S. O’Brien

19.4k citations

261 papers · 11.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.1%
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Food Science top 0.05%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Food Safety and Hygiene

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 95
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 87
Food Science 84
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology 73
- Food Safety and Hygiene 31

Co-authors: Iain Gillespie (28 shared papers)Goutam K. Adak (18 shared papers)Clarence C. Tam (19 shared papers)Shannon E. Majowicz (3 shared papers)Elaine Scallan (3 shared papers)Martyn Kirk (3 shared papers)Frederick J. Angulo (2 shared papers)Jennie Musto (1 shared paper)
Journals: Epidemiology and Infection (27 papers)Emerging infectious diseases (13 papers)PLoS ONE (11 papers)BMC Infectious Diseases (7 papers)BMC Public Health (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

In The Last Decade

S. O’Brien

252 papers receiving 10.3k citations

S. O’Brien's Hit Papers

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Longitudinal study of infectious intestinal disease in the UK (IID2 study): incidence in the community and presenting to general practice 2011 · 454 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Gut
2010 Clinical Infectious Diseases
2007 International Journal of Food Microbiology

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1	The Global Burden of NontyphoidalSalmonellaGastroenteritis Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Shannon E. Majowicz, Jennie Musto, Elaine Scallan, Frederick J. Angulo, Martyn Kirk, S. O’Brien, Timothy F. Jones, Aamir Fazil, Robert M. Hoekstra Hit paper breakdown →	2010	1973
2	Campylobacters as zoonotic pathogens: A food production perspective International Journal of Food Microbiology ·(unknown), S. O’Brien, Mogens Madsen Hit paper breakdown →	2007	592
3	Longitudinal study of infectious intestinal disease in the UK (IID2 study): incidence in the community and presenting to general practice Gut ·Clarence C. Tam, Laura C. Rodrigues, Laura Viviani, Julie P Dodds, M.R. Evans, Paul Hunter, Jim Gray, Louise Letley, Greta Rait, D S Tompkins, S. O’Brien Hit paper breakdown →	2011	454
4	Risk Factors for Reported Elder Abuse and Neglect: A Nine-Year Observational Cohort Study The Gerontologist ·Mark S. Lachs, Christine L. Williams, S. O’Brien, Leslie Hurst, Ralph I. Horwitz	1997	343
5	A Case-Case Comparison ofCampylobacter coliandCampylobacter jejuniInfection: A Tool for Generating Hypotheses Emerging infectious diseases ·Iain Gillespie, S. O’Brien, Jennifer A. Frost, Goutam K. Adak, Peter Horby, A V Swan, Michael J. Painter, Keith Neal, (unknown)	2002	263
6	Disease Risks from Foods, England and Wales, 1996–2000 Emerging infectious diseases ·Goutam K. Adak, S.M. Meakins, Hopi Yip, Benjamin A. Lopman, S. O’Brien	2005	259
7	Climate variability and campylobacter infection: an international study International Journal of Biometeorology ·Sari Kovats, Sally Edwards, Dominique Charron, John Cowden, Rennie M. D’Souza, Kristie L. Ebi, Charmaine Gauci, Peter Gerner‐Smidt, Shakoor Hajat, Simon Hales, G Hernández Pezzi, B Kříž, K. Kutsar, Paul McKeown, Kassiani Μellou, Bettina Menne, S. O’Brien, Wilfrid van Pelt, H. Schmid	2004	185
8	The Occurrence and Prevention of Foodborne Disease in Vulnerable People Foodborne Pathogens and Disease ·Barbara M. Lund, S. O’Brien	2011	163
9	Psychosocial risk markers for new onset irritable bowel syndrome – Results of a large prospective population-based study Pain ·Barbara I. Nicholl, S. L. S. Halder, Gary J. Macfarlane, David G. Thompson, S. O’Brien, Mahmoud Musleh, John McBeth	2007	153
10	Risk factors for sporadic cases of Escherichia coli O157 infection: the importance of contact with animal excreta Epidemiology and Infection ·Mary E. Locking, S. O’Brien, William J. Reilly, E. M. Wright, Donald M. Campbell, John Coia, Lynda Browning, Colin N. Ramsay	2001	150
11	Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Preceding Infection with Campylobacter, Influenza and Epstein-Barr Virus in the General Practice Research Database PLoS ONE ·Clarence C. Tam, S. O’Brien, Irene Petersen, Amir Islam, Andrew Hayward, Laura C. Rodrigues	2007	149
12	Childhood Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, United Kingdom and Ireland Emerging infectious diseases ·Richard Lynn, S. O’Brien, Caroline M. Taylor, Goutam K. Adak, Henrik Chart, T. Cheasty, John Coia, Iain Gillespie, Mary E. Locking, William J. Reilly, Henry R. Smith, Aoife Waters, Geraldine A. Willshaw	2005	148
13	The role of sunlight exposure in determining the vitamin D status of the U.K. white adult population British Journal of Dermatology ·Ann R. Webb, Richard Kift, Marie Durkin, S. O’Brien, Andy Vail, Jacqueline Berry, Lesley E. Rhodes	2010	140
14	General outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales: 1995 and 1996. PubMed ·H S Evans, Pamela A. F. Madden, Colin Douglas, Goutam K. Adak, S. O’Brien, T Djuretic, P G Wall, Rosalind Stanwell-Smith	1998	135
15	A national outbreak of multi-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type (DT) 104 associated with consumption of lettuce Epidemiology and Infection ·Peter Horby, S. O’Brien, G K Adak, Christine B. Graham, J. I. Hawker, Paul Hunter, Chris Lane, A. J. LAWSON, R. T. MITCHELL, Mark Reacher, E. John Threlfall, Ward Lr, (unknown)	2003	133
16	Changes in Causes of Acute Gastroenteritis in the United Kingdom Over 15 Years: Microbiologic Findings From 2 Prospective, Population-Based Studies of Infectious Intestinal Disease Clinical Infectious Diseases ·Clarence C. Tam, S. O’Brien, D S Tompkins, F. J. Bolton, Lauryn Berry, Julie Dodds, Debapriya Das Choudhury, Fenella Halstead, Miren Iturriza‐Gómara, Kieren J. Mather, Greta Rait, A. Ridge, Laura C. Rodrigues, John Wain, Benjamin J. Wood, J. Gray	2012	131
17	Recommended Summer Sunlight Exposure Levels Can Produce Sufficient (≥20 ng ml−1) but Not the Proposed Optimal (≥32 ng ml−1) 25(OH)D Levels at UK Latitudes Journal of Investigative Dermatology ·Lesley E. Rhodes, Ann R. Webb, Heather Fraser, Richard Kift, Marie Durkin, D Allan, S. O’Brien, Andy Vail, Jacqueline Berry	2010	125
18	Contact with Farming Environment as a Major Risk Factor for Shiga Toxin (Vero Cytotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infection in Humans Emerging infectious diseases ·S. O’Brien, Goutam K. Adak, Clare Gilham	2001	124
19	Temperature-Driven Campylobacter Seasonality in England and Wales Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Valérie R. Louis, Iain Gillespie, S. O’Brien, Estelle Russek‐Cohen, Andrew D.J. Pearson, Rita R. Colwell	2005	117
20	Management of hospital outbreaks of gastro-enteritis due to small roundstructured viruses Journal of Hospital Infection ·Paul Chadwick, G. M. Beards, David Brown, E O Caul, J. Cheesbrough, Ian N. Clarke, A. Curry, S. O’Brien, Karen S. Quigley, Jane Sellwood, D. Westmoreland	2000	114

About S. O’Brien

S. O’Brien is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Endocrinology, Epidemiology and Biotechnology, having authored 261 papers that have together received 11.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (87 papers), Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (73 papers), Food Safety and Hygiene (31 papers), Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety (18 papers), Escherichia coli research studies (16 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (14 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (13 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (1.8k citations), Food Science (5.3k citations), Infectious Diseases (3.8k citations), Biotechnology (1.5k citations) and Molecular Medicine (420 citations). S. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Iain Gillespie, Goutam K. Adak, Clarence C. Tam, Shannon E. Majowicz, Elaine Scallan, Martyn Kirk, Frederick J. Angulo, Jennie Musto, Robert M. Hoekstra and Timothy F. Jones. Their work appears in journals such as Epidemiology and Infection, Emerging infectious diseases, PLoS ONE, BMC Infectious Diseases and BMC Public Health.

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