Mark Willcox

27.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
622 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Mark Willcox is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ophthalmology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Willcox has authored 622 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 357 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 251 papers in Ophthalmology and 152 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mark Willcox's work include Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (336 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (195 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (110 papers). Mark Willcox is often cited by papers focused on Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (336 papers), Ocular Infections and Treatments (195 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (110 papers). Mark Willcox collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mark Willcox's co-authors include Fiona Stapleton, Naresh Kumar, Debarun Dutta, Hua Zhu, Judith Flanagan, Nerida Cole, Brien A. Holden, Ajay Kumar Vijay, Emma B.H. Hume and Muhammad Yasir and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Mark Willcox

603 papers receiving 20.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

TFOS DEWS II Tear Film Report

2017 677 citations Mark Willcox, Eric Papas et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
TFOS DEWS II Report Executive Summary

2017 583 citations Jennifer P. Craig, J. Daniel Nelson et al. The Ocular Surface profile →
A New Era of Antibiotics: The Clinical Potential of Antimicrobial Peptides

2020 340 citations Renxun Chen, Mark Willcox et al. profile →
TFOS DEWS II Sex, Gender, and Hormones Report

2017 298 citations David A. Sullivan, Blanka Golebiowski et al. The Ocular Surface profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mark Willcox	11.0k	7.1k	5.6k	5.0k	2.5k	622	21.0k
Roger W. Beuerman	5.3k 0.5×	3.6k 0.5×	4.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	338	15.2k
Fiona Stapleton	12.1k 1.1×	8.1k 1.1×	6.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	253 0.1×	370	15.5k
Gregory S. Schultz	1.4k 0.1×	1.1k 0.2×	2.7k 0.5×	4.2k 0.8×	516 0.2×	281	17.5k
John D. Lambris	3.7k 0.3×	1.8k 0.3×	3.5k 0.6×	9.8k 2.0×	1.5k 0.6×	570	47.8k
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum	1.4k 0.1×	1.0k 0.1×	385 0.1×	6.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	395	25.6k
Siamon Gordon	3.1k 0.3×	695 0.1×	2.6k 0.5×	22.0k 4.4×	1.9k 0.8×	455	78.1k
Mark R. Prausnitz	4.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.2×	1.6k 0.3×	6.8k 1.4×	181 0.1×	354	36.9k
Justin Hanes	1.2k 0.1×	493 0.1×	1.2k 0.2×	8.4k 1.7×	976 0.4×	217	24.2k
Marı́a José Alonso	1.9k 0.2×	406 0.1×	990 0.2×	8.3k 1.7×	498 0.2×	299	24.1k
Gerald B. Pier	1.5k 0.1×	673 0.1×	645 0.1×	12.1k 2.4×	3.2k 1.3×	341	22.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Willcox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Willcox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Willcox

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Luo, Hao, Jiangtao Xu, Rhiannon P. Kuchel, et al.. (2025). β-Lactamase-activated antimicrobial dendron via the amine uncaging strategy. Chemical Science. 16(23). 10296–10306.

Ahmed, N. Zaheer, et al.. (2025). Nasal colonization by potentially pathogenic bacteria, their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and risk factors for colonization among cancer patients at Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital, Northeast Ethiopia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 1560–1560.

Rayamajhee, Binod, Mark Willcox, Savitri Sharma, et al.. (2024). Zooming in on the intracellular microbiome composition of bacterivorous Acanthamoeba isolates. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae016–ycae016. 10 indexed citations

Tiwari, Ananda, et al.. (2024). Characterization and Biofilm Inhibition of Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates. International Journal of Microbiology. 2024(1). 5749982–5749982. 6 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Sudip, Renxun Chen, Dennis Palms, et al.. (2024). The effect of immobilisation strategies on the ability of peptoids to reduce the adhesion of P. aeruginosa strains to contact lenses. Experimental Eye Research. 250. 110149–110149. 3 indexed citations

Markoulli, Maria, Sumayya Ahmad, Jayashree Arcot, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of nutrition on the ocular surface. The Ocular Surface. 29. 226–271. 21 indexed citations

Urmi, Umme Laila, Ajay Kumar Vijay, Rajesh Kuppusamy, Salequl Islam, & Mark Willcox. (2023). A review of the antiviral activity of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Peptides. 166. 171024–171024. 34 indexed citations

Jones, Lyndon, Nathan Efron, Melissa Barnett, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of contact lenses on the ocular surface. The Ocular Surface. 29. 175–219. 35 indexed citations

Craig, Jennifer P., Mônica Alves, James S. Wolffsohn, et al.. (2023). TFOS Lifestyle Report Introduction: A Lifestyle Epidemic - Ocular Surface Disease. The Ocular Surface. 28. 304–309. 10 indexed citations

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Phan, Minh Anh Thu, et al.. (2023). Culture of primary human meibomian gland cells from surgically excised eyelid tissue. Experimental Eye Research. 235. 109636–109636.

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Das, Theerthankar, Renxun Chen, Frederik H. Kriel, et al.. (2022). Halogenated Dihydropyrrol-2-One Molecules Inhibit Pyocyanin Biosynthesis by Blocking the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signaling System. Molecules. 27(4). 1169–1169. 13 indexed citations

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Dutta, Debarun, et al.. (2022). Biocompatibility and Comfort during Extended Wear of Mel4 Peptide-Coated Antimicrobial Contact Lenses. Antibiotics. 11(1). 58–58. 2 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Fiona, et al.. (2020). Antibiotic Resistance Characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Keratitis in Australia and India. Antibiotics. 9(9). 600–600. 43 indexed citations

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Willcox, Mark, et al.. (2017). Treatment of Staphylococcus Aureus with Antibiotic and Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor Combinations Reduces Severity of Keratitis. 5(1). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Craig, Jennifer P., J. Daniel Nelson, Dimitri T. Azar, et al.. (2017). TFOS DEWS II Report Executive Summary. The Ocular Surface. 15(4). 802–812. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brown, Simon H. J., Carolina Kunnen, Eva Duchoslav, et al.. (2013). A comparison of patient matched meibum and tear lipidomes. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hua, Mark Willcox, Jerome Ozkan, et al.. (2012). In Vivo Assessment of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver-Impregnated Contact Lens Storage Cases. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(3). 1641–1641. 33 indexed citations

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Garrett, Qian, et al.. (2011). Bovine Lactoferrin Structures Promoting Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing In Vitro. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(5). 2719–2719. 25 indexed citations

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Willcox, Mark, et al.. (2004). Ocular and neuronal cell apoptosis during HSV-1 infection: A review. Current Eye Research. 29(2-3). 79–90. 14 indexed citations

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Hume, Emma B.H. & Mark Willcox. (2001). Survival of Serratia marcescens in the Presence of Complement. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease. 13(1). 55–62. 1 indexed citations

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