Richard Hilleary

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Richard Hilleary is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Hilleary has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Richard Hilleary's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Richard Hilleary is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (3 papers). Richard Hilleary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Richard Hilleary's co-authors include Simon Gilroy, Su‐Hwa Kim, Won‐Gyu Choi, Masatsugu Toyota, Sarah J. Swanson, Sheng Yang He, Jong Hum Kim, Michael Palmgren, Julio Paéz-Valencia and Chao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Richard Hilleary

8 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Salt stress-induced Ca 2+... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2022 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Salt stress-induced Ca 2+ waves are associated with rapid, long-distance root-to-shoot signaling in plants
    2014 499 citations Won‐Gyu Choi, Masatsugu Toyota et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate
    2022 141 citations Jong Hum Kim, Christian Danve M. Castroverde et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Hilleary United States 7 966 350 78 59 58 8 1.1k
Su‐Hwa Kim United States 9 850 0.9× 349 1.0× 68 0.9× 41 0.7× 69 1.2× 11 996
Shin Hamamoto Japan 16 841 0.9× 404 1.2× 32 0.4× 56 0.9× 85 1.5× 26 1.1k
Michael M. Wudick United States 19 1.2k 1.2× 736 2.1× 82 1.1× 77 1.3× 33 0.6× 29 1.4k
Ines Kreuzer Germany 16 865 0.9× 287 0.8× 157 2.0× 166 2.8× 40 0.7× 19 1.0k
Chi Tam Nguyen Switzerland 9 659 0.7× 164 0.5× 87 1.1× 59 1.0× 17 0.3× 12 743
M. Malone United Kingdom 20 972 1.0× 234 0.7× 90 1.2× 83 1.4× 137 2.4× 29 1.1k
Jens B. Hafke Germany 15 733 0.8× 211 0.6× 70 0.9× 96 1.6× 62 1.1× 17 793
Essam Darwish Egypt 11 679 0.7× 341 1.0× 24 0.3× 44 0.7× 18 0.3× 20 843
Matthias R. Zimmermann Germany 11 741 0.8× 154 0.4× 116 1.5× 118 2.0× 99 1.7× 17 820
Ruohe Yin China 15 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 2.9× 140 1.8× 94 1.6× 12 0.2× 26 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Hilleary

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Richard Hilleary's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Richard Hilleary with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Richard Hilleary more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Hilleary

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard Hilleary. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard Hilleary. The network helps show where Richard Hilleary may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Hilleary

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Hilleary. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Hilleary based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard Hilleary. Richard Hilleary is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
1.
Kim, Jong Hum, Christian Danve M. Castroverde, Shuai Huang, et al.. (2022). Increasing the resilience of plant immunity to a warming climate. Nature. 607(7918). 339–344. 141 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Hilleary, Richard. (2021). Battle of the bulge: the ARP2/3 complex form(in)s an actin phalanx to thwart fungal infection. The Plant Cell. 33(9). 2910–2911. 1 indexed citations
3.
Kim, Jong Hum, et al.. (2021). Crops of the future: building a climate-resilient plant immune system. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 60. 101997–101997. 44 indexed citations
4.
Hilleary, Richard, et al.. (2020). Tonoplast-localized Ca 2+ pumps regulate Ca 2+ signals during pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18849–18857. 72 indexed citations
5.
Hilleary, Richard, Won‐Gyu Choi, Su‐Hwa Kim, Sung Don Lim, & Simon Gilroy. (2018). Sense and sensibility: the use of fluorescent protein-based genetically encoded biosensors in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 46. 32–38. 29 indexed citations
6.
Hilleary, Richard & Simon Gilroy. (2018). Systemic signaling in response to wounding and pathogens. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 43. 57–62. 82 indexed citations
7.
Choi, Won‐Gyu, Richard Hilleary, Sarah J. Swanson, Su‐Hwa Kim, & Simon Gilroy. (2016). Rapid, Long-Distance Electrical and Calcium Signaling in Plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 67(1). 287–307. 224 indexed citations
8.
Choi, Won‐Gyu, Masatsugu Toyota, Su‐Hwa Kim, Richard Hilleary, & Simon Gilroy. (2014). Salt stress-induced Ca 2+ waves are associated with rapid, long-distance root-to-shoot signaling in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(17). 6497–6502. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Su‐Hwa Kim Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shin Hamamoto Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael M. Wudick Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ines Kreuzer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chi Tam Nguyen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by M. Malone Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jens B. Hafke Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Essam Darwish Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matthias R. Zimmermann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ruohe Yin
Rankless by CCL
2026