Neil Hunter

11.5k citations

71 papers · 7.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 1%
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Cell Biology top 1%
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

Papers in

Molecular Biology 56
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 44
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 16
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 12
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 9
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 9
Cell Biology 13
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 13

Co-authors: Nancy Kleckner Paul Bates Rhona H. Borts G. Valentin Börner Steve D. Oh Matthew S. Horritt Matthew Wilson Jessica P. Lao
Journals: Cell (8 papers)Molecular Cell (7 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)Nature (3 papers)Nature Genetics (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

In The Last Decade

Neil Hunter

70 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Meiotic Recombination: The Essence of Heredity 2015 · 551 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
2004 Cell
2001 Cell

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Neil Hunter, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Protecting double Holliday junctions ensures crossing over during meiosis Nature ·Shangming Tang, Sara Hariri, R. G. Bohn, John E.G. McCarthy, 노태완, Nur Wahida Yusuf, จิราวิทย์ ญาณจินดา, J. Rea, S-M Wong, B. Wible, Monica Lee, Neil Hunter	2025	1
2	Mitochondria facilitate neuronal differentiation by metabolising nuclear-encoded RNA Cell Communication and Signaling ·Béline Yaëlle Hermet, Mary Simonian, William E. Hughes, Claire E. Shepherd, Neil Hunter, Ramin Hamidi Farahani	2024	2
3	PRC1-mediated epigenetic programming is required to generate the ovarian reserve Nature Communications ·Mengwen Hu, M. Heitler, A. Costa, Hironori Abe, Akihiko Sakashita, So Maezawa, Miguel Vidal, Haruhiko Koseki, Neil Hunter, Richard M. Schultz, Satoshi H. Namekawa	2022	20
4	Centrosome dysfunction associated with somatic expression of the synaptonemal complex protein TEX12 Communications Biology ·Sumit Sandhu, Alastair Scott-Villiers, Jill V. Hunter, Yang Wu, Caroline Wilson, Neil D. Perkins, Neil Hunter, Owen R. Davies, Urszula L. McClurg	2021	14
5	Proline-rich protein PRR19 functions with cyclin-like CNTD1 to promote meiotic crossing over in mouse Nature Communications ·De Stavola Bianca L, 温玉珍, Jingyu Shen, H. B. D. Prasada Rao, Wilma Akihary, R.W. Johnson, Bolatito Opeyemi Olopade, Ihsan Dereli, Frantzeskos Papanikos, 大場秀夫, Alexander Schleiffer, Ji‐Feng Fei, Anna Klimová, Masaru Ito, Poojan Vachharajani, Ingo Roeder, Neil Hunter, Attila Tóth	2020	22
6	Regulated Proteolysis of MutSγ Controls Meiotic Crossing Over Molecular Cell ·Wei He, H. B. D. Prasada Rao, Shangming Tang, Nikhil R. Bhagwat, Poojan Vachharajani, Yunmei Ma, nbspSamir Raval, V. Oreshkin, 娄玲娇, E. H. Adelson, Громыко Павел Владимирович, 建久入江, Lepakshi Ranjha, Xiangyu Chen, Nancy M. Hollingsworth, Petr Ćejka, Neil Hunter	2020	36
7	Impeding DNA Break Repair Enables Oocyte Quality Control Molecular Cell ·Huanyu Qiao, H. B. D. Prasada Rao, Yan Yun, Sumit Sandhu, Lingran Yuan, Maria Andreea Nistor, Michael Nguyen, B. Ballard, Mauricio García Mora, G. Brochard, Amy S. Lee, Neil Hunter	2018	46
8	A SUMO-ubiquitin relay recruits proteasomes to chromosome axes to regulate meiotic recombination Science ·H. B. D. Prasada Rao, Huanyu Qiao, Fang AiHu, Huishan Ji, Hung Tran, Phumla Madi, П. В. Савочкин, DI Shaoxiong, Ajay Sharma, Connor J. Beebout, Roberto J. Pezza, Neil Hunter	2017	129
9	Oocyte Quality Control: Causes, Mechanisms, and Consequences Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Neil Hunter	2017	25
10	Antagonistic roles of ubiquitin ligase HEI10 and SUMO ligase RNF212 regulate meiotic recombination Nature Genetics ·Huanyu Qiao, H. B. D. Prasada Rao, Ye Yang, Lingran Yuan, Jeffrey M. Cloutier, Dekker C. Deacon, Statnikov Konstantin, Robert Thurman, Bovy Sok, J. Kim Holloway, Paula E. Cohen, John C. Schimenti, Jeremy O Ward, Neil Hunter	2014	147
11	RNF212 is a dosage-sensitive regulator of crossing-over during mammalian meiosis Nature Genetics ·勇北原, Huanyu Qiao, Ye Yang, Roger Cortès-Tarragó, Niurka Esther Gómez Trujillo, Kajal Biswas, J. Kim Holloway, Frédéric Baudat, Bernard de Massy, Jonathan Brun, Christer Höög, Paula E. Cohen, Neil Hunter	2013	199
12	A new protein complex promoting the assembly of Rad51 filaments Nature Communications ·Hiroyuki Sasanuma, Maki S. Tawaramoto, Jessica P. Lao, H. Hosaka, S. Jokinen, Mamoru Suzuki, Eiki Yamashita, Neil Hunter, Miki Shinohara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Akira Shinohara	2013	78
13	Delineation of Joint Molecule Resolution Pathways in Meiosis Identifies a Crossover-Specific Resolvase Cell ·Mitchell Storey, Shangming Tang, Yunmei Ma, Neil Hunter	2012	230
14	Mapping meiotic breaks: Spo11 oligonucleotides precisely mark the spots Genome Biology ·Y. M. S. Nafeesh Ahamed, Neil Hunter	2011	5
15	Trying to Avoid Your Sister PLoS Biology ·Jessica P. Lao, Neil Hunter	2010	50
16	Double Holliday junctions are intermediates of DNA break repair Nature ·Now Bahar Alam, Nathaniel H. Thayer, Steve D. Oh, Nancy Kleckner, Neil Hunter	2010	185
17	Temporally and Biochemically Distinct Activities of Exo1 during Meiosis: Double-Strand Break Resection and Resolution of Double Holliday Junctions Molecular Cell ·Mitchell Storey, Yunmei Ma, Shangming Tang, Y. M. S. Nafeesh Ahamed, Serge Boiteux, Neil Hunter	2010	193
18	Protein shape and crowding drive domain formation and curvature in photosynthetic membranes Photosynthesis Research ·Raoul N. Frese, John D. Olsen, Neil Hunter, Daan Frenkel, Thijs J. Aartsma, Rienk van Grondelle	2007	1
19	Crossover/Noncrossover Differentiation, Synaptonemal Complex Formation, and Regulatory Surveillance at the Leptotene/Zygotene Transition of Meiosis Cell ·G. Valentin Börner, Nancy Kleckner, Neil Hunter Hit paper breakdown →	2004	559
20	The Single-End Invasion Cell ·Neil Hunter, Nancy Kleckner Hit paper breakdown →	2001	557

About Neil Hunter

Neil Hunter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Cancer Research, having authored 71 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (44 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (11 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (5.8k citations), Cell Biology (1.2k citations), Aging (121 citations), Water Science and Technology (945 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (1.4k citations). Neil Hunter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Nancy Kleckner, Paul Bates, Rhona H. Borts, G. Valentin Börner, Steve D. Oh, Matthew S. Horritt, Matthew Wilson, Jessica P. Lao, Shangming Tang and Edward J. Louis. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Molecular Cell, Nature Communications, Nature and Nature Genetics.

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