Sharon O’Kane

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sharon O’Kane is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Dermatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon O’Kane has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Rehabilitation, 15 papers in Dermatology and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sharon O’Kane's work include Wound Healing and Treatments (19 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (15 papers) and Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (6 papers). Sharon O’Kane is often cited by papers focused on Wound Healing and Treatments (19 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (15 papers) and Surgical Sutures and Adhesives (6 papers). Sharon O’Kane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Sharon O’Kane's co-authors include Mark W. J. Ferguson, Mark W. J. Ferguson, Nick L. Occleston, Yuji Taya, Tracey Mason, Hugh Laverty, Karen So, Jeremy S. Bond, Jonathan Duncan and James Bush and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Development and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sharon O’Kane

28 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.

Scar–free healing: from embryonic mechanisms to adult therapeutic intervention

2004 606 citations Mark W. J. Ferguson, Sharon O’Kane profile →
Transforming growth factor βs and wound healing

1997 547 citations Sharon O’Kane, Mark W. J. Ferguson The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sharon O’Kane United Kingdom	24	1.3k	865	680	611	377	28	2.8k
David J. Whitby United Kingdom	18	1.2k 0.9×	386 0.4×	707 1.0×	343 0.6×	353 0.9×	26	2.2k
Bernard Coulomb France	28	880 0.7×	577 0.7×	426 0.6×	656 1.1×	106 0.3×	69	2.9k
Charlotte Merrill United States	12	791 0.6×	607 0.7×	537 0.8×	422 0.7×	202 0.5×	20	3.0k
Sadanori Akita Japan	29	807 0.6×	517 0.6×	747 1.1×	327 0.5×	262 0.7×	93	2.6k
Kirit A. Bhatt United States	15	960 0.8×	459 0.5×	504 0.7×	385 0.6×	95 0.3×	24	2.0k
Michael S. Hu United States	32	1.7k 1.4×	877 1.0×	968 1.4×	564 0.9×	141 0.4×	104	4.0k
Akiyoshi Hirano Japan	27	693 0.6×	477 0.6×	662 1.0×	415 0.7×	392 1.0×	85	2.2k
Kazuo Kishi Japan	26	478 0.4×	629 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	456 0.7×	439 1.2×	310	3.2k
Sergio Bondanza Italy	27	743 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	296 0.4×	546 0.9×	321 0.9×	42	3.9k
G. Gregory Gallico United States	17	1.5k 1.2×	553 0.6×	997 1.5×	351 0.6×	161 0.4×	27	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sharon O’Kane

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharon O’Kane

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Occleston, Nick L., Sharon O’Kane, Hugh Laverty, et al.. (2011). Discovery and development of avotermin (recombinant human transforming growth factor beta 3): A new class of prophylactic therapeutic for the improvement of scarring. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 19(s1). s38–48. 68 indexed citations

Madesis, Panagiotis, et al.. (2011). A synthetic gene increases TGFβ3 accumulation by 75‐fold in tobacco chloroplasts enabling rapid purification and folding into a biologically active molecule. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 9(5). 618–628. 30 indexed citations

Bush, Jim, Karen So, Tracey Mason, et al.. (2010). Therapies with Emerging Evidence of Efficacy: Avotermin for the Improvement of Scarring. Dermatology Research and Practice. 2010(1). 14 indexed citations

Occleston, Nick L., et al.. (2010). Therapeutic Improvement of Scarring: Mechanisms of Scarless and Scar‐Forming Healing and Approaches to the Discovery of New Treatments. Dermatology Research and Practice. 2010(1). 33 indexed citations

Bush, James, Jonathan Duncan, Jeremy S. Bond, et al.. (2010). Scar-Improving Efficacy of Avotermin Administered into the Wound Margins of Skin Incisions as Evaluated by a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Clinical Trial. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 126(5). 1604–1615. 42 indexed citations

Ferguson, Mark W. J., Jonathan Duncan, Jeremy S. Bond, et al.. (2009). Prophylactic administration of avotermin for improvement of skin scarring: three double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I/II studies. The Lancet. 373(9671). 1264–1274. 215 indexed citations

Young, V. Leroy, James Bush, & Sharon O’Kane. (2009). A New Approach for the Prophylactic Improvement of Surgical Scarring: Avotermin (TGFβ3). Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 36(2). 307–313. 3 indexed citations

Bond, Jeremy S., Jonathan Duncan, Abdul Sattar, et al.. (2008). Maturation of the Human Scar: An Observational Study. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 121(5). 1650–1658. 89 indexed citations

Occleston, Nick L., et al.. (2008). New therapeutics for the prevention and reduction of scarring. Drug Discovery Today. 13(21-22). 973–981. 71 indexed citations

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Bond, Jeremy S., Jonathan Duncan, Tracey Mason, et al.. (2008). Scar Redness in Humans: How Long Does It Persist after Incisional and Excisional Wounding?. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 121(2). 487–496. 54 indexed citations

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Loescher, Alison R., Fiona M. Boissonade, K.G. Smith, et al.. (2007). Interleukin‐10 reduces scarring and enhances regeneration at a site of sciatic nerve repair. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 12(4). 269–276. 57 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Mark W. J., et al.. (2007). Bone marrow–derived endothelial progenitor cells do not contribute significantly to new vessels during incisional wound healing. Experimental Hematology. 35(3). 500–506. 27 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Sharon, et al.. (2006). The microcirculation in acute murine cutaneous incisional wounds shows a spatial and temporal variation in the functionality of vessels. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 14(4). 434–442. 30 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Sharon, et al.. (2006). Temporal and spatial expression of Pax9 and Sonic hedgehog during development of normal mouse palates and cleft palates in TGF-β3 null embryos. Archives of Oral Biology. 52(3). 260–267. 25 indexed citations

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Smith, K.G., Alison R. Loescher, Fiona M. Boissonade, et al.. (2006). Scarring impedes regeneration at sites of peripheral nerve repair. Neuroreport. 17(12). 1245–1249. 94 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Sharon, et al.. (2003). Severely Impaired Wound Healing in the Collagenase-Resistant Mouse. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 120(1). 153–163. 48 indexed citations

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Martı́nez-Álvarez, Concepción, Consuelo Tudela, Á. Gato, et al.. (2000). Bulging medial edge epithelial cells and palatal fusion. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 44(3). 331–335. 58 indexed citations

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Taya, Yuji, Sharon O’Kane, & Mark W. J. Ferguson. (1999). Pathogenesis of cleft palate in TGF-β3 knockout mice. Development. 126(17). 3869–3879. 279 indexed citations

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O’Kane, Sharon & Mark W. J. Ferguson. (1997). Transforming growth factor βs and wound healing. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 29(1). 63–78. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Kane, Sharon, et al.. (1994). Low intensity laser irradiation inhibits tritiated thymidine incorporation in the hemopoietic cell lines HL‐60 and U937. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 14(1). 34–39. 34 indexed citations

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