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Researcher · Curtin University · Australia

Peter O’Sullivan

Peter O’Sullivan publishes mostly in Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery, on topics such as Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Occupational Health and Performance.

ORCID 0000-0002-3982-4088 OpenAlex
World rank
#45,493
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#1,380
of 140,210
Works
489
Citations
26k
Citations per work
52.7
h-index
82
i10-index 296Top 0.5% in Pharmacology (Medicine)
Peter O’Sullivan

What does Peter O’Sullivan research?

Peter O’Sullivan's work is mostly in Medicine (48%), Health Professions (6%).

Health Sciences: 267 works · 54.5% of their workMedicine: 237 works · 48.5% of their workPharmacology: 120 works · 24.6% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 39 works · 7.9% of their workSurgery: 32 works · 6.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 works · 5.0% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 works · 4.5% of their workHealth Professions: 29 works · 6.0% of their workOccupational Therapy: 29 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 222 works · 45.5% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter O’Sullivan489works
Health Sciences54%

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. Medicine23748.5%
    2. Health Professions296.0%
  2. Everything else22245.5%
  1. 1Pharmacology25% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine8% of their works
  3. 3Surgery6% of their works
  4. 4Occupational Therapy6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5% of their works
  6. 6Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter O’Sullivan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Low Back Pain, Epidemiology, Psychological Factors, Clinical Trials, Chronic Pain, Global Burden, Intervertebral Disc and Lumbar Disc Degeneration.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Low Back Pain4753 topics
  2. Epidemiology4163 topics
  3. Psychological Factors3782 topics
  4. Clinical Trials3662 topics
  5. Chronic Pain3371 topic
  6. Global Burden3371 topic
  7. Intervertebral Disc1031 topic
  8. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1031 topic
  9. Emergency Responders671 topic
  10. Firefighters671 topic
  11. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome411 topic
  12. Fibromyalgia411 topic
  13. Muscle Injuries381 topic
  14. Sports Injury381 topic
  15. Computer Vision Syndrome361 topic
  16. Musculoskeletal Symptoms361 topic
  17. Pelvic Girdle Pain351 topic
  18. Relaxin351 topic
  19. Nocebo291 topic
  20. Placebo291 topic

Where does Peter O’Sullivan work?

Peter O’Sullivan's main affiliation in the publication record is Curtin University, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Peter O’Sullivan have?

OpenAlex counts 489 works and 25,794 citations for Peter O’Sullivan, an h-index of 82, ranking #45,493 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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