William O’Connor

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
87 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

William O’Connor is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William O’Connor has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William O’Connor's work include Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (35 papers), Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (25 papers) and Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (9 papers). William O’Connor is often cited by papers focused on Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (35 papers), Vibration and Dynamic Analysis (25 papers) and Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (9 papers). William O’Connor collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Germany. William O’Connor's co-authors include Richard A. Flavell, Oscar R. Colegio, Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, Carmen J. Booth, Masahito Kamanaka, Yoichiro Iwakura, Samuel Huber, Nicola Gagliani and Terrence Town and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William O’Connor

81 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Crucial role for the Nalp3 inflammasome in the immunostimulatory properties of aluminium adjuvants

2008 1.2k citations Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Oscar R. Colegio et al. Nature profile →
A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

2009 632 citations William O’Connor, Masahito Kamanaka et al. Nature Immunology profile →
IL-22BP is regulated by the inflammasome and modulates tumorigenesis in the intestine

2012 583 citations Samuel Huber, Nicola Gagliani et al. Nature profile →
Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine

2011 505 citations Enric Esplugues, Samuel Huber et al. Nature profile →

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

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The diabetes gene Tcf7l2 organizes gene expression in the liver and regulates amino acid metabolism 2025 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Joanna Krawczyk, William O’Connor, Pedro Henrique Vendramini, Mareike Schell, Kiran J. Biddinger, Matt Kanke, G. Pengo, Ivana Semova, (unknown), Marcia C. Haigis, Krishna G. Aragam, (unknown), Linus Tsai, Praveen Sethupathy, Sudha B. Biddinger	0
2	Development of the EIRSAT-1 CubeSat through Functional Verification of the Engineering Qualification Model 2021 ·Aerospace ·(unknown), David Murphy, (unknown), Jack Reilly, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica Erkal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lána Salmon, (unknown), L. Hanlon, A. Martín-Carrillo, David McKeown, William O’Connor, (unknown), (unknown), S. McBreen	7
3	An Investigation into Ground Movement on the Ventnor Landslide Complex, UK Using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry 2021 ·Remote Sensing ·William O’Connor, (unknown), James Lawrence, (unknown), Philippa J. Mason, Richard Ghail, (unknown)	5
4	Wave-based planar motion and vibration control of under-actuated mass-spring arrays 2018 ·Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control ·Hossein Habibi, William O’Connor	1
5	Wave-based control of under-actuated flexible structures with strong external disturbing forces 2015 ·International Journal of Control ·William O’Connor, Hossein Habibi	10
6	Modelling of Piezoelectric Actuator (PEA) for Advanced Process Control in Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) 2013 ·International Journal of Engineering and Technology ·Jinghang Liu, William O’Connor, Eamonn Ahearne, Gerald Byrne	4
7	IL-22BP is regulated by the inflammasome and modulates tumorigenesis in the intestine breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Samuel Huber, Nicola Gagliani, Lauren A. Zenewicz, Francis J. Huber, Lidia Bosurgi, Bo Hu, Matija Hedl, Wei Zhang, William O’Connor, Andrew Murphy, David M. Valenzuela, George D. Yancopoulos, Carmen J. Booth, Judy H. Cho, Wenjun Ouyang, Clara Abraham, Richard A. Flavell	583
8	Wave-like modelling of cascaded, lumped, flexible systems with an arbitrarily moving boundary 2011 ·Journal of Sound and Vibration ·William O’Connor	13
9	Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Enric Esplugues, Samuel Huber, Nicola Gagliani, Anja E. Hauser, Terrence Town, Yisong Y. Wan, William O’Connor, Anthony Rongvaux, Nico van Rooijen, Ann M. Haberman, Yoichiro Iwakura, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Jay K. Kolls, Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Kevan C. Herold, Richard A. Flavell	505
10	The dual nature of TH17 cells: shifting the focus to function 2010 ·Nature Immunology ·William O’Connor, Lauren A. Zenewicz, Richard A. Flavell	145
11	A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation breakdown → 2009 ·Nature Immunology ·William O’Connor, Masahito Kamanaka, Carmen J. Booth, Terrence Town, Susumu Nakae, Yoichiro Iwakura, Jay K. Kolls, Richard A. Flavell	632
12	Crucial role for the Nalp3 inflammasome in the immunostimulatory properties of aluminium adjuvants breakdown → 2008 ·Nature ·Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Oscar R. Colegio, William O’Connor, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, Richard A. Flavell	1171
13	Microbial Pathogen-Induced Necrotic Cell Death Mediated by the Inflammasome Components CIAS1/Cryopyrin/NLRP3 and ASC 2007 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Stephen B. Willingham, Dan T. Bergstralh, William O’Connor, Amy C. Morrison, Debra J. Taxman, Joseph A. Duncan, Shoshana Barnoy, Malabi M. Venkatesan, Richard A. Flavell, Mohanish Deshmukh, Hal M. Hoffman, Jenny P.‐Y. Ting	234
14	Zosteriform skin metastases 2004 ·International Journal of Dermatology ·(unknown), (unknown), David J. DiCaudo, William O’Connor	14
15	Cutting Edge: CIAS1/Cryopyrin/PYPAF1/NALP3/ CATERPILLER 1.1 Is an Inducible Inflammatory Mediator with NF-κB Suppressive Properties 2003 ·The Journal of Immunology ·William O’Connor, Jonathan A. Harton, Xinsheng Zhu, Michael W. Linhoff, Jenny P.‐Y. Ting	165
16	Leucine-rich repeats of the class II transactivator control its rate of nuclear accumulation 2002 ·Human Immunology ·Jonathan A. Harton, William O’Connor, Brian J. Conti, Michael W. Linhoff, Jenny P.‐Y. Ting	24
17	Mechanisms of Nuclear Import and Export That Control the Subcellular Localization of Class II Transactivator 2001 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Drew E. Cressman, William O’Connor, Susanna F. Greer, Xinsheng Zhu, Jenny P.‐Y. Ting	61
18	THE USE OF GROWTH FACTORS IN CARTILAGE REPAIR 2000 ·Orthopedic Clinics of North America ·William O’Connor, (unknown), Safdar N. Khan, Joseph M. Lane	54
19	Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and HIV: Two Cases Associated with Hepatitis C 1998 ·AIDS Patient Care and STDs ·William O’Connor	2
20	Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Two Cases Associated With Hepatitis C 1998 ·Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·William O’Connor, Andrew D. Badley, Charles H. Dicken, Gillian Murphy	5

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