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Researcher · Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland · Ireland

Fergal J. O’Brien

Fergal J. O’Brien publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Biomaterials, on topics such as Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

ORCID 0000-0003-2030-8005 OpenAlex
World rank
#45,804
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ireland
#77
of 21,376
Works
504
Citations
33k
Citations per work
64.9
h-index
90
i10-index 304Top 0.2% in Biomedical Engineering
Fergal J. O’Brien

What does Fergal J. O’Brien research?

Fergal J. O’Brien's work is mostly in Medicine (24%), Engineering (15%), Materials Science (10%).

Everything else: 217 works · 43.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 129 works · 25.6% of their workEngineering: 76 works · 15.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 76 works · 15.1% of their workMaterials Science: 53 works · 10.5% of their workBiomaterials: 53 works · 10.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 120 works · 23.8% of their workMedicine: 120 works · 23.8% of their workSurgery: 66 works · 13.1% of their workRheumatology: 33 works · 6.5% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 works · 4.2% of their workLife Sciences: 38 works · 7.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 works · 7.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 38 works · 7.6% of their workTHEIR WORKFergal J. O’Brien504works
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences24%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else21743.0%
    1. Engineering7615.1%
    2. Materials Science5310.5%
    1. Medicine12023.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology387.6%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering15% of their works
  2. 2Surgery13% of their works
  3. 3Biomaterials10% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology8% of their works
  5. 5Rheumatology6% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fergal J. O’Brien's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Bone Regeneration, Scaffolds, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Regeneration and Electrospinning.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Regenerative Medicine2534 topics
  2. Tissue Engineering2523 topics
  3. Biomaterials1712 topics
  4. Bone Regeneration1201 topic
  5. Scaffolds1201 topic
  6. Mesenchymal Stem Cells1082 topics
  7. Regeneration1082 topics
  8. Electrospinning861 topic
  9. Nanofibers861 topic
  10. Decellularization701 topic
  11. Extracellular Matrix701 topic
  12. Cartilage601 topic
  13. Osteoarthritis601 topic
  14. Growth Factors511 topic
  15. Platelet-Rich Plasma511 topic
  16. Immunomodulation481 topic
  17. Multipotent481 topic
  18. Bioprinting461 topic
  19. Microfluidic Devices461 topic
  20. Bone Mineral Density451 topic
  21. Fractures451 topic

Where does Fergal J. O’Brien work?

Fergal J. O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland.

How many publications and citations does Fergal J. O’Brien have?

OpenAlex counts 504 works and 32,704 citations for Fergal J. O’Brien, an h-index of 90, ranking #45,804 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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