Aubrey R. Hill

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 901 citations indexed

About

Aubrey R. Hill is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Aubrey R. Hill has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 901 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Aubrey R. Hill's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (4 papers). Aubrey R. Hill is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (4 papers). Aubrey R. Hill collaborates with scholars based in United States. Aubrey R. Hill's co-authors include Leslie E. Orgel, Rihe Liu, James P. Ferris, Taifeng Wu, L. Dee Nord, Shiv Kumar, Nelson J. Leonard and Nelson J. Leonard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Bioconjugate Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Aubrey R. Hill

12 papers receiving 875 citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces
    1996 625 citations James P. Ferris, Aubrey R. Hill et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aubrey R. Hill United States 9 677 615 152 111 95 12 901
Rihe Liu United States 7 588 0.9× 563 0.9× 143 0.9× 94 0.8× 81 0.9× 7 846
Anastassia Kanavarioti United States 15 560 0.8× 736 1.2× 124 0.8× 63 0.6× 121 1.3× 44 1000
Colm D. Duffy United Kingdom 9 667 1.0× 540 0.9× 270 1.8× 78 0.7× 56 0.6× 10 955
Béatrice Gerland France 7 809 1.2× 739 1.2× 229 1.5× 119 1.1× 100 1.1× 13 1.1k
G. von Kiedrowski Germany 8 416 0.6× 586 1.0× 124 0.8× 48 0.4× 129 1.4× 14 786
Irena Mamajanov United States 18 647 1.0× 616 1.0× 189 1.2× 158 1.4× 55 0.6× 28 1.2k
Fabiana Ciciriello Italy 17 615 0.9× 504 0.8× 138 0.9× 94 0.8× 75 0.8× 36 976
Alonso Ricardo United States 14 457 0.7× 611 1.0× 87 0.6× 82 0.7× 56 0.6× 24 985
Jay G. Forsythe United States 10 376 0.6× 429 0.7× 120 0.8× 85 0.8× 34 0.4× 21 735
A. Ricardo United States 3 409 0.6× 391 0.6× 120 0.8× 83 0.7× 29 0.3× 3 641

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aubrey R. Hill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aubrey R. Hill

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Hill, Aubrey R. & Leslie E. Orgel. (2002). Synthesis of Adenine from HCN Tetramer and Ammonium Formate. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 32(2). 99–102. 27 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R. & Leslie E. Orgel. (2002). Trimetaphosphate‐Induced Addition of Aspartic Acid to Oligo(glutamic acid)s. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 85(12). 4244–4254. 12 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R. & Leslie E. Orgel. (1999). Oligomerization of L-γ-carboxyglutamic Acid. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 29(2). 115–122. 6 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R., et al.. (1998). Polymerization on the Rocks: Negatively-Charged α-amino acids. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 28(3). 235–243. 71 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R. & Leslie E. Orgel. (1996). Oligomerization of negatively-charged amino acids by carbonyldiimidazole. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 26(6). 539–545. 22 indexed citations
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Ferris, James P., Aubrey R. Hill, Rihe Liu, & Leslie E. Orgel. (1996). Synthesis of long prebiotic oligomers on mineral surfaces. Nature. 381(6577). 59–61. 625 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hill, Aubrey R., et al.. (1996). Catalysis of the oligomerization of O-phospho-serine, aspartic acid, or glutamic acid by cationic micelles. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 26(1). 1–5. 24 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R., Leslie E. Orgel, & Taifeng Wu. (1993). The limits of template-directed synthesis with nucleoside-5′-phosphoro(2-methyl)imidazolides. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 23(5-6). 285–290. 73 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R., et al.. (1991). Which 3-ribofuranosyl-substituted purine 5′-phosphates undergo template-directed oligomerization?. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 32(6). 447–453. 4 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R. & Leslie E. Orgel. (1991). Photooxidation of oligodeoxynucleotides by uranyl ions. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2(6). 431–434. 4 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R., et al.. (1988). Cyclization of nucleotide analogues as an obstacle to polymerization. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 28(1-2). 170–171. 20 indexed citations
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Hill, Aubrey R., Shiv Kumar, Nelson J. Leonard, & Leslie E. Orgel. (1988). Template-directed oligomerization of 3-isoadenosine 5′-phosphate. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 27(2). 91–95. 13 indexed citations

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