Mark E. Walton

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
107 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Mark E. Walton is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark E. Walton has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mark E. Walton's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (36 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (31 papers). Mark E. Walton is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (36 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (31 papers). Mark E. Walton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Mark E. Walton's co-authors include Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Timothy E.J. Behrens, David M. Bannerman, Steven W. Kennerley, Mark J. Buckley, Peter H. Rudebeck, Mark W. Woolrich, MaryAnn P. Noonan, Paul E. M. Phillips and Erie D. Boorman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark E. Walton

105 papers receiving 11.8k citations

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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.

Learning the value of information in an uncertain world

2007 1.4k citations Timothy E.J. Behrens, Mark W. Woolrich et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Action sets and decisions in the medial frontal cortex

2004 838 citations Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Mark E. Walton et al. profile →
Frontal Cortex and Reward-Guided Learning and Decision-Making

2011 807 citations Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Mark E. Walton et al. profile →
Optimal decision making and the anterior cingulate cortex

2006 701 citations Steven W. Kennerley, Mark E. Walton et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark E. Walton United Kingdom	46	8.6k	2.7k	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	107	12.0k
Gregory S. Berns United States	41	5.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	95	9.1k
Hans J. Markowitsch Germany	63	9.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	535 0.5×	327	14.3k
Wolfgang H. R. Miltner Germany	53	7.6k 0.9×	808 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	2.9k 2.1×	397 0.4×	186	11.8k
Michael J. Frank United States	79	18.0k 2.1×	5.0k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	4.6k 3.4×	1.4k 1.3×	248	25.5k
Thomas F. Münte Germany	73	13.8k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	3.7k 2.7×	288 0.3×	474	19.2k
Hans‐Jochen Heinze Germany	65	9.9k 1.2×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	101 0.1×	340	15.4k
Norihiro Sadato Japan	79	14.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	4.0k 2.8×	3.9k 2.9×	150 0.1×	414	21.7k
Michael Falkenstein Germany	55	10.8k 1.3×	943 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.9k 2.2×	502 0.5×	206	13.7k
José V. Pardo United States	37	5.5k 0.6×	796 0.3×	733 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	187 0.2×	82	9.0k
Alain Dagher Canada	70	9.0k 1.1×	4.6k 1.7×	2.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	124 0.1×	275	20.5k

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Lazari, Alberto, Marta Blanco-Pozo, Mohamed Tachrount, et al.. (2024). Lasting dynamic effects of the psychedelic 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine ((±)-DOI) on cognitive flexibility. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(6). 1810–1823. 6 indexed citations

El-Gaby, Mohamady, et al.. (2024). A cellular basis for mapping behavioural structure. Nature. 636(8043). 671–680. 10 indexed citations

Millidge, Beren, Yuhang Song, Armin Lak, Mark E. Walton, & Rafał Bogacz. (2024). Reward Bases: A simple mechanism for adaptive acquisition of multiple reward types. PLoS Computational Biology. 20(11). e1012580–e1012580. 5 indexed citations

Blanco-Pozo, Marta, Thomas Akam, & Mark E. Walton. (2024). Dopamine-independent effect of rewards on choices through hidden-state inference. Nature Neuroscience. 27(2). 286–297. 13 indexed citations

Akam, Thomas, Mariangela Panniello, Cristina Márquez, et al.. (2022). Open-source, Python-based, hardware and software for controlling behavioural neuroscience experiments. eLife. 11. 21 indexed citations

Butler, James L., et al.. (2022). Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the structure of problems. Nature Neuroscience. 25(10). 1314–1326. 44 indexed citations

Grima, Laura L., Marios C. Panayi, Emilie Syed, et al.. (2022). Nucleus accumbens D1-receptors regulate and focus transitions to reward-seeking action. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(9). 1721–1731. 6 indexed citations

Varazzani, Chiara, et al.. (2020). Noradrenergic But Not Dopaminergic Neurons Signal Task State Changes and Predict Reengagement After a Failure. Cerebral Cortex. 30(9). 4979–4994. 14 indexed citations

Akam, Thomas & Mark E. Walton. (2019). pyPhotometry: Open source Python based hardware and software for fiber photometry data acquisition. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3521–3521. 36 indexed citations

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Gilardeau, Sophie, Chiara Varazzani, Bastien Blain, et al.. (2018). Dual contributions of noradrenaline to behavioural flexibility and motivation. Psychopharmacology. 235(9). 2687–2702. 42 indexed citations

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Rushworth, Matthew F. S., Mark J. Buckley, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Mark E. Walton, & David M. Bannerman. (2007). Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 17(2). 220–227. 287 indexed citations

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Rudebeck, Peter H., et al.. (2007). Distinct contributions of frontal areas to emotion and social behaviour in the rat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(8). 2315–2326. 111 indexed citations

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Walton, Mark E. & Rogier B. Mars. (2007). Probing human and monkey anterior cingulate cortex in variable environments. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 7(4). 413–422. 34 indexed citations

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Behrens, Timothy E.J., Mark W. Woolrich, Mark E. Walton, & Matthew F. S. Rushworth. (2007). Learning the value of information in an uncertain world. Nature Neuroscience. 10(9). 1214–1221. 1362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Newsham‐West, Richard, et al.. (2007). Long‐term morphology of a healing bone–tendon interface: a histological observation in the sheep model. Journal of Anatomy. 210(3). 318–327. 73 indexed citations

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Rushworth, Matthew F. S., Steven W. Kennerley, & Mark E. Walton. (2005). Cognitive Neuroscience: Resolving Conflict in and over the Medial Frontal Cortex. Current Biology. 15(2). R54–R56. 56 indexed citations

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Walton, Mark E., et al.. (2001). The Use of Evoked EMG in Detecting Misplaced Thoracolumbar Pedicle Screws. Spine. 26(12). 1313–1316. 35 indexed citations

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Walton, Mark E., et al.. (1986). Effects of Ice Packs on Tissue Temperatures at Various Depths Before and After Quadriceps Hematoma: Studies Using Sheep. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 8(6). 294–300. 12 indexed citations

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Walton, Mark E.. (1981). The effects of long-term administration of ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate on osteoarthrosis and heterotopic ossification in the mouse knee joint.. PubMed. 218–23. 5 indexed citations

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Walton, Mark E.. (1977). Degenerative joint disease in the mouse knee; radiological and morphological observations. The Journal of Pathology. 123(2). 97–107. 75 indexed citations

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