Malcolm Watford

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Malcolm Watford is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm Watford has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Physiology, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Malcolm Watford's work include Diet and metabolism studies (30 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (27 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (26 papers). Malcolm Watford is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (30 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (27 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (26 papers). Malcolm Watford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Malcolm Watford's co-authors include Norman P. Curthoys, Guoyao Wu, H. A. Krebs, P. Kay Lund, Guy Lemieux, Emily J. Erbelding, William T. Cefalu, Alexander Poulev, David Ribnicky and Ilya Raskin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm Watford

91 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of Glutaminase Activity and Glutamine Metabolism 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 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. Regulation of Glutaminase Activity and Glutamine Metabolism
    1995 512 citations Malcolm Watford 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
Malcolm Watford United States 30 1.2k 895 497 478 462 94 3.1k
Math J.H. Geelen Netherlands 38 1.9k 1.7× 869 1.0× 650 1.3× 502 1.1× 755 1.6× 137 4.6k
Guoyao Wu United States 28 781 0.7× 887 1.0× 199 0.4× 196 0.4× 280 0.6× 69 2.9k
Frank Hirche Germany 35 1.2k 1.0× 608 0.7× 319 0.6× 291 0.6× 182 0.4× 110 3.6k
R.A. Freedland United States 30 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 613 1.2× 578 1.2× 505 1.1× 127 3.2k
Juan C. Marini United States 26 1.3k 1.1× 431 0.5× 327 0.7× 179 0.4× 249 0.5× 75 2.9k
Harald Osmundsen Norway 29 2.0k 1.7× 875 1.0× 1.1k 2.2× 168 0.4× 501 1.1× 96 3.0k
Lea Reshef Israel 36 2.4k 2.1× 1.4k 1.6× 404 0.8× 526 1.1× 579 1.3× 86 4.1k
Siamak A. Adibi United States 39 1.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 792 1.6× 1.0k 2.2× 821 1.8× 104 4.7k
Agus Suryawan United States 35 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 364 0.7× 1.7k 3.6× 171 0.4× 99 3.5k
Darrell A. Knabe United States 20 849 0.7× 640 0.7× 291 0.6× 353 0.7× 273 0.6× 25 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malcolm Watford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm Watford

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

All Works

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Watford, Malcolm & Guoyao Wu. (2018). Protein. Advances in Nutrition. 9(5). 651–653. 61 indexed citations
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Cherbuy, Claire, P. Vaugelade, Simon Labarthe, et al.. (2017). The Contribution of Intestinal Gluconeogenesis to Glucose Homeostasis Is Low in 2-Day-Old Pigs. Journal of Nutrition. 147(3). 361–366. 2 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm, et al.. (2016). Validation of Urine Test Strips to Measure Relative Ketone Body Levels in Wild Bornean Orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, Véronique Douard, Ling Qin, et al.. (2016). High fat diet enriched with saturated, but not monounsaturated fatty acids adversely affects femur, and both diets increase calcium absorption in older female mice. Nutrition Research. 36(7). 742–750. 51 indexed citations
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Manso, Helena Emília Cavalcanti da Costa Cordeiro, et al.. (2012). Glutamine and glutamate supplementation raise milk glutamine concentrations in lactating gilts. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 3(1). 2–2. 27 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm & Guoyao Wu. (2011). Protein. Advances in Nutrition. 2(1). 62–63. 3 indexed citations
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Treberg, Jason R., Margaret E. Brosnan, Malcolm Watford, & John T. Brosnan. (2009). On the reversibility of glutamate dehydrogenase and the source of hyperammonemia in the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome. Advances in Enzyme Regulation. 50(1). 34–43. 34 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (2008). Glutamine Metabolism and Function in Relation to Proline Synthesis and the Safety of Glutamine and Proline Supplementation. Journal of Nutrition. 138(10). 2003S–2007S. 96 indexed citations
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Filho, HŽélio Cordeiro Manso, et al.. (2008). Distribution of glutamine synthetase and an inverse relationship between glutamine synthetase expression and intramuscular glutamine concentration in the horse. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 150(3). 326–330. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Yi‐Fang, Yanxin Wang, & Malcolm Watford. (2007). Glutamine Directly Downregulates Glutamine Synthetase Protein Levels in Mouse C2C12 Skeletal Muscle Myotubes. Journal of Nutrition. 137(6). 1357–1362. 33 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (2005). Is the Small Intestine a Gluconeogenic Organ?. Nutrition Reviews. 63(10). 356–360. 1 indexed citations
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Ribnicky, David, Alexander Poulev, Malcolm Watford, William T. Cefalu, & Ilya Raskin. (2005). Antihyperglycemic activity of Tarralin™, an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L.. Phytomedicine. 13(8). 550–557. 132 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (2002). Net Interorgan Transport of L-Glutamate in Rats Occurs via the Plasma, Not via Erythrocytes. Journal of Nutrition. 132(5). 952–956. 14 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (1990). A ‘swell’ way to regulate metabolism. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 15(9). 329–329. 23 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (1990). Tissue-specific regulation of glucokinase. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 15(1). 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm, et al.. (1990). Hormonal and acid-base regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mRNA levels in rat kidney. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 282(2). 399–403. 11 indexed citations
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Watford, Malcolm. (1989). Hormonal and Nutritional Regulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase mRNA Levels in Chicken Kidney. Journal of Nutrition. 119(2). 319–322. 15 indexed citations

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