based Gravity Energy Storage Looks to Scale Up. Engineering. 14. 3–6. 4 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (2021). Some Good Words about Curses, and a Few Damning Ones about Bowdlerization. Constructivist Foundations. 17(1). 18–20. 1 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean, et al.. (2020). Dictionary of the Ponca People. 1 indexed citations

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Løvschal, Mette, et al.. (2019). Human sacrifice and value. Antiquity. 93(370). 2 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (2016). The politics of language contact in northwestern California: Maintaining diversity in the face of cultural convergence. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2016(240). 53–85. 1 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (2015). Cuckoos against the clock. The New Scientist. 226(3022). 25–25. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Scott, Idoia García, Andrew Crowther, et al.. (2015). Aspm sustains postnatal cerebellar neurogenesis and medulloblastoma growth. Development. 142(22). 3921–32. 49 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (2014). Exploring Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Complexity on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Nemergut, Diana R., Steven K. Schmidt, Tadashi Fukami, et al.. (2013). Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 77(3). 342–356. 1361 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cleveland, Cory C., Sasha C. Reed, Adrienne B. Keller, et al.. (2013). Litter quality versus soil microbial community controls over decomposition: a quantitative analysis. Oecologia. 174(1). 283–294. 183 indexed citations

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Ferrenberg, Scott, Sean O’Neill, Joseph E. Knelman, et al.. (2013). Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance. The ISME Journal. 7(6). 1102–1111. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stanish, Lee F., Sean O’Neill, Antonio González, et al.. (2012). Bacteria and diatom co‐occurrence patterns in microbial mats from polar desert streams. Environmental Microbiology. 15(4). 1115–1131. 40 indexed citations

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Fierer, Noah, Scott Ferrenberg, Gilberto E. Flores, et al.. (2012). From Animalcules to an Ecosystem: Application of Ecological Concepts to the Human Microbiome. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 43(1). 137–155. 67 indexed citations

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Knelman, Joseph E., et al.. (2011). Bacterial community structure and function change in association with colonizer plants during early primary succession in a glacier forefield. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 46. 172–180. 176 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean, et al.. (2001). Northwest California Linguistics. 4 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean, et al.. (1997). Comparative pollen morphology of five New World genera of Podostemaceae. Aquatic Botany. 57(1-4). 133–150. 22 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean. (1972). External diffusional resistance in immobilized‐enzyme catalysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 14(4). 675–678. 15 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Sean, J. R. Wykes, P. Dunnill, & M. D. Lilly. (1971). An ultrafiltration‐reactor system using a soluble immobilized enzyme. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 13(2). 319–322. 47 indexed citations

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