Thomas Hillen

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Hillen is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hillen has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hillen's work include Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (61 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Thomas Hillen is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (61 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Thomas Hillen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Thomas Hillen's co-authors include Kevin J. Painter, Hans G. Othmer, Zhi‐An Wang, Mark A. Lewis, Charles Wolfe, Anthony Rudd, Michael Winkler, Catherine Coshall, Rory McGovern and Kate Tilling and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hillen

104 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

A user’s guide to PDE models for chemotaxis 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750 1000
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. A user’s guide to PDE models for chemotaxis
    2008 1.1k citations Thomas Hillen, Kevin J. Painter Journal of Mathematical 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
Thomas Hillen Canada 34 3.7k 1.9k 1.3k 1.1k 755 108 5.2k
Jonathan A. Sherratt United Kingdom 48 2.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 406 0.5× 169 6.8k
Mark A. J. Chaplain United Kingdom 57 6.5k 1.8× 3.5k 1.8× 3.3k 2.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 221 10.4k
Hans G. Othmer United States 47 2.3k 0.6× 4.0k 2.1× 1.9k 1.5× 717 0.7× 524 0.7× 139 8.2k
Juncheng Wei Hong Kong 55 789 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 416 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 5.1k 6.8× 534 12.8k
Marek Kimmel United States 48 794 0.2× 3.0k 1.6× 393 0.3× 396 0.4× 247 0.3× 262 8.1k
Vitaly Volpert France 31 1.4k 0.4× 506 0.3× 119 0.1× 1.7k 1.6× 709 0.9× 305 5.2k
Eamonn A. Gaffney United Kingdom 38 429 0.1× 1.2k 0.6× 553 0.4× 889 0.8× 217 0.3× 182 5.2k
Luigi Preziosi Italy 40 2.0k 0.5× 831 0.4× 1.8k 1.4× 198 0.2× 596 0.8× 156 6.5k
Miguel A. Herrero Spain 30 1.2k 0.3× 780 0.4× 431 0.3× 263 0.2× 1.0k 1.4× 96 3.0k
Anna Marciniak‐Czochra Germany 29 716 0.2× 870 0.5× 340 0.3× 280 0.3× 275 0.4× 105 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Hillen

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas Hillen'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 Thomas Hillen with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas Hillen more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Hillen

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Hillen. 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 Thomas Hillen. The network helps show where Thomas Hillen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Hillen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Hillen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Hillen 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 Thomas Hillen. Thomas Hillen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Demongeot, Jacques, Thomas Hillen, Shigui Ruan, & Glenn F. Webb. (2025). The work of Pierre Magal on differential equations, functional analysis and mathematical biology. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 91(5). 59–59. 1 indexed citations
2.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Mean First Passage Times for Transport Equations. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 85(1). 78–108. 1 indexed citations
3.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Go-or-grow models in biology: a monster on a leash. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 91(5). 58–58.
4.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Oscillations in a Spatial Oncolytic Virus Model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 86(8). 93–93. 6 indexed citations
5.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Modelling microtube driven invasion of glioma. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 88(1). 4–4. 2 indexed citations
6.
Newby, Jay, et al.. (2021). Personalized Virus Load Curves for Acute Viral Infections. Viruses. 13(9). 1815–1815. 5 indexed citations
7.
Frei, Christoph, et al.. (2019). A stochastic model for cancer metastasis: branching stochastic process with settlement. Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMA. 37(2). 153–182. 6 indexed citations
8.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2017). A space-jump derivation for non-local models of cell–cell adhesion and non-local chemotaxis. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 76(1-2). 429–456. 24 indexed citations
9.
Borsi, Iacopo, Antonio Fasano, Mario Primicerio, & Thomas Hillen. (2015). A non-local model for cancer stem cells and the tumour growth paradox. Mathematical Medicine and Biology A Journal of the IMA. 34(1). dqv037–dqv037. 12 indexed citations
10.
Deutsch, Andreas, Thomas Hillen, Christina Surulescu, & Michael Winkler. (2015). Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Models for Cancer Cell Migration. Oberwolfach Reports. 11(2). 1075–1109.
11.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Pattern formation in prey-taxis systems. Journal of Biological Dynamics. 3(6). 551–573. 143 indexed citations
12.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Measure-valued Solutions for a Kinetic Model of Cell Movement in Network Tissues. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
13.
Vries, Gerda de, Thomas Hillen, Mark C. Lewis, & Birgitt Schönfisch. (2006). A Course in Mathematical Biology: Quantitative Modeling with Mathematical and Computational (Monographs on Mathematical Modeling and Computation). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks. 11 indexed citations
14.
Hillen, Thomas. (2006). M5 mesoscopic and macroscopic models for mesenchymal motion. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 53(4). 585–616. 88 indexed citations
15.
Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Cattaneo models for chemosensitive movement. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 46(2). 153–170. 42 indexed citations
16.
Painter, Kevin J. & Thomas Hillen. (2002). Volume-filling and quorum-sensing in models for chemosensitive movement. 10(4). 501–544. 370 indexed citations
17.
Hillen, Thomas, Christian Rohde, & Frithjof Lutscher. (2001). Existence of Weak Solutions for a Hyperbolic Model of Chemosensitive Movement. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 260(1). 173–199. 27 indexed citations
18.
Hillen, Thomas & Kevin J. Painter. (2001). Global Existence for a Parabolic Chemotaxis Model with Prevention of Overcrowding. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 26(4). 280–301. 249 indexed citations
19.
20.
Hillen, Thomas. (1997). Invariance Principles for Hyperbolic Random Walk Systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 210(1). 360–374. 17 indexed citations

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 Jonathan A. Sherratt Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mark A. J. Chaplain Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hans G. Othmer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Juncheng Wei Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marek Kimmel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Vitaly Volpert Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eamonn A. Gaffney Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Luigi Preziosi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Miguel A. Herrero Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anna Marciniak‐Czochra
Rankless by CCL
2026