K. Walker

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

K. Walker is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Walker has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Surgery, 21 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in K. Walker's work include Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (11 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (9 papers). K. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology (11 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (9 papers). K. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. K. Walker's co-authors include A. B. R. Thomson, Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Jason Flinn, M. Keelan, Brian Noble, Dushyanth Narayanan, C. I. Cheeseman, M. T. Clandinin, A. B. R. Thomson and Ann E. Van Heest and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Neuroscience and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

K. Walker

59 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Agile application-aware adaptation for mobility 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Agile application-aware adaptation for mobility
    1997 538 citations Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Jason Flinn 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
K. Walker Canada 21 511 395 359 243 182 60 1.7k
Gurpreet Singh Wander India 28 287 0.6× 236 0.6× 407 1.1× 192 0.8× 108 0.6× 163 2.8k
Christopher R. Palmer United Kingdom 19 147 0.3× 182 0.5× 516 1.4× 278 1.1× 35 0.2× 42 3.1k
Yaping Cui China 22 354 0.7× 257 0.7× 189 0.5× 98 0.4× 29 0.2× 108 1.5k
Felix Agakov United Kingdom 21 277 0.5× 105 0.3× 89 0.2× 37 0.2× 174 1.0× 44 2.3k
Mark E. Dunlap United States 29 161 0.3× 163 0.4× 318 0.9× 55 0.2× 49 0.3× 70 3.0k
Sachin Garg United States 17 281 0.5× 81 0.2× 50 0.1× 223 0.9× 33 0.2× 49 1.0k
Hung‐Ju Lin Taiwan 22 111 0.2× 130 0.3× 229 0.6× 102 0.4× 199 1.1× 80 1.8k
Tsung‐Hsien Lee Taiwan 27 308 0.6× 94 0.2× 101 0.3× 22 0.1× 162 0.9× 111 2.4k
Yu‐Jin Kwon South Korea 25 71 0.1× 514 1.3× 235 0.7× 163 0.7× 30 0.2× 181 2.3k
Alan H. Klein United States 23 213 0.4× 109 0.3× 559 1.6× 47 0.2× 19 0.1× 39 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by K. Walker

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of K. Walker's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by K. Walker with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites K. Walker more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by K. Walker

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by K. Walker. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by K. Walker. The network helps show where K. Walker may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Walker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Walker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. 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 K. Walker. K. Walker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Walker, K., Susan A. Novotny, & Linda E. Krach. (2017). Does Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy Increase Prevalence and/or Progression of Neuromuscular Scoliosis?. Spine Deformity. 5(6). 424–429. 10 indexed citations
2.
3.
Thawrani, Dinesh, K. Walker, Lynda E. Polgreen, Jakub Tolar, & Paul J. Orchard. (2013). Hip Dysplasia in Patients With Hurler Syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1H). Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 33(6). 635–643. 21 indexed citations
4.
5.
Tso, Peggy, K. Walker, Nizar N. Mahomed, Peter C. Coyte, & Y. Raja Rampersaud. (2012). Comparison of lifetime incremental cost:utility ratios of surgery relative to failed medical management for the treatment of hip, knee and spine osteoarthritis modelled using 2-year postsurgical values. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 55(3). 181–190. 36 indexed citations
6.
Walker, K., et al.. (2012). Depletion of GGA1 and GGA3 Mediates Postinjury Elevation of BACE1. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(30). 10423–10437. 53 indexed citations
7.
8.
Tolar, Jakub, Gary R. Kravitz, K. Walker, & Christopher L. Moertel. (2001). ACUTE POLYOSTEAL OSTEOMYELITIS IN A PATIENT WITH CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIS AND ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 20(8). 813–814. 1 indexed citations
9.
Satyanarayanan, Mahadev, Jason Flinn, & K. Walker. (1999). Visual proxy. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review. 33(3). 14–18. 9 indexed citations
10.
Kneteman, N. M., et al.. (1992). Intestinal permeability after small intestinal transplantation and cyclosporine treatment.. PubMed. 24(3). 1120–1. 6 indexed citations
11.
Keelan, M., K. Walker, C. I. Cheeseman, & Brian Thomson. (1992). Two Weeks of Oral Synthetic E<sub>2 </sub>Prostaglandin (Enprostil®) Improves the Intestinal Morphological But Not the Absorptive Response in the Rat to Abdominal Irradiation. Digestion. 53(1-2). 101–107. 9 indexed citations
12.
Keelan, M., Anthony S. Wierzbicki, M T Clandinin, K. Walker, & A. B. R. Thomson. (1990). Alterations in dietary fatty acid composition alter rat brush border membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition.. PubMed. 14(4). 165–70. 11 indexed citations
13.
Thomson, A. B. R., M. Keelan, M. T. Clandinin, et al.. (1989). Lack of protective effect of oral enprostil, a synthetic prostaglandin E2, on intestinal transport and morphology following abdominal irradiation in the rat. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 67(10). 1351–1356. 8 indexed citations
14.
Thomson, A. B. R., et al.. (1989). Saturated fatty acid diet prevents radiation-associated decline in intestinal uptake. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 256(1). G178–G187. 6 indexed citations
15.
Thomson, A. B. R., M. Keelan, M. T. Clandinin, et al.. (1987). Treatment of the enhanced intestinal uptake of glucose in diabetic rats with a polyunsaturated fatty acid diet. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 905(2). 426–434. 21 indexed citations
16.
Thomson, A. B. R., M. Keelan, C. I. Cheeseman, & K. Walker. (1986). Fractionated low doses of abdominal irradiation alters jejunal uptake of nutrients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 12(6). 917–925. 12 indexed citations
17.
Keelan, M., K. Walker, & A. B. R. Thomson. (1985). Resection of rabbit ileum: effect on brush border membrane enzyme markers and lipids. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 63(12). 1528–1532. 18 indexed citations
18.
Walker, K., et al.. (1978). The effect of prosthetic gallstones on total bile acid pool size in dogs.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 146(6). 911–3. 4 indexed citations
19.
Walker, K., et al.. (1977). Effect of increased dietary fiber on biliary cholesterol in patients with gallstones.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 28. 416–8. 1 indexed citations
20.
Walker, K., et al.. (1975). Prolonged Secretion of Lithogenic Bile After cholecystectomy. Annals of Surgery. 182(2). 150–153. 9 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gurpreet Singh Wander Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher R. Palmer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yaping Cui Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Felix Agakov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mark E. Dunlap Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sachin Garg Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hung‐Ju Lin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tsung‐Hsien Lee Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yu‐Jin Kwon Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alan H. Klein
Rankless by CCL
2026