Robin Holliday

9.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
116 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Robin Holliday is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Holliday has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Aging and 27 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Robin Holliday's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (30 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (20 papers). Robin Holliday is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (30 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (20 papers). Robin Holliday collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Tanzania and United Kingdom. Robin Holliday's co-authors include Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, Vincent Murray, Thu Ho, Adam S. Wilkins, William K. Holloman, Stephen Fulder, Jan Schirawski, Peter D. Moore, Suresh I. S. Rattan and Michael A. Resnick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robin Holliday

112 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Inheritance of Epigenetic Defects 1979 2026 1994 2010 1987 1979 2006 250 500 750
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. The Inheritance of Epigenetic Defects
    1987 803 citations Robin Holliday profile →
  2. The evolution of ageing and longevity
    1979 606 citations Robin Holliday et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
  3. Epigenetics: A Historical Overview
    2006 451 citations Robin Holliday profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robin Holliday Australia 36 3.8k 1.2k 993 956 800 116 5.9k
Matthias Platzer Germany 54 5.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 769 0.8× 859 1.1× 203 9.6k
R. Holliday Tanzania 34 3.6k 0.9× 957 0.8× 646 0.7× 437 0.5× 1.2k 1.5× 85 5.0k
Howard T. Jacobs Finland 49 9.5k 2.5× 795 0.7× 366 0.4× 890 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 200 12.2k
John Tower United States 46 3.7k 1.0× 772 0.7× 521 0.5× 2.1k 2.2× 788 1.0× 105 6.4k
David L. Baillie Canada 48 5.3k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 986 1.0× 2.9k 3.1× 423 0.5× 148 8.1k
William G. Kelly United States 38 4.6k 1.2× 952 0.8× 886 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 236 0.3× 84 6.2k
Ben Lehner Spain 53 7.1k 1.8× 2.3k 2.0× 655 0.7× 913 1.0× 317 0.4× 119 9.1k
Andrei Seluanov United States 57 6.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 2.0k 2.5× 130 10.7k
Tim Schedl United States 48 4.3k 1.1× 734 0.6× 585 0.6× 4.0k 4.2× 470 0.6× 95 7.4k
Adam Antebi Germany 44 3.4k 0.9× 581 0.5× 543 0.5× 4.0k 4.2× 1.3k 1.6× 106 7.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Holliday

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holloman, William K., Jan Schirawski, & Robin Holliday. (2008). The homologous recombination system of Ustilago maydis. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 45. S31–S39. 43 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2007). Epigenetics: a historical overview. ˜The œbiomedical & life sciences collection.. 2007(10). e1001018–e1001018. 13 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2006). Aging is No Longer an Unsolved Problem in Biology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1067(1). 1–9. 98 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2004). Debates: The Close Relationship Between Biological Aging and Age-Associated Pathologies in Humans. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 59(6). B543–B546. 20 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2004). Francis Crick (1916–2004). Cell. 119(1). 1–2. 7 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2003). Creationism and the wheel. BioEssays. 25(6). 620–621. 1 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2001). 5 Senescence of Dividing Somatic Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 40. 95–109. 4 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (2000). Somatic mutations and ageing. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research. 463(3). 173–178. 19 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1999). Ageing in the 21st century. The Lancet. 354. SIV4–SIV4. 24 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1998). The possibility of epigenetic transmission of defects induced by teratogens. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 422(2). 203–205. 24 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1996). DNA Methylation in Eukaryotes: 20 Years On. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 32. 5–27. 28 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1993). Epigenetic inheritance based on DNA methylation. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 64. 452–468. 32 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1991). A re-examination of the effects of ionizing radiation on lifespan and transformation of human diploid fibroblasts. Mutation Research/DNAging. 256(2-6). 295–302. 12 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin & Thu Ho. (1991). Gene silencing in mammalian cells by uptake of 5-methyl deoxycytidine-5?-triphosphate. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 17(6). 537–542. 37 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1988). Toward a Biological Understanding of the Ageing Process. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 32(1). 109–123. 31 indexed citations
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Huschtscha, L. I., et al.. (1986). The susceptibility of Werner’s syndrome and other human skin fibroblasts to SV40-induced transformation and immortalization. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 229(1254). 1–12. 24 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1975). Further evidence for an inducible recombination repair system in Ustilago maydis. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 29(1). 149–153. 37 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1973). The Origins of Life — Molecules and Natural Selection. Biochemical Education. 1(4). 85–85. 12 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1967). Altered recombination frequencies in radiation sensitive strains of Ustilago. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 4(3). 275–288. 116 indexed citations
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Holliday, Robin. (1965). Radiation sensitive mutants of Ustilago maydis. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 2(6). 557–559. 78 indexed citations

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