Ryan Hili

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ryan Hili is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Hili has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ryan Hili's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers). Ryan Hili is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (13 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers). Ryan Hili collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Ryan Hili's co-authors include Andrei K. Yudin, Vishal Rai, Jia Niu, David R. Liu, Dehui Kong, Wayland Yeung, Mais J. Jebrail, Alphonsus H. C. Ng, Aaron R. Wheeler and Christopher Watkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Hili

34 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Making carbon-nitrogen bonds in biological and chemical s... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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. Making carbon-nitrogen bonds in biological and chemical synthesis
    2006 733 citations Ryan Hili, Andrei K. Yudin Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan Hili Canada 18 1.3k 939 192 146 86 36 1.9k
Prasad Appukkuttan Belgium 17 1.6k 1.2× 482 0.5× 148 0.8× 71 0.5× 58 0.7× 28 1.7k
Benjamin R. Taft United States 15 1.3k 1.0× 374 0.4× 273 1.4× 128 0.9× 72 0.8× 23 1.4k
Sandeep K. Singh United States 19 1.1k 0.9× 599 0.6× 78 0.4× 49 0.3× 31 0.4× 51 1.4k
Livia Knörr Switzerland 10 1.0k 0.8× 499 0.5× 447 2.3× 99 0.7× 86 1.0× 10 1.4k
Yvonne M. Wilson Switzerland 9 563 0.4× 519 0.6× 238 1.2× 98 0.7× 92 1.1× 11 892
Fabian Schwizer Switzerland 9 545 0.4× 552 0.6× 252 1.3× 97 0.7× 99 1.2× 9 1.0k
Marc Dürrenberger Switzerland 9 552 0.4× 533 0.6× 261 1.4× 104 0.7× 94 1.1× 9 903
Carl A. Denard United States 10 365 0.3× 575 0.6× 173 0.9× 214 1.5× 41 0.5× 16 866
Monika Raj United States 11 876 0.7× 414 0.4× 234 1.2× 68 0.5× 15 0.2× 30 1.1k
Larry R. Krepski United States 16 897 0.7× 296 0.3× 143 0.7× 113 0.8× 57 0.7× 33 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Hili

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Hili

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chaudhry, Abdul Shakoor, et al.. (2025). Ligase-catalyzed transcription and reverse-transcription of XNA-containing nucleic acid polymers using T3 DNA ligase. Chemical Science. 16(22). 9749–9755.
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Zhang, Han, Francisco Campos‐Laborie, Natalie Webster, et al.. (2024). THUMPD3 regulates alternative splicing of ECM transcripts in human lung cancer cells and promotes proliferation and migration. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314655–e0314655.
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Marcaurelle, Lisa A., et al.. (2023). Photoredox-catalysed hydroaminoalkylation of on-DNA N -arylamines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(7). 1463–1467. 7 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2022). PhOxi-Seq: Single-Nucleotide Resolution Sequencing of N 2 -Methylation at Guanosine in RNA by Photoredox Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(13). 5723–5727. 4 indexed citations
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Krylova, Svetlana M., Ryan Hili, Philip E. Johnson, et al.. (2021). How to Develop and Prove High-Efficiency Selection of Ligands from Oligonucleotide Libraries: A Universal Framework for Aptamers and DNA-Encoded Small-Molecule Ligands. Analytical Chemistry. 93(13). 5343–5354. 14 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2020). Single-nucleotide resolution of N6-adenine methylation sites in DNA and RNA by nitrite sequencing. Chemical Science. 12(2). 606–612. 37 indexed citations
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Kong, Dehui, et al.. (2019). Evolutionary Outcomes of Diversely Functionalized Aptamers Isolated from in Vitro Evolution. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(1). 43–52. 6 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2018). Influence of Linker Length on Ligase‐Catalyzed Oligonucleotide Polymerization. ChemBioChem. 20(6). 793–799. 4 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2018). Efficiency and fidelity of T3 DNA ligase in ligase-catalysed oligonucleotide polymerisations. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(7). 1962–1965. 10 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2018). Expanding the Chemical Diversity of DNA. Synlett. 29(11). 1405–1414. 2 indexed citations
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Kochmann, Sven, et al.. (2018). Predicting efficiency of NECEEM‐based partitioning of protein binders from nonbinders in DNA‐encoded libraries. Electrophoresis. 39(23). 2991–2996. 15 indexed citations
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Kong, Dehui, Wayland Yeung, & Ryan Hili. (2017). In Vitro Selection of Diversely Functionalized Aptamers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(40). 13977–13980. 66 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2017). Structure–activity relationships of the ATP cofactor in ligase-catalysed oligonucleotide polymerisations. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(11). 2349–2352. 8 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2017). A platform for high-throughput screening of DNA-encoded catalyst libraries in organic solvents. Chemical Science. 8(10). 7072–7076. 30 indexed citations
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Kong, Dehui, et al.. (2016). Enzymatic Synthesis of Sequence‐Defined Synthetic Nucleic Acid Polymers with Diverse Functional Groups. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(42). 13164–13168. 25 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan, et al.. (2016). Fidelity of the DNA Ligase-Catalyzed Scaffolding of Peptide Fragments on Nucleic Acid Polymers. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 28(2). 314–318. 9 indexed citations
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Kong, Dehui, et al.. (2016). Enzymatic Synthesis of Sequence‐Defined Synthetic Nucleic Acid Polymers with Diverse Functional Groups. Angewandte Chemie. 128(42). 13358–13362. 8 indexed citations
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Niu, Jia, Ryan Hili, & David R. Liu. (2013). Enzyme-free translation of DNA into sequence-defined synthetic polymers structurally unrelated to nucleic acids. Nature Chemistry. 5(4). 282–292. 175 indexed citations
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Jebrail, Mais J., Alphonsus H. C. Ng, Vishal Rai, et al.. (2010). Synchronized Synthesis of Peptide‐Based Macrocycles by Digital Microfluidics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(46). 8625–8629. 83 indexed citations
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Hili, Ryan & Andrei K. Yudin. (2006). Making carbon-nitrogen bonds in biological and chemical synthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 2(6). 284–287. 733 indexed citations breakdown →

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