Jill G. Pilkington

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

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Jill G. Pilkington is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Jill G. Pilkington has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Genetics, 55 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Jill G. Pilkington's work include Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (57 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers) and Helminth infection and control (28 papers). Jill G. Pilkington is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (57 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers) and Helminth infection and control (28 papers). Jill G. Pilkington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Jill G. Pilkington's co-authors include Josephine M. Pemberton, David W. Coltman, Judith A. Smith, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Daniel H. Nussey, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Camillo Bérénos, Kathryn Watt, Tim Coulson and Adam D. Hayward and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jill G. Pilkington

110 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

PARASITE-MEDIATED SELECTION AGAINST INBRED SOAY SHEEP IN A FREE-LIVING ISLAND POPULATON

1999 646 citations Jill G. Pilkington, Josephine M. Pemberton et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jill G. Pilkington United Kingdom	42	2.6k	2.6k	1.9k	768	471	113	5.9k
Daniel H. Nussey United Kingdom	41	3.7k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	3.8k 2.0×	566 0.7×	748 1.6×	97	7.8k
Fanie Pelletier Canada	43	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	668 0.9×	942 2.0×	180	5.6k
DeeAnn M. Reeder United States	29	3.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	3.9k 2.1×	348 0.5×	407 0.9×	63	7.4k
Stuart B. Piertney United Kingdom	42	3.0k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	174 0.2×	623 1.3×	132	6.1k
Marco Apollonio Italy	42	4.8k 1.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	765 1.6×	220	6.1k
John L. Fitzpatrick United Kingdom	44	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	842 1.1×	924 2.0×	163	6.0k
Rolf Langvatn Norway	45	5.0k 1.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	948 1.2×	1.1k 2.3×	82	6.2k
Robert L. Lochmiller United States	28	2.3k 0.9×	676 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	453 0.6×	471 1.0×	168	4.7k
Albrecht I. Schulte‐Hostedde Canada	32	1.8k 0.7×	828 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	271 0.4×	625 1.3×	102	3.6k
Alison M. Dunn United Kingdom	45	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	361 0.5×	993 2.1×	198	7.4k

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Albery, Gregory F., Amy R. Sweeny, Yolanda Corripio‐Miyar, et al.. (2025). Local and global density have distinct and parasite-dependent effects on infection in wild sheep. Parasitology. 152(7). 715–723.

Pemberton, Josephine M., et al.. (2025). Sex-specific effects of early-life adversity on adult fitness in a wild mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2043). 20250192–20250192.

Pakeman, Robin J., et al.. (2023). Age‐specific impacts of vegetation functional traits on gastrointestinal nematode parasite burdens in a large herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(9). 1869–1880. 2 indexed citations

Pilkington, Jill G., et al.. (2023). Correlates of early reproduction and apparent fitness consequences in male Soay sheep. Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). e10058–e10058. 1 indexed citations

Regan, Charlotte E., Josephine M. Pemberton, Jill G. Pilkington, & Per T. Smiseth. (2022). Having a better home range does not reduce the cost of reproduction in Soay sheep. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(10). 1352–1362. 3 indexed citations

Ashraf, Bilal, Camillo Bérénos, P. Ellis, et al.. (2022). Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1974). 20220330–20220330. 10 indexed citations

Ashraf, Bilal, Camillo Bérénos, P. Ellis, et al.. (2021). Genomic prediction in the wild: A case study in Soay sheep. Molecular Ecology. 31(24). 6541–6555. 14 indexed citations

Sparks, Alexandra M., Susan E. Johnston, Ian Handel, et al.. (2021). Vitamin D status is heritable and under environment‐dependent selection in the wild. Molecular Ecology. 31(18). 4607–4621. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Wei, Keith T. Ballingall, Susan E. Johnston, et al.. (2021). Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free‐living sheep population. Molecular Ecology. 31(3). 902–915. 1 indexed citations

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Crawley, Michael J., Robin J. Pakeman, S. D. Albon, et al.. (2021). The dynamics of vegetation grazed by a food‐limited population of Soay sheep on St Kilda. Journal of Ecology. 109(12). 3988–4006. 9 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, Jill G. Pilkington, & Josephine M. Pemberton. (2021). Patterns of MHC‐dependent sexual selection in a free‐living population of sheep. Molecular Ecology. 30(24). 6733–6742. 4 indexed citations

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Sargison, Neil, et al.. (2018). Molecular confirmation of Hymenolepis hibernia in field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from St Kilda has potential to resolve a host-parasite relationship. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 7(3). 364–368. 4 indexed citations

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Bérénos, Camillo, P. Ellis, Jill G. Pilkington, & Josephine M. Pemberton. (2014). Estimating quantitative genetic parameters in wild populations: a comparison of pedigree and genomic approaches. Molecular Ecology. 23(14). 3434–3451. 144 indexed citations

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Graham, Andrea L., Adam D. Hayward, Kathryn Watt, et al.. (2010). Fitness Correlates of Heritable Variation in Antibody Responsiveness in a Wild Mammal. Science. 330(6004). 662–665. 168 indexed citations

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Robinson, Matthew R., Alastair J. Wilson, Jill G. Pilkington, et al.. (2009). The Impact of Environmental Heterogeneity on Genetic Architecture in a Wild Population of Soay Sheep. Genetics. 181(4). 1639–1648. 49 indexed citations

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Wilson, Alastair J., Daniel H. Nussey, Josephine M. Pemberton, et al.. (2007). Evidence for a Genetic Basis of Aging in Two Wild Vertebrate Populations. Current Biology. 17(24). 2136–2142. 71 indexed citations

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Craig, Barbara, Jill G. Pilkington, & Josephine M. Pemberton. (2006). Gastrointestinal nematode species burdens and host mortality in a feral sheep. Parasitology. 2 indexed citations

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Irvine, R. Justin, et al.. (2006). Low-level parasitic worm burdens may reduce body condition in free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus). Parasitology. 133(4). 465–475. 69 indexed citations

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Smith, Joanne, Kenneth Wilson, Jill G. Pilkington, & Josephine M. Pemberton. (1999). Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 19(10). 1245–52. 2 indexed citations

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Thompson, Aaron, et al.. (1985). Chapter V Functions and Statutes of the Union. Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. 19(2). 355–379. 1 indexed citations

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