A. E. Walsby

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

A. E. Walsby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. E. Walsby has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Oceanography and 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. E. Walsby's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (41 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (28 papers). A. E. Walsby is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (41 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (28 papers). A. E. Walsby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. A. E. Walsby's co-authors include C. S. Reynolds, Peter K. Fay, G. E. Fogg, W. D. P. Stewart, Paul K. Hayes, Matthew Booker, Ranjeny Thomas, Rod L. Oliver, Louis Van Liere and John E. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Molecular Biology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

A. E. Walsby

119 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Blue-green algae

1973 541 citations A. E. Walsby et al. profile →
WATER‐BLOOMS

1975 417 citations A. E. Walsby et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. E. Walsby United Kingdom	41	2.8k	2.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.2k	119	5.7k
Luuc R. Mur Netherlands	40	3.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	836 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	116	5.6k
Lothar Krienitz Germany	42	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	590 0.5×	148	5.1k
Richard W. Castenholz United States	50	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	3.6k 1.7×	2.7k 1.5×	2.8k 2.4×	120	8.9k
Makoto M. Watanabe Japan	44	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	270	6.8k
F. J. R. Taylor Canada	43	2.7k 1.0×	5.1k 2.1×	4.1k 2.0×	4.2k 2.3×	730 0.6×	120	10.9k
Moshe Shilo Israel	38	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	490 0.4×	113	4.4k
Donat‐P. Häder Germany	47	2.5k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	3.8k 3.2×	223	9.7k
Ralph A. Lewin United States	35	744 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	571 0.5×	191	5.6k
Hans C. P. Matthijs Netherlands	39	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	972 0.8×	95	5.2k
R. Michael L. McKay United States	39	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	214 0.2×	144	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. E. Walsby

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Walsby, A. E. & M. J. S. Hodge. (2017). Schrödinger's code-script: not a genetic cipher but a code of development. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 63. 45–54. 1 indexed citations

McMaster, Terence J, et al.. (2005). A new ultra high speed AFM technique for biophysics: 3-dimensional imaging of surfaces, molecules and processes with true millisecond resolution. Biophysical Journal. 2 indexed citations

Hayes, Paul K., et al.. (2002). Genetic diversity within populations of cyanobacteria assessed by analysis of single filaments. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 81(1-4). 197–202. 23 indexed citations

Walsby, A. E. & F. Schanz. (2002). Light‐dependent growth rate determines changes in the population of Planktothrix rubescens over the annual cycle in Lake Zürich, Switzerland. New Phytologist. 154(3). 671–687. 74 indexed citations

Taraz, K., et al.. (2000). Anachelin, the siderophore of the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica CCAP 1403/2A. 681–687. 17 indexed citations

Porat, R., B. Teltsch, Zvy Dubinsky, & A. E. Walsby. (2000). Effects of light and pressure on gas vesicle formation and buoyancy in Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Forti (Cyanobacteria) from Lake Kinneret, Israel. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 55. 333–348. 5 indexed citations

Walsby, A. E., et al.. (2000). Gas vesicle genes in Planktothrix spp. from Nordic lakes: strains with weak gas vesicles possess a longer variant of gvpC. Microbiology. 146(8). 2009–2018. 47 indexed citations

Hayes, Paul K., et al.. (1993). The distribution of the outer gas vesicle protein, GvpC, on the Anabaena gas vesicle, and its ratio to GvpA. Journal of General Microbiology. 139(10). 2353–2363. 26 indexed citations

Walsby, A. E., et al.. (1992). The homologies of gas vesicle proteins. Journal of General Microbiology. 138(6). 1243–1250. 20 indexed citations

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Powell, Richard, A. E. Walsby, Paul K. Hayes, & R. Porter. (1991). Antibodies to the N-terminal sequence of GVPa bind to the ends of gas vesicles. Journal of General Microbiology. 137(10). 2395–2400. 6 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E., et al.. (1989). The role of gas vacuoles and carbohydrate content in the buoyancy and vertical distribution of Anabaena minutissima in Lake Rotongaio, New Zealand. Figshare. 32. 1–25. 19 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Colin M., et al.. (1988). The protein encoded by gvpC is a minor component of gas vesicles isolated from the cyanobacteria Anabaena flos‐aquae and Microcyctis sp.. Molecular Microbiology. 2(5). 545–552. 59 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E.. (1986). The pressure relationships of halophilic and non-halophilic prokaryotic cells determined by using gas vesicles as pressure probes. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 39(1-2). 45–49. 2 indexed citations

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Davey, Martin C. & A. E. Walsby. (1985). The form resistance of sinking algal chains. British Phycological Journal. 20(3). 243–248. 20 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E., Jaap van Rijn, & Yoram Cohen. (1983). The biology of a new gas-vacuolate cyanobacterium, Dactylococcopsis salina sp. nov., in Solar Lake. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1209). 417–447. 33 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E., et al.. (1983). Buoyancy changes of a red coloured Oscillatoria agardhii in Lake Gjersjoen, Norway. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 97. 18–38. 54 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E., et al.. (1974). The role of gas vacuoles in the microstratification of a population of Oscillatoria agardhii var. isothrix in Deming Lake, Minnesota. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 74. 375–392. 68 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E.. (1974). The identification of gas vacuoles and their abundance in the hypolimnetic bacteria of Arco Lake, Minnesota. Microbial Ecology. 1(1). 51–61. 21 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E., et al.. (1972). The Interrelations of Cell Turgor Pressure, Gas-vacuolation, and Buoyancy in a Blue-green Alga. Journal of Experimental Botany. 23(2). 561–570. 85 indexed citations

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Walsby, A. E.. (1968). An alga's buoyancy bags. The New Scientist. 40. 436–437. 15 indexed citations

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