Tara O’Brien

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Tara O’Brien is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tara O’Brien has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in General Health Professions, 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tara O’Brien's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (10 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (6 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (6 papers). Tara O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (10 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (6 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (6 papers). Tara O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Tara O’Brien's co-authors include Joel G. Ray, Wee‐Shian Chan, Donna Hathaway, Mark A. Stein, Meredith Troutman‐Jordan, Michael S. Moore, Emily K. Szumowski, Sharon A. Denham, B Blackwell and Thomas A. Blondis and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tara O’Brien

52 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia: a ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Maternal body mass index and the risk of preeclampsia: a systematic overview.
    2003 542 citations Tara O’Brien et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tara O’Brien United States 14 518 416 236 223 160 55 1.3k
Mary Higgins Ireland 20 775 1.5× 683 1.6× 112 0.5× 333 1.5× 64 0.4× 118 1.6k
Rajat Das Gupta United States 22 171 0.3× 308 0.7× 197 0.8× 332 1.5× 173 1.1× 115 1.7k
Sora Ludwig Canada 21 559 1.1× 246 0.6× 314 1.3× 435 2.0× 77 0.5× 38 2.0k
Mette Bliddal Denmark 20 243 0.5× 363 0.9× 61 0.3× 407 1.8× 116 0.7× 53 1.2k
Khaled Ismail United Kingdom 21 421 0.8× 509 1.2× 131 0.6× 645 2.9× 44 0.3× 62 1.6k
Geoffrey Dougherty Canada 21 178 0.3× 572 1.4× 172 0.7× 257 1.2× 133 0.8× 29 1.6k
Julia Townson United Kingdom 17 251 0.5× 252 0.6× 117 0.5× 236 1.1× 63 0.4× 62 1.1k
Cheryl Raskind‐Hood United States 13 138 0.3× 385 0.9× 142 0.6× 77 0.3× 47 0.3× 38 785
Caroline Mitchell United Kingdom 20 128 0.2× 187 0.4× 312 1.3× 241 1.1× 97 0.6× 100 1.5k
Bruce A. Meyer United States 18 897 1.7× 844 2.0× 157 0.7× 946 4.2× 45 0.3× 40 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tara O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tara O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tara O’Brien

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Brien, Tara, et al.. (2024). Durable Learning Strategies in Nursing Education: State-of-the-Evidence Review. Journal of Nursing Education. 63(1). 24–31. 2 indexed citations
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Nayyar, Dhruv, Ciara Pendrith, Cherry Chu, et al.. (2022). Quality of virtual care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: Patient and provider experiences. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 165. 104812–104812. 15 indexed citations
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Mackos, Amy R., et al.. (2022). Revitalizing the Muddiest Point for Formative Assessment and Student Engagement in a Large Class. Nurse Educator. 48(2). 88–91. 1 indexed citations
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Pendrith, Ciara, Dhruv Nayyar, Cherry Chu, et al.. (2022). Outpatient visit trends for internal medicine ambulatory care sensitive conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic: a time-series analysis. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 198–198. 10 indexed citations
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Lin, Chou-Han, et al.. (2021). Obstructive sleep apnea and nocturnal attacks of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18(5). 1279–1286. 5 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Tara, et al.. (2020). Intradisciplinary Nursing Communication Post Hospital Merger. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing. 39(1). 48–54. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, Sarah, et al.. (2020). A narrative review of ambulatory care education in Canadian internal medicine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(6). e99–e110. 1 indexed citations
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Troutman‐Jordan, Meredith, et al.. (2020). Physical activity, cardiovascular health and mood state in older adults. Geriatric Nursing. 41(6). 846–851. 5 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Tara, Noah Ivers, Onil Bhattacharyya, et al.. (2019). A multifaceted primary care practice-based intervention to reduce ED visits and hospitalization for complex medical patients: A mixed methods study. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0209241–e0209241. 3 indexed citations
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Lockhart, Elizabeth, Gillian Hawker, Noah Ivers, et al.. (2019). Engaging primary care physicians in care coordination for patients with complex medical conditions.. PubMed. 65(4). e155–e162. 14 indexed citations
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Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, et al.. (2019). Doctoral Degree Preferences for Nurse Educators. Nurse Educator. 45(3). 144–149. 12 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Tara & Donna Hathaway. (2017). Undergraduate Nursing Students and Faculty Perceptions to a Research Internship Model. 1 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Tara, et al.. (2016). Perceptions of Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Preceptors About Usefulness of Onsite Clinical Site Visits. Nurse Educator. 42(1). 51–54. 11 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Tara, et al.. (2015). Acceptability of wristband activity trackers among community dwelling older adults. Geriatric Nursing. 36(2). S21–S25. 87 indexed citations
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Dhalla, Irfan A., et al.. (2012). Toward Safer Transitions: How Can We Reduce Post-Discharge Adverse Events?. Healthcare Quarterly. 15(sp). 63–67. 14 indexed citations
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Hladunewich, Michelle, John‏ Kingdom, Ayodele Odutayo, et al.. (2011). Postpartum Assessment of the Renin Angiotensin System in Women with Previous Severe, Early-Onset Preeclampsia. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 96(11). 3517–3524. 43 indexed citations
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Stein, Mark A., et al.. (1994). Psychometric properties of the children's atypical development scale. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 22(2). 167–176. 8 indexed citations

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