Niles A. Pierce: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Niles A. Pierce's h-index is 45 (55 i10-index, 20,750+ total citations across 56+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of June 2026. Niles A. Pierce is affiliated with MacArthur Professor, California Institute of Technology.
Niles A. Pierce is a researcher affiliated with MacArthur Professor, California Institute of Technology, specializing in molecular programming, small conditional RNAs, analysis and design algorithms. Their work has been cited 20,750 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Niles A. Pierce's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 56 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 45
- i10-Index
- 55
- Total Citations
- 20,750
- Citing Countries
- 4
As of June 2026.
Niles A. Pierce has an h-index of 45 and 20,750 total citations across 56 publications, with research cited by institutions in 4 countries.
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About Niles A. Pierce's research
Niles A. Pierce is a researcher in molecular programming, small conditional RNAs and analysis and design algorithms at MacArthur Professor, California Institute of Technology. Their work has been cited 20,750 times across 56 publications (h-index 45), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Triggered amplification by hybridization chain reaction” (2004), has accumulated 2,323 citations. Other influential works include “NUPACK: analysis and design of nucleic acid systems” (2011) with 2,312 citations and “Programming biomolecular self-assembly pathways” (2008) with 1,815 citations.
Citations of Niles A. Pierce's research come primarily from United States, China and Germany, reflecting international research impact across 4+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
