John Walshaw

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

John Walshaw is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Walshaw has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in John Walshaw's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). John Walshaw is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers). John Walshaw collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Colombia and United States. John Walshaw's co-authors include Derek N. Woolfson, Emmanuelle Bayer, David Swarbreck, Anne Osbourn, Darren Heavens, Mark Alston, Philip S. Poole, Thomas R. Turner, Alastair Grant and Ramakrishnan Karunakaran and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

John Walshaw

29 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

  1. Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants
    2013 371 citations John Walshaw et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Walshaw United Kingdom 18 1.2k 655 229 195 186 30 1.9k
Markus Künzler Switzerland 33 2.0k 1.7× 776 1.2× 106 0.5× 253 1.3× 64 0.3× 91 3.0k
Christian Heiß United States 30 1.2k 1.0× 374 0.6× 202 0.9× 123 0.6× 62 0.3× 89 2.5k
Kunchur Guruprasad India 16 1.3k 1.1× 367 0.6× 89 0.4× 71 0.4× 162 0.9× 43 1.9k
M.E. Cuff United States 15 979 0.8× 190 0.3× 201 0.9× 159 0.8× 165 0.9× 31 2.0k
Dennis Claessen Netherlands 28 1.7k 1.4× 508 0.8× 510 2.2× 89 0.5× 109 0.6× 68 2.7k
Hideaki Unno Japan 21 826 0.7× 232 0.4× 287 1.3× 61 0.3× 116 0.6× 64 1.7k
Xinmiao Fu China 26 1.4k 1.1× 347 0.5× 149 0.7× 238 1.2× 390 2.1× 75 2.1k
Wally H. Müller Netherlands 25 1.4k 1.1× 694 1.1× 130 0.6× 403 2.1× 39 0.2× 49 2.1k
Maurílio José Soares Brazil 30 788 0.6× 529 0.8× 80 0.3× 114 0.6× 44 0.2× 128 3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Walshaw

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All Works

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Edwards, S.A., John Walshaw, Andrew Nelson, et al.. (2020). Shifting sows: longitudinal changes in the periparturient faecal microbiota of primiparous and multiparous sows. animal. 15(3). 100135–100135. 20 indexed citations
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Stewart, Christopher J., et al.. (2020). Changes in Faecal Microbiota Profiles Associated With Performance and Birthweight of Piglets. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 917–917. 36 indexed citations
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Owen, David, Louise E. Tailford, Serena Monaco, et al.. (2017). Unravelling the specificity and mechanism of sialic acid recognition by the gut symbiont Ruminococcus gnavus. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2196–2196. 73 indexed citations
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Tailford, Louise E., David Owen, John Walshaw, et al.. (2015). Discovery of intramolecular trans-sialidases in human gut microbiota suggests novel mechanisms of mucosal adaptation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7624–7624. 134 indexed citations
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Holding, Andrew N., Christopher M. Johnson, Elaine Stephens, et al.. (2013). Bicaudal-D uses a parallel, homodimeric coiled coil with heterotypic registry to coordinate recruitment of cargos to dynein. Genes & Development. 27(11). 1233–1246. 67 indexed citations
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Holmes, Neil A., John Walshaw, Richard M. Leggett, et al.. (2013). Coiled-coil protein Scy is a key component of a multiprotein assembly controlling polarized growth inStreptomyces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(5). E397–406. 84 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Calvino, Lourdes, Christine Faulkner, John Walshaw, et al.. (2011). Arabidopsis Plasmodesmal Proteome. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18880–e18880. 218 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John, Michael D. Gillespie, & Gabriella H. Kelemen. (2010). A novel coiled-coil repeat variant in a class of bacterial cytoskeletal proteins. Journal of Structural Biology. 170(2). 202–215. 26 indexed citations
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Bayer, Emmanuelle, Andrew R. Bottrill, John Walshaw, et al.. (2005). Arabidopsis cell wall proteome defined using multidimensional protein identification technology. PROTEOMICS. 6(1). 301–311. 182 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John & Derek N. Woolfson. (2003). Extended knobs-into-holes packing in classical and complex coiled-coil assemblies☆. Journal of Structural Biology. 144(3). 349–361. 79 indexed citations
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Hicks, Matthew R., John Walshaw, & Derek N. Woolfson. (2002). Investigating the Tolerance of Coiled-Coil Peptides to Nonheptad Sequence Inserts. Journal of Structural Biology. 137(1-2). 73–81. 29 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John & Derek N. Woolfson. (2001). SOCKET: a program for identifying and analysing coiled-coil motifs within protein structures11Edited by J. Thornton. Journal of Molecular Biology. 307(5). 1427–1450. 309 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John & Derek N. Woolfson. (2001). Open‐and‐shut cases in coiled‐coil assembly: α‐sheets and α‐cylinders. Protein Science. 10(3). 668–673. 42 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John & Derek N. Woolfson. (2000). Knobs-into-Holes Packing of α-helices: Coiled Coils and Beyond. Biochemical Society Transactions. 28(5). A423–A423. 2 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John, et al.. (1998). Characterization of forages by differential scanning calorimetry and prediction of their chemical composition and nutritive value. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 71(3-4). 309–323. 6 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John, et al.. (1995). Solvent interactions with n ring systems in proteins. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 8(2). 109–116. 22 indexed citations
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Flanagan, Keith J., John Walshaw, Sarah L. Price, & Julia M. Goodfellow. (1995). Solvent interactions with Π ring systems in proteins. AIP conference proceedings. 330. 417–417. 3 indexed citations
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Walshaw, John & Julia M. Goodfellow. (1993). Distribution of Solvent Molecules Around Apolar Side-chains in Protein Crystals. Journal of Molecular Biology. 231(2). 392–414. 41 indexed citations

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