Tracy O’Connor

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Tracy O’Connor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy O’Connor has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tracy O’Connor's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (7 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers) and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies (4 papers). Tracy O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (7 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (5 papers) and Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies (4 papers). Tracy O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Tracy O’Connor's co-authors include Adriano Aguzzi, Mathias Heikenwälder, Robert Vassar, Marc Ringelhan, Dominik Pfister, Eli Pikarsky, Jie Zhao, Rodney A. Velliquette, Brian D. Hitt and Erika Maus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Tracy O’Connor

22 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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 immunology of hepatocellular carcinoma

2018 755 citations Marc Ringelhan, Dominik Pfister et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Protein aggregation diseases: pathogenicity and therapeutic perspectives

2010 603 citations Adriano Aguzzi, Tracy O’Connor Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tracy O’Connor Switzerland	14	1.4k	1.2k	497	484	380	23	3.2k
Alessio Colombo Italy	25	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	709 1.4×	274 0.6×	157 0.4×	41	3.0k
Luigi Puglielli United States	35	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	347 0.7×	505 1.0×	394 1.0×	79	4.1k
Henri J. Huttunen Finland	32	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	570 1.1×	173 0.4×	253 0.7×	62	4.0k
Nathalie Cartier France	40	2.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.1×	472 0.9×	419 0.9×	267 0.7×	87	4.5k
Austin J. Yang United States	29	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	365 0.7×	208 0.4×	421 1.1×	59	3.2k
Chunjiang Yu United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	491 1.0×	245 0.5×	125 0.3×	46	3.5k
Cristine Alvès da Costa France	36	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	320 0.6×	383 0.8×	597 1.6×	89	3.8k
María Dolores Ledesma Spain	33	2.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	378 0.8×	164 0.3×	446 1.2×	60	3.7k
David A. Sanan United States	32	2.1k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	289 0.6×	219 0.5×	497 1.3×	41	4.9k
Agueda Rostagno United States	38	2.3k 1.6×	2.8k 2.3×	781 1.6×	539 1.1×	146 0.4×	97	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Tracy O’Connor

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Tracy O’Connor's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Tracy O’Connor with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Tracy O’Connor more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Tracy O’Connor

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tracy O’Connor. 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 Tracy O’Connor. The network helps show where Tracy O’Connor may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy O’Connor

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Adili, Arlind, Tracy O’Connor, Marcus D. Seemann, et al.. (2023). Challenging Tumor Heterogeneity with HER2, p16 and Somatostatin Receptor 2 Expression in a Case of EBV-Associated Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland. Head and Neck Pathology. 17(4). 1052–1057. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Roby, Ellis Levine, Adam Brufsky, et al.. (2020). Outcome of Everolimus-Based Therapy in Hormone-Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients After Progression on Palbociclib. Breast Cancer Basic and Clinical Research. 14. 2222502368–2222502368. 27 indexed citations

O’Connor, Tracy. (2019). A Reading-Writing Assignment Based on Popular Literature To Enhance Learning about Microbiology. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 20(1).

Levine, Ellis, Kilian Salerno, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Palbociclib Combinations in Hormone Receptor–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients After Prior Everolimus Treatment. Clinical Breast Cancer. 18(6). e1401–e1405. 21 indexed citations

Ringelhan, Marc, Dominik Pfister, Tracy O’Connor, Eli Pikarsky, & Mathias Heikenwälder. (2018). The immunology of hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Immunology. 19(3). 222–232. 755 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Connor, Tracy, Lubor Borsig, & Mathias Heikenwälder. (2015). CCL2-CCR2 Signaling in Disease Pathogenesis. Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets. 15(2). 105–118. 126 indexed citations

Lakkaraju, Asvin KK, Claire Bridel, Lukas Villiger, et al.. (2015). Neurodegeneration and Unfolded-Protein Response in Mice Expressing a Membrane-Tethered Flexible Tail of PrP. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0117412–e0117412. 18 indexed citations

Herrmann, U., Tiziana Sonati, Jeppe Falsig, et al.. (2015). Prion Infections and Anti-PrP Antibodies Trigger Converging Neurotoxic Pathways. PLoS Pathogens. 11(2). e1004662–e1004662. 74 indexed citations

Seleznik, Gitta, Jessica Zöller, Tracy O’Connor, Rolf Graf, & Mathias Heikenwälder. (2014). The role of lymphotoxin signaling in the development of autoimmune pancreatitis and associated secondary extra-pancreatic pathologies. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 25(2). 125–137. 10 indexed citations

10.

Ringelhan, Marc, Tracy O’Connor, Ulrike Protzer, & Mathias Heikenwälder. (2014). The direct and indirect roles of HBV in liver cancer: prospective markers for HCC screening and potential therapeutic targets. The Journal of Pathology. 235(2). 355–367. 103 indexed citations

11.

O’Connor, Tracy & Adriano Aguzzi. (2013). Prions and lymphoid organs: Solved and remaining mysteries. Prion. 7(2). 157–163. 6 indexed citations

12.

Levine, Ellis, Andres Forero, Tracy O’Connor, et al.. (2013). A phase Ib dose-escalation study of TRC105 (anti-endoglin antibody) in combination with capecitabine for advanced solid tumors (including patients with progressive or recurrent HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31(15_suppl). 3057–3057. 3 indexed citations

13.

Sonati, Tiziana, Regina Reimann, Jeppe Falsig, et al.. (2013). The toxicity of antiprion antibodies is mediated by the flexible tail of the prion protein. Nature. 501(7465). 102–106. 162 indexed citations

14.

McHugh, Donal, Tracy O’Connor, Juliane Bremer, & Adriano Aguzzi. (2012). ZyFISH: A Simple, Rapid and Reliable Zygosity Assay for Transgenic Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37881–e37881. 5 indexed citations

15.

Zhao, Jie, Tracy O’Connor, & Robert Vassar. (2011). The contribution of activated astrocytes to Aβ production: Implications for Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 8(1). 150–150. 299 indexed citations

16.

Bremer, Juliane, Tracy O’Connor, Cinzia Tiberi, et al.. (2010). Ablation of Dicer from Murine Schwann Cells Increases Their Proliferation while Blocking Myelination. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12450–e12450. 64 indexed citations

17.

Aguzzi, Adriano & Tracy O’Connor. (2010). Protein aggregation diseases: pathogenicity and therapeutic perspectives. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 9(3). 237–248. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

18.

O’Connor, Tracy, Katherine R. Sadleir, Erika Maus, et al.. (2008). Phosphorylation of the Translation Initiation Factor eIF2α Increases BACE1 Levels and Promotes Amyloidogenesis. Neuron. 60(6). 988–1009. 344 indexed citations

19.

Zhao, Jie, Yifan Fu, Marina V. Yasvoina, et al.. (2007). β-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 Levels Become Elevated in Neurons around Amyloid Plaques: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(14). 3639–3649. 316 indexed citations

20.

Velliquette, Rodney A., Tracy O’Connor, & Robert Vassar. (2005). Energy Inhibition Elevates β-Secretase Levels and Activity and Is Potentially Amyloidogenic in APP Transgenic Mice: Possible Early Events in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(47). 10874–10883. 215 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact