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 Jay K. Kolls 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
William O’Connor	3.1k	1.7k	670	565	561	87	5.5k
Hiroshi Tsukamoto	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	421 0.6×	468 0.8×	360 0.6×	229	5.8k
Urs Christen	3.0k 1.0×	866 0.5×	719 1.1×	1.2k 2.2×	1.1k 2.0×	118	5.9k
David J. Cole	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	3.0k 4.4×	319 0.6×	432 0.8×	261	9.0k
Masahiro Ono	7.3k 2.4×	2.4k 1.4×	2.0k 3.0×	901 1.6×	1.2k 2.1×	167	11.9k
Takashi Uchiyama	4.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	455 0.8×	249 0.4×	139	6.3k
David Chang	847 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	326 0.6×	172 0.3×	223	5.8k
Olli Vainio	1.9k 0.6×	775 0.5×	182 0.3×	621 1.1×	324 0.6×	231	4.8k
Toshio Hattori	2.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	695 1.0×	643 1.1×	244 0.4×	305	7.0k
Yasumasa Ishida	4.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.3×	3.2k 4.7×	458 0.8×	402 0.7×	51	7.8k
Wenyu Lin	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	357 0.5×	1.5k 2.6×	154 0.3×	152	5.3k

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Krawczyk, Joanna, William O’Connor, Pedro Henrique Vendramini, et al.. (2025). The diabetes gene Tcf7l2 organizes gene expression in the liver and regulates amino acid metabolism. Molecular Metabolism. 99. 102208–102208.

Murphy, David, Jack Reilly, Jessica Erkal, et al.. (2021). Development of the EIRSAT-1 CubeSat through Functional Verification of the Engineering Qualification Model. Aerospace. 8(9). 254–254. 7 indexed citations

O’Connor, William, et al.. (2021). An Investigation into Ground Movement on the Ventnor Landslide Complex, UK Using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry. Remote Sensing. 13(18). 3711–3711. 5 indexed citations

D’Souza, Shanti S., et al.. (2018). DNA damage response genes mark the early transition from colitis to neoplasia in colitis-associated colon cancer. Gene. 677. 299–307. 14 indexed citations

O’Connor, William. (2011). Wave-like modelling of cascaded, lumped, flexible systems with an arbitrarily moving boundary. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 330(13). 3070–3083. 13 indexed citations

Esplugues, Enric, Samuel Huber, Nicola Gagliani, et al.. (2011). Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine. Nature. 475(7357). 514–518. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Huber, Samuel, Nicola Gagliani, Enric Esplugues, et al.. (2011). Th17 Cells Express Interleukin-10 Receptor and Are Controlled by Foxp3− and Foxp3+ Regulatory CD4+ T Cells in an Interleukin-10-Dependent Manner. Immunity. 34(4). 554–565. 470 indexed citations

O’Connor, William, Lauren A. Zenewicz, & Richard A. Flavell. (2010). The dual nature of TH17 cells: shifting the focus to function. Nature Immunology. 11(6). 471–476. 145 indexed citations

O’Connor, William, Masahito Kamanaka, Carmen J. Booth, et al.. (2009). A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation. Nature Immunology. 10(6). 603–609. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eisenbarth, Stephanie C., Oscar R. Colegio, William O’Connor, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, & Richard A. Flavell. (2008). Crucial role for the Nalp3 inflammasome in the immunostimulatory properties of aluminium adjuvants. Nature. 453(7198). 1122–1126. 1171 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willingham, Stephen B., Dan T. Bergstralh, William O’Connor, et al.. (2007). Microbial Pathogen-Induced Necrotic Cell Death Mediated by the Inflammasome Components CIAS1/Cryopyrin/NLRP3 and ASC. Cell Host & Microbe. 2(3). 147–159. 234 indexed citations

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Conti, Brian J., Beckley K. Davis, Jinghua Zhang, et al.. (2005). CATERPILLER 16.2 (CLR16.2), a Novel NBD/LRR Family Member That Negatively Regulates T Cell Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(18). 18375–18385. 119 indexed citations

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DiCaudo, David J., et al.. (2004). Zosteriform skin metastases. International Journal of Dermatology. 43(2). 126–128. 14 indexed citations

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O’Connor, William, Jonathan A. Harton, Xinsheng Zhu, Michael W. Linhoff, & Jenny P.‐Y. Ting. (2003). Cutting Edge: CIAS1/Cryopyrin/PYPAF1/NALP3/ CATERPILLER 1.1 Is an Inducible Inflammatory Mediator with NF-κB Suppressive Properties. The Journal of Immunology. 171(12). 6329–6333. 165 indexed citations

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Harton, Jonathan A., William O’Connor, Brian J. Conti, Michael W. Linhoff, & Jenny P.‐Y. Ting. (2002). Leucine-rich repeats of the class II transactivator control its rate of nuclear accumulation. Human Immunology. 63(7). 588–601. 24 indexed citations

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Cressman, Drew E., William O’Connor, Susanna F. Greer, Xinsheng Zhu, & Jenny P.‐Y. Ting. (2001). Mechanisms of Nuclear Import and Export That Control the Subcellular Localization of Class II Transactivator. The Journal of Immunology. 167(7). 3626–3634. 61 indexed citations

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O’Connor, William, et al.. (2000). THE USE OF GROWTH FACTORS IN CARTILAGE REPAIR. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 31(3). 399–409. 54 indexed citations

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O’Connor, William. (1998). Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and HIV: Two Cases Associated with Hepatitis C. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 12(5). 341–346. 2 indexed citations

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O’Connor, William, Andrew D. Badley, Charles H. Dicken, & Gillian Murphy. (1998). Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Two Cases Associated With Hepatitis C. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 73(9). 895–897. 5 indexed citations

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Weiss, Richard L., et al.. (1996). The Usefulness of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosing Cardiac Contusions. CHEST Journal. 109(1). 73–77. 66 indexed citations

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