Robert Hill

30.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
95 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Hill is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Hill has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 16 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Hill's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (16 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers). Robert Hill is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (16 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (16 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (13 papers). Robert Hill collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert Hill's co-authors include A. Kogut, G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, M. Halpern, Edward J. Wollack, C. L. Bennett, E. L. Wright, Lyman A. Page, David N. Spergel and J. L. Weiland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Hill

89 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

FIVE-YEARWILKINSON... 1951 2026 1976 2001 2009 2009 2003 1951 1979 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. FIVE-YEARWILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBEOBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
    2009 3.5k citations Eiichiro Komatsu, J. Dunkley et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  2. FIVE-YEARWILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBEOBSERVATIONS: LIKELIHOODS AND PARAMETERS FROM THEWMAPDATA
    2009 970 citations J. Dunkley, Eiichiro Komatsu et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  3. First‐YearWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP) Observations: Foreground Emission
    2003 620 citations C. L. Bennett, Robert Hill et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  4. CXXVIII. A theoretical derivation of the plastic properties of a polycrystalline face-centred metal
    1951 608 citations Robert Hill et al. The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science profile →
  5. Theoretical plasticity of textured aggregates
    1979 605 citations Robert Hill profile →
  6. First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: The Angular Power Spectrum
    2003 538 citations G. Hinshaw, David N. Spergel et al. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series profile →
  7. Constitutive modelling of orthotropic plasticity in sheet metals
    1990 424 citations Robert Hill Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids profile →
  8. A theoretical study of the Brinell hardness test
    1989 335 citations Robert Hill, Bertil Storåkers et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Hill United States 35 6.2k 3.9k 2.3k 2.1k 1.4k 95 11.1k
C. J. Evans United States 60 8.1k 1.3× 302 0.1× 682 0.3× 3.8k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 328 14.7k
John Wilson United States 44 1.6k 0.3× 888 0.2× 755 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 483 8.2k
Manuel Guizar‐Sicairos Switzerland 50 485 0.1× 805 0.2× 248 0.1× 299 0.1× 950 0.7× 178 8.9k
Alexander M. Rubenchik United States 46 291 0.0× 814 0.2× 3.0k 1.3× 7.0k 3.4× 1.4k 1.0× 214 15.2k
M. Kœnig France 46 532 0.1× 2.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 83 0.0× 591 0.4× 301 12.4k
Oliver Bunk Switzerland 60 533 0.1× 1.9k 0.5× 248 0.1× 327 0.2× 2.1k 1.5× 207 14.5k
James R. Fienup United States 42 493 0.1× 747 0.2× 154 0.1× 204 0.1× 399 0.3× 243 13.2k
Klaus Mecke Germany 45 269 0.0× 206 0.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 2.5k 1.8× 137 7.1k
Christian Dávid Switzerland 61 355 0.1× 2.1k 0.5× 410 0.2× 454 0.2× 1.3k 0.9× 344 15.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Hill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Richard S., Marta Florio, Shyam K. Akula, et al.. (2021). Early role for a Na + ,K + -ATPase ( ATP1A3 ) in brain development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 28 indexed citations
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Yu, Fuli, Alon Keinan, Hua Chen, et al.. (2009). Detecting natural selection by empirical comparison to random regions of the genome. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(24). 4853–4867. 23 indexed citations
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Mochida, Ganeshwaran H., Muhammad Mahajnah, Anthony D. Hill, et al.. (2009). A Truncating Mutation of TRAPPC9 Is Associated with Autosomal-Recessive Intellectual Disability and Postnatal Microcephaly. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 85(6). 897–902. 107 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Eiichiro, J. Dunkley, Michael R. Nolta, et al.. (2009). FIVE-YEARWILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBEOBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 180(2). 330–376. 3530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Manzini, M. Chiara, Danielle Gleason, Bernard S. Chang, et al.. (2008). Ethnically diverse causes of Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS):FCMDmutations are a more common cause of WWS outside of the Middle East. Human Mutation. 29(11). E231–E241. 49 indexed citations
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Hill, Anthony D., Bernard S. Chang, Robert Hill, et al.. (2007). A 2‐Mb critical region implicated in the microcephaly associated with terminal 1q deletion syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(15). 1692–1698. 52 indexed citations
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Tsao, Jack W., Jason Neal, Kira Apse, et al.. (2006). Cerebellar Ataxia With Progressive Improvement. Archives of Neurology. 63(4). 594–594. 5 indexed citations
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Bayoumi, Riad, et al.. (2006). The genetic basis of inherited primary nocturnal enuresis: a UAE study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 61(3). 317–320. 21 indexed citations
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Sheen, Volney, Russell J. Ferland, Robert Hill, et al.. (2006). Impaired proliferation and migration in human Miller‐Dieker neural precursors. Annals of Neurology. 60(1). 137–144. 27 indexed citations
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Masruha, Marcelo Rodrigues, Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira Caboclo, Henrique Carrete, et al.. (2006). Mutation in Filamin A Causes Periventricular Heterotopia, Developmental Regression, and West Syndrome in Males. Epilepsia. 47(1). 211–214. 18 indexed citations
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Tietjen, Ian, Füsun Ferda Erdoğan, Sophie Currier, et al.. (2005). EMX2‐independent familial schizencephaly: Clinical and genetic analyses. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 135A(2). 166–170. 11 indexed citations
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Hill, Robert & Christopher A. Walsh. (2005). Molecular insights into human brain evolution. Nature. 437(7055). 64–67. 150 indexed citations
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Sheen, Volney, Vijay Ganesh, Meral Topçu, et al.. (2003). Mutations in ARFGEF2 implicate vesicle trafficking in neural progenitor proliferation and migration in the human cerebral cortex. Nature Genetics. 36(1). 69–76. 273 indexed citations
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Hill, Robert, Laura K. Allen, & Ann Bucklin. (2001). Multiplexed species-specific PCR protocol to discriminate four N. Atlantic Calanus species, with an mtCOI gene tree for ten Calanus species. Marine Biology. 139(2). 279–287. 70 indexed citations
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Kelson, Daniel D., G. D. Illingworth, J. A. Graham, et al.. (1996). The Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. III. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to M101 Using the Hubble Space Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 463. 26–26. 71 indexed citations
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Hill, Robert, Bertil Storåkers, & Adam Zdunek. (1989). A theoretical study of the Brinell hardness test. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 423(1865). 301–330. 335 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nagy, Tamás, et al.. (1980). On-Line Computer Access to the Bibliographical Star Index. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 12. 459.
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Hill, Robert. (1970). Constitutive inequalities for isotropic elastic solids under finite strain. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 314(1519). 457–472. 180 indexed citations
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Hill, Robert. (1964). Theory of mechanical properties of fibre-strengthened materials: II. Inelastic behaviour. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 12(4). 213–218. 101 indexed citations
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Hill, Robert. (1952). XXX. A note on estimating yield-point loads in a plastic-rigid body. The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 43(338). 353–355. 14 indexed citations

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