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Paul J. O’Brien

Paul J. O’Brien publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology, on topics such as Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Retinal Development and Disorders.

World rank
#297,582
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#112,399
of 358,040
Works
16
Citations
214
Citations per work
13.4

What does Paul J. O’Brien research?

Molecular Biology: 36.8%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21.1%Cell Biology: 10.5%Physiology: 5.3%other fields: 26.3%37%top field
Molecular Biology36.8%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience21.1%Cell Biology10.5%Physiology5.3%other fields26.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology37% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience21% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology10% of their works
  4. 4Physiology5% of their works
  5. 5Genetics5% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology5% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Channelrhodopsin, Drug Discovery, Optogenetics, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Gene Therapy, Retinitis Pigmentosa and Carbonic Anhydrases.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Channelrhodopsin31 topic
  2. Drug Discovery32 topics
  3. Optogenetics31 topic
  4. Crystal Structure21 topic
  5. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors21 topic
  6. Gene Therapy21 topic
  7. Retinitis Pigmentosa21 topic
  8. Carbonic Anhydrases11 topic
  9. Ciliopathies11 topic
  10. Endocytosis11 topic
  11. Endophytic Fungi11 topic
  12. Enzyme Regulation11 topic
  13. Fungal Pathogens11 topic
  14. Inhibitors11 topic
  15. Membrane Fusion11 topic
  16. Nucleotide Metabolism11 topic
  17. Primary Cilium11 topic

Where does Paul J. O’Brien work?

Paul J. O’Brien's main affiliation in the publication record is National Eye Institute, United States.

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

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 214 citations for Paul J. O’Brien, ranking #297,582 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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