Mark J. Walker

34.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
293 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Mark J. Walker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark J. Walker has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 90 papers in Infectious Diseases and 51 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mark J. Walker's work include Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (123 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (66 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (64 papers). Mark J. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (123 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (66 papers) and Neonatal and Maternal Infections (64 papers). Mark J. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mark J. Walker's co-authors include Victor Nizet, D. Gale Johnson, Jason N. Cole, Timothy C. Barnett, David M. P. De Oliveira, Steven P. Djordjevic, Scott A. Beatson, Martina Sanderson‐Smith, Mark A. Schembri and Cheryl‐lynn Y. Ong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mark J. Walker

286 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Antimicrobial Resistance in ESKAPE Pathogens

2020 1.4k citations David M. P. De Oliveira, Mark A. Schembri et al. profile →
Disease Manifestations and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus

2014 616 citations Mark J. Walker, Jason D. McArthur et al. profile →
ATM signals to TSC2 in the cytoplasm to regulate mTORC1 in response to ROS

2010 576 citations Mark J. Walker et al. profile →
CYCLINS AND CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS

1999 562 citations Mark J. Walker et al. profile →
Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection

2023 146 citations Stephan Brouwer, Tania Rivera-Hernández et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark J. Walker Australia	57	4.5k	3.9k	3.6k	2.2k	1.7k	293	13.5k
Claire Poyart France	69	5.2k 1.1×	2.9k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	4.1k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	371	14.9k
Timothy J. Foster Ireland	73	2.7k 0.6×	9.7k 2.5×	10.4k 2.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	163	17.2k
Michel G. Bergeron Canada	57	1.3k 0.3×	3.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	3.7k 1.7×	897 0.5×	421	15.4k
Kwang Sik Kim United States	67	1.9k 0.4×	2.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.7×	3.1k 1.8×	276	13.4k
Floyd E. Dewhirst United States	78	4.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	7.8k 2.2×	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	215	26.3k
Lars Björck Sweden	70	4.4k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	199	12.4k
Eric P. Skaar United States	71	1.1k 0.3×	4.8k 1.2×	8.9k 2.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	268	18.3k
Steven R. Gill United States	51	1.3k 0.3×	5.3k 1.4×	14.5k 4.1×	2.9k 1.3×	884 0.5×	130	22.3k
Peter W. Andrew United Kingdom	64	2.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	3.4k 1.0×	5.8k 2.7×	2.4k 1.5×	229	12.3k
Manfred Rohde Germany	83	3.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	11.1k 3.1×	3.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.5×	523	25.7k

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Beattie, R Mark, et al.. (2025). Skin in the game: epidemiology analysis of skin cancer in rural Western Victoria. Rural and Remote Health.

Oliveira, David M. P. De, Lauren E. Hartley‐Tassell, Christopher J. Day, et al.. (2025). Group A Streptococcus interacts with glycosaminoglycans via M proteins to modulate bacterial adherence in vitro. FEBS Journal. 292(20). 5540–5562. 1 indexed citations

Oliveira, David M. P. De, Lauren E. Hartley‐Tassell, Christopher J. Day, et al.. (2024). M proteins of group A Streptococcus bind hyaluronic acid via arginine–arginine/serine–arginine motifs. The FASEB Journal. 38(20). e70123–e70123. 2 indexed citations

Shaw, Peter, Andrew J. Hayes, Maud Langton, et al.. (2024). Clinical Snapshot of Group A Streptococcal Isolates from an Australian Tertiary Hospital. Pathogens. 13(11). 956–956.

Rivera-Hernández, Tania, Diane G. Carnathan, Johanna Richter, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of Alum-Adjuvanted Peptide and Carbohydrate Conjugate Vaccine Candidates against Group A Streptococcus Pharyngeal Infection in a Non-Human Primate Model. Vaccines. 12(4). 382–382.

Brouwer, Stephan, Tania Rivera-Hernández, Bodie F. Curren, et al.. (2023). Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 21(7). 431–447. 146 indexed citations breakdown →

Reynolds, Simone, Victoria Ozberk, Mehfuz Zaman, et al.. (2023). Streptolysin O Deficiency in Streptococcus pyogenes M1T1 covR/S Mutant Strain Attenuates Virulence in In Vitro and In Vivo Infection Models. mBio. 14(1). e0348822–e0348822. 6 indexed citations

Frost, Hannah R., Mark R. Davies, Martina Sanderson‐Smith, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Global Collection of Group A Streptococcus Genomes Reveals that the Majority Encode a Trio of M and M-Like Proteins. mSphere. 5(1). 22 indexed citations

Shewell, Lucy K., Christopher J. Day, Freda E.‐C. Jen, et al.. (2020). All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors. Science Advances. 6(21). eaaz4926–eaaz4926. 48 indexed citations

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Deng, Pan, Yoann Le Breton, Najib M. El-Sayed, et al.. (2019). Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides. Nature Chemical Biology. 15(5). 463–471. 51 indexed citations

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Delamare‐Deboutteville, Jérôme, RO Bowater, Mark J. Walker, et al.. (2018). Microevolution of Streptococcus agalactiae ST-261 from Australia Indicates Dissemination via Imported Tilapia and Ongoing Adaptation to Marine Hosts or Environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(16). 27 indexed citations

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Oliveira, David M. P. De, Ibrahim M. El‐Deeb, Erin B. Brazel, et al.. (2018). Chemical Synergy between Ionophore PBT2 and Zinc Reverses Antibiotic Resistance. mBio. 9(6). 58 indexed citations

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Taylor, Jude, James A. Tsatsaronis, Mercedes Monteleone, et al.. (2013). Plasmin(ogen) Acquisition by Group A <b><i>Streptococcus</i></b> Protects against C3b-Mediated Neutrophil Killing. Journal of Innate Immunity. 6(2). 240–250. 28 indexed citations

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Seymour, Lisa M., Linda Falconer, Ania T. Deutscher, et al.. (2011). Mhp107 Is a Member of the Multifunctional Adhesin Family of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(12). 10097–10104. 42 indexed citations

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Walker, Mark J. & John H. Newman. (2011). Metals releases and disinfection byproduct formation in domestic wells following shock chlorination. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1–8. 15 indexed citations

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Roche, Rachel, et al.. (2008). Natural attenuation of a TCE plume at the groundwater-surface-water interface : spatial and temporal variability within a 50 m reach. IAHS-AISH publication. 475–482. 3 indexed citations

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Poljak, Anne, Ross Grant, Joanne F. Jamie, et al.. (2006). Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase activity by H2O2. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 450(1). 9–19. 28 indexed citations

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Walker, Mark J., Jason D. McArthur, Fiona C. McKay, & Marie Ranson. (2005). Is plasminogen deployed as a Streptococcus pyogenes virulence factor?. Trends in Microbiology. 13(7). 308–313. 96 indexed citations

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Goncharova, Elena A., Dmitry A. Goncharov, Andrew Eszterhas, et al.. (2002). Tuberin Regulates p70 S6 Kinase Activation and Ribosomal Protein S6 Phosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(34). 30958–30967. 350 indexed citations

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Walker, Mark J., et al.. (2000). Co-expression of theBordetella pertussisleader peptidase I results in enhanced processing and expression of the pertussis toxin S1 subunit inEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 191(2). 177–182. 6 indexed citations

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