John C. Walker

15.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
194 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

John C. Walker is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Walker has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Plant Science, 75 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in John C. Walker's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (46 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers). John C. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (56 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (46 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (23 papers). John C. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. John C. Walker's co-authors include Kevin A. Lease, Jia Li, Jiangqi Wen, Huachun Wang, Julie M. Stone, Frans E. Tax, Shuqun Zhang, Janey M. Stone, Yidong Liu and O. Rahul Patharkar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John C. Walker

180 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

BAK1, an Arabidopsis LRR Receptor-like Protein Kinase, Interacts with BRI1 and Modulates Brassinosteroid Signaling

2002 1.1k citations Jia Li, Jiangqi Wen et al. profile →
Stomatal Development and Patterning Are Regulated by Environmentally Responsive Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases inArabidopsis

2007 646 citations Huachun Wang, John C. Walker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Walker United States	53	7.6k	6.1k	549	498	487	194	10.4k
Anup Madan United States	26	1.8k 0.2×	3.4k 0.6×	327 0.6×	188 0.4×	1.0k 2.1×	48	6.5k
Olivier Voinnet France	66	16.9k 2.2×	10.4k 1.7×	336 0.6×	127 0.3×	609 1.3×	105	21.5k
David Brown United States	41	1.8k 0.2×	9.0k 1.5×	195 0.4×	258 0.5×	480 1.0×	86	12.1k
Bruno Lemaître Switzerland	78	1.8k 0.2×	6.2k 1.0×	2.4k 4.3×	496 1.0×	1.7k 3.6×	184	25.0k
David Stanley United States	51	2.7k 0.3×	1.9k 0.3×	298 0.5×	85 0.2×	760 1.6×	283	8.9k
Sandra W. Clifton United States	31	2.2k 0.3×	3.1k 0.5×	101 0.2×	242 0.5×	902 1.9×	52	6.0k
Adrian E. Platts United States	20	2.6k 0.3×	4.2k 0.7×	486 0.9×	121 0.2×	3.4k 6.9×	56	9.1k
Jules A. Hoffmann France	67	1.3k 0.2×	6.0k 1.0×	2.9k 5.2×	652 1.3×	1.4k 2.8×	106	24.6k
Andreas Vilcinskas Germany	62	2.4k 0.3×	4.8k 0.8×	537 1.0×	261 0.5×	2.0k 4.1×	359	12.9k
Gilles Vergnaud France	55	1.7k 0.2×	6.9k 1.1×	534 1.0×	390 0.8×	2.9k 6.0×	193	12.6k

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Taylor, Isaiah, O. Rahul Patharkar, Che‐Wei Hsu, et al.. (2024). Arabidopsis uses a molecular grounding mechanism and a biophysical circuit breaker to limit floral abscission signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(44). e2405806121–e2405806121. 2 indexed citations

Taylor, Isaiah, et al.. (2019). Hypermorphic SERK1 Mutations Function via a SOBIR1 Pathway to Activate Floral Abscission Signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(2). 1219–1229. 10 indexed citations

Patharkar, O. Rahul, Walter Gassmann, & John C. Walker. (2017). Leaf shedding as an anti-bacterial defense in Arabidopsis cauline leaves. PLoS Genetics. 13(12). e1007132–e1007132. 48 indexed citations

Larue, Clayton T., Jiangqi Wen, & John C. Walker. (2009). A microRNA–transcription factor module regulates lateral organ size and patterning in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 58(3). 450–463. 85 indexed citations

Cho, Sung Ki, Clayton T. Larue, David Chevalier, et al.. (2008). Regulation of floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(40). 15629–15634. 272 indexed citations

Chevalier, David, et al.. (2006). DAWDLE , a Forkhead-Associated Domain Gene, Regulates Multiple Aspects of Plant Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 141(3). 932–941. 47 indexed citations

Mu, Jianbing, Deirdre A. Joy, Junhui Duan, et al.. (2005). Host Switch Leads to Emergence of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(8). 1686–1693. 155 indexed citations

Zhou, Aifen, Huachun Wang, John C. Walker, & Jia Li. (2004). BRL1, a leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like protein kinase, is functionally redundant with BRI1 in regulating Arabidopsis brassinosteroid signaling. The Plant Journal. 40(3). 399–409. 121 indexed citations

Carrick, J, et al.. (2003). Pulmonary strongyloidiasis presenting as chronic bronchitis leading to interlobular septal fibrosis and cured by treatment. Respirology. 8(4). 536–540. 6 indexed citations

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Jinn, Tsung-Luo, Julie M. Stone, & John C. Walker. (2000). HAESA, an Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase, controls floral organ abscission. Genes & Development. 14(1). 108–117. 316 indexed citations

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Lin, Qing, Edward S. Buckler, Spencer V. Muse, & John C. Walker. (1999). Molecular Evolution of Type 1 Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12(1). 57–66. 42 indexed citations

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Walker, John C., et al.. (1999). An assessment of the accuracy of clinical diagnosis, local microscopy and a rapid immunochromatographic card test in comparison with expert microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria in rural Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(5). 519–520. 41 indexed citations

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Lin, Qing, Jia Li, Robert Smith, & John C. Walker. (1998). Molecular cloning and chromosomal mapping of type one serine/threonine protein phosphatases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 37(3). 471–481. 21 indexed citations

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Johnson, S.A., et al.. (1998). Seroconversion of type B to O erythrocytes using recombinant Glycine max α‐D‐galactosidase. IUBMB Life. 46(1). 175–186. 7 indexed citations

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Lease, Kevin A., et al.. (1998). Challenges in understanding RLK function. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 1(5). 388–392. 68 indexed citations

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Stone, Janey M. & John C. Walker. (1995). Plant Protein Kinase Families and Signal Transduction. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 108(2). 451–457. 379 indexed citations

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Horn, Mark A. & John C. Walker. (1994). Biochemical properties of the autophosphorylation of RLK5, a receptor-like protein kinase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1208(1). 65–74. 77 indexed citations

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Walker, John C.. (1992). "Do the Americas Have a Common Literature?", ed. Gustavo Pérez Firmat (Book Review). Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 69(1). 99–99. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, John C., et al.. (1982). Metabolism of carbohydrate and lipid reserves in germinated cotton seeds. Planta. 155(6). 502–510. 24 indexed citations

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Walker, John C.. (1972). Don Roberto and Cervantes: An unpublished Preface. Anales Cervantinos. 129–137.

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