Kevin J. Painter

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Kevin J. Painter is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin J. Painter has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 39 papers in Cell Biology and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kevin J. Painter's work include Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (47 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (22 papers). Kevin J. Painter is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (47 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (22 papers). Kevin J. Painter collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. Kevin J. Painter's co-authors include Thomas Hillen, Jonathan A. Sherratt, Philip K. Maini, Nicola J. Armstrong, Hans G. Othmer, Michael Winkler, Denis J. Headon, Alf Gerisch, William Ho and Jeanette A. Johansson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kevin J. Painter

78 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

A user’s guide to PDE models for chemotaxis 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750 1000
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. A user’s guide to PDE models for chemotaxis
    2008 1.1k citations Thomas Hillen, Kevin J. Painter Journal of Mathematical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin J. Painter United Kingdom 32 3.1k 2.1k 1.6k 874 674 81 4.7k
Jonathan A. Sherratt United Kingdom 48 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 1.7k 1.9× 406 0.6× 169 6.8k
Hans G. Othmer United States 47 2.3k 0.8× 4.0k 2.0× 1.9k 1.2× 717 0.8× 524 0.8× 139 8.2k
Ruth E. Baker United Kingdom 37 1.1k 0.3× 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 493 0.6× 234 0.3× 207 5.9k
Leah Edelstein‐Keshet Canada 41 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 378 0.6× 110 7.8k
Mark A. J. Chaplain United Kingdom 57 6.5k 2.1× 3.5k 1.7× 3.3k 2.0× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 221 10.4k
Andreas Deutsch Germany 35 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 163 0.2× 236 0.4× 127 4.4k
Thomas S. Deisboeck United States 35 2.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 150 0.2× 264 0.4× 88 4.4k
András Czirók Hungary 39 573 0.2× 2.4k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 708 0.8× 126 0.2× 119 9.6k
Eamonn A. Gaffney United Kingdom 38 429 0.1× 1.2k 0.6× 553 0.3× 889 1.0× 217 0.3× 182 5.2k
Hans Meinhardt Germany 42 453 0.1× 4.6k 2.3× 1.8k 1.1× 655 0.7× 476 0.7× 78 9.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin J. Painter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simmchen, Juliane, Daniel Gordon, J.A. Mackenzie, et al.. (2025). Perspective on Interdisciplinary Approaches on Chemotaxis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(47). e202504790–e202504790.
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Lorenzi, Tommaso, et al.. (2025). Phenotype structuring in collective cell migration: a tutorial of mathematical models and methods. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 90(6). 61–61. 1 indexed citations
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Painter, Kevin J., et al.. (2024). A biased random walk approach for modeling the collective chemotaxis of neural crest cells. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 88(3). 32–32. 1 indexed citations
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Painter, Kevin J., et al.. (2024). Variations in non-local interaction range lead to emergent chase-and-run in heterogeneous populations. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(219). 20240409–20240409. 2 indexed citations
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Potts, Jonathan R. & Kevin J. Painter. (2024). Distinguishing Between Long-Transient and Asymptotic States in a Biological Aggregation Model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 86(3). 28–28. 3 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stuart T. & Kevin J. Painter. (2024). Avoidance, confusion or solitude? Modelling how noise pollution affects whale migration. Movement Ecology. 12(1). 17–17.
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Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Modelling microtube driven invasion of glioma. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 88(1). 4–4. 2 indexed citations
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Goddard, Benjamin D., et al.. (2023). On the study of slow–fast dynamics, when the fast process has multiple invariant measures. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 479(2278). 1 indexed citations
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Scianna, Marco, et al.. (2019). Modelling chase-and-run migration in heterogeneous populations. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 80(1-2). 423–456. 6 indexed citations
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Grima, Ramon, et al.. (2018). A stochastic model of corneal epithelium maintenance and recovery following perturbation. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 78(5). 1245–1276. 2 indexed citations
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Hillen, Thomas, et al.. (2017). A space-jump derivation for non-local models of cell–cell adhesion and non-local chemotaxis. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 76(1-2). 429–456. 24 indexed citations
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Glover, James D., Kirsty L. Wells, Franziska Matthäus, et al.. (2017). Hierarchical patterning modes orchestrate hair follicle morphogenesis. PLoS Biology. 15(7). e2002117–e2002117. 102 indexed citations
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Mort, Richard L., Margaret Keighren, Gabriel Landini, et al.. (2016). Reconciling diverse mammalian pigmentation patterns with a fundamental mathematical model. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10288–10288. 41 indexed citations
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Xue, Chuan, Hyung Ju Hwang, Kevin J. Painter, & Radek Erban. (2010). Travelling Waves in Hyperbolic Chemotaxis Equations. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 73(8). 1695–1733. 29 indexed citations
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Painter, Kevin J., et al.. (2010). How Does Cellular Contact Affect Differentiation Mediated Pattern Formation?. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 73(7). 1529–1558. 7 indexed citations
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Othmer, Hans G., Kevin J. Painter, David M. Umulis, & Chunyan Xue. (2009). The Intersection of Theory and Application in Elucidating Pattern Formation in Developmental Biology. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena. 4(4). 3–82. 50 indexed citations
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Painter, Kevin J.. (2008). Modelling cell migration strategies in the extracellular matrix. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 58(4-5). 511–43. 82 indexed citations
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Hillen, Thomas & Kevin J. Painter. (2008). A user’s guide to PDE models for chemotaxis. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 58(1-2). 183–217. 1135 indexed citations breakdown →
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Painter, Kevin J. & Thomas Hillen. (2002). Volume-filling and quorum-sensing in models for chemosensitive movement. 10(4). 501–544. 370 indexed citations
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Hillen, Thomas & Kevin J. Painter. (2001). Global Existence for a Parabolic Chemotaxis Model with Prevention of Overcrowding. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 26(4). 280–301. 249 indexed citations

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