2026 Douglas J. Hilton: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	101	1428	1285	35	34	275	41751

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Douglas J. Hilton is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on medicine.

The main fields of study include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

The subfields of study focus on:

Molecular Biology
Immunology
Genetics
Hematology
Neurology

The primary research topics covered are:

Platelet Disorders and Treatments
Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Nuclear Structure and Function
RNA Research and Splicing
Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Signaling Pathways in Disease

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Douglas J. Hilton include:

"Membrane budding is a major mechanism of in vivo platelet biogenesis," 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
"In vivo clonal tracking reveals evidence of haemangioblast and haematomesoblast contribution to yolk sac haematopoiesis," 2023, Nature Communications
"Short-term particulate matter contamination severely compromises insect antennal olfactory perception," 2023, Nature Communications
"BAF complex-mediated chromatin relaxation is required for establishment of X chromosome inactivation," 2022, Nature Communications
"Chromosomes distribute randomly to, but not within, human neutrophil nuclear lobes," 2021, iScience

Frequent co-authors include:

Carolyn A. de Graaf
Christine Biben
Samir Taoudi
Alison Farley
Olivia Stonehouse

Common venues for publication are:

Nature Communications
Experimental Hematology
The Journal of Experimental Medicine
iScience
PROTEOMICS

Best Publications

A family of cytokine-inducible inhibitors of signalling

Robyn Starr;Tracy A. Willson;Elizabeth M. Viney;Leecia J. L. Murray

2771
Citations
Myeloid leukaemia inhibitory factor maintains the developmental potential of embryonic stem cells

R L Williams;D J Hilton;S Pease;T A Willson

2660
Citations
The Pseudokinase MLKL Mediates Necroptosis via a Molecular Switch Mechanism

James M. Murphy;Peter E. Czabotar;Peter E. Czabotar;Joanne M. Hildebrand;Joanne M. Hildebrand;Isabelle S. Lucet

1187
Citations
SOCS proteins: negative regulators of cytokine signaling.

Danielle L. Krebs;Douglas J. Hilton

1152
Citations
The role of suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins in regulation of the immune response.

Warren S. Alexander;Douglas J. Hilton

1033
Citations
SOCS3 negatively regulates IL-6 signaling in vivo.

Ben A Croker;Danielle L Krebs;Jian-Guo Zhang;Sam Wormald

1005
Citations
Leptin can induce proliferation, differentiation, and functional activation of hemopoietic cells.

Timothy Gainsford;Tracy A. Willson;Donald Metcalf;Emanuela Handman

993
Citations
SOCS1 Is a Critical Inhibitor of Interferon γ Signaling and Prevents the Potentially Fatal Neonatal Actions of this Cytokine

Warren S Alexander;Robyn Starr;Robyn Starr;Jennifer E Fenner;Clare L Scott;Clare L Scott

957
Citations
Twenty proteins containing a C-terminal SOCS box form five structural classes

Douglas J. Hilton;Rachael T. Richardson;Warren S. Alexander;Elizabeth M. Viney

925
Citations
The conserved SOCS box motif in suppressors of cytokine signaling binds to elongins B and C and may couple bound proteins to proteasomal degradation

Jian Guo Zhang;Alison Farley;Sandra E. Nicholson;Tracy A. Willson

831
Citations
Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 negatively regulates Toll-like receptor signaling by mediating Mal degradation

Ashley Scott Mansell;Rosealee Anne Smith;Sarah L Doyle;Pearl Gray

673
Citations
SOCS-3 is an insulin-induced negative regulator of insulin signaling.

Brice Emanuelli;Pascal Peraldi;Chantal Filloux;Dominique Sawka-Verhelle

658
Citations
SOCS-3 inhibits insulin signaling and is up-regulated in response to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the adipose tissue of obese mice.

B Emanuelli;P Peraldi;C Filloux;C Chavey

657
Citations
SOCS: physiological suppressors of cytokine signaling.

D.L. Krebs;D.J. Hilton

646
Citations
Inhibitors of cytokine signal transduction.

Samuel Wormald;Douglas J. Hilton

635
Citations
Gigantism in mice lacking suppressor of cytokine signalling-2

Donald Metcalf;Christopher J. Greenhalgh;Elizabeth Viney;Tracy A. Willson

586
Citations
Suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 preferentially binds to the SHP-2-binding site on the shared cytokine receptor subunit gp130

Sandra E. Nicholson;David De Souza;Louis J. Fabri;Jason Corbin

584
Citations
The SOCS box: a tale of destruction and degradation

Benjamin T Kile;Brenda A Schulman;Warren S Alexander;Nicos A Nicola

556
Citations
Mutational analyses of the SOCS proteins suggest a dual domain requirement but distinct mechanisms for inhibition of LIF and IL-6 signal transduction

Sandra E. Nicholson;Tracy A. Willson;Alison Farley;Robyn Starr

543
Citations
Cloning and characterization of a binding subunit of the interleukin 13 receptor that is also a component of the interleukin 4 receptor

Douglas J. Hilton;Jian-Guo Zhang;Donald Metcalf;Warren S. Alexander

539
Citations