Alexander Walker

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
197 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alexander Walker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Walker has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alexander Walker's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (23 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Alexander Walker is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (23 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (23 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Alexander Walker collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Alexander Walker's co-authors include D. P. Burkitt, Neil S. Painter, U. B. Arvidsson, B F Walker, I Segal, John H. Cummings, Bruce F. Walker, Fatıma Adam, H H Vorster and Bernhard Meier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Walker

181 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

EFFECT OF DIETARY FIBRE ON STOOLS AND TRANSIT-TIMES, AND ITS ROLE IN THE CAUSATION OF DISEASE

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Walker South Africa	27	819	590	540	465	340	197	3.5k
David H. Buss United States	32	473 0.6×	521 0.9×	728 1.3×	355 0.8×	244 0.7×	123	3.4k
Martti A. Siimes Finland	43	897 1.1×	1.6k 2.8×	1.0k 1.9×	502 1.1×	365 1.1×	192	6.5k
A V Swan United Kingdom	36	669 0.8×	234 0.4×	602 1.1×	793 1.7×	120 0.4×	97	5.5k
Bo Youl Choi South Korea	32	655 0.8×	552 0.9×	708 1.3×	488 1.0×	272 0.8×	263	4.1k
P D Winter United Kingdom	33	490 0.6×	860 1.5×	1.5k 2.7×	1.2k 2.6×	149 0.4×	76	6.6k
C Wickham United Kingdom	18	1.0k 1.2×	134 0.2×	370 0.7×	376 0.8×	291 0.9×	23	3.3k
Russell W. Chesney United States	48	695 0.8×	715 1.2×	443 0.8×	1.2k 2.6×	409 1.2×	294	7.4k
Birthe Lykke Thomsen Denmark	37	449 0.5×	250 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	764 1.6×	673 2.0×	85	4.2k
Aidan Leong Australia	20	269 0.3×	358 0.6×	964 1.8×	347 0.7×	231 0.7×	61	2.6k
Patsy M. Brannon United States	24	536 0.7×	1.9k 3.2×	966 1.8×	805 1.7×	229 0.7×	67	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Walker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Walker

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All Works

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Yao, Yuelin, Paula Olaizola, Alexander Walker, et al.. (2023). A TGFβ-ECM-integrin signaling axis drives structural reconfiguration of the bile duct to promote polycystic liver disease. Science Translational Medicine. 15(713). eabq5930–eabq5930. 9 indexed citations

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Jani, Chinmay, Margaret Lotz, Sarah Keates, et al.. (2023). Management of Lobular Neoplasia Diagnosed by Core Biopsy. The Breast Journal. 2023. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Harpreet, Chinmay Jani, Alexander Walker, et al.. (2022). Nodule net: A centralized prospective lung nodule tracking and safety-net program. Respiratory Medicine. 192. 106737–106737. 6 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Patent Foramen Ovale and Ascending Aortic Dilatation Causing Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome. Cureus. 14(7). e26953–e26953. 1 indexed citations

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Jani, Chinmay, et al.. (2021). Acute transverse myelitis in West Nile Virus, a rare neurological presentation. IDCases. 24. e01104–e01104. 8 indexed citations

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Jani, Chinmay, Omar Al Omari, Harpreet Singh, et al.. (2021). Trends of HIV-Related Cancer Mortality between 2001 and 2018: An Observational Analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 6(4). 213–213. 2 indexed citations

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Segal, I, Alexander Walker, & A A Wadee. (2001). Persistent low prevalence of Western digestive diseases in Africa: confounding aetiological factors. Gut. 48(5). 730–732. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander & I Segal. (1996). Hepatocellular carcinoma and african iron overload.. Gut. 38(6). 937.1–938. 1 indexed citations

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Gibson, Glenn R., John H. Cummings, G.T. Macfarlane, et al.. (1990). Alternative pathways for hydrogen disposal during fermentation in the human colon.. Gut. 31(6). 679–683. 192 indexed citations

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Segal, I, Alexander Walker, Sarah J. Lord, & John H. Cummings. (1988). Breath methane and large bowel cancer risk in contrasting African populations.. Gut. 29(5). 608–613. 84 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander & B F Walker. (1986). Occupationless health. BMJ. 292(6522). 763.6–764. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander & I Segal. (1985). Acute appendicitis and dietary fibre. BMJ. 290(6482). 1661.2–1661. 1 indexed citations

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Segal, I & Alexander Walker. (1982). Diverticular Disease in Urban Africans in South Africa. Digestion. 24(1). 42–46. 13 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander & B F Walker. (1978). High high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in African children and adults in a population free of coronary heart diseae.. BMJ. 2(6148). 1336–1337. 43 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander. (1972). The human requirement of calcium: should low intakes be supplemented?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 25(5). 518–530. 70 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander. (1967). Interpretation of Biological Data on One Ethnic or Regional Group May Not Be Equally Applicable to Other Groups. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 20(9). 1025–1039. 8 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander. (1963). The nutritional state of South African child population groups as reflected by height, weight, and nitrogen partition in the urine.. South African Medical Journal. 37(16). 400–403. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander. (1962). Health Hazards in the Urbanization of the African. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 11(6). 551–553. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander, et al.. (1954). The composition of breast milk of south African Bantu mothers. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 48(5). 395–399. 26 indexed citations

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Walker, Alexander & U. B. Arvidsson. (1953). Iron “overload” in the South African Bantu. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 47(6). 536–548. 96 indexed citations

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