Everything about Neil

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: NeilA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: The 2021 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi observed in X-rays by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory : a comparative studyInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: BonecrackThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Effect of Air Temperature on Drying Kinetics, Vitamin C, Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic Content, Non-enzymatic Browning and Firmness of Blueberries Variety O´NeilCited 162 times
5. Go sideways: McNeill (surname)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: McCann (surname)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Effect of Air Temperature on Drying Kinetics, Vitamin C, Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic Content, Non-enzymatic Browning and Firmness of Blueberries Variety O´Neil

  Jessica López, Elsa Uribe, Antonio Vega-Gálvez · 2010 · Food and Bioprocess Technology · 162 citations

• The NEIL glycosylases remove oxidized guanine lesions from telomeric and promoter quadruplex DNA structures

  Jia Zhou, Aaron M. Fleming, April M. Averill · 2015 · Nucleic Acids Research · 134 citations

• TET-mediated oxidation of methylcytosine causes TDG or NEIL glycosylase dependent gene reactivation

  Udo Müller, Christina Bauer, Michael Siegl · 2014 · Nucleic Acids Research · 94 citations

• Neil DNA glycosylases promote substrate turnover by Tdg during DNA demethylation

  Lars Schomacher, Dandan Han, Michael U Musheev · 2016 · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 90 citations

• Neil Smith's Scale

  John Paul Jones, Helga Leitner, Sallie A. Marston · 2016 · Antipode · 76 citations

• Antimycobacterial evaluation of germacranolides in honour of professor G.H. Neil Towers 75th birthday

  Nikolaus H. Fischer, Tiansheng Lu, Charles L. Cantrell · 1998 · Phytochemistry · 69 citations

• Specific Inhibition of NEIL-initiated Repair of Oxidized Base Damage in Human Genome by Copper and Iron

  Muralidhar L. Hegde, Pavana M. Hegde, Luis M.F. Holthauzen · 2010 · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 68 citations

• Taxonomic distribution of plant glucosyltransferases acting on XENOBIOTICS fn1 fn1Dedicated to Professor G. H. Neil Towers on the occasion of his 75th birthday. in honour of professor G. H. neil towers 75TH birthday

  S Pflugmacher, H Sandermann · 1998 · Phytochemistry · 67 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• The 2021 outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi observed in X-rays by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory : a comparative study

  K L Page, A P Beardmore, J P Osborne · 2022 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 37 citations

• DNA repair and disease: insights from the human DNA glycosylase NEIL family

  Yuna Hwang, Su-Jin Kang, Jieun Kang · 2025 · Experimental & Molecular Medicine · 18 citations

• Dust-scattering rings of GRB 221009A as seen by the Neil Gehrels Swift X-ray Observatory: can we count them all?

  Georgios Vasilopoulos, Despina Karavola, Stamatios I Stathopoulos · 2023 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 17 citations

• Ultraviolet and X-ray Light-Curves of Novae Observed by the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

  Kim L. Page, N. Paul M. Kuin, Julian P. Osborne · 2022 · Universe · 5 citations

• Reklamcılıkta Deepfake Ugulamasına Neil Postman’ın Beş Fikirli Perspektifiyle Yaklaşmak: Durum Çalışması

  Huri Deniz Karcı · 2023 · Social Mentality And Researcher Thinkers Journal · 4 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• BonecrackDick Francis · 1971
• The lonely skierHammond Innes · 1947
• Fables & ReflectionsNeil Gaiman · 1993
• First manJames R. Hansen · 2005
• RewritesNeil Simon · 1996
• First ManJames R. Hansen · 2005
• RaptorJudith Van Gieson · 1989
• Good Cop, Bad WarNeil Woods · 2016

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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