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Researcher · The University of Adelaide · Australia

Gerard J. O’Brien

Gerard J. O’Brien publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Philosophy, on topics such as Embodied and Extended Cognition, Philosophy and Theoretical Science and Neural dynamics and brain function.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,443,702
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#107,990
of 140,210
Works
43
Citations
664
Citations per work
15.4
h-index
15
i10-index 16Top 41% in Cognitive Neuroscience
Gerard J. O’Brien

What does Gerard J. O’Brien research?

Gerard J. O’Brien's work is mostly in Neuroscience (30%), Psychology (24%), Arts and Humanities (16%).

Social Sciences: 17 works · 40.1% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 23.9% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 works · 14.5% of their workSocial Psychology: 4 works · 9.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 7 works · 16.2% of their workPhilosophy: 5 works · 11.1% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 works · 5.1% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 29.9% of their workNeuroscience: 13 works · 29.9% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 works · 29.9% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 25.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 4.3% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 4.3% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 works · 4.3% of their workTHEIR WORKGerard J. O’Brien43works
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences4%Social Sciences40%

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. Psychology1023.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities716.2%
    1. Neuroscience1329.9%
  3. Everything else1125.7%
    1. Computer Science24.3%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience30% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology14% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy11% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology9% of their works
  5. 5History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics4% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neuroscience, Perception, Embodied Cognition, Predictive Brain Theory, Consciousness, Phenomenal Experience, Cortical Networks and Neuronal Oscillations.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience172 topics
  2. Perception172 topics
  3. Embodied Cognition161 topic
  4. Predictive Brain Theory161 topic
  5. Consciousness131 topic
  6. Phenomenal Experience131 topic
  7. Cortical Networks71 topic
  8. Neuronal Oscillations71 topic
  9. Evolutionary Synthesis61 topic
  10. Mechanistic Explanation61 topic
  11. Algorithmic Information Theory51 topic
  12. Computability51 topic
  13. Belief41 topic
  14. History41 topic
  15. Knowledge41 topic
  16. Phenomenology41 topic
  17. Psychiatric Disorders41 topic
  18. Psychology41 topic

Where does Gerard J. O’Brien work?

Gerard J. O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Adelaide, Australia.

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

OpenAlex counts 43 works and 664 citations for Gerard J. O’Brien, an h-index of 15, ranking #4,443,702 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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