David Wilcockson

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David Wilcockson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wilcockson has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in David Wilcockson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (12 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (10 papers). David Wilcockson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (12 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (10 papers). David Wilcockson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and France. David Wilcockson's co-authors include V. Hugh Perry, Colm Cunningham, Katie Lunnon, Suzanne Campion, Simon G. Webster, Sandra J. Campbell, Daniel C. Anthony, Lin Zhang, Andrew Oliphant and Charalambos P. Kyriacou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David Wilcockson

45 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Central and Systemic Endotoxin Challenges Exacerbate the Local Inflammatory Response and Increase Neuronal Death during Chronic Neurodegeneration

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Wilcockson United Kingdom	21	508	494	413	346	341	48	1.8k
Amalia Molinero Spain	29	482 0.9×	284 0.6×	165 0.4×	449 1.3×	685 2.0×	55	2.3k
Charlie S. Thompson Canada	28	198 0.4×	548 1.1×	240 0.6×	175 0.5×	1.1k 3.1×	45	2.4k
Pedro Fernández‐Llebrez Spain	30	497 1.0×	850 1.7×	200 0.5×	248 0.7×	839 2.5×	94	2.8k
Christian F. Deschepper Canada	34	119 0.2×	685 1.4×	182 0.4×	155 0.4×	1.6k 4.8×	115	4.3k
Xiujun Sun China	26	58 0.1×	190 0.4×	240 0.6×	474 1.4×	579 1.7×	105	2.2k
Bruno Cozzi Italy	26	108 0.2×	567 1.1×	479 1.2×	51 0.1×	392 1.1×	166	2.3k
Edward W. Green United States	29	46 0.1×	665 1.3×	145 0.4×	93 0.3×	733 2.1×	67	2.8k
Joseph G. Duman United States	31	79 0.2×	728 1.5×	610 1.5×	82 0.2×	905 2.7×	51	2.3k
Silvana Allodi Brazil	21	65 0.1×	380 0.8×	189 0.5×	249 0.7×	315 0.9×	91	1.4k
Leslie T. Buck Canada	35	86 0.2×	715 1.4×	1.7k 4.2×	215 0.6×	1.7k 5.0×	109	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wilcockson

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Oliphant, Andrew, et al.. (2025). Expression of clock genes tracks daily and tidal time in brains of intertidal crustaceans Eurydice pulchra and Parhyale hawaiensis. Current Biology. 35(12). 2802–2815.e5.

Wilcockson, David, et al.. (2025). Allatostatin-C signaling in the crab Carcinus maenas is implicated in the ecdysis program. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(5).

Payton, Laura, et al.. (2024). Revealing the profound influence of diapause on gene expression: Insights from the annual transcriptome of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. Molecular Ecology. 33(13). e17425–e17425. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lin, Edward W. Green, Simon G. Webster, et al.. (2023). The circadian clock gene bmal1 is necessary for co-ordinated circatidal rhythms in the marine isopod Eurydice pulchra (Leach). PLoS Genetics. 19(10). e1011011–e1011011. 5 indexed citations

Ugolini, Alberto, Takahiko Hariyama, David Wilcockson, & Luca Mercatelli. (2023). The use of polarized light in the zonal orientation of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Montagu). Zoological Letters. 9(1). 10–10. 1 indexed citations

Wilcockson, David, et al.. (2022). Towards an Understanding of Circatidal Clocks. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 830107–830107. 8 indexed citations

Tidau, Svenja, Tim Smyth, David McKee, et al.. (2021). Marine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(9). 1588–1601. 29 indexed citations

Rawlinson, Kate A., Adam J. Reid, Zhigang Lu, et al.. (2021). Daily rhythms in gene expression of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. BMC Biology. 19(1). 255–255. 12 indexed citations

Payton, Laura, Céline Noirot, Claire Hoede, et al.. (2020). Daily transcriptomes of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus during the summer solstice at high Arctic latitudes. Scientific Data. 7(1). 415–415. 7 indexed citations

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Oliphant, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Pigment Dispersing Factors and Their Cognate Receptors in a Crustacean Model, With New Insights Into Distinct Neurons and Their Functions. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 595648–595648. 5 indexed citations

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Oliphant, Andrew, et al.. (2018). Transcriptomic analysis of crustacean neuropeptide signaling during the moult cycle in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 711–711. 59 indexed citations

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King, Nathan G., et al.. (2017). Cumulative stress restricts niche filling potential of habitat‐forming kelps in a future climate. Functional Ecology. 32(2). 288–299. 28 indexed citations

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Webster, Simon G., et al.. (2016). Characterization, localization and temporal expression of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in the behaviorally rhythmic peracarid crustaceans, Eurydice pulchra (Leach) and Talitrus saltator (Montagu). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 237. 43–52. 11 indexed citations

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Webster, Simon G., et al.. (2012). Bursicon and neuropeptide cascades during the ecdysis program of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 182. 54–64. 40 indexed citations

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Wilcockson, David, et al.. (2010). Design and Construction of Yarra River Crossing Cofferdam for Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement Project. 412. 1 indexed citations

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Wilcockson, David, Lin Zhang, Michael H. Hastings, Charalambos P. Kyriacou, & Simon G. Webster. (2010). A novel form of pigment‐dispersing hormone in the central nervous system of the intertidal marine isopod, Eurydice pulchra (leach). The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 519(3). 562–575. 22 indexed citations

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Wilcockson, David & Lin Zhang. (2008). Circatidal clocks. Current Biology. 18(17). R753–R755. 43 indexed citations

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Wilcockson, David & Simon G. Webster. (2007). Identification and developmental expression of mRNAs encoding putative insect cuticle hardening hormone, bursicon in the green shore crab Carcinus maenas. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 156(1). 113–125. 39 indexed citations

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Wilcockson, David, et al.. (2002). Is crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone precursor-related peptide a circulating neurohormone in crabs?. Cell and Tissue Research. 307(1). 129–138. 45 indexed citations

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Campbell, Sandra J., David Wilcockson, Angus G. Butchart, V. Hugh Perry, & Daniel C. Anthony. (2002). Altered chemokine expression in the spinal cord and brain contributes to differential interleukin‐1β‐induced neutrophil recruitment. Journal of Neurochemistry. 83(2). 432–441. 53 indexed citations

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