Alice Walker

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alice Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice Walker has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Alice Walker's work include Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (4 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (3 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (2 papers). Alice Walker is often cited by papers focused on Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (4 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (3 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (2 papers). Alice Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and United Kingdom. Alice Walker's co-authors include Maria Inês Rebelo Gonçalves, Rebecca Leonard, Katherine A. Kendall, Jacqueline J. Stevens, Ernest B. Izevbigie, Joseph Bryant, Paul B. Tchounwou, Mary Helen Washington, Zora Neale Hurston and Christian Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cancer Research and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Alice Walker

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

In search of our mothers' gardens : womanist prose

1984 536 citations Alice Walker profile →

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Ronald W. Wilson United States

Jennifer S. Simpson Canada

Barbara J. Wilson United States

Petra Wagner Germany

James Peacock United States

Emma Ward United Kingdom

Kelly O’Brien United States

Phil Brown United Kingdom

M. Lyndon Haviland United States

Jennifer Wallace United Kingdom

Ronald W. Wilson United States

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Citations per year, relative to Alice Walker Alice Walker (= 1×) peers Ronald W. Wilson

Countries citing papers authored by Alice Walker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alice Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alice Walker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alice Walker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alice Walker based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alice Walker. Alice Walker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Walker, Alice & Helen Lloyd. (2025). A narrative exploration of how clinical psychologists deal with the climate and ecological emergency. PubMed. 4(1). 2473409–2473409.

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Walker, Alice & Jacqueline J. Stevens. (2016). Evaluation of Arsenic Trioxide Potential for Lung Cancer Treatment: Assessment of Apoptotic Mechanisms and Oxidative Damage. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy. 8(1). 1–9. 51 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice, et al.. (2014). The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Is Constitutively Active in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e95058–e95058. 40 indexed citations

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Stout, Nancy & Alice Walker. (2013). One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution. 3 indexed citations

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Stevens, Jacqueline J., et al.. (2010). The Effects of Arsenic Trioxide on DNA Synthesis and Genotoxicity in Human Colon Cancer Cells. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 7(5). 2018–2032. 49 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice, Jacqueline J. Stevens, & Paul B. Tchounwou. (2008). Arsenic trioxide modulates p53 and bcl-2 expression in breast and lung carcinoma cells. Cancer Research. 68. 4372–4372. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (2007). As You Wear: Cross-Dressing and Identity Politics in Jackie Kay's Trumpet. Journal of international women's studies. 8(2). 35–43. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (2003). Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (2002). The Right to Life: What Can the White Man Say to the Black Woman?. Seattle journal for social justice. 1(1). 1. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (2001). Sent by earth : a message from the grandmother spirit : after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. 1 indexed citations

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Leonard, Rebecca, et al.. (2000). Structural Displacements in Normal Swallowing: A Videofluoroscopic Study. Dysphagia. 15(3). 146–152. 183 indexed citations

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Kendall, Katherine A., et al.. (2000). Timing of Events in Normal Swallowing: A Videofluoroscopic Study. Dysphagia. 15(2). 74–83. 236 indexed citations

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Adams, Junius G., et al.. (1992). β-Thalassemia Intermedia with Exceptionally High Hemoglobin A2: Relationship to Mutations in the β-Gene Promoter. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 304(2). 73–78. 7 indexed citations

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Atwood, Margaret, et al.. (1991). Mothers and daughters. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (1984). Horses make a landscape look more beautiful : poems.

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Walker, Alice. (1984). In search of our mothers' gardens : womanist prose. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hurston, Zora Neale, Alice Walker, & Mary Helen Washington. (1979). I Love Myself When I Am Laughing...and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice. (1973). Revolutionary petunias & other poems. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Alice, et al.. (1954). Textual Problems of the First Folio: Richard III, King Lear, Troilus & Cressida, 2 Henry IV, Hamlet, Othello.. Modern Language Notes. 69(6). 436–436. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Philip & Alice Walker. (1953). Textual Problems of the First Folio.. Shakespeare Quarterly. 4(4). 481–481. 8 indexed citations

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