Adrian V. S. Hill

76.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
479 papers, 36.5k citations indexed

About

Adrian V. S. Hill is a scholar working on Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian V. S. Hill has authored 479 papers receiving a total of 36.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Immunology, 176 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 139 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Adrian V. S. Hill's work include Malaria Research and Control (145 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (122 papers) and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (91 papers). Adrian V. S. Hill is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (145 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (122 papers) and vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches (91 papers). Adrian V. S. Hill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Gambia. Adrian V. S. Hill's co-authors include Sarah C. Gilbert, Helen McShane, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Brian Greenwood, Ansar A. Pathan, Roger H. Brookes, Ajit Lalvani, Cyril Ruwende, Catherine E. M. Allsopp and Andrew J. McMichael and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Adrian V. S. Hill

472 papers receiving 35.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Common West African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria

1991 1.2k citations Adrian V. S. Hill, Dominic Kwiatkowski et al. profile →
Automated binning of microsatellite alleles: problems and solutions

2006 995 citations A J Frodsham, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. profile →
Correction: Corrigendum: The blood-stage malaria antigen PfRH5 is susceptible to vaccine-inducible cross-strain neutralizing antibody

2013 833 citations Alexander D. Douglas, Andrew R. Williams et al. profile →
TNF concentration in fatal cerebral, non-fatal cerebral, and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

1990 710 citations Dominic Kwiatkowski, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. profile →
Variations in theNRAMP1Gene and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis in West Africans

1998 585 citations Adrian V. S. Hill et al. profile →
Rapid Effector Function in CD8+ Memory T Cells

1997 573 citations Ajit Lalvani, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Enhanced immunogenicity for CD8+ T cell induction and complete protective efficacy of malaria DNA vaccination by boosting with modified vaccinia virus Ankara

1998 565 citations Sarah C. Gilbert, Adrian V. S. Hill et al. profile →
Molecular analysis of the association of HLA-B53 and resistance to severe malaria

1992 520 citations Adrian V. S. Hill, Brian Greenwood et al. profile →
Genomic landscape of the individual host response and outcomes in sepsis: a prospective cohort study

2016 462 citations Emma E. Davenport, Katie L. Burnham et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adrian V. S. Hill United Kingdom	99	14.1k	10.9k	10.8k	8.9k	7.8k	479	36.5k
Herbert W. Virgin United States	98	10.5k 0.7×	10.4k 1.0×	16.0k 1.5×	2.1k 0.2×	12.7k 1.6×	258	38.7k
Michael Diamond United States	123	15.7k 1.1×	27.4k 2.5×	8.5k 0.8×	24.0k 2.7×	10.1k 1.3×	486	52.0k
Rafi Ahmed United States	137	55.3k 3.9×	10.0k 0.9×	15.0k 1.4×	4.0k 0.5×	12.3k 1.6×	469	76.0k
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus Netherlands	118	13.8k 1.0×	34.5k 3.2×	40.9k 3.8×	5.7k 0.6×	8.3k 1.1×	1.0k	74.2k
Giorgio Trinchieri United States	136	46.8k 3.3×	4.8k 0.4×	10.2k 1.0×	3.7k 0.4×	13.0k 1.7×	434	67.5k
Antonio Lanzavecchia Switzerland	129	57.5k 4.1×	8.2k 0.7×	9.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.3×	13.1k 1.7×	349	77.0k
Alan Sher United States	122	29.2k 2.1×	8.5k 0.8×	16.5k 1.5×	6.9k 0.8×	9.8k 1.3×	449	57.2k
Rolf M. Zinkernagel Switzerland	115	35.4k 2.5×	5.9k 0.5×	8.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.2×	9.1k 1.2×	400	50.7k
Ari Helenius Switzerland	115	6.9k 0.5×	5.7k 0.5×	9.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.3×	21.1k 2.7×	191	39.2k
Alessandro Sette United States	142	40.0k 2.8×	17.2k 1.6×	14.2k 1.3×	5.5k 0.6×	29.6k 3.8×	858	72.2k

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Diawara, Halimatou, Jane Grant, Alassane Dicko, et al.. (2025). Acceptability of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine alongside existing malaria interventions in the trial context. BMJ Global Health. 10(2). e015524–e015524. 1 indexed citations

Sharpe, Hannah, Nicholas M. Provine, Georgina Bowyer, et al.. (2022). CMV-associated T cell and NK cell terminal differentiation does not affect immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 vaccination. JCI Insight. 7(6). 8 indexed citations

Sala, Katarzyna, Erwan Atcheson, Holger Kramer, et al.. (2021). Dissection-independent production ofPlasmodiumsporozoites from whole mosquitoes. Life Science Alliance. 4(7). e202101094–e202101094. 2 indexed citations

Bowyer, Georgina, Hannah Sharpe, Navin Venkatraman, et al.. (2020). Reduced Ebola vaccine responses in CMV+ young adults is associated with expansion of CD57+KLRG1+ T cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(7). 30 indexed citations

Ewer, Katie, Sarah Sebastian, Alexandra J. Spencer, et al.. (2017). Chimpanzee adenoviral vectors as vaccines for outbreak pathogens. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 13(12). 3020–3032. 64 indexed citations

Burnham, Katie L., Emma E. Davenport, Jayachandran Radhakrishnan, et al.. (2017). Shared and Distinct Aspects of the Sepsis Transcriptomic Response to Fecal Peritonitis and Pneumonia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(3). 328–339. 150 indexed citations

Dicks, Matthew D. J., Alexandra J. Spencer, Lynda Coughlan, et al.. (2015). Differential immunogenicity between HAdV-5 and chimpanzee adenovirus vector ChAdOx1 is independent of fiber and penton RGD loop sequences in mice. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16756–16756. 25 indexed citations

Warimwe, George M., Helen A. Fletcher, Ally Olotu, et al.. (2013). Peripheral blood monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio at study enrollment predicts efficacy of the RTS,S malaria vaccine: analysis of pooled phase II clinical trial data. BMC Medicine. 11(1). 184–184. 31 indexed citations

Sheehy, Susanne H., Alexandra J. Spencer, Alexander D. Douglas, et al.. (2013). Optimising Controlled Human Malaria Infection Studies Using Cryopreserved P. falciparum Parasites Administered by Needle and Syringe. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65960–e65960. 54 indexed citations

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Antrobus, Richard, Lynda Coughlan, Tamara Berthoud, et al.. (2013). Clinical Assessment of a Novel Recombinant Simian Adenovirus ChAdOx1 as a Vectored Vaccine Expressing Conserved Influenza A Antigens. Molecular Therapy. 22(3). 668–674. 153 indexed citations

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Cottingham, Matthew G., Susan Morris, Alison Turner, et al.. (2011). Preventing spontaneous genetic rearrangements in the transgene cassettes of adenovirus vectors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109(3). 719–728. 35 indexed citations

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Sander, Clare R., Ansar A. Pathan, Natalie E. R. Beveridge, et al.. (2009). Safety and Immunogenicity of a New Tuberculosis Vaccine, MVA85A, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis –infected Individuals. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(8). 724–733. 94 indexed citations

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Cooke, Graham, Sarah J. Campbell, Steve Bennett, et al.. (2008). Mapping of a Novel Susceptibility Locus Suggests a Role for MC3R and CTSZ in Human Tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(2). 203–207. 61 indexed citations

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Hennig, Branwen J., Andrew E. Fry, K Hirai, et al.. (2008). PTPRC (CD45) variation and disease association studied using single nucleotide polymorphism tagging. Tissue Antigens. 71(5). 458–463. 5 indexed citations

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Chapman, S. Jonathan, Chiea Chuen Khor, Fredrik Vannberg, et al.. (2007). IκB Genetic Polymorphisms and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 176(2). 181–187. 62 indexed citations

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Cooke, Graham, Sarah J. Campbell, Jackson Sillah, et al.. (2006). Polymorphism within the Interferon-γ/Receptor Complex is Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(3). 339–343. 98 indexed citations

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Gilbert, Sarah C., Vasee Moorthy, Laura Andrews, et al.. (2005). Synergistic DNA–MVA prime-boost vaccination regimes for malaria and tuberculosis. Vaccine. 24(21). 4554–4561. 88 indexed citations

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Aucan, Christophe, Andrew J. Walley, Branwen J. Hennig, et al.. (2003). Interferon-alpha receptor-1 (IFNAR1) variants are associated with protection against cerebral malaria in The Gambia. Genes and Immunity. 4(4). 275–282. 70 indexed citations

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Lalvani, Ajit, Ansar A. Pathan, Helen McShane, et al.. (2001). Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Enumeration of Antigen-specific T Cells. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(4). 824–828. 346 indexed citations

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Higgs, Douglas R., Helena Ayyub, J. B. Clegg, et al.. (1985). Alpha thalassaemia in British people.. BMJ. 290(6478). 1303–1306. 31 indexed citations

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