David A. Walker

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

David A. Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Walker has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in David A. Walker's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (129 papers), Light effects on plants (36 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (33 papers). David A. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (129 papers), Light effects on plants (36 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (33 papers). David A. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David A. Walker's co-authors include Ross McC. Lilley, Mirta N. Sivak, Christine H. Foyer, U. Heber, C. W. Baldry, William Cockburn, Simon P. Robinson, K.G. Rienits, R. C. Leegood and A. Herold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Annual Review of Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

David A. Walker

182 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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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.

Role of Orthophosphate and Other Factors in the Regulation of Starch Formation in Leaves and Isolated Chloroplasts

1977 319 citations David A. Walker, U. Heber et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David A. Walker United Kingdom	49	5.4k	5.1k	1.1k	816	657	184	8.1k
R.J. Porra Australia	15	3.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	938 0.8×	428 0.5×	447 0.7×	28	5.9k
N.K. Boardman Australia	39	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	816 0.7×	614 0.8×	717 1.1×	73	5.4k
P. E. Kriedemann Australia	24	3.4k 0.6×	4.8k 0.9×	853 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	436 0.7×	51	7.1k
Engelbert Weis Germany	29	4.3k 0.8×	4.8k 1.0×	697 0.6×	977 1.2×	746 1.1×	44	7.2k
Hans Walter Heldt Germany	54	6.0k 1.1×	5.5k 1.1×	818 0.7×	355 0.4×	507 0.8×	96	8.6k
Archie R. Portis United States	53	6.1k 1.1×	5.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.9×	2.2k 2.7×	663 1.0×	98	11.0k
W. A. Thompson Canada	20	3.0k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	847 0.7×	722 0.9×	431 0.7×	45	6.1k
William L. Ogren United States	45	5.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	973 1.2×	375 0.6×	89	7.3k
G. Heinrich Krause Germany	40	5.6k 1.0×	6.6k 1.3×	933 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	790 1.2×	66	9.5k
Michel Havaux France	72	10.0k 1.9×	9.4k 1.9×	1.9k 1.7×	988 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	174	15.1k

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Walker, David A.. (2011). Intellectual Property. Geophysics. 76(1). Z3–Z16. 3 indexed citations

Rees, Sandra, Richard Harding, & David A. Walker. (2007). An adverse intrauterine environment: implications for injury and altered development of the brain. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 26(1). 3–11. 118 indexed citations

Walker, David A.. (2005). Intellectual Property. Geophysics. 70(6). Z87–Z93. 3 indexed citations

Laisk, Agu, et al.. (1989). A mathematical model of the carbon metabolism in photosynthesis. Difficulties in explaining oscillations by fructose 2, 6-bisphosphate regulation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 237(1289). 389–415. 42 indexed citations

Laisk, Agu & David A. Walker. (1989). A mathematical model of electron transport. Thermodynamic necessity for photosystem II regulation: 'light stomata’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 237(1289). 417–444. 28 indexed citations

Walker, David A.. (1989). Automated measurement of leaf photosynthetic O2 evolution as a function of photon flux density. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 323(1216). 313–326. 72 indexed citations

Walker, David A. & C. B. Osmond. (1986). Measurement of photosynthesis in vivo with a leaf disc electrode: correlations between light dependence of steady-state photosynthetic O2 evolution and chlorophyll a fluorescence transients. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 227(1248). 267–280. 73 indexed citations

Laisk, Agu & David A. Walker. (1986). Control of phosphate turnover as a rate-limiting factor and possible cause of oscillations in photosynthesis: a mathematical model. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 227(1248). 281–302. 63 indexed citations

Heber, U., Yukie Kobayashi, R. C. Leegood, & David A. Walker. (1985). Low fluorescence yield in anaerobic chloroplasts and stimulation of chlorophyll a fluorescence by oxygen and inhibitors that block electron flow between photosystems II and I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 225(1238). 41–53. 5 indexed citations

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Stitt, Mark, Wolfgang Wirtz, Richard Gerhardt, et al.. (1985). A comparative study of metabolite levels in plant leaf material in the dark. Planta. 166(3). 354–364. 89 indexed citations

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Cerović, Zoran G., Mirta N. Sivak, & David A. Walker. (1984). Slow secondary fluorescence kinetics associated with the onset of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in intact isolated chloroplasts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 220(1220). 327–338. 12 indexed citations

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Sivak, Mirta N. & David A. Walker. (1983). Some effects of CO2 concentration and decreased O2 concentration on induction fluorescence in leaves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1209). 377–392. 34 indexed citations

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Sivak, Mirta N., et al.. (1983). Some effects of changes in gas phase on the steady-state chlorophyll a fluorescence exhibited by illuminated leaves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 217(1209). 393–404. 24 indexed citations

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Anderson, John W., Christine H. Foyer, & David A. Walker. (1983). Light-dependent reduction of dehydroascorbate and uptake of exogenous ascorbate by spinach chloroplasts. Planta. 158(5). 442–450. 61 indexed citations

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Walker, David A., Peter Horton, Mirta N. Sivak, & W. Paul Quick. (1983). Anti-parallel relationship between O2 evolution and slow fluorescence induction kinetics. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 5(1). 35–39. 31 indexed citations

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Murphy, Denis J. & David A. Walker. (1982). Acetyl coenzyme A biosynthesis in the chloroplast. Planta. 156(1). 84–88. 22 indexed citations

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Robinson, Simon P. & David A. Walker. (1979). The control of 3-phosphoglycerate reduction in isolated chloroplasts by the concentrations of ATP, ADP and 3-phosphoglycerate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 545(3). 528–536. 42 indexed citations

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Walker, David A. & Simon P. Robinson. (1978). Chloroplast and Cell A contemporary view of photosynthetic carbon assimilation. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft. 91(1). 513–526. 24 indexed citations

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Lilley, Ross McC. & David A. Walker. (1974). The reduction of 3-phosphoglycerate by reconstituted chloroplasts and by chloroplast extracts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 368(3). 269–278. 102 indexed citations

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Hill, Robin & David A. Walker. (1959). Pyocyanine and Phosphorylation with Chloroplasts.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 34(3). 240–245. 66 indexed citations

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