Stephen Hillier

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen Hillier is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Geophysics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Hillier has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Biomaterials, 25 papers in Geophysics and 24 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen Hillier's work include Clay minerals and soil interactions (56 papers), Heavy metals in environment (22 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers). Stephen Hillier is often cited by papers focused on Clay minerals and soil interactions (56 papers), Heavy metals in environment (22 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers). Stephen Hillier collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Stephen Hillier's co-authors include Geoffrey Michael Gadd, B. Velde, Marina Fomina, Ingrid Öborn, David G. Lumsdon, John G. Farmer, Magnus Simonsson, John Charnock, Peter C. Ryan and Ian J. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Hillier

162 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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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.

X-ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Hillier United Kingdom	50	1.8k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	164	8.2k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom	63	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	850 0.7×	2.9k 2.7×	257	13.3k
David A.C. Manning United Kingdom	50	1.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	2.2k 1.8×	429 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	171	13.1k
Hailiang Dong China	70	2.0k 1.1×	955 0.7×	2.3k 1.9×	588 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	402	17.4k
Dennis D. Eberl United States	53	2.9k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	495 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	108	7.5k
Martin Dietzel Austria	50	1.5k 0.8×	786 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	736 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	231	7.1k
F. G. Ferris Canada	55	1.3k 0.7×	583 0.4×	2.4k 2.0×	405 0.3×	762 0.7×	117	9.3k
James I. Drever United States	39	956 0.5×	964 0.7×	3.6k 3.0×	701 0.6×	1.9k 1.8×	84	9.2k
Pieter T. Visscher United States	52	1.3k 0.7×	761 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	760 0.6×	2.3k 2.1×	147	10.7k
R. J. Gilkes Australia	54	2.9k 1.6×	741 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	479 0.4×	778 0.7×	990	11.9k
Oleg S. Pokrovsky France	67	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	3.9k 3.3×	488 0.4×	4.3k 3.9×	371	15.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Hillier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bevins, R. E., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Stephen Hillier, et al.. (2024). Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red sandstones and Neolithic circle monuments. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 58. 104738–104738. 2 indexed citations

Bevins, R. E., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Duncan Pirrie, et al.. (2023). Assessing the authenticity of a sample taken from the Altar Stone at Stonehenge in 1844 using portable XRF and automated SEM-EDS. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 49. 103973–103973. 5 indexed citations

Cubillas, Pablo, Zabeada Aslam, Peter J. Holliman, et al.. (2023). Morphological features of halloysite nanotubes as revealed by various microscopies. Clay Minerals. 58(4). 395–407. 16 indexed citations

Shand, Charles A., et al.. (2023). Ambient background and quality reference values for trace metals in soils from Algeria. Soil and Water Research. 18(1). 33–42. 2 indexed citations

Shotyk, William, Fiorella Barraza, Chad W. Cuss, et al.. (2023). Natural enrichment of Cd and Tl in the bark of trees from a rural watershed devoid of point sources of metal contamination. Environmental Research. 237(Pt 2). 116973–116973. 4 indexed citations

Keskinen, Riikka, et al.. (2022). Mineral composition and its relations to readily available element concentrations in cultivated soils of Finland. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science. 72(1). 751–760. 12 indexed citations

Mendes, Gilberto de Oliveira, et al.. (2020). Chemical and Physical Mechanisms of Fungal Bioweathering of Rock Phosphate. Geomicrobiology Journal. 38(5). 384–394. 19 indexed citations

Butler, Benjamin, Javier Palarea‐Albaladejo, Keith Shepherd, et al.. (2020). Mineral–nutrient relationships in African soils assessed using cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction patterns and compositional methods. Geoderma. 375. 114474–114474. 43 indexed citations

Butler, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Pre-treatment of soil X-ray powder diffraction data for cluster analysis. Geoderma. 337. 413–424. 14 indexed citations

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Simonsson, Magnus, et al.. (2016). Mineralogy and biogeochemistry of potassium in the Skogaby experimental forest, southwest Sweden: pools, fluxes and K/Rb ratios in soil and biomass. Biogeochemistry. 131(1-2). 77–102. 17 indexed citations

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Hillier, Stephen, Rik Brydson, Evelyne Delbos, et al.. (2016). Correlations among the mineralogical and physical properties of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). Clay Minerals. 51(3). 325–350. 56 indexed citations

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Brennan, Fiona, Bryan S. Griffiths, Stephen Hillier, et al.. (2013). Clay mineral type effect on bacterial enteropathogen survival in soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 468-469. 302–305. 48 indexed citations

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Zhan, Wei, Stephen Hillier, & Geoffrey Michael Gadd. (2012). Biotransformation of manganese oxides by fungi: solubilization and production of manganese oxalate biominerals. Environmental Microbiology. 14(7). 1744–1753. 52 indexed citations

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McKeown, N. K., J. L. Bishop, E. S. Amador, et al.. (2010). Spectral Mixtures of Clays and Their Impact on CRISM Mineral Identifications. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2510. 2 indexed citations

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Fomina, Marina, John Charnock, Stephen Hillier, et al.. (2008). Role of fungi in the biogeochemical fate of depleted uranium. Current Biology. 18(9). R375–R377. 67 indexed citations

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Khải, Nguyễn Mạnh, Ingrid Öborn, Stephen Hillier, & Jon Petter Gustafsson. (2007). Modeling of metal binding in tropical Fluvisols and Acrisols treated with biosolids and wastewater. Chemosphere. 70(8). 1338–1346. 26 indexed citations

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Hursthouse, Andrew, et al.. (2006). Sediment influence on congener-specific PCB bioaccumulation by Mytilus edulis: a case study from an intertidal hot spot, Clyde Estuary, UK. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 8(9). 887–887. 20 indexed citations

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Farmer, John G., E. Paterson, R. J. F. Bewley, et al.. (2005). The implications of integrated assessment and modelling studies for the future remediation of chromite ore processing residue disposal sites. The Science of The Total Environment. 360(1-3). 90–97. 38 indexed citations

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Camps, Marta, Anna Rigol, Stephen Hillier, M. Vidal, & G. Rauret. (2004). Quantitative assessment of the effects of agricultural practices designed to reduce 137Cs and 90Sr soil-plant transfer in meadows. The Science of The Total Environment. 332(1-3). 23–38. 21 indexed citations

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Camps, Marta, Stephen Hillier, M. Vidal, & G. Rauret. (2003). Laboratory experiments to predict changes in radiocaesium root uptake after flooding events. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 67(3). 247–259. 5 indexed citations

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