Verity Hill

17.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Verity Hill is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Verity Hill has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Infectious Diseases, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Verity Hill's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers). Verity Hill is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (4 papers). Verity Hill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Verity Hill's co-authors include Andrew Rambaut, Áine O’Toole, Oliver G. Pybus, John T. McCrone, Edward C. Holmes, Louis du Plessis, Christopher Ruis, Guy Baele, Ben Jackson and David M. Aanensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Verity Hill

15 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages t... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 400 800 1.2k
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 dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology
    2020 1.4k citations Andrew Rambaut, Edward C. Holmes et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
  2. Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool
    2021 551 citations Áine O’Toole, Emily Scher et al. Virus Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Verity Hill United Kingdom 11 2.1k 748 445 323 311 19 2.6k
Áine O’Toole United Kingdom 10 2.0k 1.0× 710 0.9× 424 1.0× 262 0.8× 215 0.7× 21 2.3k
John T. McCrone United States 14 2.0k 1.0× 806 1.1× 456 1.0× 277 0.9× 491 1.6× 25 2.7k
Christopher Ruis United Kingdom 12 1.7k 0.8× 768 1.0× 370 0.8× 190 0.6× 330 1.1× 21 2.4k
Barney Potter United States 6 1.3k 0.6× 612 0.8× 235 0.5× 211 0.7× 340 1.1× 10 1.8k
Sidney M. Bell United States 4 1.3k 0.6× 587 0.8× 242 0.5× 203 0.6× 336 1.1× 5 1.8k
James Hadfield United Kingdom 16 1.6k 0.8× 834 1.1× 297 0.7× 284 0.9× 550 1.8× 32 2.8k
Colin Megill United States 3 1.3k 0.6× 574 0.8× 235 0.5× 199 0.6× 313 1.0× 3 1.7k
Charlton Callender United States 3 1.3k 0.6× 573 0.8× 235 0.5× 199 0.6× 319 1.0× 3 1.8k
Thomas P. Peacock United Kingdom 24 2.0k 1.0× 686 0.9× 342 0.8× 149 0.5× 953 3.1× 47 2.9k
Hanzhong Wang China 15 2.0k 0.9× 355 0.5× 646 1.5× 224 0.7× 390 1.3× 30 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Verity Hill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Verity Hill

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Hill, Verity, Simon Dellicour, Marta Giovanetti, & Nathan D. Grubaugh. (2025). Phylogenetic insights into the transmission dynamics of arthropod-borne viruses. Nature Reviews Genetics. 27(1). 47–61.
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Slavov, Svetoslav Nanev, Gabriela Ribeiro, Vinícius Carius de Souza, et al.. (2025). Unravelling dengue serotype 3 transmission in Brazil: evidence for multiple introductions of the 3III_B.3.2 lineage. Virus Evolution. 11(1). veaf034–veaf034.
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Grubaugh, Nathan D., Diana Dávalos, Pío López, et al.. (2024). Dengue Outbreak Caused by Multiple Virus Serotypes and Lineages, Colombia, 2023–2024. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(11). 2391–2395. 3 indexed citations
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Colquhoun, Rachel, Áine O’Toole, Verity Hill, et al.. (2024). A phylogenetics and variant calling pipeline to support SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in the UK. Virus Evolution. 10(1). veae083–veae083.
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Dellicour, Simon, Samuel L. Hong, Verity Hill, et al.. (2023). Variant-specific introduction and dispersal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City – from Alpha to Omicron. PLoS Pathogens. 19(4). e1011348–e1011348. 8 indexed citations
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Hill, Verity, George Githinji, Chantal B. F. Vogels, et al.. (2023). Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network. Cell Host & Microbe. 31(6). 861–873. 39 indexed citations
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O’Toole, Áine, Verity Hill, Ben Jackson, et al.. (2022). Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). e0000704–e0000704. 13 indexed citations
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Campbell, Kathryn S., Robert J. Gifford, Joshua B. Singer, et al.. (2022). Making genomic surveillance deliver: A lineage classification and nomenclature system to inform rabies elimination. PLoS Pathogens. 18(5). e1010023–e1010023. 19 indexed citations
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O’Toole, Áine, Emily Scher, Anthony Underwood, et al.. (2021). Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool. Virus Evolution. 7(2). veab064–veab064. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hill, Verity, Christopher Ruis, Sumali Bajaj, Oliver G. Pybus, & Moritz U. G. Kraemer. (2021). Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology. Trends in Parasitology. 37(12). 1038–1049. 50 indexed citations
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O’Toole, Áine, Emily Scher, Anthony Underwood, et al.. (2021). Assignment of Epidemiological Lineages in an Emerging Pandemic Using the Pangolin Tool. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 1 indexed citations
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Hill, Verity. (2021). COG-UK/B.1.1.7_spatial_analysis_UK: v1.0.0. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Rambaut, Andrew, Edward C. Holmes, Áine O’Toole, et al.. (2020). A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology. Nature Microbiology. 5(11). 1403–1407. 1402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Worobey, Michael, Jonathan E. Pekar, Brendan B. Larsen, et al.. (2020). The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America. Science. 370(6516). 564–570. 214 indexed citations
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Lemey, Philippe, Samuel L. Hong, Verity Hill, et al.. (2020). Accommodating individual travel history and unsampled diversity in Bayesian phylogeographic inference of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5110–5110. 85 indexed citations
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Hill, Verity & Guy Baele. (2019). Bayesian Estimation of Past Population Dynamics in BEAST 1.10 Using the Skygrid Coalescent Model. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(11). 2620–2628. 109 indexed citations
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Clarke, Michelle, Peter McIntyre, Christopher C. Blyth, et al.. (2015). The relationship between Bordetella pertussis genotype and clinical severity in Australian children with pertussis. Journal of Infection. 72(2). 171–178. 33 indexed citations
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Brett, Meghan, Laurel Respicio-Kingry, Raoult Ratard, et al.. (2014). Outbreak of Francisella novicida Bacteremia Among Inmates at a Louisiana Correctional Facility. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 59(6). 826–833. 27 indexed citations

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