William A. Hilton

689 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 273 citations indexed

About

William A. Hilton is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Hilton has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 273 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 2 papers in Paleontology and 2 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in William A. Hilton's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (2 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (1 paper). William A. Hilton is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (2 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (1 paper). William A. Hilton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. William A. Hilton's co-authors include Erin L. LaCasella, Peter H. Dutton, Christine A. Madden Hof, Tomoharu Eguchi, Ian P. Bell, Michael P. Jensen, Camryn D. Allen and Youngmoo E. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Current Biology and Copeia.

In The Last Decade

William A. Hilton

10 papers receiving 263 citations

Hit Papers

Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Larg... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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. Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World
    2018 245 citations Michael P. Jensen, Camryn D. Allen et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers

William A. Hilton
Fred R. Cagle United States
Ted N. Pettit United States
Jacques Fretey France
Edward O. Moll United States
Kimberley L. Stokes United Kingdom
Armando J. B. Santos Brazil
T. J. Austin United Kingdom
W. B. Yapp United Kingdom
Christophe Verheyden France
Paulo Martuscelli Brazil
Fred R. Cagle United States
William A. Hilton
Citations per year, relative to William A. Hilton William A. Hilton (= 1×) peers Fred R. Cagle

Countries citing papers authored by William A. Hilton

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Fields of papers citing papers by William A. Hilton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William A. Hilton. 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 William A. Hilton. The network helps show where William A. Hilton may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Hilton

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Jensen, Michael P., Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, et al.. (2018). Environmental Warming and Feminization of One of the Largest Sea Turtle Populations in the World. Current Biology. 28(1). 154–159.e4. 245 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hilton, William A., et al.. (2014). A lightweight, cross-platform, multiuser robot visualization using the cloud. 10. 1570–1575. 5 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1959). Review of the Head Muscles of Salamanders Part I.. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences. 58(3). 133–137. 1 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1957). Head Muscles of Salamanders. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences. 56(1). 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1955). A Note on the Brain Plexuses of Birds. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences. 54(3). 113–125. 1 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1953). The Pial Vessels of the Central Nervous System in Salamanders. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences. 52(1). 28–34. 1 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1953). The chorioid plexus of the lateral and third ventricles of tailed amphibia. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 99(3). 545–559. 4 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1952). The Ear Components of Salamanders. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 71(4). 405–405. 1 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1952). The Gularis Muscle in Aneides and Hydromantes. Copeia. 1952(4). 282–282. 5 indexed citations
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Hilton, William A.. (1951). The olfactory system of tailed Amphibia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

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